1/48 Ta152H - Allied Advance and Defense of the Reich WWII.

[Crimea_River]

Thanks to Terry and the Sheelah.

 

[Airframes]

Some Aussie bloke is pushing his luck ................ we all know that Jan is called Shirley on Sundays !

 

[Gnomey]

Looks great so far Andy!

 

[Catch22]

Nice stuff Andy.

 

[Wayne Little]

Well, pardon me...

 

[JKim]

Looking good Andy!

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks all.

This is the part of modelling that usually bogs me down. After an initial putty/Cutex attempt, followed by a squirt of primer, I took the below pic. The green check marks show acceptable seams. The outer two represent the fairing lines and the middle one is the hinge for the cannon access panel. The red X seam runs through the access panel and needs to be eliminated. Pain in the a$$.

In an act of avoidance, I worked on the landing gear parts and the spinner. All are shown below with initial paints applied, no weathering.

Thanks for looking in.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

Good stuff Andy.

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far Andy!

 

[Airframes]

Progressing well.

 

[Wayne Little]

got rid of that seam yet......

 

[Airframes]

He's waiting for Shirley to do it ..................

 

[Crimea_River]

It hasn't healed itself yet so I guess I will need to do something about it

Other stuff getting in the way so no bench time since we last spoke. Won't be done before the deadline

 

[Wayne Little]

bummer man.....

 

[JKim]

I had a similar seam to deal with on my Dora. Milliput sculpted with water might make the work a little easier.

 

[Crimea_River]

I'm gradually building it up with primer. The challenge is smoothing the curvature without damaging the hinge.

 

[Crimea_River]

Some progress here. First off, I've finished off the landing gear between attempts at cleaning the seam on the gun access panel. Pics of the Ta152 showed a brake line emerging from the hub, suggesting twin drums. This was not the case on FW190s so I had to do a bit of digging to confirm. I was able to find a reference drawing confirming that the incoming line split into two so that's what I replicated here.

Now I show the current state of the trough repairs. The photos are kind and don't show the imperfections that I still need to deal with, especially on the starboard side. The problem is that not only was the seam visible but there was also a step that I'm trying to eliminate without damaging the hinge. I may yet give in and remove the hinges and replace them with sprue when I'm happy with the look.

 

[Airframes]

It's looking good though Andy.
If you loose the hinge, then the sprue idea should work well. It can be 'worked' if softened slightly with liquid cement, and the 'piano hinge' marks set-in using the tip of a new scalpel blade.

 

[Wurger]