1/48th Mitchell II - Allied Advance and Defense of the Reich WWII.

[Wurger]

With all.

 

[Airframes]

Thanks very much chaps.
Still not quite right - lack of energy and strength. But getting there, and hope to get back to the bench very soon - bl**dy frustrating, seeing the plastic waiting to be worked on !

 

[Wurger]

I know that feeling too. Take your time Pal.

 

[T Bolt]

Hope you're feeling better soon Terry. The Mitchell is looking great, She's going to be a beauty!

 

[Airframes]

Thanks Glenn. I'm a lot better today, although I couldn't get to sleep last night !
Got to go for my monthly blood test, and do a couple of domestic chores, then I'm going to have a kip and hopefully get back to the model tonight.
Might have something to show in a day or two - the next steps are detail painting and making a few little boxy things for the interior, so not much to show before they're done. Pics soon, I hope.

 

[Wayne Little]

Fingers crossed Terry....ALL goes well...

 

[Airframes]

Thanks Wayne.

 

[Donivanp]

Hope you get to feeling better soon and we can see more of that plastic VooDoo you do so well.

 

[Airframes]

Thanks Don - a lot better now, apart from a cold !
Got some bits and pieces done, but nothing much to show - pics in a day or so.

 

[Donivanp]

It's the little bits that make the finished product.

 

[javlin]

That is really coming along Nicely Terry.I looked at the foil on the L/S of the pit said cool remember something like that in Catch 22.

 

[Airframes]

Thanks very much Kevin. That quilted padding is also in the nose compartment, on parts of the 'walls' and the upper bulkhead.
Here's a pic taken inside the RAF Mitchell Mk.II which used to be at Duxford, now back in the USA, showing the style and colour.

 

[Catch22]

Know how you feel Terry, but you've done some fantastic work!

 

[Airframes]

Thanks very much Cory. Still slowly plodding on, and might have some pics by the end of the Easter weekend.

 

[Wayne Little]

look forward to your progress Terry.

 

[JKim]

Hope you feel better Terry!

 

[Airframes]

Thanks very much John.
I didn't get much modelling done this week - combination of stiff hands and lots of other things to attend to.
But I managed some measuring and trial fitting today, and also painted and installed the radios, as shown in the pics.
Most of the time has been spent checking angles and fit for the scratch-built ammo boxes and feed chutes for the waist guns, as well as working on a very basic representation of the 'Gee' monitor.
As visibility inside the fuselage is limited, especially the area behind the cockpit, the 'Gee' box will be just that - a plain, painted box, to the correct dimensions, but lacking detail, as only the sides and rear can be seen, ad then only as a vague shape.
Likewise, the waist-gun ammo boxes will be plain affairs, constructed from plastic sheet and channel, with shaped channel to represent the flexible ammo feed tracks.
This stage has taken a lot of fiddling, and checking angles, as the feed chutes need to be fitted to the guns first, and then the feed chutes, guns and boxes fitted to the fuselage, with the stubs of the cut-off barrels protruding through the slots in the waist windows - resin barrels will be attached to the stubs later.
I've decided not to make and fit the two gunner's transit seats, as they won't be seen, unless a torch is used, and some contortions employed to see into the shadows beneath the bomb bay rear bulkhead.
Once these fiddly bits are done, the cockpit can be detailed and fitted in place, and then the fuselage halves can be joined, before turning attention to the separate nose compartment, where detail can be seen, albeit slightly distorted, through the large clear canopy.
After a Chinese 'take away' and half a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon, I now don't feel much like modelling, so i'll have a break and continue tomorrow !

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

Boxes look great Terry.


Geo

 

[Airframes]

Thanks Wojtek and Geo - good stuff this Cabernet Sauvignon ..............