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

[Capt. Vick]

Sweet Terry! Love the mods!

 

[T Bolt]

That padding is going to look great Terry

 

[javlin]

Your doing lots of work there Terry! All of those bits and pieces are adding up to a greatly detailed build! Great work on a vintage kit!

You got that right John.Great mods Terry

 

[Airframes]

Thanks chaps.
Feeling a bit rough with a cold again, so don't know if I'll have the energy to do any work tonight, but we'll see.

 

[Crimea_River]

WOT!

 

[Airframes]

Eh ?

 

[Gnomey]

Looks great so far Terry!

 

[Airframes]

Thanks Hugh.
Been feeling a bit rough, with this cold, to do any delicate work, so just got on with some of the menial tasks, such as reducing the prominence of the rivets over the entire airframe.
Hopefully I'l get back to some decent work tomorrow.

 

[Wayne Little]

Love your work Terry.

 

[Airframes]

Thanks Wayne !
Plodding on, slowly, with the nose compartment detail.

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

Hope you get to feeling better soon Terry. Your work is always wonderful to follow.

 

[Airframes]

Thanks very much Bill.
This darned cold has floored me, as my immune system is very weak at the moment, due to lack of meds, and I have no energy.
Hopefully, sometime after May 10th, I should start on the new meds, which should show a great improvement.
Meanwhile, I'm doing what I can, when I can, on the model.

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

If its a cold you're suffering from, I remember a Russian remedy that seemed to help. Of course you have probably heard them all. They scrub raw garlic on toast and eat it. The garlic is known to kill the common cold germ on contact. Of course others may leave you alone to heal too.

 

[Wayne Little]

Think I would stick with the cold....

 

[fubar57]

Great work on the wing and nose section. May 10th must seem an eternity away now.


Geo

 

[Airframes]

Thanks chaps !
Tried garlic, honey, Scottish White Wine, you name it - it seems to be abating, but still feel rough and tired.
Damned winter weather isn't helping either - heavy rain, and snow - at the end of April ??!!
Something wrong with the seasons methinks !

 

[Wurger]

Here the same Pal. I hope the weather will get better soon.

BTW.. I remember a snowstorm on May the 1st.

 

[Airframes]

Thanks my friend.
Back in the 1970's, I remember rough camping in the hills in June. Got under my little 'basha', and woke up next morning with about 150 mm of snow on the poncho !

 

[Wurger]

Nothing good comes of the world, methinks.

 

[Airframes]

A little bit more to show. Slow work, as the small pieces insisted on 'pinging' at least four times !

PIC 1. The kit seat was cut down, with the seat base thinned and a bottom section added, whilst the back rest was shortened and fitted to the bulkhead. The seat base has supports from plastic rod, 'welded' at the joints with the seat itself, and the 'quilted padding' has again been made from the textured foil from the pain killer tablet packaging.
PICS 2 and 3. All 'padding' added, and the support brackets for the ammunition rack (which will be empty), and the shelf for the Mk.XIV bomb sight computer. The small 'blocks' at the front of the nose compartment, on the starboard side, are where the front of the repeater instrument panel will locate, which, along with the computer and the sight itself, are in the process of being made.

I hope to get the parts made, and the nose section painted, over the weekend.