1/72 Breda Ba64 resin kit by Choroszy

[fastmongrel]

Been a while since I built a resin kit long enough for me to forget the pain. I didn't know of the existence of this aircraft till I spotted it on eBay.

The box

The bits

The instructions

I know it looks like a model builders waste bin at the moment but when I work out what all the little horrible bits are and where they fit I should be able to glue it together.

 

[fubar57]

Good luck

 

[Wurger]

 

[fastmongrel]

Checking for alignment and it certainly needs some. It fits where it touches which is about what you expect from a resin kit.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

I shudder but will watch with interest. Exercising my schadenfreude.

 

[Airframes]

Certainly looks like a concise instruction book .... er... sheet, and maybe that should read "compact", not "concise" !

 

[Capt. Vick]

You're bravery makes you an inspiration to us all!

 

[fastmongrel]

You're Idiocy makes you an inspiration to us all!

Fixed that for you

 

[Capt. Vick]

Hahahahaha! You said it, I didn't. You do seem to like punishment, but on the flip side you like the odd ball aircraft so that makes you aces in my book.

 

[fastmongrel]

Making a start on gluing the cockpit together

 

[fubar57]

Gonna have to thin the finger a bit to make it fit inside

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

I thought it was gum stuck to his fingers.

 

[fastmongrel]

It's now less of a resin kit and become more of a superglue kit. In places my filing to fit meant I would be blowing through the resin so I have filled the top of the fuselage with superglue.

 

[fastmongrel]

Lower wing in place, it needed some styrene packing pieces to level it up

unfortunately the tail is leaning to the left. I might have to get the razor saw out and chop the tail off and straighten it.

 

[fastmongrel]

Cut the tail off. Now just to work out best way of fixing it in place, probably a couple of brass pins.

My Lego alignment jig. Not quite a Motoliner jig

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[fastmongrel]

This is not a resin kit anymore it's a Cyano kit with some epoxy and filler.

 

[Crimea_River]

I like your alignment checking. I do something similar.