fubar57
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B-17 G 1:48 scale, 351st Bomb Group, 510th Squadron, AC# 43-37862, Fearless Fosdick
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Night Fighter Nut
Master Sergeant
Sorry for the delay. My mom has taken a turn for the worse and is not expected to make it through the month.
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Benevolens Magister
Really sorry to hear that - try to stay strong.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Sorry to hear. More important things than models for sure.
Sorry to hear! My thoughts are with you and yours.
fubar57
General
Thoughts are with you
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Night Fighter Nut
Master Sergeant
Found some time to do more on the plane. There are two, what looks like, a couple of accumulators. These are situated in that area beneath the instrument panel. These I have scratch built. I also worked on the wall next to it. Next I painted up the two side control panels.
fubar57
General
Looking good
Crimea_River
Marshal
Very nice.
Nicely done so far!
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Night Fighter Nut
Master Sergeant
Spent some time today adding photo etch goodies to the flight controls.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Pit looks amazing.
Nice work so far!
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Night Fighter Nut
Master Sergeant
Took most of the day but finally got the levers in along with the rest of the gauges. Also my micro punch finally arrived. Now I can print and put in my own gauges where there were none available before.
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Benevolens Magister
It's looking the biz - nice work !
You will probably find that printing your own instruments as decals, or even on paper, in anything less than at least 1/24th scale, will not hold enough resolution to show the dials clearly, especially on the smaller instruments, such as engine dials etc.
There are a few companies that supply decals, in most of the major scales, one of which is shown below, this being their RAF WW2 type, in 1/48th scale, with USAAF, Luftwaffe etc also available.
These are separate decals for each instrument, and can be used, straight off the sheet, just by cutting out each decal - the carrier film is minimal, and circular. Full instructions and identification of each dial are provided.
You will probably find that printing your own instruments as decals, or even on paper, in anything less than at least 1/24th scale, will not hold enough resolution to show the dials clearly, especially on the smaller instruments, such as engine dials etc.
There are a few companies that supply decals, in most of the major scales, one of which is shown below, this being their RAF WW2 type, in 1/48th scale, with USAAF, Luftwaffe etc also available.
These are separate decals for each instrument, and can be used, straight off the sheet, just by cutting out each decal - the carrier film is minimal, and circular. Full instructions and identification of each dial are provided.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Those PE levers are hard to handle. You did well.
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