ian lanc
Senior Airman
hi all,
i've been wanting a blenheim now for about 2 yrs and now its begun.
the fit of this model is alot better than the FM hampden, all though it's not fault free !.
you have to be very careful in the construction of it as there are a few mistakes in the build sheets as to where parts go this applies to the front cockpit/seat/ table, on a review of this kit it said about the rear gun mount is a good fit and won't require any fillering, there is !! have a look at picture 3
there is alot of resin parts which are a bit distorted but when they are together it can't be seen so i'm not messing about trying to straighten them
the under carriage is very difficult to build up if any one builds this don't follow the instructions,but build them up as one whole thing then put the undercarraige into the wheel well,
link to review...
Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV/IVF Review by Brett Green (Classic Airframes 1/48)
any way here go's.....
for anyone that does not know what a blenheim is
some fillering is needed here, the rest of the fuselage is a good fit.
rear gun mount a mixture of resin and plastic,turret cannot rotate
plasti card inserted into the so called no gaps at all review !
side walls had to be thinned down a hell of a lot so it will fit into cockpit area.
rear shelf had to be trimmed down, too wide to fit into the fuselage.
the side walls where twice as thick as what you see now,lots of dry fitting required.
use the wheel well as a jig to hold the little parts.
there are six parts to each undercarraige,all with NO mounting holes
when the undercarraige is complete put it into the wheel well, beware here there are no mounting holes for the supports
and the put the whole thing into the wing and glue down the resin with cyo glue
rear tailplanes made up, these were a good fit.
engines are resin and require 9 exhaust collectors fitting to all the cylinders which point towards cowling, this is going to be fun !.
the props are going to be a nightmare to align up straight
more to follow ...ian.
i've been wanting a blenheim now for about 2 yrs and now its begun.
the fit of this model is alot better than the FM hampden, all though it's not fault free !.
you have to be very careful in the construction of it as there are a few mistakes in the build sheets as to where parts go this applies to the front cockpit/seat/ table, on a review of this kit it said about the rear gun mount is a good fit and won't require any fillering, there is !! have a look at picture 3
there is alot of resin parts which are a bit distorted but when they are together it can't be seen so i'm not messing about trying to straighten them
the under carriage is very difficult to build up if any one builds this don't follow the instructions,but build them up as one whole thing then put the undercarraige into the wheel well,
link to review...
Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV/IVF Review by Brett Green (Classic Airframes 1/48)
any way here go's.....
for anyone that does not know what a blenheim is
some fillering is needed here, the rest of the fuselage is a good fit.
rear gun mount a mixture of resin and plastic,turret cannot rotate
plasti card inserted into the so called no gaps at all review !
side walls had to be thinned down a hell of a lot so it will fit into cockpit area.
rear shelf had to be trimmed down, too wide to fit into the fuselage.
the side walls where twice as thick as what you see now,lots of dry fitting required.
use the wheel well as a jig to hold the little parts.
there are six parts to each undercarraige,all with NO mounting holes
when the undercarraige is complete put it into the wheel well, beware here there are no mounting holes for the supports
and the put the whole thing into the wing and glue down the resin with cyo gluerear tailplanes made up, these were a good fit.
engines are resin and require 9 exhaust collectors fitting to all the cylinders which point towards cowling, this is going to be fun !.
the props are going to be a nightmare to align up straight
more to follow
...ian.
