Nice work so far Andy!
**** DONE: 1/48 Arado Ar234B-2 - Jet/Recon/Transport GB
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Thanks everyone. Nothing happening....
T Bolt
Colonel
Very nice panel line demo Andy. Some very useful info there.
fubar57
General
Nice re and re on the panel lines Andy. Are those panel templates very flexible? I almost bought one a few months ago.
Geo
Geo
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Yes they are Geo. They're like frets of photoetch and bend around curved surfaces nicely.
fubar57
General
Much obliged sir, just bought one. 
Geo
Geo
Maximowitz
Tech Sergeant
Sh*t hot as ever Andy.
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Thanks Paul. Gotta get moving on this one and get some 76 on.
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Crimea_River
Marshal
...which I now did.
After masking the canopy (hopefully the rivet decals don't pull off!) and adding the trim actuators on the tail, I shot a coat of RLM 76, mixed from Tamiya colours, on the whole airframe.
I'm using the 76 as both a base coat for the underside as well as a primer/seam checker for the top. The port engine mount fairing, although attended to already still needs a bit of work to make it smooth.
The repaired area in the back looks pretty good. However, I need to make one more pass with the scribing tool and fix the double panel line towards the back. I couldn't see this without the prime coat.
A drop of CA on the gap in front of this crank should fill the hole....
I'm happy with the scribed seam where the cockpit and fuselage were glued together. There's a fairly pronounced raised detail that Hasegawa molded into the area which was not evident in photos so I sanded it off and made this simple panel line.
One more pass of the scriber over the fuselage panel line should finish this side off. The rest looks good.
Getting close to finish painting time after I attend to these last few details. Thanks for look in guys.
After masking the canopy (hopefully the rivet decals don't pull off!) and adding the trim actuators on the tail, I shot a coat of RLM 76, mixed from Tamiya colours, on the whole airframe.
I'm using the 76 as both a base coat for the underside as well as a primer/seam checker for the top. The port engine mount fairing, although attended to already still needs a bit of work to make it smooth.
The repaired area in the back looks pretty good. However, I need to make one more pass with the scribing tool and fix the double panel line towards the back. I couldn't see this without the prime coat.
A drop of CA on the gap in front of this crank should fill the hole....
I'm happy with the scribed seam where the cockpit and fuselage were glued together. There's a fairly pronounced raised detail that Hasegawa molded into the area which was not evident in photos so I sanded it off and made this simple panel line.
One more pass of the scriber over the fuselage panel line should finish this side off. The rest looks good.
Getting close to finish painting time after I attend to these last few details. Thanks for look in guys.
N4521U
Colonel
Been too long since I looked in. Good scribing notes, thanks. The build is coming along rally nice.
A4K
Brigadier General
Nice work Andy!
Doin' good Andy
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
This is going to be a real show stopper.
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Thanks guys. I'm hoping to get this one done for the June 1 Western Canadian Regional. I'm worried about the decals though.
T Bolt
Colonel
Real nice work Andy
tigerdriver
Staff Sergeant
yup very good stuff indeed
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Nice work Andy, it's starting to look the part. It might be too late, but before you fill that 'notch' in front of the rudder actuator, just check photos of the original - it might be to allow free movement (on the real thing) of the curved crank through the fin.
Good work so far Andy!
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Its turning out very nicely Andy.
