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fubar57
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Just need to add some wiring and the side panels are done...
Geo
Geo
**** DONE: 1/48 Bf 109F-2 - Winter War / Eastern Front WWII
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Looks good Geo and thanks fro the info on Gator Glue. Did you buy it in PG or did you have to get it on line?
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fubar57
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Thanks Andy. Got it online. I'm a sucker for trying new stuff and I got it real cheap off of eBay. Haven't seen it cheap(shipping-wise) since then.
Geo
Geo
Crimea_River
Marshal
I'll have a look for it here in town.
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fubar57
General
I decided to use the kit rudder pedals as they weren't that bad, they will be buried and have have a few kits with worse pedals. Touch ups needed. I made the straps from Tamiya tape. What color were the straps? In the Pilots Notes, they look like they are leather.
The start of the wiring, in situ for photo...
Geo
The start of the wiring, in situ for photo...
Geo
le_steph40
Senior Master Sergeant
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JKim
Senior Master Sergeant
Great details on the cockpit! Foot pedals are something that I always feel regretful about... all that nice detail that gets buried!
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fubar57
General
Thanks gents. Took today off work as I had one vacation day left. Just waiting around now for the 2 o'clock bus back to camp. I did manage to put some straps around the wires and glue them into position. I also brush painted the wheel wells with the Vallejo Modelair version of RLM02 as my last remaining drops of Pollyscale succumbed with age. The Modelair brush paints smoothly.
That's it for me until Tuesday, have a great rest of your week guys.
Geo
That's it for me until Tuesday, have a great rest of your week guys.
Geo
Nice work so far Geo!
Crimea_River
Marshal
The pedals were indeed leather Geo and I usually paint them brown.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Lovely bit of progress George, like the cockpit wall additions and yes a shade of brown or tan for the foot straps.
dneid
Staff Sergeant
Lovely work, George. That bird is looking good.
Good stuff George!
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fubar57
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Thanks all. Worked on the I.P. last night, all P.E., with just one tiny handle left to install. Right sidewall is done(until I noticed the missing oxygen hose while resizing the photos) with touch-up needed...
As I was doing a test fit of the fuselage, I noticed about a 1mm gap just ahead of the windscreen. I placed the windscreen in position to make sure it fit(it did) and will have to deal with the gap. The two cowl pieces added to the fuselage halves fit pretty good so I'm not sure what happened here...
...I'm not going to add the engine so I've gotta figure how to deal with the exhausts and cowl guns.
Geo
As I was doing a test fit of the fuselage, I noticed about a 1mm gap just ahead of the windscreen. I placed the windscreen in position to make sure it fit(it did) and will have to deal with the gap. The two cowl pieces added to the fuselage halves fit pretty good so I'm not sure what happened here...
...I'm not going to add the engine so I've gotta figure how to deal with the exhausts and cowl guns.
Geo
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fubar57
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Innards are done and thanks to macro, touch-ups are necessary. As mentioned in an earlier post, I couldn't get acrylic RLM66 to cover the RLM41 on the I.P. so I'm stuck with Eduards interpretation of I.P. color. I've also added some plastic strip in front of the windscreen and will shape that up in between period.
Geo
Geo
Crimea_River
Marshal
Looking very good Geo. I don't recall having that gap on mine but looks like it's working out ok for you.
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fubar57
General
Thanks guys. Was just about to button things up when I went back to Andy's build and read about the fit issue concerning the firewall interfering. Off to grind.
Geo
Geo
