**** DONE: 1/48 CAC CA-13 Boomerang - Aircraft Nose Art GB.

[Airframes]

Sorry Bill and Peter, I missed your replies regarding the punch set and decals. Thanks for the info, I think I'll look out for the decals. And Bill, that punch set is around £55 in the UK, with the cheapest Waldron set at around the £80 mark.

 

[Crimea_River]

Had a link at one time on how to build your own punch set using a set of speed drills.

Great work Peter. Continues to impress.

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[ozhawk40]

Thanks!

Well, got it all together at last. In the end the fit was good. I'm just focusing on the joins at the moment and using Tamiya surfacer to make sure that they can't be seen. Any large gaps were filled with a combo of super glue and talc. Engine fits well inside the cowls which appear circular from front on - which it is how it should. Upper carb intake is well, a little wide, but a necessary compromise unfortunately. One on the instrument panels didn't stay in place, but I'll get that back in before installing the canopy. I'll need to re-scribe panel lines here and there, particularly those that run across the inserts used to widen the fuselage. The wing trailing edges are also a bit on the thick side and I have 'sharpened' them up by scraping and sanding.

Cheers

Peter

 

[parsifal]

Brilliantly executd IMO. Id forgotten about the inserts you pit in. For me this would be a difficult build

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

A bit late in the thread but a great job on the engine and the rest is coming along nicely.

Geo

 

[Airframes]

Very nicely done !

 

[Vic Balshaw]

I think you have done very well there Peter, I have yet to come across any kit where additional cockpit parts fit snugly, it has always been a case of trial and error, snip and tuck and the squeeze, hoping for the best.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Beautifully done so far!

 

[Gnomey]

Looks great so far Peter!

 

[ozhawk40]

Update for today

Traditionally the last day of the GB, but thanks for the extension Judges, otherwise I may not have made this one!

The Boomer is all together, and I am just getting all the details organised to allow for painting perhaps tomorrow.

Pic 1
Resin insert for the machine guns (303's) go in the wing leading edge. A little bit of work to blend them in, but a nice touch.

Pic 2
Resin details for cannon and exhaust to be added. For this CA-13 I am using the porcupine version and the nice tubular version goes in the spares.

Pic 3
Cowl flaps are also resin. I have painted them aluminum plate on the reverse, but you just wont see that from the outside.

Pic 4
Cowl flaps installed. Operation was a bit fiddly to get them to sit just right. I have also painted the rear vision panel area dark German grey. This area was painted black at the factory, but I intend to fade out the paint quite a lot, so I went with the dark grey.

Pic 5
Cannon installed.

Pic 6 7
Gun sight is a resin and etch combo, with Special Hobby providing the clear sheet for the glass also.

Pic 8 9
Time to add the canopy. I first sprayed the inside with cockpit green and then removed the internal masks. It took a bit of fangling to get the canopy to sit just right, without gaps. The rear vision panels went in like a dream though.

I hope to get the undercoat tomorrow and check for flaws and issues before getting on with the painting. Yahoo! Finally!

Cheers

Peter

 

[Wurger]

Well done Peter. But there is someting wrong with the cannon barrels.

 

[ozhawk40]

Well done Peter. But there is someting wrong with the cannon barrels.

They do point slight outwards (the effect is exaggerated by the camera perspective) - is that what you mean? I have a fix for that. 8)

Cheers

Peter

 

[Wildcat]

Great work Pete!

 

[Crimea_River]

This is turning out to be a real beauty Peter. Looking forward to the paint!

 

[Wurger]

They do point slight outwards (the effect is exaggerated by the camera perspective) - is that what you mean? I have a fix for that. 8)

Cheers

Peter

Yes, that's I mean.

 

[buffnut453]

Thanks!

Well, got it all together at last. In the end the fit was good. I'm just focusing on the joins at the moment and using Tamiya surfacer to make sure that they can't be seen. Any large gaps were filled with a combo of super glue and talc. Engine fits well inside the cowls which appear circular from front on - which it is how it should. Upper carb intake is well, a little wide, but a necessary compromise unfortunately. One on the instrument panels didn't stay in place, but I'll get that back in before installing the canopy. I'll need to re-scribe panel lines here and there, particularly those that run across the inserts used to widen the fuselage. The wing trailing edges are also a bit on the thick side and I have 'sharpened' them up by scraping and sanding.

Cheers

Peter

Peter,

This is a magnificent effort. I have one of these in my stash but I haven't plucked up the courage to do it yet - your work has really inspired me, though (and given me a ton of info that will help when I do finally take a run at mine). One dumb question, though...did the Boomer really have such an open wheel well? I can imagine that area between the firewall and the cockpit getting thoroughly gunked with dust and mud given some of the rough strips these birds operated from.

Cheers,
B-N

 

[A4K]

Nice work here Pete!

 

[ozhawk40]

Peter,

This is a magnificent effort. I have one of these in my stash but I haven't plucked up the courage to do it yet - your work has really inspired me, though (and given me a ton of info that will help when I do finally take a run at mine). One dumb question, though...did the Boomer really have such an open wheel well? I can imagine that area between the firewall and the cockpit getting thoroughly gunked with dust and mud given some of the rough strips these birds operated from.

Cheers,
B-N

Thanks Buffnut. Not a dumb question. Yes the Boomerang had open wheel wells. As to whether there was a canvas inner cover to stop dirt ending up in the engine and ancillary areas, I have not seen a picture with anything like that. I do have the Overhaul Manual, but again no mention of any inner cover to remove.

Cheers

Peter