**** DONE: 1/48 Savoia Marchetti S.M.79 II - Mediterranean Theater of Operations

[fubar57]

Right or wrong, I like the looks of those torpedoes.

Geo

 

[Catch22]

Yeah, they look really good.

 

[Crimea_River]

Well done Jeff.

 

[JKim]

Whoa... those torpedoes are awesome looking!

 

[Wayne Little]

Good stuff Jeff, torpedoes scrubbed up nice.

 

[Jeff Hunt]

A little more progress has been made today but this will be it as I have to go to Windsor in about an hour. A three hour drive there for a 5 minute funeral home visitation. My mother-in-law likes the way I drive so she asked me to drive her. Out for dinner after and then a three hour drive home. Anyhow, enough of my tale of woe.

Cheers,

Jeff

 

[Catch22]

Well, maybe if the Lancaster is still in that park there you can go take a look at it. I haven't been there in years though, so I'm not sure if it is. Nice work!

 

[Jeff Hunt]

Just a small update.

Just have to glue the exhaust stacks into place and the engines will be completed.

Cheers,

Jeff

 

[Wurger]

 

[chris brown]

Nice start, those engines and torps look good!

 

[Gnomey]

Nicely done so far Jeff!

 

[Catch22]

Looking good Jeff!

 

[Crimea_River]

Yep, sure is.

 

[Airframes]

Nice work so far Jeff. I haven't yet found that magazine article, but still looking.

 

[Wayne Little]

More good progress Jeff..

 

[Jeff Hunt]

Thanks guys.

Not that I am ready to start major assemblies or painting in a big way but I am waiting for canopy masks to arrive in the mail. I want to have everything ready for when I get back to this project. Hopefully the package will arrive this week.

My early impressions of the kit as far as construction goes are quite favourable. For you scratch building types this kit would be perfect for if there ever was an aircraft interior that screamed out for scratch built parts, this is it. The cockpit and gunner's position are pretty much empty, not that much will be visible under the hump once it is place but there is lots of glass in the rear part of the fuselage and if you wanted to build this aircraft with the rear door open, you would be looking at a vast empty area.

Anyway, cheers to all.

Jeff

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Nice stuff Jeff with some nice visual progress snippets to keep wanting more.

 

[Jeff Hunt]

Thanks guys for all the nice comments. The canopy masks arrived this week so my bella has moved back to the front of the workbench and some considerable visual progress has been made.

The cockpit has been installed and the fuselage halves have been glued together. The lower rear fuselage windows are installed and I have decided to button up this aircraft so the fuselage gun windows have been closed as well.

In addition I have built the starboard wing by mating the top and bottom halves, installing the flaps and ailerons as well as the actuacting arms and other sundry bits on the bottom. The Engine nacelle has also been put together.

If I get a chance this afternoon ( lunch break right now ) the port wing will be completed. I must head out with mother superior later, she has her mind set on buying a new freezer and feels she may need my assistance in loading it into the pick-up truck.

I really like the way this model is coming together. A bit of putty will be needed for the fuselage join lines but the starboard wing was spot on. A bit of putty around the engine nacelle but no biggie.

I am starting to put my mind towards paint and how best to handle the camouflage. The key for me will be to take my time as I know I have a habit of getting a bit excited and rushing.

Comments, criticism and helpful hints always gladly accepted.

Cheers all,

Jeff

 

[fubar57]

Coming along great Jeff. I've read some negative reviews on the boxing but yours is moving right along. Going to have to reconsider about buying one now.

Geo

 

[Jeff Hunt]

Coming along great Jeff. I've read some negative reviews on the boxing but yours is moving right along. Going to have to reconsider about buying one now.

Geo

Most of the negative stuff I have read has more to do with the inaccurate lines and scale of some parts parts. To my eye she looks enough like the real thing that I am not going to worry about it..

Jeff