**** DONE: 1/72 Lockheed P-38H Lightning - Heavy Hitters II GB

Wurger · Jul 9, 2013

Oh boy...,

ccheese · Jul 9, 2013

Terrible news, Michael. You will fix it, tho, I'm sure.

Charles

Gnomey · Jul 9, 2013

That's a real bummer Michael! Hopefully the fix works well.

A4K · Jul 9, 2013

I reckon you should fix that sweet Michael, especially as you have an identical kit for spares!

Vic Balshaw · Jul 9, 2013

OMG Michael, a slight warp you say, that is horrendous and full credit to you having a go at fixing it with the spares you have.

Not that it is going to make you feel any better but I did hear that we had the coldest night ever recorded for July, -29C in the snow fields, and we had -5C here in the big capital.

Also correction Andy, the finish date is Sunday, 1st September, so you have some time up your sleeve Michael.

Crimea_River · Jul 9, 2013

Well, you'll need to fix that thread then Vic. It says Sunday Sept 2.

parsifal · Jul 10, 2013

Im happy, first Sunday in September floats my boat

Vic Balshaw · Jul 10, 2013

Damn me if you're not right Andy, I just clanked at my handy printed copy and not at the thread, so my apologies. BTW - Thread duly fixed.

Airframes · Jul 10, 2013

Heck Michael, that warp is almost as bad as a Hippocroccofrog's Rs !
Must have been a real shock to discover that, but sounds like you're on the ball with the repairs.

Wayne Little · Jul 10, 2013

Strewth that's a bit of a kink....does that mean it's capable of warp speed.....I know, I know i'll head for the door now.....

parsifal · Jul 10, 2013

so far pretty good. ive got the replacement tail assembly put together and sized to fit pretty snuggly. ive opted to paint the replacement part before joining it to the main part of the nodel, as i would otherwise risk damaging the decals, and as it is I only just have enough. Thie next bit is the hard bit....getting it to all come together as seamlessly as i can.

The following are the shots where i left off last night. not shown is tonites progress
Ive also to have a go at replacing the two daggy prop assmblies. I have two spares and what is curretly on the model is pretty poor. I will assemble the propeller sub assemblies, paint them, and them make a final decision once i see whether they are better than what I have now....

Vic Balshaw · Jul 10, 2013

I've got my fingers crossed for you Michael.

Wayne Little · Jul 10, 2013

me too, take plenty of time, plenty of dry fitting to get that fit spot on....

parsifal · Jul 10, 2013

well here are a couple of shots of where i got up tonite. i spent ages genetly sanding and filing to try and get as god a fit as i could, but still it needs a lot of bogging to hide the seam. The tail is straight however, which is somethig i guess....have a lot more to do yet though

Wurger · Jul 10, 2013

Not too bad.

Rogi · Jul 10, 2013

Nice

meatloaf109 · Jul 10, 2013

Looks better!

Vic Balshaw · Jul 10, 2013

I think that's a sterling effort!

fubar57 · Jul 10, 2013

Agree with all. Great job with the repairs.

Geo

Andy70 · Jul 10, 2013

Good job!

**** DONE: 1/72 Lockheed P-38H Lightning - Heavy Hitters II GB

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