**** DONE: GB-37 1:48 BP DEFIANT - Helicopters / Military a/c of BoB 1940

fubar57 · Mar 30, 2018

Thanks guys. Not sure what the pipes are for or where they come from Herman but you seem to be correct as to where they go...

.....other side glued up, again a nice tight fit...

.....tight is the word here. I started from the back and forced the wings into the fuselage, running Tamiya Extra Thin about an inch at a time and holding the area together for about 20 seconds before moving along. Its not really needed, I used the clamp just to make sure. I did an test fit of the upper cowl piece and once again the join is a very tight fit and seamless along the rear and sides, a minor gap about a half inch along on the front

fubar57 · Mar 30, 2018

Upper cowl piece test fitted. I did a bit of plastic removal to get it closer.

In bondage, you can see the small gap at the front on the right side...

Looking like an aircraft now. Though the instructions call for tail feathers, ailerons, and intakes to be added next I'm going to jump to the turret innards next

fubar57 · Mar 31, 2018

The turret side of the instructions, Page 1...

...and the parts required for the first 8 steps....

In between parts clean-up I'm working on something I should have done long ago. I rarely use tweezers as I fear the "Ping" moment and therefore struggle with small pieces so now I am attaching 800 grit sandpaper to all my tweezers in hopes that this will lessen the ping.

Wurger · Mar 31, 2018

Airframes · Mar 31, 2018

Good stuff Geo, and the tweezers 'tweak' is good - could maybe also be used for sanding small parts, such as the seams on rods and other round-section pieces, by pulling the part through the tweezers.

Wurger · Mar 31, 2018

fubar57 said:
Thanks guys. Not sure what the pipes are for or where they come from Herman but you seem to be correct as to where they go...

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I would say these pipes are a part of the engine cooling system. They come from the engine compartment through the cockpit section to the radiator under the fuselage.

fubar57 · Mar 31, 2018

Interesting. The fiddliness begins. These two parts are joined at 2 very small attachment points. I dropped the smaller piece three times before I could attach it. The second photo shows that it basically floats.

All the other builds I've read state that turret build needs attention: make sure everything sits properly. This part has 3 mounting pegs to fit into the base. I had to deepen the center one to get the ends to sit flush.

Wurger · Mar 31, 2018

Airframes · Mar 31, 2018

Some nice detail in the turret, and with the option of having the turret 'doors' open, it's well worth ensuring it's all done right.

fubar57 · Mar 31, 2018

Some builds had problems with the doors open so I'll have to work on it when the glass is ready to be placed. Some nice detail also disappears.

Wurger · Mar 31, 2018

fubar57 · Mar 31, 2018

At the paint stage now. If you look a the build sequence where I sit now, they want you to add the 2 side pieces first(C10, C11) and then the foot pedals(D1) but test fitting would show that some thing was going to break...

After some pondering, I put some tape along the glued panel, pressed the pedal into the hole so that it touched the tape and then with my third hand I place the other panel in place and trapping the foot pedal.

Note the cylinder is slightly off center. This is what happens when I glue something, leave the house for a few hours and in the meantime the part had fallen on its side. No biggie as this is completely inside the turret, inside the airframe and painted black

I never noticed that the name of the colour was Cockp Green

Wurger · Mar 31, 2018

fubar57 · Mar 31, 2018

Thought I would give what I have done so far a test drive. A bit of pressure was all that was needed.

Airframes · Mar 31, 2018

Fiddly stuff, but looking good. If the turret parts are to scale, there's not a lot of room for the top half of the gunner !

fubar57 · Mar 31, 2018

Thanks Terry. Remember all that detail?

It's still wet but when I looked down into the opening with 4 lights on its still pretty dark. Gunner's Lazy Boy in the foreground. It mounts on that white spot on the right....I hope. I haven't found anything yet but I'm assuming the seat had a lap belt

Crimea_River · Mar 31, 2018

Really motoring along here Geo and looking very good. I think Wojtek has nailed the coolant pipe issue. Inlet and return lines from the rad, similar on the Hurricane.

fubar57 · Apr 1, 2018

Thanks Andy and always learning. I though I might have problems mounting the seat as it has to be inserted into the turret at an angle and then place on 3 pegs but it went smoothly. My non-pinging tweezers are a tad aggressive with paint

The rest of the turret innards for the upper half. You can't see it but there are 2 dials on one of the halves.....

....but you can see them here. This is the best photo I can find of the turret innards. I also just noticed a joystick is present. I'm guessing it is for operating the turret. My question to you is, is there a second one to the left? One operating the rotation of the turret, the other controlling the elevation of the guns or could this be done with one joystick. On the equipment I run a work each joystick has multiple functions.

Anyhoo...as I was trying to take a close-up photo showing the detail on the MGs and failing I discovered something that helped. No matter what setting I used on my little Canon point and shoot I couldn't get it to keep all the part in focus. I accidentally hit the video button and recorded for three seconds. I used the Snipping Tool to capture the image and those whacking great mold lines

fubar57 · Apr 1, 2018

I may have just found the answer my own question. I think what the arrow is pointing to represents the joystick. If so, I'll remove it and make one more representative. What say ye....

fubar57 · Apr 1, 2018

Gun mount test fitted and arrow pointing to "joystick(?)"

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