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Benevolens Magister
Hope you get it sorted Andy.
**** DONE: GB-39 1:48 CR. 42 Falco - Battle for France to Battle of Britain
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parsifal
Colonel
thanks for explaining a bit about stretched sprue. So far this has been a very nice build, so I agree with terry
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Well, the clear sprue proved to be the way to go as this stuff behaved much better than the grey plastic and nylon fishing line. Not sure why but I know that the clear plastic is much stiffer than the opaque and this allowed the stretched sprue to remain straight and much easier to work with. It removed the variable of having to pull the wires straight and hold them at the attachment point to remove the sag while the CA set up, and operation that needs at least 3 small, steady hands!. The straight pieces were simply attached with CA at one end with the other end laid against the opposite strut near the attachment point. Once the CA set, the other side was trimmed to the right length, pinched to the attached point (it held itself there - I didn't have to hold it) and a dab of CA on the end of a toothpick secured the "wire" in place.
Here's a shot showing the wires after I brushed on a coat of Alclad Steel.
The cockpit sill padding received a coat of primer and was topped with brown. This is my first close-up view of it and I may need to lay a bead of PVA in the seam to blend in the "leather" better.
Not sure what these are but they appear on the outer struts on both wings. We seem to have a pitot tube as shown and then these other instruments as well. Whatever they are, the kit part was commendably moulded but still was rather bulky. The Eduard detail set provides replacements but, as with all PE parts, these are 2-dimensional and not very realistic. I therefore chose to make my own using brass tube. The main tube was bent to represent the jog seen on the original (neither the kit parts nor the Eduard pieces had this) and the shorter tube was separated from the main one with a a tiny piece of plastic card. The wire is made of 0.2mm diameter lead. All will receive a brush coat of Alclad Steel and the tips will be silver.
With this last it of fiddly work done, all that remains is a final look-over and touch up so I should be finished some time this week. Thanks once again for watching,
Here's a shot showing the wires after I brushed on a coat of Alclad Steel.
The cockpit sill padding received a coat of primer and was topped with brown. This is my first close-up view of it and I may need to lay a bead of PVA in the seam to blend in the "leather" better.
Not sure what these are but they appear on the outer struts on both wings. We seem to have a pitot tube as shown and then these other instruments as well. Whatever they are, the kit part was commendably moulded but still was rather bulky. The Eduard detail set provides replacements but, as with all PE parts, these are 2-dimensional and not very realistic. I therefore chose to make my own using brass tube. The main tube was bent to represent the jog seen on the original (neither the kit parts nor the Eduard pieces had this) and the shorter tube was separated from the main one with a a tiny piece of plastic card. The wire is made of 0.2mm diameter lead. All will receive a brush coat of Alclad Steel and the tips will be silver.
With this last it of fiddly work done, all that remains is a final look-over and touch up so I should be finished some time this week. Thanks once again for watching,
parsifal
Colonel
Excellent
Looks great so far Andy!
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Thanks gents.
A4K
Brigadier General
Great work Andy, love the scratchbuilt pitot.
Done good man....
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Benevolens Magister
Great work Andy !
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Much appreciated Evan, Wayne and Terry.
fubar57
General
Very nice improvements
Night Fighter Nut
Master Sergeant
Great work Andy.
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Thanks guys.
ArmouredSprue
Senior Airman
Very impressed. looking very good indeed
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Thank-you Paulo. Hope to finish it this weekend.
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Finished....
I ended up not fixing the incorrect decal noted in post 199 as I just ran out of drive on this one. Into the display cabinet she goes. Thanks to everyone who commented and assisted with the research and build process.
I ended up not fixing the incorrect decal noted in post 199 as I just ran out of drive on this one. Into the display cabinet she goes. Thanks to everyone who commented and assisted with the research and build process.
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Benevolens Magister
Beauty.
Turned out to be a real stunner Andy.
Turned out to be a real stunner Andy.
