Crimea_River
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H52 is a piano hinge for the cowl Geo.
**** DONE: GB-45 1:48 Slovakian Bf 109G-6 - BoB/Foreign Service
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fubar57
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Thanks Andy. I thought it might be but it never ended at the panel lines in front are to the back so it set me back a touch
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fubar57
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Eight piece tail section.
When I test fit the elevators to the stabs there was a whacking great gap at the angled outer edge. What isn't shown in the instructions clearly is that the elevators fit into slots at the back of the stabs and then slid toward the vertical stab. This is to accommodate the pin (A) fitting into the fuselage. I haven't figured out the purpose of this yet but it does prevent you from gluing the elevators to the stabs and then gluing it to the fuselage as a whole
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Crimea_River
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It's like that in many real aircraft Geo. The 109 and many others had their elevators connected with a torque tube that goes through the fuselage.
Zippythehog
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Dunno about the Gustav, or any Messerschmitt but the 'at rest' position for the joystick could be forward and that would have the elevators drooped. Would it be easier to build that way?
Sure would be easier to get in the cockpit if the stick were forward.
Otherwise it's looking good.
Sure would be easier to get in the cockpit if the stick were forward.
Otherwise it's looking good.
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fubar57
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Many thanks. I've got 13 books on the "G" and the state of the elevators is all over the place on parked unmanned aircraft: raised, lower and neutral. To save time I went neutral. The fit here is very good save for the vertical stabilizer; a gap on the right side to be filled.
dneid
Staff Sergeant
Hey, George,
Lovely work there. As for filling some of those "weird" to sand things.... I rarely ever sand anymore. Put tape close to either side of the gap (when possible), smear in some Tamiya white putty with a toothpick to minimize overflow. I then grab a Q-tip, dip it some acetone and wipe the putty away with that. After the putty is set, I wash the area with warm water and some Dawn dish soap to get any remaining acetone off the plastic. I have never had any damage on the plastic and the seam / gap is very nicely filled with no sanding required. I used this on the P-40 I am doing for this build. The landing gear "end caps" had some fit issues. After looking thing over and thinking about how to sand that compound curve against that soft Airfix plastic, I went with the putty / Q-tip / acetone thing and it worked great. No sanding needed at all.
I do like the Eduard 109s, especially the Gs. The 3 I have done have all been great kits with minimal fit issues. If I used more than a couple of drops of putty I would be surprised. I love the subject you are doing as well. I was trying to find some Italian markings for a 109 E7 and no bueno. I was thinking about an Italian plane with a 109 E7 I started while waiting for my PE for the P-40 for a possible addition to this GB, but no luck on finding anything yet.
Oh! Thanks for the tip on the wax pencil! I just ordered a box of 6 off Amazon. These will sure make getting those small things in place a whole lot easier!
Lovely work there. As for filling some of those "weird" to sand things.... I rarely ever sand anymore. Put tape close to either side of the gap (when possible), smear in some Tamiya white putty with a toothpick to minimize overflow. I then grab a Q-tip, dip it some acetone and wipe the putty away with that. After the putty is set, I wash the area with warm water and some Dawn dish soap to get any remaining acetone off the plastic. I have never had any damage on the plastic and the seam / gap is very nicely filled with no sanding required. I used this on the P-40 I am doing for this build. The landing gear "end caps" had some fit issues. After looking thing over and thinking about how to sand that compound curve against that soft Airfix plastic, I went with the putty / Q-tip / acetone thing and it worked great. No sanding needed at all.
I do like the Eduard 109s, especially the Gs. The 3 I have done have all been great kits with minimal fit issues. If I used more than a couple of drops of putty I would be surprised. I love the subject you are doing as well. I was trying to find some Italian markings for a 109 E7 and no bueno. I was thinking about an Italian plane with a 109 E7 I started while waiting for my PE for the P-40 for a possible addition to this GB, but no luck on finding anything yet.
Oh! Thanks for the tip on the wax pencil! I just ordered a box of 6 off Amazon. These will sure make getting those small things in place a whole lot easier!
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fubar57
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Thanks Dale. Understandable about the lack of markings for the E-7 as only 12 were shipped to Italy and none used in service. PM sent
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fubar57
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Wing attached. The clamp was only for holding purposes, not really necessary. The minor droop of the left elevator has been corrected.
On to the underneathy things.....
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fubar57
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Underneathy thangs sprayed with VMA 71.044 RLM02
It looks quite green in the photo but is leaning more toward this chip.
If you look at the instruction sheet it shows PE attached over the kit part. For what will be seen the kit part will be more than sufficient
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Crimea_River
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Good progress George.
looking good George.
Nice progress Geo
Lovely work so far George!
dneid
Staff Sergeant
Yeah, I am mixed on the PE versus kit part for the radiators. I am 50-50 on having used the PE on the Gs I have built so far. The work is simply lovely George. I sure going to enjoy you finish this one up.
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Thanks all. Landing gear almost finish but looking for pics as to how the brake lines were attached and coloured.
Its a good thing I chose not to include the PE grills, they and the kit parts are a tad too wide and tall. Not shown clearly in the instructions is that each front grill has a slight curved edge illustrated here on the PE parts
While searching for something else I came across the better VMA match for RLM 02
