Good work so far Glenn!
**** DONE: GB-46 1:72 C-46 Commando - WW2 Eastern Front / Twin Engine A/C, Transports and Gliders
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Nice brother!
Crimea_River
Marshal
Good stuff Glenn. Glad you got a bit of time for it.
Bustedwing
Tech Sergeant
Cockpit looks great. Driveway, not so great.
Donivanp
Captain
Nice. Hope you have enough heavy equipment to get the job done. I wish I still had my Tonka Trucks, but that was fifty years ago. They were the big steel ones, earth mover shovel and the big dump truck. Not sure where that came from but hey. They don't make them like that anymore.
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T Bolt
Colonel
No Tonka Trucks Don 
Just a quick update. Installed the cockpit/cargo deck and closed up the fuselage.
Just a quick update. Installed the cockpit/cargo deck and closed up the fuselage.
Donivanp
Captain
We had one out front at Robins AFB museum. Looking good. Darn on the Tonka
Lovely work so far Glenn!
Doing good Glenn.
le_steph40
Senior Master Sergeant
Original choice and great start Glenn
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T Bolt
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Took a couple of weeks off at working on this and then spent the last week or so cleaning up all the glue joints and sanding them smooth, and there wasn't a joint that didn't need work, especially around the nacelles so here are some more pictures after all the sanding.
I installed the control panel and took a last couple of shots before it was closed up. Not a great cockpit but then not much of it will be seen.
The two part canopy glued together and installed. I struggled a long time with it to get the best fit possible but it still is pretty bad. I will need to do some filling and a lot of filing to get it flush with the fuselage and then end up polishing the whole thing clear again loosing most or all the window frames.
I installed the control panel and took a last couple of shots before it was closed up. Not a great cockpit but then not much of it will be seen.
The two part canopy glued together and installed. I struggled a long time with it to get the best fit possible but it still is pretty bad. I will need to do some filling and a lot of filing to get it flush with the fuselage and then end up polishing the whole thing clear again loosing most or all the window frames.
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Nicely done so far Glenn!
Good stuff Glenn, some work still to do on that canopy though.....
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T Bolt
Colonel
A lot of work with a file and here's what I ended up with. Not a lot of the window frames left.
By the time I had wet sanded it through 800 grit none were left.
Here it is after the polishing pads through 12,000 grit. nice and smooth but I think I'm going to have to buy the Eduard mask set because I don't have a clue where the window frames go now
By the time I had wet sanded it through 800 grit none were left.
Here it is after the polishing pads through 12,000 grit. nice and smooth but I think I'm going to have to buy the Eduard mask set because I don't have a clue where the window frames go now
Crimea_River
Marshal
That'll buff out, as they say. Nice job. Maybe try Terry's trick of painting some cellophane tape and cutting stips.
Good work so far Glenn!
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