**** DONE: GB-56 1/48 P-47D - Thunderbolts and Lightnings
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fubar57
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WOW!!!!
Vic Balshaw
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My goodness, you had a great day Terry. Very nicely done. 
Crimea_River
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Excellent work on that prop Terry.
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Many thanks all.
Snautzer01
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Very good day you had i see. Good work!
Jock Tamson
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Great progress Terry 
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Thanks chaps.
Bit of a lull in the build for now, as I'm very stiff and quite painful at the moment, but I hope to get some more work done over the weekend.
Bit of a lull in the build for now, as I'm very stiff and quite painful at the moment, but I hope to get some more work done over the weekend.
Crimea_River
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You've accomplished a lot over the last week. Rest up.
Snautzer01
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What he above says. Take care. A good day will come soon i am sure.
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Thanks my friends.
Still rather stiff and some pain - think I need to speak to the RA Nurse. However, I was able to get quite a lot done today, including most of the tiresome seam sanding etc, and almost ready to start painting areas such as the AEAF stripes, the anti-glare panel on the upper fuselage, and the dark blue nose ring, which will be easier to do now, rather than when the wings are attached.
There was feint, hairline gap on the upper fuselage nose and cowling, and this was filled with a thin bead of CA, then sanded and checked with a thin coat of white enamel, before further light sanding and polishing.
The wing tip nav lamps have been created, using scraps of clear sprue. This was first sanded flat on one edge, then drilled on the end, with the hole then being filled with the required colours (red / blue) using Tamiya clear acrylic.
The clear sprue was then attached to the wing tip using CA, and left to set hard, before filing and sanding to shape. Polishing was done using "T Cut" car body colour restorer.
After some deliberation, I decided to fit the weapons pylons at this stage, as they needed some work to aid secure attachment, and I reckoned that, fitting them after painting the model would definitely result in damage to the surrounding paintwork.
Although "handed" to match the wing dihedral,the pylons do not have any locating pins, and there are no locating holes in the wing, relying only on surface contact between pylon and wing. Therefore, each pylon was drilled on the mating surface, and a "peg" glued in place, using plastic rod. A reference point was then pencilled onto each wing, holes drilled accordingly, and the pylons glued into place. Once set, the extreme upper "tail" of each pylon was notched, and shaped, stretched sprue cemented in place to represent the spring-loaded steady bar. The small gaps at the joints with the wing have since been attended to.
(NOTE;- The instructions have the numbers for port and starboard pylons reversed. Attaching as per the instructions would result in each pylon being angled inwards, rather than hanging vertically - chek, test fit, check again! )
Next task was to fit the guns. I'd considered replacing the moulded blast tubes with alloy tubing, but my hands just aren't up to that task at the moment, so the kit parts were used as supplied. The muzzles of the blast tubes have been lightly drilled, to represent the "dished" recess (see Pic 7) If I decide to fit bombs, then these recesses will be painted red, to represent the muzzle caps. If not, then they'll be painted to look like open muzzles.
Final task for today was to add some detail in the wheel bays, both on the wings and the fuselage sections. Inspection access hatches were made by punching out discs of thin plastic card and attaching using Tamiya Extra Thin cement.
The pics below show the progress to date and note that any "rough" areas in the pics have since been taken care of.
Still rather stiff and some pain - think I need to speak to the RA Nurse. However, I was able to get quite a lot done today, including most of the tiresome seam sanding etc, and almost ready to start painting areas such as the AEAF stripes, the anti-glare panel on the upper fuselage, and the dark blue nose ring, which will be easier to do now, rather than when the wings are attached.
There was feint, hairline gap on the upper fuselage nose and cowling, and this was filled with a thin bead of CA, then sanded and checked with a thin coat of white enamel, before further light sanding and polishing.
The wing tip nav lamps have been created, using scraps of clear sprue. This was first sanded flat on one edge, then drilled on the end, with the hole then being filled with the required colours (red / blue) using Tamiya clear acrylic.
The clear sprue was then attached to the wing tip using CA, and left to set hard, before filing and sanding to shape. Polishing was done using "T Cut" car body colour restorer.
After some deliberation, I decided to fit the weapons pylons at this stage, as they needed some work to aid secure attachment, and I reckoned that, fitting them after painting the model would definitely result in damage to the surrounding paintwork.
Although "handed" to match the wing dihedral,the pylons do not have any locating pins, and there are no locating holes in the wing, relying only on surface contact between pylon and wing. Therefore, each pylon was drilled on the mating surface, and a "peg" glued in place, using plastic rod. A reference point was then pencilled onto each wing, holes drilled accordingly, and the pylons glued into place. Once set, the extreme upper "tail" of each pylon was notched, and shaped, stretched sprue cemented in place to represent the spring-loaded steady bar. The small gaps at the joints with the wing have since been attended to.
(NOTE;- The instructions have the numbers for port and starboard pylons reversed. Attaching as per the instructions would result in each pylon being angled inwards, rather than hanging vertically - chek, test fit, check again! )
Next task was to fit the guns. I'd considered replacing the moulded blast tubes with alloy tubing, but my hands just aren't up to that task at the moment, so the kit parts were used as supplied. The muzzles of the blast tubes have been lightly drilled, to represent the "dished" recess (see Pic 7) If I decide to fit bombs, then these recesses will be painted red, to represent the muzzle caps. If not, then they'll be painted to look like open muzzles.
Final task for today was to add some detail in the wheel bays, both on the wings and the fuselage sections. Inspection access hatches were made by punching out discs of thin plastic card and attaching using Tamiya Extra Thin cement.
The pics below show the progress to date and note that any "rough" areas in the pics have since been taken care of.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Great detail and work my fiend.
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Thanks very much chaps.
I forgot to mention that the gun inserts had gaps at the vertical joints once fitted. These were filled by melting stretched sprue into the joints, and then sanding smooth.
I forgot to mention that the gun inserts had gaps at the vertical joints once fitted. These were filled by melting stretched sprue into the joints, and then sanding smooth.
Crimea_River
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You're achieving excellent results despite the difficulties. Well done Terry.
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Many thanks again chaps, it really is appreciated.
Had a day off, mainly in bed, due to extreme pain in hands, wrists and upper arms. Felt like my biceps were being squeezed in a hydraulic press !!
Anyway, I'm just about to start on the painting, with the AEAF and I.D stripes, the dark blue nose band and the anti-glare panel.
Once that's done and fully dried, these areas, and the cockpit, will be masked, and the wings and tailplanes attached. Any joints in need of attention will be sorted, before fitting and adjusting the radio mast and filling and sanding any gaps.
Then it'll be time to spray the NMF ......................
Had a day off, mainly in bed, due to extreme pain in hands, wrists and upper arms. Felt like my biceps were being squeezed in a hydraulic press !!
Anyway, I'm just about to start on the painting, with the AEAF and I.D stripes, the dark blue nose band and the anti-glare panel.
Once that's done and fully dried, these areas, and the cockpit, will be masked, and the wings and tailplanes attached. Any joints in need of attention will be sorted, before fitting and adjusting the radio mast and filling and sanding any gaps.
Then it'll be time to spray the NMF ......................
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Sorry your not so good Terry I know the feeling of being squeezed in a hydraulic press with my Peripheral Neuropathy which also chucks in a tingling feeling like pins an needles, both my legs from above the knee down are infected and at night when not active, it grips my whole body, so I do a lot of night prowling. However, modelling is still possible and I look forward to what your going to treat us to next.
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Thanks Vic. The bicep pains, and similar behind the knees, is worse when in bed - sleep for an hour or so, then awake for two hours, repeat !
I'm beginning to wonder if this is being caused by the new meds, as it's never happened before, and nothing else has changed since starting the meds in mid-March, and it's getting progressively worse. Also, my last test showed high blood pressure, which I've never experienced before.
Of course, it may just be because I'm now officially an old fart ...................
I'm beginning to wonder if this is being caused by the new meds, as it's never happened before, and nothing else has changed since starting the meds in mid-March, and it's getting progressively worse. Also, my last test showed high blood pressure, which I've never experienced before.
Of course, it may just be because I'm now officially an old fart ...................
Good work so far Terry!
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