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Crimea_River
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Thanks Terry, Luis. Had to order more lead wire as I used it all up.
GB-40 1/48 Vickers Wellington Mk. III - Heavy Hitters III
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looking good.
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Crimea_River
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Thanks guys.
Another one of the many steps before closing up the fuselage was to add seat belts to the pilot's seat. I decided to scratch build these rather than spring for a new set of PE belts. I made these from plain masking tape and stainless steel wire for the buckles. The grommets were done by placing a dab of chrome paint from one of my new Molotow chrome pens I got for Christmas and then, when dry, placing a black ink dot in the middle.
Note that at some point I must have brushed the cockpit against something and obliterated all the throttle levers I worked so hard to make. I'll need to redo these now. I'll also need to come up with seat belts and the back rest for the Flight Engineer. Though the back rest can be seen in one of my reference pics, I have not seen if and how the seat belts attach to the folding seat.
In the meantime, the back of the instrument panel was given some spaghetti wiring which was then painted, some black and some silver. I only did enough to suggest the mess that was really there as just the bottom stuff will be seen through the hatch. With this all done, I glued the panel securely in place with CA. The below pic shows the panel in place and the cockpit floor loosely positioned. Two wires emanate from the camera so far; one goes to the controller and one runs behind the camera and stops. The drive cable from the motor can only be installed once the floor is permanently attached.
Next up was the wing spar, a rather important feature that Trumpeter omitted. I got my reference for this from the Eduard detail set instruction sheet that I downloaded from the net and made it using styrene card. Two sides were made with spacers in between.
Here's the spar in place ready for paint.
I also assembled the forward turret. I cut off the thick triangular parts, one of which can be seen in the below pic, and replaced them with card. Lightening holes and a stiffener plate was also added and I also added a box representing the gun sight. The reflector will be added once I paint everything.
Thanks again for following and for the comments.
Another one of the many steps before closing up the fuselage was to add seat belts to the pilot's seat. I decided to scratch build these rather than spring for a new set of PE belts. I made these from plain masking tape and stainless steel wire for the buckles. The grommets were done by placing a dab of chrome paint from one of my new Molotow chrome pens I got for Christmas and then, when dry, placing a black ink dot in the middle.
Note that at some point I must have brushed the cockpit against something and obliterated all the throttle levers I worked so hard to make. I'll need to redo these now. I'll also need to come up with seat belts and the back rest for the Flight Engineer. Though the back rest can be seen in one of my reference pics, I have not seen if and how the seat belts attach to the folding seat.
In the meantime, the back of the instrument panel was given some spaghetti wiring which was then painted, some black and some silver. I only did enough to suggest the mess that was really there as just the bottom stuff will be seen through the hatch. With this all done, I glued the panel securely in place with CA. The below pic shows the panel in place and the cockpit floor loosely positioned. Two wires emanate from the camera so far; one goes to the controller and one runs behind the camera and stops. The drive cable from the motor can only be installed once the floor is permanently attached.
Next up was the wing spar, a rather important feature that Trumpeter omitted. I got my reference for this from the Eduard detail set instruction sheet that I downloaded from the net and made it using styrene card. Two sides were made with spacers in between.
Here's the spar in place ready for paint.
I also assembled the forward turret. I cut off the thick triangular parts, one of which can be seen in the below pic, and replaced them with card. Lightening holes and a stiffener plate was also added and I also added a box representing the gun sight. The reflector will be added once I paint everything.
Thanks again for following and for the comments.
SANCER
Senior Master Sergeant
Lovely scratch build, Andy 
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Crimea_River
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Thanks my friends.
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Nice scratch work Andy.
The reflector sight was 'hooded', with the reflector glass hidden inside the hood, and a flip-down glare screen on the front of the hood. The lamp dimmer switch was on the right side, when viewed from the rear.
Being 'hooded', it should simplify scratch-building the sight.
Pics of my example below may help.
The reflector sight was 'hooded', with the reflector glass hidden inside the hood, and a flip-down glare screen on the front of the hood. The lamp dimmer switch was on the right side, when viewed from the rear.
Being 'hooded', it should simplify scratch-building the sight.
Pics of my example below may help.
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Crimea_River
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Thanks Terry. I was going by the Eduard detail set instruction sheet which shows it thus:
I trust your take on it more though and will use you pic. Thanks for that.
I trust your take on it more though and will use you pic. Thanks for that.
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You're welcome Andy.
The sight was a common fitting on all turrets and other guns,in most, if not all aircraft, before the introduction of AGLT and gyro sights on the Lanc rear turret (Lanc front and upper turrets used the sight shown, as did Wellington, Halifax etc etc,).
The mounting bracket fitted around the 'milled' collar, indicated by the red arrow, as shown below.
The sight was a common fitting on all turrets and other guns,in most, if not all aircraft, before the introduction of AGLT and gyro sights on the Lanc rear turret (Lanc front and upper turrets used the sight shown, as did Wellington, Halifax etc etc,).
The mounting bracket fitted around the 'milled' collar, indicated by the red arrow, as shown below.
Done real good on the scratch work Andy..
Great work so far Andy!
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Crimea_River
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Thanks Wayne and Hugh. Terry, I was wondering about that so thanks for the info. Should be an easy mod.
I had just realized that I took a full set of pics inside our Lanc turret and found the below pic. Seems the hood is missing.
I had just realized that I took a full set of pics inside our Lanc turret and found the below pic. Seems the hood is missing.
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Interior of the front turret is almost complete. I'm debating whether or not to add the ammo feed chutes. Though the turrets are nicely done, Trumpeter didn't really do these justice, leaving just a raised detail on the gun mount. In actual fact there was a twisty chute which would actually be tricky to make. Here's the turret as it now looks. I modified the gun sight to add the hood. though in hind sight it looks a tad small.
Here you can see the ammo chute behind the glass. This one is on our Lancaster in Nanton.
The engines had been worked on occasionally when I took breaks from other things. Each is only 5 parts but the single-piece collector ring proved to be a bear to clean. There was a lot of flash and mould ridges the had to be filed away. The gear cases are gloss black but I want to flatten them down a tad still.
Thanks again for your interest.
Here you can see the ammo chute behind the glass. This one is on our Lancaster in Nanton.
The engines had been worked on occasionally when I took breaks from other things. Each is only 5 parts but the single-piece collector ring proved to be a bear to clean. There was a lot of flash and mould ridges the had to be filed away. The gear cases are gloss black but I want to flatten them down a tad still.
Thanks again for your interest.
SANCER
Senior Master Sergeant
Lovely detail work Andy, I like the colors in both
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Crimea_River
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Thanks guys.
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Nice work Andy. However, the gun sight hood appears to be fitted sideways.
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Crimea_River
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Oh. I guess I'm not getting what's the front in your pics. Easy fix though.
