Good work so far!
GB-43 1/48 Bf-110 G-2 - Aces' Aircraft of all Eras
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Yep, doing good work.
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Thank you all for the kind remarks, so here's where it's at at the moment, got the upper nose fitted, the shim I think worked out much better then sanding down the lower part to fit.
and all masked up to paint the sill, I use Badgers Stynelrez when I'm not using Mr.Surfacer. Stynelrez can be easily thinned with alcohol if it seems to be getting a bit on the thick side, I use Tamiya's X20A, which I no longer use to thin paint with and I still have a lot of. I've tried Vallejo's but I don't get on well with it.
Now the main fuselage is finished up except for the set of gauges behind the pilot, I'll ad the tail planes after I put on the main wings......
Oh yes......the wings.....the way Eduard engineered the landing gear things are a bit delicate and easily broken if one is not careful, so having the nacelles partially assembled even is a bit of an insurance policy
Ah yes......sticky outy bits looking to get mangled, the air tanks and the landing gear has to go in before the wing halves are joined
I just glue the wing halve up to the flap line from the fuselage joint, and make sure everything is squared up, they are warped a bit but the trialing edge behind the wheel bay has a lip so that section is quite straight. Once that bit has set up I flood the tabs with Extra Thin sand hold them together with a pair of pliers as they won't close up on their own.
and all masked up to paint the sill, I use Badgers Stynelrez when I'm not using Mr.Surfacer. Stynelrez can be easily thinned with alcohol if it seems to be getting a bit on the thick side, I use Tamiya's X20A, which I no longer use to thin paint with and I still have a lot of. I've tried Vallejo's but I don't get on well with it.
Now the main fuselage is finished up except for the set of gauges behind the pilot, I'll ad the tail planes after I put on the main wings......
Oh yes......the wings.....the way Eduard engineered the landing gear things are a bit delicate and easily broken if one is not careful, so having the nacelles partially assembled even is a bit of an insurance policy
Ah yes......sticky outy bits looking to get mangled, the air tanks and the landing gear has to go in before the wing halves are joined
I just glue the wing halve up to the flap line from the fuselage joint, and make sure everything is squared up, they are warped a bit but the trialing edge behind the wheel bay has a lip so that section is quite straight. Once that bit has set up I flood the tabs with Extra Thin sand hold them together with a pair of pliers as they won't close up on their own.
Jock Tamson
Senior Airman
Nice work there. I have heard a lot of negatives about the fit of this kit, particularly the gun bay- if you want it closed rather than open. however you are taming the beast admirably. I have the 1/72 weekend version, which i hope will go together without too much fuss.
Well done! Cheers Greg
Well done! Cheers Greg
Crimea_River
Marshal
Hey Tim. Here's a tip to help with the wing to fuselage fit. You may find that, because there are two large mating flat surface provided, the fit will be imperfect unless the surfaces are exactly parallel and flat which is very unlikely. To remedy this, you could consider hollowing out material in the center of the mating surfaces, leaving just the outer, visible bits to be your glue surfaces. This will eliminate any tendency for the mating surfaces to rock on a high point somewhere in the middle of the joint.
I did this on my build but unfortunately didn't photograph the process. Keep up the great work.
I did this on my build but unfortunately didn't photograph the process. Keep up the great work.
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Thanks Greg
Oh those 1/72 kits are real gems, if only they would have engineered the 1/48 kits the same way......
I have yet to glue the wings and engines to the fuselage, the fit is good enough that you can dry fit them and they will stay together. One thing I did was to run some plastic strips around the engine attachment points which will give a better surface to glue to and one can at the moment set them in place without glue.
I will be finishing them soon I think
Thanks Andy, that is an excellent tip. I do actually do that very thing on all kits that fit together in that way including tail planes. I've actually been working on the wing fit before I got them started. At the moment there is a very small gap for about 1/3 of the upper wing joint which I'm just going to fill with some Mr.Surfacer. The gaps in the pics are larger then actual fit.
fubar57
General
Looking good
Looking good.
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With life, things and Yaks getting in the way I haven't done much of anything to this for a while, but with the fit issues on the Yak engines, it's time to pick this one back up for a bit I think. The nacelle oil coolers are a bit lacking in detail, it's an easy fix if one wants to save a few bucks on etch parts, I just use .010 plastic rods, and looks well enough to my eye.
To avoid scratching the paint off the surface I taped up the ends of the tweezers
As there really isn't much by the way of glueing surface, despite apperances, I gave the joints a liberal coating of super glue
I didn't bother doing up the backside as they won't be seen by any rational human being anyway
The engraving on the coolant radiator flaps was very faint so needed to be enhanced slightly with a sharp object.....
To avoid scratching the paint off the surface I taped up the ends of the tweezers
As there really isn't much by the way of glueing surface, despite apperances, I gave the joints a liberal coating of super glue
I didn't bother doing up the backside as they won't be seen by any rational human being anyway
The engraving on the coolant radiator flaps was very faint so needed to be enhanced slightly with a sharp object.....
fubar57
General
Nice cheap improvement. 
Crimea_River
Marshal
But it doesn't look cheap. Well done Tim and good to see you back at it.
BTW, the GB ends this coming Sunday. If you think you can finish with a 1 to 2 week extension then let us know.
BTW, the GB ends this coming Sunday. If you think you can finish with a 1 to 2 week extension then let us know.
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Nicely done so far!
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I haven't been getting in much bench time lately and I don't want to rush it so I doubt I'll be able to finish it within that time frame, but I will keep the door open and I do appreciate the offer.
N4521U
Colonel
You're doing well, keep it going mate!
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I definitely will, no problem there
The week before last I took a tumble, it's not like it's the first time I've lost it on a patch of ice, but this was a little different as I've never had both feet go airborne at the same time before, the effect being similar to that of launching your self backwards and landing flat on concrete, which is essentially what happened. To quote "Roy" from Blade Runner, THAT HURT. It took a bit to reboot the ole diaphragm and get the oxygen system back on line, once I got that up and running and after running a nervous system diagnosis to ensure all connections were functioning properly, a mechanical systems check was initiated and it was immediately noted that there was an area of distress and trauma in the upper torso and within the breathing apparatus, which slowed, but did not restrict movement, fortunately. It was also noted later during a professional mechanical inspection that the CPU protective apparatus had recorded an impact but nothing significant enough to log any negative feed back, strange that, but I guess taking into account the materials, density, and thickness there of
.........kudos, I suppose, to the system protections auto response program for maximizing the effectiveness of said apparatus
The plus side, if you can call it that, was that this event occurred at the beginning of my shift walking to my shunter, so I got to go home early and the 4 days I spent doped up in bed recovering are going to be covered.......eventually.....the down side of that being I wasn't surrounded by a gaggle of concubines stuffing grapes down my throat and all that that entails
Although I've been back at work for the last week, things are still a bit stiff, and I really haven't been up to doing much of anything. One thing I did do though, was fix this moron moment, I didn't click how dumb this was until after I finished putting it together, but then I was to lazy to fix it. When the second moisture trap, which is just a convenient place for the gauge and as a regulator, began to fill up with water, I figured it was about time I did something with it.
So I fixed that. I know, 10 minute job, but.......... reasons
The week before last I took a tumble, it's not like it's the first time I've lost it on a patch of ice, but this was a little different as I've never had both feet go airborne at the same time before, the effect being similar to that of launching your self backwards and landing flat on concrete, which is essentially what happened. To quote "Roy" from Blade Runner, THAT HURT. It took a bit to reboot the ole diaphragm and get the oxygen system back on line, once I got that up and running and after running a nervous system diagnosis to ensure all connections were functioning properly, a mechanical systems check was initiated and it was immediately noted that there was an area of distress and trauma in the upper torso and within the breathing apparatus, which slowed, but did not restrict movement, fortunately. It was also noted later during a professional mechanical inspection that the CPU protective apparatus had recorded an impact but nothing significant enough to log any negative feed back, strange that, but I guess taking into account the materials, density, and thickness there of
The plus side, if you can call it that, was that this event occurred at the beginning of my shift walking to my shunter, so I got to go home early and the 4 days I spent doped up in bed recovering are going to be covered.......eventually.....the down side of that being I wasn't surrounded by a gaggle of concubines stuffing grapes down my throat and all that that entails
Although I've been back at work for the last week, things are still a bit stiff, and I really haven't been up to doing much of anything. One thing I did do though, was fix this moron moment, I didn't click how dumb this was until after I finished putting it together, but then I was to lazy to fix it. When the second moisture trap, which is just a convenient place for the gauge and as a regulator, began to fill up with water, I figured it was about time I did something with it.
So I fixed that. I know, 10 minute job, but.......... reasons
Good work so far!
