Paul J Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 (edited) .Which... of these should I go for? And please don't say all three because these are MPM/SH kits and are not "shake the box and out pops a kit" kits! This one?/ Its more of a candidate for the seaplane GB!! Perhaps this one. But I think I'll save it for now. This the more likely candidate. All over bare metal jobbie! EEEk! Actually one of the options will fit in with another mini theme I have in mind. Edited November 19, 2012 by Paul J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarLos Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 The floats of the Vega kit are rather inaccurate! Use the Khee-Kha ones instead when making a Vega floatplane. My vote is for the Vultee in AA markings. Unfortunately my kit has spanish war decals. Carlos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 I have done some MPM/Pavla kits, Sir, and know what you mean about their taking some work, nuit they can build up into great models. I would recommend the Vultee also, and further, would suggest foil for the finish: nothing look quite so like metal as metal.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted September 5, 2012 Author Share Posted September 5, 2012 (edited) Thanks chaps. I am leaning to the Vulltee as mentioned in post 1. Might be worth my while experimenting the foil method for finishing. The mini theme i am thinking is one of a series of aircraft used by oil companies. The kit includes one for a company I don't know of but stiil has the AA flash or a Shell sponsored one flown by Jimmy Dolittle. A couple of other plans I have are for the Boeing 247 in Chevron Oil using the Williams kit and Whiskey Jack decals and another I can't think of right now. Oh yes I remember now. A 1920s Junkers F13 in Imperial Oil Co. colours. Its already built and decalled just needs a few finishing touches. A pity I pre empted the GB when I built this but I'll post pics when ready. Edited September 5, 2012 by Paul J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Rogers Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Yup, another vote for the Vultee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galgos Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 No doubts about it........the Vultee! T'will be especially interesting to watch if you're doing the full metal jobby! Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted September 10, 2012 Author Share Posted September 10, 2012 Well. Work has started on the Vultee. Pictures tonight of work in progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 (edited) Here we go. First pics up of progress these past few days on the Vultee among to repairs to my collection etc. general view of some part pre painting. Cabin areas assembled. Fuselage coming together. The rectangular part with the pointy end is an optional part fro the flight deck roof as an alternative to using the vacform clear part. I'm going to see which will work best by trying both. The cowling put together. I added a plastic strip to shim out the shape to make it less oval if joined as per kit. Here too, a strip was added to fill the gap. It just would not join,... even after I dry ran the interior parts to see how well the fuselage closed up! Cowling fitted and all smoothed off. Top view and with the circular blanking plate in place which also need to be blended in. Thats it so far. Since these pictures, the wings and tail are in place and photos are to come later. Edited November 18, 2012 by Paul J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarLos Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Keep the pics coming! How do you plan to deal with the side windows? Carlos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 (edited) I've used the kit supplied windows for the main cabin. All they needed was a gentle clean up around the edges and the same to the openings. They fitted well though a tad tight but left no unsightly edges. But they will need careful masking for painting. Edited November 18, 2012 by Paul J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j3cubfan Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Nice job so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Good to see you doing the Vultee! I have one I want to do as Spanish Republican bomber so I will be watching this build with interest. Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted October 12, 2012 Author Share Posted October 12, 2012 I will be getting back to this next week. I need to regroup in my shed having now cleared the 104 GB. and a couple of other models that were sitting idly waiting to be finished. So, I'll be working on the Vultee alongside the DC-7 for the other GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 (edited) After a bit of time away from this build, I am now back on track following my recent finish elsewhere of the DC-3. Here are some pics of some more recent work. These few pics show main assembly having been carried out. Such as blending of joins, addition of the vac form cockpit cover( no mean feat this. Met with probs and resorted to the second part after spoiling the other one!), Addition of exhausts(resin parts), venturi and undercart and ready for painting. The white centreline at the nose is the plastic strip added to fill the gap. Edited November 18, 2012 by Paul J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted November 26, 2012 Author Share Posted November 26, 2012 Various views of progress for this GB. Primed and painted. Some remedial work is needed around all the clear parts and the orange given a second coat. Decals next and final addition of any remaining parts. Hopefullly get this done in time before the deadline. Then I can get on a decide a Mossie to build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMChladek Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 I love the results you achieved with your Vultee airliner in the gallery section. Nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Glorious! I've always enjoyed these forward raked windscreens - very evocative of the period.... Congratulations on the finished result. Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted December 8, 2012 Author Share Posted December 8, 2012 Cheers chaps. I got a bit frustrated last night with Photobucket so forgot to comment here of the finish of this build. I'm fairly happy with the result though should have spent a bit more time on correcting some of the missing features. But time was running out and had other things on the go that got in the way. It was Alcladded with Testors acrylic paint in the sachet for the orange that seemed to match the decal quite well. The orange spinner was added just to use up the part and painted to match the nose cowl. But, as has been mentioned above it is a quite iconic beast of the period. Thanks again. Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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