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Would it be alright to jump in with this. Newly acquired,(this week), and I'm feeling brave.

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Cheers,

Sean

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Nice entry, my brother (RKennerley) built one a few years back, I am sure he posted it on BM - I seem to recall it had a few issues but went together OK in the end

Wayne

Here is a post of the finished model http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234910292-be-6-flying-boat/

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The company was VEB Plasticart from East Germany

....And the VEB part is Volkseigner Betrieb which is German for Publicly Owned Operation - which everything was in East Germany! So it's like Ltd or PLC

I've also got one of these kits and haven't looked at it for quite a while! Trumpeter are releasing a Be-6 at some point so this one may still be worthwhile building......

Steve

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Thanks guys, didn't know about the exhausts being in the wrong spot. Lovely models (and links), and will do me lovely for references.

It only arrived Wednesday, and I thought what the hell, I'll build it now,( with fingers crossed).

Sean

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Cheers, Cliff.

Thanks Pin, it seems the kit is pretty true to those drawings.

No detail at all inside of the fuselage, not even an attempt at a cockpit. Not that much could be seen anyway.

Here are the component parts:


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There is not that many for a plane this size,(perfect for me then.) :winkgrin:

Made a start last night, and 90 mins or so later, most of the parts were joined.

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Only my second time building a kit from outside a "mainstream" kit , and I'm pleasantly surprised how well everything fits.

I will address the issue of the exhausts later today, and apply a coat of paint to the inside of the fuselage.

Cheers

Sean

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Another bit done in between other builds. Exhausts removed, inside the fuselage given a quick lick of paint and then the two halves joined together.

The fit is pretty good-there are small tabs to help-, just a bit of a seam to smooth out along the top.

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Now I realise the size of the thing..............and where will it go once it's finished!!

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Anyone got a spare 2" paint brush?

Cheers Sean

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Yikes! What scale is that then, 1/48? It's a Monster!

Doug it's 1/72, so its only a little one! :winkgrin: .

Well, tailplanes and floats are on, the engines are on the right way and the seam on the spine has been flattened.

A bit of a clean up required around the engines, exhausts glued and she'll be ready for a 1st coat of paint.

So far, so good,

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(Looking at the shape of it, I know where George Lucas got is idea for the clone transports from) :whistle:

Cheers

Sean

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Quick update:

Underside finished painted-Humbrol 145x 2 coats

Topside first coat- Humbrol 155

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First time I've ever masked a canopy, just hoping the lines are straight.

A hell of a model to paint with a brush :wacko: , but quite happy with the results so far.

Sean

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Thanks guys, I've bought a W&N One Stroke 1/4 brush (blue) just before starting this build, and the difference over the other brushes is amazing. I'd recommend it to anyone,

Sean

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A bit more done:

Second coat on uppers done, de-icers painted on, and moved the exhausts again as I wasn't happy with their position.

Also removed the tape from the canopy, and as it was my first time masking , I'm pretty happy with the result. A wee

bit of paint to scrape off, but otherwise it's not too bad.

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I've since added the rest of the transparencies and aerials to the plane, when they are settled in properly,

i'll start touching up the

paint.

Sean

(After I finish this, I doing something small and simple, like a Spitfire :D )

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  • 2 weeks later...

I had sorta of stalled a bit with this, more attention to other builds got in the way. So after a week or so of not

doing anything to the Be-6, I finished everything up and just need to put Klear and decals on.

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I have moved the exhausts again, to their final position, and I converted the top transparency to a gun position.

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Somewhere along the line I have lost the fuselage windows, and have had to replace them with Clearfix.

Another job to tidy up!

So, all being well I'll hopefully have this wrapped up tomorrow,( although I am thinking of doing some weathering to it)

Sean

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Feeling good Steve :thumbsup2:

Decals have been applied over a coat of Klear/Pledge, and if any paint job needed it, is was this one.

It has taken the dullness out of the paintjob (Humbrol 155) as well as helping the decals adhere. The decals aren't the best

but are the only ones I have for the model, so I've done the best I can with them. Overall things worked out alright.

I'm definitely going to try some weathering as I have a load of acrylic paints from starter sets, so if anything goes wrong

I can just wipe it off, plus, it will help to break up the green a bit.

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I'm in two minds whether to paint the stand, and if so, what colour?. Plus, where do I put it once it's finished?

Sean

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Killingholme:

Q1: Build a new stand like this one... not a bad idea maybe

Q2: send the finished model to me... no chance... the postage alone would be astronomical!

Weathering started. I've gone for a well worn and rusty looking aircraft. I've done the wings and

tailplanes and a wee bit around the doors and fuselage. I would be interested in your views, (too much.. not enough)

as it's the first time I've done anything like this. Also, would there be much wear around the de-icers?

Feedback would be much appreciated. I'll also put some fading on some panels?

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Also a picture of one of my many nieces, Chloe who's 6, holding the model, just to get an idea of size,

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Any comments welcome

Sean

Would this be too much weathering? :whistle:

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I think that weathering might be a bit over the top! His stand obviously wasn't as good as yours Sean.

Is that plane the same one as in post#22 I wonder, several years later?

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I think that weathering might be a bit over the top! His stand obviously wasn't as good as yours Sean.

Is that plane the same one as in post#22 I wonder, several years later?

Hi Doug, you could be right about the weathering, I don't see myself going that far! As for the plane in post22, it's a later version

of the Be-6. If you notice, at the rear you'll see the M.A.D, "stinger tail" addition.

Sean

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