Ian Suds

Brilliant, thanks for posting this. Looks like another one to follow. Having watched a YouTube video review of this kit it is interesting to see how those tyres built up. Appears, by what you've achieved to be a rather clever method. Nice work so far.

After cleaning up the joint of the fuselage halves it was time to ready the air brush and compressor and apply some undercoat.

Good morning from a very wet SW Scotland where the weather is at its best, rain rain and even more rain. So with a great cup of tea made with Yorkshire tea bags it's time to post some more photos. Start where I left off last night with the fuselage halves having been joined I managed a shot of the interior from the rear doors. With spare wire I added what the parachutist would attach their static lines to. Sorry I can't remember the correct term used to describe them.

From one Ian to another, well done. Coming on leaps and bounds, it really is an excellent example, really enjoying this thread.

Thanks for passing on that tip Martin. So beware anyone looking for the H series by Italeri.

Next day the tape was removed and a little sanding and filling of the joint was done. Then the windscreen was test fitted to check out the fit, was not too bad, this is another part of aircraft modelling I hate, this piece always seems to be the one which will not fit properly. But I can live with this as its not too bad at all. Well chaps that's it for tonight. Good night in this time zone.

Final part for tonight. Fuselage halves glued together. Anyone who is not an aircraft modeller (me for instance) and tries to do an aircraft kit will know when I state that this is our nightmare, so why am I causing even more stress with a 1:48 one. Glueing it without making a mess!!! Well vehicle people here is a tip use liquid weld rather than polystyrene cement. So here are the parts glued together and held with tape.

Whilst the previous work fully cured, a good old cup of Yorkshire tea was drunk then it was time for the engines. The kit ones are not accurate to a J series so the those that really care about these things will have to purchase after market resin ones. For me? Well it was the kit ones that would be used. Once they were ready they received an undercoat of primer paint followed by the top coat. That was followed by two coats of Klear.

The parts that rattled, hummed and screeched were me, especially when things got fiddly or didn't want to go where they should have lol.Anyone noticed a 1:16 King Tiger on display by the window?

Once I was happy that the interior section fitted OK I temporarily closed the two fuselage halves together ( not shown) then left the glue for 12 hours to fully cure. Removing the Port half the completed interior section was glued and taped to the starboard half and again left Overnight to set before the tape was removed. Once the tape was removed the guitar string was put to use as control wires.

Rear section then added. Then the front cockpit area. Then it was test fitted to the starboard fuselage half. This was done before glue completely cured to ensure that it fitted where it was supposed to.

Then it was time to tackle the interiors sections.

Adding a bit more tonight. Undercarriage assembled and painted. Front section of fuselage glued to the main fuselage piece. Control boxes etc: painted and the roof section control panel fitted.

Look forward to that build in progress, meanwhile waiting in anticipation for this one to progress

More of the cabin roof section. The guitar string will be used as control wires running through the ceiling. More tomorrow, thanks for any constructive comments.

Cockpit basically completed. Apologies to the experts but I use artistic license. The seat belts were made from lead which I cut into strips then folded the ends to represent buckles.

Then the cockpit was built and painted. The digital screens were done by painting them silver first, then using Tamiya clear green and moving it with a brush before it dried. This to give an impression of them being switched on, bear in mind not a lot will be seen once closed up. Control panel and some of the cabin roofing fitted with (none working) lights.

As you will notice this isn't a comprehensive build due to the fact it was built awhile ago, so it's just major stages. Nose wheel bay built. I placed bits of spruce inside to help me add weight as I didn't want a tail sitter. Filled the space with weight and held it in with plastic putty. Then I cut plastic sheet to shape and glued it over the putty. As in this photo.

That's one huge aircraft.

Keep her going, look forward to seeing your Lancasters progress on the production line.

Sorry for the late reply, I can't remember whose it was but will do my best to find out. I think it is discontinued, I had it in my stash for ages before I started it then it lay half done for at least a year. The 1:35 is from 'Wee Friends""

Mmm yes, but I was one of the nice ones lol.

Built this awhile ago for a pal who bought it and gave it to me to build for him. At 1:48 scale I certainly didn't have room for it anyway. My first large scale aircraft so apologies in advance for the build quality. Will post photos in stages, so stage one is the kit on the sprues Front section swallows an iPhone The massive decal sheet, he had taken it out of the protective bag and put grubby paws on it lol.

Well done Steve, you've done a good good job on them. Air fix has done a good job on the support kits, I enjoyed doing the Tilley and Bedford too. PS I liked the Spit too, nice one. ( Had to edit, sorry Steve didn't notice that the iPad predictive text had changed what should have been Steve to Sean )