Thanos Mentzelopoulos

Very nice work!!!!!!!!!!!

Amazing work Nick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And what a signature!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hahahahahahahahahahahahah.......................

Thanx mates!!! Summer vacation is over now... ...next week back to work...hope to c u soon!!!

No, my friend, but I just have!!! Thank you!!!

And here comes the left side of the fuselage... ...and the right one!!! All the smaller details which are still unpainted now will be ready for the next update. I keep my fingers crossed that the fuselage halves will close after all that added detail...well, let's see in a few days!!! Gentlemen, thank you for your time and attention!!!

Hello there!!! This is the latest update before summer vacation...so, don't expect too much!!! This is how far it's got up to now... And now the cockpit, almost complete...

Thank you all for your kind words!!!

Thank you my friend!!!

The observer's scrstchbuilt seat base comes next: And now, everything in place...Very few parts come from the original Revell kit, the vast majority was entirely scratchbuilt!!! And the final dry-fit... Next update coming soon!!! Since there is a limit concerning the number of photos posted, you can see the whole article on www.helmo.gr homepage!!! Gentlemen, thank you for your time and attention!!!

Dear friends, this is another major update concerning the interior details, mainly the wooden floor and the cockpit area. And this is the cockpit, almost finished! The four Hispano guns in place, painted and weathered! The left part of the fuselage... ...and the right one!

Brilliant work my friend!!!!!!! I hope those photos were good for you!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you my friend, I'm really flattered!!!!!

Τhank you all for your kind words!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amazing work my friend, congratulations!!!

Thank you my friend!!!

Dear friends, this is a minor update, having to do with rest of the Hispano guns which are now 95% ready to be installed. One of them is 100% ready, another one will be given some extra detail and the rest will be installed just as you see them, as almost nothing will be visible at the end... And now a little progress on the floor. The only detail added concerns the mechanisms that hold the Hispano guns in place... Well, here come the engines!!! This is what you get from Revell...hmmmmm...not too bad really, but some extra detail will improve them!!! Just compare the two engines!!! The detail added bears a close resemblance to the actual complex exhaust piping system. If I manage to get things right there, the second engine will follow closely!!! Well, that was it!!! Next update in a few days!!! Gentlemen, thank you for your time and attention!!!

Really stunning piece of work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"There was a Revell Beaufighter in my local toyshop this morning - I was seriously tempted." Just do it my friend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And once again, thanx again to all of you for the kind words!!!!

Spad57: I'm currently using the following titles... as well as these ones in .pdf form... "The Bristol Beaufighter" (SAM Publications) - "Bristol Beaufighter cz.1 No 74 (AJ Press) - "Official Bristol Beaufighter Technical Manual (Air Publication vol.1) along with hundreds of photos found in the internet. bentwaters81tfw: Thanx a lot for the photos!!! Mike: Thanx!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great work patrida!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amazing superdetailing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice work!!!!!!!!!

Thank you all for your kind words!!! Next update coming soon...before the end of May!!!

As for the cockpit, the kit detail is disappointing, so I decided to build everything from scratch! Then I dealt with the wooden floor which is actually made of real balsa wood and the hatches. Very careful planning is required in order to align all of them properly, since any mistake will make you rebuild either the wooden floor or the hatches! And now the new cockpit with everything in place!!! And now this is the wooden floor of the Beaufighter!!! It was actually made from real balsa wood strips on a plastic card template. The hatches of the boarding ladders are already cut off. You can also see the tool boxes, the oxygen bottles and the flares launchers behind the observer's hatch. I also added all the necessary detail at the bottom of the floor and the gun bays. Dry-fitting the model proved that my calculations were right, at least up this point!!! And this is the first of the four Hispano guns...It took me about 1 hour to build and consists of about 35 pieces. The model is also presented at www.helmo.gr homepage. Gentlemen thank you for your time and attention!!!

1/32 Revell Bristol Beaufighter Mk.If Dear friends, this is the old Revell kit of the Beaufighter in 1/32 scale. I have just started working on it as you can see in the photos. The kit features some really severe fit problems especially round the wings-to-fuselage joints and the wing parts themselves. Anyway, ALL the interior detail will be SCRATCHBUILT - as always - while the model will be rescribed and riveted. A lot of work for sure! The striped areas in the photos below show the panels to be removed, while the outlined ones show the panels to be repositioned. This is the color Profile I'm going to work on And so the journey begins... Next stage: all the raised panel lines have vanished and rivets have been added, just as the pictures below can tell!!! And then certain fuselage panels and control panels were removed... ...and the surgery goes on!!!!!!!!!! And here are some dry-fitting photos... Here is the upper part of the fuselage...As you can see, a lot of panels have been removed, so that all the detail which will be added will reach the eye of the beholder!!! Everything will be scratchbuilt!!! The lower part of the fuselage... This is another minor update of my extreme makeover project...I started from the tail, building the internal detail and making some of the bulkheads. I used hard aluminum foil and lead wire of two different sizes. I also worked on the back leg of the u/c system. Unfortunately, only a small amount of the added detail will be visible at the end...This is what I'm talking about: ...here are two of the bulkheads in position... ...and this is the improved u/c leg in position. It's a pity almost none of this will be seen at the end... ...and the final dry-fit...