mike romeo
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On 5/18/2023 at 6:01 PM, Adam Poultney said:
Yep. Beacon have them on their website, Hannants stock them and King Kit also stock them.
Thanks, Adam. I went, I saw, I bought.
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Are the BoB kits available yet?
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And here are some shots of it basically complete:
Still to do are the antennas, fin-mounted Pitot tube, nose guns and the transparent 'roof' part on the rear fuse.
I will post some glamour pics in RFI of the more complete model (given I've lost the roof part 🙄) and will embed a link to this build thread.
Thanks for watching!
Rgds
Martin
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Here are some of the smaller bits you may have noticed in the earlier pictures;
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So, after applying the decals, I went at the upper surfaces - which, thankfully, had had plenty of time to cure - with a selection of sanding sticks. After a while, I got this:
And after a panel line wash and a coat of satin varnish, it looked even better:
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Neutral grey?
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A bit later, I found that I had mislaid the kit decals, so I removed the yellow nose and decided to use AM decals instead. The particular aircraft in the decals had overpainted the upper half of the invasion stripes. I therefore did the same, and it looked I wasn't convinced:
However, I went ahead and applied the decals to see if that improved the look at all:
Erm, no.
More tomorrow.
Rgds
Martin
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I then added a support strut to the front gear leg. I had to adjust the length of the strut to get the correct nose up stance of the kit, and the forward rake of the nose gear.
You can see here that I have added the exhaust fairings. These were made by heat-forming a thin sheet of plastic by applying a heated round file to the sheet. I used a template from the SH kit to place them.
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I then tidied up the stripes, and started adding the medium green blotches. These looked awful at this stage:
But don't worry, they did get better later.
As I pondered how to improve them, I did some work on the turret as I wasn't happy with the twin cannons and blank base of the kit turret.
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I continued to build up the neutral grey and olive drab until I felt that the pre shading was almost gone:
I have unmasked the invasion stripes in these pictures. The cowlings remain unpainted as I still don't know what I'm going to do with the exhaust fairings.
More soon.
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I decided to ignore the turbocharger inlet shape issue and just went with the kit interpretation; it's not like they're the most obvious characteristic of the aircraft. The exhaust fairings were merely ignored for now. I added a nice base of Tamiya white base and masked up the invasion stripes:
After adding the black, I then thought I'd try some pre-shading prior to brushing the camo. Like so:
I then started the camo scheme, beginning with the neutral grey (thinned xtracrylics). This is after the first coat:
More tomorrow.
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So, I missed the end of this GB by quite a long way! I was put off as the turbocharger intakes looked completely the wrong shape and I couldn't see how to improve them. Also the exhaust fairings on the cowlings needed replacing and the work to replace them put me off. I then got distracted by other concerns. However, late in '22 I picked up the model again and continued it . . .
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Just checked my ropey reference and, according to it, the Mk II has the extended tailplane chord; I think the glazing could be masked appropriately, which just leaves the tail turret. I wonder if the Lanc's would be appropriate? I'll hit google and see
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14 hours ago, KRK4m said:
In fact, I'm not a Wellington expert, but I remember "roughly" that apart from the engines, propellers and spinners, there are significant differences in the fuselage sides glazing, a different rear turret and an increased chord of the horizontal stabilizer.
Cheers
Michael
Thanks for responding even with the rubbish thread title.
OK, seems sensible. Ta!
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1 hour ago, Work In Progress said:
Someone above asked about the problem with the Otaki Thunderbolt: the entire rear fuselage is over-inflated, as if someone's taken a bicycle pump to it. While I hesitate to say "nothing is uncorrectable" the amount of labour required would be huge as it's a complete re-contouring of everything aft of the cockpit.
Dang! One of those times where ignorance was bliss. Now I've got even less inclination to finish it.
Rgds
Martin
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Aeroclub made a resin correction set giving the full wing underside. It's clearly oop but they come up on ebay every now and then. Agree with an earlier poster about the fabric control surfaces. Not very obvious but could do with addressing
Finally, I perceived subjectively that the nose lacked 'heft' in plan view over the exhausts, so I added a strip of thin sheet say, c.20 x 2.5mm above each exhaust recess, and then faired fore and aft by sanding and filler. I liked the finished look.
Oh, and invest in some AM exhausts. The kit ones are very crude.
HTH
Rgds
Martin
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What would be required externally to convert the Airfix Wimpey Ic to a Hercules-engined III or X? Is it *just* engines / cowlings and appropriate masking of the fuse glazing?
I have spare engines and cowlings from the Airfix Lanc. B.II, which I could use.
Has anyone tried this?
Rgds
Martin
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Hi BMers,
Got a question for you.
In my copy of Streetly's "The Aircraft of 100 Gp" (p.143), there is a profile of Mosquito PR.XVI N-DT NS797 of 192 Sqn. Streetly describes a camo. of overall PRU blue with a disruptive pattern of Dark Green on top.
I found a RAFDEC sheet of this aircraft on t'internet, but this may have used Streetly as a source.
Apart from the above, I can see nothing corroborating this very unusual (to me) colour scheme. So, is it legit? Has it been debunked? Otherwise thought it might make a striking (although not necessarily a particularly pretty) model.
Rgds
Martin
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Hi BMers,
Got a question for you.
In my copy of Streetly's "The Aircraft of 100 Gp" (p.143), there is a profile of Mosquito PR.XVI N-DT NS797 of 192 Sqn. Streetly describes a camo. of overall PRU blue with a disruptive pattern of Dark Green on top.
I found a RAFDEC sheet of this aircraft on t'internet, but this may have used Streetly as a source.
Apart from the above, I can see nothing corroborating this very unusual (to me) colour scheme. So, is it legit? Has it been debunked? Otherwise thought it might make a striking (although not necessarily a particularly pretty) model.
Rgds
Martin
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4 hours ago, Mark Harmsworth said:
I had a 1:72 decal sheet from Rising Sun (72011) which included this plane - however that doesn't seem to be available now.
But there's this from Xtradecal:
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/X72196?result-token=BH0WQ
R3-G is on page 3 with a 'Modeller's note' that seems to suggest Olive Drab and primer for the overpainting
I attempted this plane before the invasion stripes were overpainted on a 1:72 Hobby Boss Easy Build kit.
Like this:
I've just realised that the Otaki kit is 1:48 and this set from xtradecal isn't available in 1:48 so this doesn't really help, sorry - maybe the spares box?
good luck
Mark
Tks, Mark.
Useful info.
Rgds
Martin
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Currently trying to finish the old Otaki kit as the machine below. Any ideas as to the colour of paint covering the upper invasion stripes? Looks lighter than the anti-glare OD on the upper nose.
Also any ideas where I could source the codes?
TIA
Martin
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On 1/31/2023 at 11:58 AM, MACALAIN said:
Oh, yes! Definitely some golden oldies in that line up.
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Interesting subject and you are doing it justice!
Rgds
Martin
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On 12/24/2022 at 11:43 AM, trickydicky210 said:
Wonder if it could be a vintage classic- Fairey Firefly?
New tool FR. Mk. I would be nice.
Airfix Wellington Ic converted to Mk III / X?
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So, as others have said, the rear turret of the III was also different. I bought a Mk II so have the extended tailplane. I have spare Bristol Hercules engines from a Lanc. II, so all I really need is a new rear turret I think.