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  1. Hi mates! For the past several months I’ve been working on a model of the DAP (Department of Aircraft Production) Beaufort Mk.VIII. This is the improved version built in Australia under license from Bristol during World War II. 700 new Beauforts were built by DAP, and were used extensively in multiple roles. “Bar the Gates with Beauforts!” My model represents “Snifter,” a Mk.VIII from 32 Squadron that was used for anti-submarine patrols out of Lowood, Q, from May 1944 until the end of the war. The model is rendered in glorious Braille Scale, as all true models should be. Special thanks to Ed Russell for his help during this build. No matter how silly my questions were, he always had the answer. Thanks also to Tony O'Toole, always a source of great information. You can find the WIP here, and as usual here is my Executive Summary: Project: DAP Beaufort Mk.VIII “Snifter” Kit: Special Hobby DAP Beaufort Mk.VIII Kit No. 72027 Scale: 1:72 (The One True Scale) Decals: Snifter markings and codes from Encore kit 1010, other decals from Special Hobby kit Resin: From the kit including top turret fairing, cockpit, seats, instrument panel, engines, tailwheel strut, exhausts, spinners, carburettor intakes, Browning machine guns, and bombs; High Planes Models 72023 including YAGI aerial supports Photoetch: From the kit including all antennae, and bomb rack details; Brengun photoetch set 72059 including main gear doors, machine gun sights and details, and main landing gear details; Marabu Designs photoetch 72002 British landing lights Canopy/turret Masks: Montex set 72123 Paint: Gunze H302 FS34092 (standing in for Foliage Green), H364 Interior Grey Green (my own custom counterfeit recipe), H47 Red Brown, H414 RLM 23 Red, H34 Cream Yellow, H90 Clear Red, H94 Clear Green, H38 Steel Red; Testors 1139 Semi-Gloss Black, 1795 Gunmetal, 50160 Acrylic Flat Clear, Floquil 110100 Old Silver, Lifecolor FS 24092 Foliage Green (thanks Procopius!); Tamiya XF-69 NATO Black, Alclad Klear Kote Flat Weathering: Pastel chalks Improvements/Corrections Removed Mk.I tail and rudder from fuselage, replaced with Mk.VIII tail and rudder Removed Mk.I turret fairing and replaced with resin Mk.VIII turret fairing Detailed cockpit and interior with plastic strips to represent structural members, added photoetch instruments and plotter Added campaign map of Australia and goose neck lamp to navigator’s desk Scratch-built navigator’s swivel seat Added strip of clear plastic behind portholes to prevent them from pushing through into the fuselage Scratch-built shelves for radio gear behind pilot, radio and electrical boxes made from spare photoetch parts Drilled holes in front greenhouse and top turret for gun barrels Twin Vickers guns from new Airfix Blenheim kit added to nose, detail with Brengun photoetch Replaced kit landing gear doors with Brengun photoetch Cut out areas of wings for navigation lights and landing lights Navigation lights made from pieces of clear plastic from plastic knife; cut, sanded, and polished to proper shape Navigation lamps made by drilling small hole into the clear plastic navigation light, and painting the inside of the hole with the proper colour (clear red for port, clear green for starboard) Built up inside of engine cowlings with plastic strip to reduce its diameter and better represent the actual cowling Landing lights added from Marabu Design photoetch; landing light lens from vacuform plastic Drilled out fuel dumps Scratch-built wing fuel vents Detailed main landing gear with Brengun photoetch Detailed bombs and bomb racks with photoetch Added rear fuselage ASV antennae from photoetch; each is attached via a 0.015” hole drilled into the fuselage side Added photoetch/hypo needle pitot tube and photoetch radar transmitters to forward fuselage Added photoetch attachment points to pylons Added photoetch drift sight bracket to starboard forward fuselage Drilled holes in leading edge of wings for guns, added hypo needle tubing to represent gun barrels Added resin supports and photoetch YAGI aerials under each wing Added photoetch ammo belts and gun sight to top turret guns Added main aerial from 0.005” Nitinol wire Deployed D/F antennae modified from kit-supplied photoetch Added upward firing gun window from clear plastic sheet with painted framework, gun barrel is resin Elapsed time: 5 months! Bloody hell! On with the pictures! I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I'm enjoying moving on to another challenge! Cheers, Bill
  2. Hi mates, here is my latest project, the Brewster B-339E Buffalo Mk.I as seen in November of 1941 at Sembawang, Singapore. This is essentially an out-of-the-box build, but that's because Special Hobby provides a beautiful set of resin detail parts so you really don't need much aftermarket. The only parts that weren't in the kit are the photoetch seat harnesses, photoetch landing lights, aerial wire, and a vacuform sliding canopy. Although I didn't plan it this way, it turns out that the markings for this kit contain "Snifter" - the same patriotic cartoon dog that adorned the Beaufort which was my most recent build. The paint scheme I chose - Dark Earth and Dark Green over Sky/Night with a Sky Blue fuselage band and Dark Green/Sky Blue spinner - is but one interpretation of how these aircraft were painted in Singapore. There are other interpretations that are equally valid. At this point in time, we really don't know for sure what was done. Project: Brewster B-339E Buffalo Mk.I Kit: Special Hobby Brewster Model 339B/E Buffalo Mk.I (kit number 72131) Scale: 1:72 (are there others?) Decals: From the kit (with some corrections) representing W.8209, TD-E, 453 Squadron at Singapore in November of 1941, pilot RAAF Sgt. Mac Read Photoetch: True Details generic British seat harnesses set no. 2504; Marabu Design British landing lights set no. 72002 Vacuform: Falcon Brewster Buffalo Canopy Set no. 9132 Paint: Gunze H38 Steel Red, H72 Dark Earth, H73 Dark Green, H309 FS34079, H90 Clear Red, H94 Clear Green, H314 Israeli Light Blue FS35622, Custom Mix for British Interior Grey Green; Tamiya XF-21 Sky, XF-69 NATO Black; Testors 1149 Flat Black, 1168 Flat White; Floquil 10004 Crystal-Cote; Alclad 101 Aluminum, 102 Duraluminum, 314 Klear Kote Flat Weathering: Some post shading to simulate paint fading, but generally not much weathering as the aircraft was relatively new during this time period. Light pastel work for some subtle panel line accenting. Improvements/Corrections Filled an interesting gap on top of the forward fuselage Used styrene card stock to represent seat and head armour Modified the seat to have square top as used in British Buffaloes Small diameter hypodermic needles used to represent wing machine guns Scratch-built reflector gunsight Replaced kit wing pitot tube with one made from small diameter plastic rod Applied the photoetch parts for the landing lights and seat harnesses Cut open the Falcon canopy and used the sliding portion Removable panel in the sliding canopy (port side, front panel) depicted with decal Camouflage pattern was hand masked (not a template) Build thread here. This is the first Special Hobby Buffalo kit that I've built and the experience will be quite helpful as I've several more in the stash. The build thread explains some of the "nuances" I encountered and how I dealt with them. At the end of the day, this is probably the most detailed Buffalo kit you can buy. The fuselage shapes match the Hasegawa kit nicely, so I don't think there are any shape issues. So, let's have a look at the pictures! Snifter reunion: Some in-progress shots: Cheers, Bill PS. Oh, here's that interesting little gap I had to deal with:
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