Courageous Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Glad to see paint going on the girl, she's looking great. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 Good morning, last night I did some maskinf and painting. First I masked the areas around the landing gears' and avionic bays and sprayed them light grey. Then I masked the areas around the air intakes and wings leading edges , to spray them silver. This is where I am now, with a few touches done here and there and ready for decalling. Ciao Massimo 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Impressive paint job, Massimo! I love the tonal variation you achieved! Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 Hallo mates! This morning, before leaving , I did some decalling. After so long it looks like a dream!!! Now she starts looking like the real thing! Some minor stencils are still missing, but Ididn't want to rush! TEverything is dry fitted now and the gear legs haven't been painted yet, but she can rest until I'll be back. Now I'm at the airport...but I'm not alone...I brought another mate with me!!! More to come. Thanks for watching! Massimo 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperService Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 It has been well worth waiting for Sir. Beautiful result already. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Gorgeous! (but I think if I ever build a Bucc, I'll go with Airfix's new release .... 😏 ) Ciao 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Looking very nice indeed Mas, nearly done. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Beautiful paintwork Massimo. Why does it not surprise me that you have taken one with you on your travels? 😁 Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Superb work Massimo. That EDSG finish looks absolutely spot on to me. Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Stunning! [Alas, Airfix’s new Bucc is the wrong scale for me...] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 30 minutes ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: Alas, Airfix’s new Bucc is the wrong scale for me...] Cross-scaling from time to time isn't that bad, you know. To me at least: I find it refreshing. But I limit it to 1/48 and 1/72, of course Ciao 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 I’ve already got a stash containing 1/48, 1/32, 1/350 & 1/700. Oh, and 1/600. That’s enough scales. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: I’ve already got a stash containing 1/48, 1/32, 1/350 & 1/700. Oh, and 1/600. That’s enough scales. Indeed! But no 1/72? Ciao Edited January 10, 2019 by giemme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 4 hours ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: [Alas, Airfix’s new Bucc is the wrong scale for me...] You never know Crisp, they might be tempted to upscale it at some future date. I'm sure it would be a reasonable improvement and somewhat more "current" in detail on the existing 1/48 release.............🤔 Terry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted January 11, 2019 Author Share Posted January 11, 2019 Hi mates, thanks for the nice comments! I'm in the UK now and Therre some additions to the project family! Here are the pitot and refuelling probe's nozzle by Masters and ...yes Bill...I know I'm a coward, but this time I can benefit from somebody else's effort!!! For the Buccaneer I needed a closed one , as she's parked with the FOD covers on. I'm getting a second one for the Gannet and modify it to open it up, ready for starting. This is for the Phantom. Nice resin cast!!! ...and now my travel mate.... This PE fret will be useful for small details , expecially for the grids. I really dn't know where to start, I think I'll check the documentation and all previous interventions from the well informed earlier in the thread! Good night! 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 6 hours ago, Massimo said: some additions to the project family Spendthrift ...I like the tractor. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Wow the Buccaneeer is looking lovely. It’s quite a transformation from a collection of plastic bits to an airframe! Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Hello Massimo, Excellent work. I found this site some great pictures https://get.google.com/albumarchive/105650755591531455869/album/AF1QipNm4_8N2ublE8ViU8772Ani628PVaJ-vCUfV4wF/AF1QipNhWDPPmI9dV2fMX5WJgtSkdXCvu-wMWV4j9-BL?source=pwa#5522438474067940354 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Buccaneer is looking good Massimo. Don't forget the ROTORCraft fuselage plug for the Wessx, otherwise it's going to look horribly short, 6mm or seventeen inches. Far too much to let slide, when you have done so much to all the other aircraft in your mega build. Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Those F4 tractors are great - I have more than one in 1/48 (various eras) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 4 hours ago, heloman1 said: Don't forget the ROTORCraft fuselage plug for the Wessx, otherwise it's going to look horribly short, 6mm or seventeen inches. Far too much to let slide, when you have done so much to all the other aircraft in your mega build. Colin Hi Colin, I'm quite ignorant about the Wessex, but at the beginning of the thread (page 2 or 3) Italeri's kit's inaccuracies were well explained by Bill (Perdu) . I don't know this Rotorcraft, but I'll try to correct the fuseage on my own. Of course any help or info will be welcome!!! @perdu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 On 12/01/2019 at 13:25, manuel said: I found this site some great pictures Very interesting pictures,Thanks very much! 4 hours ago, heloman1 said: Don't forget the ROTORCraft fuselage plug for the Wessx, otherwise it's going to look horribly short, 6mm or seventeen inches. Far too much to let slide, when you have done so much to all the other aircraft in your mega build. Colin Hi Colin, I'm quite ignorant about the Wessex, but at the beginning of the thread (page 2 or 3) Italeri's kit's inaccuracies were well explained by Bill (Perdu) . I don't know this Rotorcraft, but I'll try to correct the fuseage on my own. Of course any help or info will be welcome!!! 4 hours ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: Those F4 tractors are great - I have more than one in 1/48 (various eras) You're correct, they're really nice!!! Now a small update, as I said, I'm quite ignorant about this aircraft, an I'm trying to understand it first, not to do anyting I may regret!!! I started by deleting the seat belts molded in the kit's seats.Being pre painted, the seatbelts by Eduards will be aadded after having painted the seats. These are the seats pre-assembled. I removed the detail from the kit's parts whre PE parts will be added. Then I glued the parts forming the interior frame, to have anidea what they look like and how they fit to the fuselage halves. Next on the kit instructions is the instrument panel. After removing any detail from the panel, I compared it to the photoetched one. They seem to mach in size so I glued them together. The kit instructions suggest to glue the panel and it's upper lip to the nose assembly, once its two sides have been glued together. There isn't any accurate locating pin or back stop for it, so I tried to position it as accurately as possible, considering its angle and its distance from the nose junction to the fuselage. Another point of interest is the fuselage windows, their position and shape. I have no clue if they're correct. The only thing I'm sure about is there's a window on the side sliding door.+ My last question for th well informed is .Wuat did the interior look like? I'm tempted to use as a reference the exellent work made by Hendie on his Wessex, but I don't know what differencies are there between the version he's dealing with nd the HAS 1 I'm doing. For sure there must have been something more than the "NOTHING" supplied with the kit. Bo seats at all or anything else! To me they could have grown potatos in there, providing they put some soil in it!!! That's it for now. Ciao Massimo @perdu 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 2 hours ago, Massimo said: I don't know this Rotorcraft, but I'll try to correct the fuseage on my own. Of course any help or info will be welcome!!! I'm sure you will be well able to correct the tail Massimo, but in case you change your mind, I think this is what @heloman1 was referring to https://www.freightdogmodels.co.uk/rotor-craft-1-72-westland-wessex-uh-34-fuselage-correction-set.html I have one and it's pretty good. Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 33 minutes ago, Terry1954 said: I'm sure you will be well able to correct the tail Massimo, but in case you change your mind, I think this is what @heloman1 was referring to https://www.freightdogmodels.co.uk/rotor-craft-1-72-westland-wessex-uh-34-fuselage-correction-set.html I have one and it's pretty good. Terry It looks very interesting, I'll have a look! Thank you!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 Good evening, Tonight I did some more work on the Wessie. First of all Icut the tail rotor's blades and turned them, as I understood from Bill Italeri did them the wrong way around. To do it I used a specially made jig ( the hole on the right in the carton box!!!) Now the tail rotor is ok. After checking my references, I decided to open a square window on the side door. And then I decided to dare adding some PE details to the cockpit. I added the cabin floors and some boxes on the middle consolle between the pilots' seats. Finally I cut the starboard window's frame as I'll use the PE parts to represent it open. That's all. Good night! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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