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Hello Dears,

That's my first post on BM, I'll say Hello to the @Martian Hale It's a fonderie kit

 

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I make it with parts from a Sanger Halifax, mating the 2 is not easy at all !

Even having the 2 BANANAS half fuselages together is a mess !!

Load of plasticard, CA glue, putty and resin and yes !! Sanding and engraving then

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Lots of work on the internals too, almost scratched since the fitting is Hem !

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Then came the nose !! Lots of adventures !! tried the 3D printer, wood carving, resin and so on to get back to basics !!

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And the wings... Pretty funny !!

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I also detailled the Wheel wells

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Not finished yet ! Still there is some sanding ahead !

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Once again the tail is a mixed thing from Sanger, Fonderie and plasticard !!

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I hope that you will enjoy the thread, comments are welcomed

Best regards !

BS103

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4 hours ago, BS103 said:

Hello Dears,

That's my first post on BM, I'll say Hello to the @Martian Hale It's a fonderie kit 

Well that gets you past the " Must be a loony" bit of the joining process!

 

You look like you are beginning to wrestle the thing into submission Pierre.

 

Martian 👽

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21 minutes ago, spitfire said:

Nice work, hopefully Tamiya will see this and bring out an IM kit !

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

Finger crossed !!

Tamiya or Trumpy (Not the yellow haired one)

And then a Stirling fingers and toes crossed !

Sincerely.

Corsaircorp

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17 hours ago, Martian Hale said:

Well that gets you past the " Must be a loony" bit of the joining process!

 

You look like you are beginning to wrestle the thing into submission Pierre.

 

Martian 👽

Thanks dear Martian it look sound like a distinction to me ..Newbie and already in the loony club.. look good

Pierre

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1 hour ago, BS103 said:

Thanks dear Martian it look sound like a distinction to me ..Newbie and already in the loony club.. look good

Pierre

Our Belgian friend seems to have grasped the essence of BM already! Clearly his future here is assured!

 

Martian 👽

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  • 4 months later...

Hello Dears,

Yesterday, coming back from Germany (once again) I paid a visit to my friend BS103 !!

And here's what I have to share with his kind permission !

First… Let's have a look at the Mancave !!

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That's posh is'nt it ??

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As one can see, the Halifax is "Still going strong"

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The helmet are authentic, since Pierre has participated in historical researches about the 99th U.S Div !

Now the Halifax !

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Giving some insight of how this kit is a pure Hybrid !!

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Aaaand the last one !

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@general melchett Hope that you'll enjoy this one too

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With such builds, one need a Mojo restorer from time to time

A Spitfire Mk VII...

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Or this (I forget the name, sorry )

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But then !!

If you are a maniac with the Aircrafts… Why not carryin' on with tracked and wheelie things !!

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Another nice piece of british engineering :rofl2:

And one of the Funnies !!

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Last but not least, this one is almost ??? finished !

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Yes, there is also a Panther in the way !!

Ok Dears, Pierre will be back soon on BM !

Hope that Our Dear @Martian Hale will enjoy the progress on this Fonderie kit !

Sincerely.

CC

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Good start Pierre, nice to see an early 1/48th Halibag for a change. Looks like it's coming along nicely old sausage/Bratwurst.

 

Thanks to CC I see you have a Battle on the go too, mine's stalled at the moment but will be raised from the dead at some point soon. How's the Hampden coming on?

 

Great Mancave!

 

Melchie...

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  • 2 months later...
On 10/3/2018 at 2:45 AM, dogsbody said:

The Hally is looking good. Not wanting to urinate on his parade, but it looks like he's got the prop pitch the wrong way around.

 

 

Chris

Hello Chris

 

You're right, the prop blades are not glued.

As it is parts from another kit, I posed it with needles, so they can move, Thank for the comments.

Sincerely.

Pierre

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23 hours ago, woody37 said:

Did you get any further with this? Such a great start, be nice to see further progress :)

 

Further progress will be seen at SMW in a month, she is finished !!

I'm readying her for the trip to Telford

save a place for her and the Hampden on the BC Sig table !!

18 hours ago, Thom216 said:

Indeed, how is this beauty?

she look great !!

16 hours ago, stevehnz said:

Perhaps @corsaircorp can be a conduit of information for this.

Steve.

Information done !! The beastie is now ready !!

 

Sincerely.

CC

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3 hours ago, corsaircorp said:

Further progress will be seen at SMW in a month, she is finished !!

I'm readying her for the trip to Telford

save a place for her and the Hampden on the BC Sig table !!

she look great !!

Information done !! The beastie is now ready !!

 

Sincerely.

CC

Pics pics pics pics pics!:thumbsup:

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What an excellent Halibag,.... welcome to BM too! With at least 2 x 1/48th Halifax`s on the go on BM now,..... it cannot be long before a mainstream injection kit is announced LOL!!

 

All the best,

                  Tony

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