shortCummins Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 The kit I’m using is the ICM 1:48 C-45F/UC-34F, kit no. 48181 I’m building the kit straight out of the box, I’ve decided not to use any PE however I will be making some slight modifications myself, as these will be largely in the cockpit I doubt they’ll be visible on the finished model? One major change from the kit options is that I’ve decided to use some Caracal Models decals no. CD48076 as I wanted a more colourful scheme than from the kits choices. The scheme that takes my fancy is this one The scheme is for a C-45G (longer nacelles which I’m going to ignore as I’m more interested in the overall scheme rather than absolute accuracy), early 1960’s Military Air Transport Service. The scheme is mainly natural metal with flat black anti glare panels and flat white I’ve not read/heard of any serious issues with this kit, the main problem is the attachment of thin parts to the main sprue causing snapping of the part(s), on inspection part of the rear landing gear has been broken before I removed it from the box so I’ll have to take extra care with these parts. Next up I’ll be making a start on the cockpit and interior. until next time as always, any suggestions or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 I.ve built one Good overall fitting parts The u/cart assembly is a bit fiddly and confusing but looks good when done. Look forward to seeing how this one shapes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 I started the interior by assembling the crew and passenger seats in preparation for painting. Each passenger seat is made up four pieces, the ‘main’ seat, support frame, rear support and seat cushions. The fragility of the support frame(s) caused some issues, only one of the five didn’t break either when removing them from the sprue or whilst cleaning them. Once all of the seat parts are assembled, I’ll paint the cushions separately, these do look really good. Crew seats have different support frames, however these also broke when I removed them from the sprue. Once again the cushions will be added after painting. The ‘glass’ was attached to the fuselage and masked, using a Montex set SM48421, to mask both the outside and inside. The foot-pedals and top instruments were added to the Instrument panel assembly. Here I’ll be adding some leavers and other bits'n'bobs. I’ll then have to raid the spare decal box to see if I can find some suitable instruments. Here I would recommend using the Eduard PE set EDFE722 or perhaps the more expensive Metallic Details set MDMD4815 to enhance the detail of the instrument panel as this kit provides no decals and sparse detail. Next up I’ll be spraying UMP/Stynylrez primer and painting the interior. until next time as always, any suggestions or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Nice subject and will be following your build. I was planning to start my boxing this year too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper_city Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Cool. I have the Revell rebox with Caracal decals. Watching with interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 2 hours ago, snapper_city said: Cool. I have the Revell rebox with Caracal decals. Watching with interest. I think the Revell offering includes decal(s) for the IP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Hi Very nice indeed. Can't believe how many parts to each seat. I will watch with interest as I have the Revell kit which I dragged out of the stash this morning to start when the Mossie is finished. I will wait for a bit before starting. I will be doing the Royal Navy option. Keep up the good work. All the best Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper_city Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 3 hours ago, shortCummins said: I think the Revell offering includes decal(s) for the IP? IP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper_city Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Oh. Instrument panel. Just worked it out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 13 hours ago, snapper_city said: Oh. Instrument panel. Just worked it out. sorry, laziness by my typing fingers rgds John(shortCummins) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 17 hours ago, bigbadbadge said: Hi Very nice indeed. Can't believe how many parts to each seat. I will watch with interest as I have the Revell kit which I dragged out of the stash this morning to start when the Mossie is finished. I will wait for a bit before starting. I will be doing the Royal Navy option. Keep up the good work. All the best Chris the seats were a pain, wouldn't have been so bad if the support rails weren't so fragile, still they do look good when assembled although I'm not sure how visible they'll be once the fuselage has been closed? rgds John(shortCummins) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Cabin seats will hardly be visible at all .. I can;t see them on mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Paul J said: Cabin seats will hardly be visible at all .. I can;t see them on mine. why, as modellers, do we spend so much time and effort on things that will never be seen? My excuse is because "I know it's there" rgds John(shortCummins) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 To try and add some detail to the instrument panel I managed to find some PE leavers in the spares box and an air scale cockpit details set PE48DET that I used some PE equipment panels from. I also found some spare placards, originally from an Eduard Mustang placards set, that I may add once the cockpit has been painted. The seat frames and cushions were superglued to cocktail sticks to make handling and spraying easier. Two bulkheads were added to one side if the interior fuselage Everything was then given a coat of UMP/Stynylrez black primer While I was using the primer I also sprayed various other parts that will also be painted in the “interior” colours. If you’ve tried UMP/Stynylrez primer yet, give it a go, you’ll not be disappointed, over the years I’ve tried all-sorts from vallejo to Halfords to Humbrol, this primer is by far the best I’ve used. The ONLY problem with Stynylrez was getting the stuff here in the UK however for the past couple of years Paul & Lee over at UMP* have been selling a re-branded version so getting it this side of the pond is now really straight forward. I spray the primer ‘straight from the bottle’ using a .04 needle with my compressor is set to approx. 2 bar/30(ish) psi, however I’m not convinced my gauge gives a “true” reading!? So far I’ve had no issues Next, after I’ve left the primer to fully cure, I read that it cures in a couple of hours however I normally leave mine for 48 hours, probably overkill as “touch wood” I’ve not had any issues with the UMP/Stynylrez primers, vallejo on the other hand… Anyhow next I’ll be spraying the interior colours and detail painting the seats and IP. until next time as always, any suggestions or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) *I have no affiliation with either UMP or Stynylrez, I just really like the product 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Very nice indeed. I do like your idea for standing the bits up. That's a cracking idea and I am gonna blatantly copy it !!! All the best Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 12 minutes ago, bigbadbadge said: Very nice indeed. I do like your idea for standing the bits up. That's a cracking idea and I am gonna blatantly copy it !!! All the best Chris ha ha ha, well I'm 99% I got the idea from someone else, unfortunately I can't remember who so I can't thank them rgds John(shortCummins) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 So for the main cockpit/interior colour I decided to use Akan BS:283 aircraft grey/green Akan (Akah) are really nice acrylic paints however they are difficult to get hold of, I sourced mine via Greece, they spray really smoothly using a .02 needle at approx 1 bar 15(ish) psi. The engine bay and wheel wells were painted with Tamiya XF-4 yellow green, when sprayed over black primer I think it gives a good approximation of chromate. Seat cushions were painted with Hobby Color H302 green FS34092 I’m undecided about this colour, I had hoped that it would be a darker colour giving more contrast between the cushions and seat frames, I’ll sleep on it and decide weather or not to change the colour. The IP was left black with the foot wells given a coat of the Akan grey/green I used Tamiya XF-68 NATO brown for the cabin floor. Next up I’ll be . until next time as always, any suggestions or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggu Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 http://www.belcherbits.com/images/decals/bd29combo.pdf We had some nice colorful C-45's too....... decals available from Mike Belcher Belcher Bits..... his stuff is excellent,if anyone is interested, I will follow this build as well, if it's ok....... most interesting and a very cool airplane.... Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 19 hours ago, Biggu said: http://www.belcherbits.com/images/decals/bd29combo.pdf We had some nice colorful C-45's too....... decals available from Mike Belcher Belcher Bits..... his stuff is excellent,if anyone is interested, I will follow this build as well, if it's ok....... most interesting and a very cool airplane.... Jeff If I'd have known about these I'd have been very tempted by some of the Canadian schemes, if I build this again I'll be using them, thanks for the tip rgds John(shortCummins) Detail painting the IP’s I started by first dry brushing vallejo 71.065 steel, and then picked out various buttons and levers with yellow, green, red and brown. I also added some PE placards, you can see some of the superglue will need to be “dulled down” I managed to find some decals for the instruments, spares from various Eduard kits and most from airscale’s generic WW2 RAF instrument dial decal set AS48RAF I’ll add a drop of Micro Kristal Klear to each dial to give a ‘glass’ effect and then the IP will be complete. Next up I’ll be adding a bit of light weathering to the interior, making some seat-belts an closing the fuselage. until next time as always, any suggestions or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggu Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 No worries, John, sorry for the late reply, Mike Belcher's stuff is EXCELLENT, and he is a real good guy...... looks like, maybe another C-45 on your horizon? I love what you are doing here, and the seats, as fragile as they are, I LOVE the bracing, also have you tried any of Peter's stuff from Airscale? Instrument decals etc... Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggu Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 John, while I was sniffing around for helicopter bits and pieces, I came upon this from Mike at Lonestar Models http://www.lonestarmodels.com/store/3ce/lsm-40590-beech-18-bush-plane-ski Now you can do an Alaskan Bush plane, seems to be no end here.... just thought you may find this a=of some interest... cheers Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Great work on the IP. Looks lovely. All the best Chris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 16 hours ago, Biggu said: No worries, John, sorry for the late reply, Mike Belcher's stuff is EXCELLENT, and he is a real good guy...... looks like, maybe another C-45 on your horizon? I love what you are doing here, and the seats, as fragile as they are, I LOVE the bracing, also have you tried any of Peter's stuff from Airscale? Instrument decals etc... Jeff Hi Jeff I've used both PE and decals from Airscale on this, they really are excellent and offer far better quality rather than 'normal' kit decals 10 hours ago, Biggu said: John, while I was sniffing around for helicopter bits and pieces, I came upon this from Mike at Lonestar Models http://www.lonestarmodels.com/store/3ce/lsm-40590-beech-18-bush-plane-ski Now you can do an Alaskan Bush plane, seems to be no end here.... just thought you may find this a=of some interest... cheers Jeff that is very tempting, thanks for the link rgds John(shortCummins) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggu Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 No worries, John, like a buddy says to me, I have no problem spending someone else's money ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 Micro Kristal Klear was used to create “glass” for the instruments Once dried this is what they look like… The seat cushions were then added to the crew and passenger seats Before I attached the seat belts I used Tamiya dark brown panel line accent to add a bit of wear and tear Seat belts were fashioned from some old wine bottle/cork label As most of the wine I get these days has either plastic “corks” or have screw tops so getting hold of this material is proving difficult, I guess I’ll just have to buy more expensive wine whenever I need to make some seat belts in the future. If thats not a “good excuse” then I don’t know what is. Strips were cut using a ruler and knife, I made the lap belts wider. These were then cut to length, note that one of the lap belts is slightly longer. These were then sprayed with UMP/Stynylrez primer and then spayed with Tamiya XF-55 deck tan. Buckles and strap adjusters were depicted with vallejo acrylic 71.065 steel The belts were then attached to the seats This is the first time I’ve tried to make seat-belts and I’m really pleased with the way they’ve come out, their not as detailed as a set of Eduard PE belts however, I’ve managed to make each seat slightly different, as they would be “in real life”? Next up I’ll be installing the interior and closing the fuselage. until next time as always, any suggestions or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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