Franz75 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 (edited) Hi I'm planning to start a Battle light bomber kit made by MPM. Battle is most misjudged RAF bomber, in history. Mainly used in France 1940. It took heavy losses, because RAF at the time don't had any conception how to use light bombers. Plan was simple to send Battle on missions in enemy territory with out any fighter protection, count on its speed and maneuverability, as we all know it wasn't enough. Moreover, Battle wasn't equipped with self sealing fuel tanks and protection armor, made it very vulnerable even for infantry bullets. After French campaign Battle was turned in to night bomber. I will build Battle used by 300 (Polish) Squadron in late 1940. This squadron took part in early bombing rides over the France. Battle was used until beginning of 1941, then Sq 300 was reequipped with Wellingtons. MPM kit contains resin cabin interiors and some resin parts also. The rest is made from plastic, as a short run kit I didn't expect high quality. I will require a lot of work and putty, so I recommend it for a little advanced model builders. Edited October 7, 2018 by Franz75 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 I love the look of the battle so I'm well up for this! Martian 👽 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 I'll be watching this one, too. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Can't resist a Battle, I'm in for this too. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 (edited) Yes please indeed, I'll be along for this trip, I have a large soft spot for the poor old used & abused Battle. Steve. Edited October 8, 2018 by stevehnz 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Grabbing my seat now as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Will follow with inrest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 This will be helpful. I was about to carry on with mine I have had on the shelf of doom for ages, Will look forward to seeing progress and see where I have gone wrong and where to make it right. Incidentally my kit is the target tug variant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 The Fulmar’s distant Uncle; I’m in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Alan Bardell Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 I'm in a well Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler 🍿 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 I searched for one of these kids before finally accepting that I'd have to settle for improving the old Airfix one. I can see from your sprue shots that the wing trailing edge is wrong. It should be straight all along, not angled at the fuselage end to be perpendicular with the fuselage. I'll be following along with a beer in hand! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Splendid choice Franz. Looking forward to seeing what you make more this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Swindell Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 1 hour ago, limeypilot said: I can see from your sprue shots that the wing trailing edge is wrong. It should be straight all along, not angled at the fuselage end to be perpendicular with the fuselage The MPM kit has it's faults, but this isn't one of them. The detachable outboard wing sections have a straight trailing edge, the inboard stub wing section trailing edge is perpendicular to the C/L as can be seen here. There's a distinct kink in the trailing edge at the wing break and a short section of trailing edge perpendicular to the C/L before the wing fairing joins. Granger and Merrick get this right in their drawings, Caruana (unsurprisingly) and the Airfix kit don't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 That is incorrect. At no stage is the trailing edge perpendicular to the fuselage. This is a very common mistake, and repeated again and again. If looked at from certain angles it appears to be so, but that is only because the dihedral changed slightly. Ian Huntley's book has plenty of photos which prove this. I will post one for you when I get a chance. Granger and Merrick are wrong on this! Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galgos Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 14 hours ago, paul bardell said: I'm in a well Reveal hidden contents Reveal hidden contents Reveal hidden contents 🍿 That's unfortunate, did you fall down the well? Max (whose father used to fly Battles!) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Animal Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Looking forward to watching the build progress. The more Battles the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franz75 Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 Hello Regarding the wing, please check a blue print bellow. As you can find the trailing edge is not perpendicular to fuselage. This is from a book "Aviation Guide Fairey Battle". MPM's kit looks for me pretty accurate. Resin interior cabin parts has been painted, they are done nicely but slightly of the scale. But real challenge was to glue it together, super glue seems to be not good enough for this task. The bond was to week, I used sand paper to rough parts edges. It helps a little. This resin seems to be glue resistant, i never had such a problem before. To help hold it together I added masking tape soaked in super glue. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franz75 Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 Hello everyone, after a long time, I had started reworking on this nightmare kit. Resin parts are off the scale and plastic parts don't fit properly. Canopy is made from low-Quality plastic. Nevertheless, I will try to finish it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Hello, great start. Always liked the look of the Battle.. Probably because of the old Airfix box arts. Never built one, but I would like to see what the result will be at the end. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Good luck with it. It will be good to see this one built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franz75 Posted December 25, 2019 Author Share Posted December 25, 2019 Hello everyone, On plane's pictures in a reference book, the longerons are quite visible inside wheel bays. Therefore I had to add plastruct profiles to make it more realistic. The fuselage was sanded and remodeled. Like I had mentioned it before parts fitting was terrible. The top part has to be sand a quite of bit to make it fit into the main fuselage, it was sticking out about 2mm outside and the gap on one site was about 1mm. It was off in every direction. I don't have a clue how to fix the canopy, but the project going slowly forward. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Nice to see this one back. The wheel wells look much better for your additions! Ian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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