pierre Giustiniani Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 (edited) Hi all She was delivered in bare metal dress by England to Yugoslavia. The kit is really complex for the integration of photo etched flaps and it was hard to achieve a decent result. Cheers Pierre Edited October 23, 2019 by pierre Giustiniani 72 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murmillo Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Excellent! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28ZComeback Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Nice bare metal!! What did you use??? Riveting?? Again very very nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pierre Giustiniani Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 Thx kit was riveting. Hatches of motor and wings erased and replaced, cowlings flaps modified. One glass of the canopy should not be opaque. for metal painting: undercoat of TS30 and rub’n buff cheers pierre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Holy cow is that thing nice !!! I never knew these flew in bare metal but wow what a looker. That just means i have to build a second one of these now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJJunis Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 That is outstanding! All the Best! Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Shiny Bristol! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witman61 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Well done - great concept, finish and pictures! Very inspiring! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Beautifully finished, Pierre.👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Very nice Blenheim Pierre. Not seen this colour scheme before. Looks excellent with the riveting and your finish is excellent. Cheers Malcolm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Absolutely stunning finish. The Blenheim looks great in this scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pierre Giustiniani Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 Thank you Gentlemen The scheme is quite unusual in bare metal. it comes from the excellent book of Aleksandar Ognievic "Bristol Blenheim The Yugoslav story". I was quite disappointed with this kit: the conception is great but the production is quite poor (parts bended, flaws on root wings,..). It seems to be product in hurry. A warning: don't use all the parts of Eduard's interior photo-etched fret: if so you can't close the fuselage. It's also better to glue half canopy to half fuselage before inserting cockpit. Cheers Pierre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Pearcy Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Awesome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbob Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Heh heh, I was just imagining a silver Blenheim, and sure that I wouldn't want to tackle it. Lovely job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoZG Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Nice build with just one remark. Blue on the tail should match the blue on the roundels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Good to see a different scheme, nice job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell209 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 16 hours ago, pierre Giustiniani said: 39 minutes ago, Reini78 said: Good to see a different scheme, nice job! and it was hard to achieve a decent result Looks like you got a pretty decent result to me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 5 hours ago, MarkoZG said: Nice build with just one remark. Blue on the tail should match the blue on the roundels. How 'bout we cut Pierre a little slack and consider the blazing Yugoslav summer sun faded those wing roundels? Seriously, Pierre- this is an excellent model- the riveting and realistic bare metal finish really make the Blenheim a stunner! Wish Airfix had gotten the engine nacelle contours right on the 1/72 version, but happy for you 1/48 modelers that Airfix corrected their mistake. (We God's own Scale modelers are still trying to figure out the beat way to fix this on the piles of Airfix kits we have sitting on our shelves.) Mike A little late to the party, but my second favorite Blenheim would have to be L1348, he Mk 1 modified for PR use- the clipped wingtips and streamlined nosecap are really distinctive. See page 12 in the linked Profile for her photo. (I'm betting @tonyot either has a finished one sitting on his shelf or on his 'to do' list!) https://rclibrary.co.uk/files_titles/2229/Profile_093_Bristol_Blenheim_I.pdf 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pierre Giustiniani Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 (edited) Thanks a lot Blue of the rudder has been faded; More close to the blue of the roundels (those are maybe a little bit too light). Nacelle contours seem to be good, but the hatches were not. i don't know why Airfix represent them in "negative" and in the wrong position. Same for wing's hatches. Resolved with Archer hatches. Cowling flaps were modified also. On the early Mk.1 no air intake on the top of the nacelle. Cheers Pierre Edited October 23, 2019 by pierre Giustiniani 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Looks stunning in silver, great to see an unusual scheme especially to this standard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 I've never seen that scheme before, looks great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Looks fabulous,...... really great job, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 2 hours ago, 72modeler said: A little late to the party, but my second favorite Blenheim would have to be L1348, he Mk 1 modified for PR use- the clipped wingtips and streamlined nosecap are really distinctive. See page 12 in the linked Profile for her photo. (I'm betting @tonyot either has a finished one sitting on his shelf or on his 'to do' list!) https://rclibrary.co.uk/files_titles/2229/Profile_093_Bristol_Blenheim_I.pdf No I don`t have a PR Blenheim Mk.I,..... but I do have a couple of these great little Airfix Blenheims and it is nice to see Pierre has sorted out the cooling gills to make them more accurate,... something quite a few people have missed. This is a superb Blenheim. Cheers Tony 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Great modelling! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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