Adam Poultney Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 I think I'll make a second entry to the group build, a Tamiya V1 in 1/48. Unfortunately the engine is mounted too high up which is a bit of an annoyance, but I can deal with that. Some very nice late war box art on here, I've wanted to get a copy of this kit for a while after very nearly doing so in a Hobbycraft while camping... The instructions for the kit are printed on the reverse side of the box along with a simple scheme. This should be an easy build hopefully. The contents consists of a single sprue and some decals, of course safety warnings are included, for if you're bored enough to read them. Very simple, and I can probably nick that trolley for my Vulcan cockpit section... Decals consist of a lot of stencil markings. No swastikas are included... Correctly. The V1 would not have carried them, being a disposable weapon. I don't know if you'll be able to see, but there's a sink mark in the fuselage that will need some attention. I won't be building this today, I have family coming and then work. I'll either build this tomorrow or the day after. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 11 hours ago, Adam Poultney said: Unfortunately the engine is mounted too high up which is a bit of an annoyance, but I can deal with that. I read about that Adam, but according to the review it's the fuselage being the wrong shape that is the problem, tapered and should be cylindrical. Possibly not easy to solve? Or not for me! 11 hours ago, Adam Poultney said: there's a sink mark in the fuselage that will need some attention. Interesting. Not on my kit, and your panel lines fade around the seam/join. Tamiya using multiple moulds? 12 hours ago, Adam Poultney said: No swastikas are included... Correctly. The V1 would not have carried them, being a disposable weapon Quite right! But some images do show them, added by the Allies when they displayed them post-war. Best wishes for your build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 And we're off! Major parts were removed got test fitting before but nothing has been assembled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 The missile itself went together in a little over 10 minutes Most of the trolley is done and I'm going to go and get some breakfast.... It's not quite the afternoon yet so I think that is fine.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 Oops! I'll just remove it, the kit isn't exactly accurate anyway... If I want a nice V1 I'll go with a different kit in a larger scale Primed white, preshading with a brush is faster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 Just kinda made this up as I went along. I very much doubt that the colour scheme of every V1 built is recorded so here's my one based on various pictures of different V1s I've seen Varnish on, just got to wait for it to dry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 Vanish has dried, only got decals left to do. And I added a wash But I won't be using the stand for this model.... It's going to be for my Vulcan B.1 cockpit section I built a while ago The V1 will be mounted above my modelling desk 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 This was finished earlier - pictures later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Johnson Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Your V1 is fine Adam, and your Vulcan cockpit section excellent! Thank you for your comment, but I give a lot of the credit for my build to Bruce Salmon's build. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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