Ray_W Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Nick, You're having fun! The liquid plastic you used - was that a home brew? It seems to have done the job. Ray 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niknak Posted March 23, 2020 Author Share Posted March 23, 2020 (edited) 53 minutes ago, Ray_W said: Nick, You're having fun! The liquid plastic you used - was that a home brew? It seems to have done the job. Ray You could say that what till I start on the undercarriage. 😉 Ray, it's home brew. it's cut up sprue dissolved in a jar of liquid glue. It's better than filler some times it can be used to renforce joins too. Nick. Edited March 23, 2020 by Niknak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niknak Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 Hi all, I have been fitting the main undercarriage legs. As I have desided to go with unspatted undercarriage. I fitted the quickboost unspatted undercarage I first sanded the location positions on the lower wing flust with the the cover of the outer wing joint . Then chain drilling the outline of the quickboost undercarage After fitting the undercarage I used liquid plastic too fill any gaps ready for blending them together finished blending in the windscreen and replaced the armour in front of the windscreen using 5" plastic card. Thank for looking comments are always welcomed. Nick 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Wow, a lot happened since I had a look last and your early Dora is coming along nicely Cheers, Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niknak Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Basilisk said: Wow, a lot happened since I had a look last and your early Dora is coming along nicely Cheers, Peter Thank you Peter. Yip it's coming on nicely. Having my hol to Turkey being cancelled helped. Back to work tomorrow . Bet things have changed there. So could be a bit tight to get her finished by the deadline😔. Nick I have blended the quickboost undercarage into the lower wing. A lot of sanding I have completed the spinner and propeller. The propeller is quickboost ju 87 b vs 11 as this propeller was fitted to d-1s & early d-3s the propeller was sprayed rlm 71 (colourcoats) . The spinner is the airfix b-2 spinner sanded to a better shape. I then made a mould a cast a couple. I sprayed the spinner rlm 70 (xtracolor) and the tip white (revell) the same way as I did on my ju 87 b for the mto gb 18.the steps are cover spinner in tape and use a stencel to mark the tape Then flatten out the tape and use a stencil which is the diameter of the mark on the tape Then use a cumpass cutter to cut a ring Then use the ring to mask of the spinner The finished spinner Thank you for looking, comments are welcomed. Nick Edited March 29, 2020 by Niknak 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niknak Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) Hi all not much of an update this time. A bit of 1 step forward and 2 back. I was not happy with the modified airies roll over bar. So I decided to scratch build a replacement. I started by drawing round the airies part on masking tape. Then putting the cut out shape onto 20"plastic card. After a bit of fettling with a sanding stick. To improve the shape, I cut out The open sections. I removed the radios and round part from the airies part and glued onto the plastic card frame. I used. 2 mm lead wire for the wiring and. 4 mm for the u shaped support? This was painted using xtracolor rlm 66 with the wiring painted humbrol 54. The gap at the top of the mg 81z magazines was filled with liquid plastic and painted rlm 66 (the roll over structure is the original modified airies part) I have also widened the italieri centre canopie part to match the airfix fuselarge. Using Ray's hairbrush method. Witch I think is better than the method I use (usually use hot water or a kettle). Then the internal frames were masked using montex masks for italieri's ju 87 d/g. These masks have internal and external masks. I have left the canopie frame lines on to help with the alinement of the masks. After spraying I will remove them with 3000 grade wet n dry then polish the canopie ready for the external masking and spraying Thank you for looking. Nick Edited April 6, 2020 by Niknak 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niknak Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share Posted April 8, 2020 Hi all, I have been on with the canopie. The gunners canopie needed to be widened to match the airfix fuselarge. I did this the same way as the center part. But to stop the overhang from deforming I first made a cut through it. When the canopie was still playable I used a cocktail stick to open the split to help to keep this part of the canopie flat. When the canopie had cooled. I filled the hole with plastic card and liquid plastic The center part has had the internal frames sprayed and the masks removed and with the roll over bar has been fitted to the fuselarge. The step was filled with plastic card. I am on with fettling the gunners canopie to fit the fuselarge more sanding and test fitting! Thank you for looking Nick. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Hi Nik, a very impressive step by step. I will sure keep on watching. JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niknak Posted April 9, 2020 Author Share Posted April 9, 2020 8 hours ago, jean said: Hi Nik, a very impressive step by step. I will sure keep on watching. JR Thank you JR. Welcome aboard. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 A great build Nick and I'm impressed by your work on the vacform canopy Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray_W Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 You're doing a great job with those canopies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niknak Posted April 9, 2020 Author Share Posted April 9, 2020 13 hours ago, Ray_W said: You're doing a great job with those canopies. Thank 's Ray. I think the frame lines are a bit thick. Next time I think i' ll do them a bit narrower. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 It looks like all is coming together and some great attention to detail in your build Cheers, Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niknak Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 3 hours ago, Basilisk said: It looks like all is coming together and some great attention to detail in your build Cheers, Peter Thank you Peter. She might be built by the end of this group build. But she won't be dressed😄. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niknak Posted April 11, 2020 Author Share Posted April 11, 2020 (edited) Hi all, internal frames on gunners and pilots canopie have been masked and sprayed. Those masks have been removed and the canopies just need the residue left by the masks removed. The build is about at the stage for painting as most of the airframe is complete just a few places need minor fettling around the landing light, direction finding cover will use liquid plastic and/or filler. She scales out using Sam scale rules as 36' 3" which is 1" short of 11.1 m As it won't be finished it time here are a few pictures of the airframe I must have one undercarage leg slightly longer as. I will correct this by adjusting the flat on one of the wheels Thank you for looking. Nick Edited April 13, 2020 by Niknak 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 All the extra work you put into this build is paying off - please keep at it. Cheers, Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niknak Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share Posted April 13, 2020 (edited) 49 minutes ago, Basilisk said: All the extra work you put into this build is paying off - please keep at it. Cheers, Peter I will thank you Peter, I've just started painting the airframe. when it's finished I'll post it in rfi section. Nick Edited April 13, 2020 by Niknak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niknak Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 Hi all, i have painted the camouflage patten onto the airframe using extracolour rlm 65 , 70 , 71. The pattern was masked using 2mm & 10 mm tamya tape there was o small part of the rlm 71 was lifted with the tape when it was removed . but this were i cut the tape were it overlaped so i could have cut into the paint . the canopie was masked using montex masks and spunge. Thank you for looking .Nick. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niknak Posted April 19, 2020 Author Share Posted April 19, 2020 Hi all, I have sprayed the theater markings using humbrol 154. I used the following reference photos of the aircraft for the fuselarge band. And noticed that the fuselarge balkenkreuz are offset slightly. The port inside edge runs down the panel line we're as the starboard balkenkreuz the panel line runs through the balkenkreuz.. To get the correct possision for the band I used a 6mm strip of masking tape( size of the balkenkreuz arm) against the panel line. Then a 10 mm strip(width of the fuselarge band) against the 6mm strip. I then removed the 6mm strip. Then used 2mm flexable tape around the edges of the 10mm tape then removed the 10mm tape. External canopie frames have been varnished and the masks removed. As I don't like to leave the masks on too long. Thank you for looking. Nick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niknak Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 (edited) Hi all, here is another update, the decals have been put on. The aircrafts squadron's codes are superscale 10 mm luftwaffe codes black & white. The s had to be modified to have rounded end to the horizontal parts. I was lazy and used a cut up no 3 The national markings are xtradecal and aeromaster. The stencils are a mixture of peddinghaus, kit and h-model.(the reason I used a mixture of the stencils was because the h - model decals were miss numbered on the placement sheet so would have had to guess which was witch) the walk ways are black decal strips from xtradecal. After a quick wash in soapy water to removed the decal softener a coat of vallejo matt varnish was applied. I have also fitted the dive brakes I used a left over cut up balkenkreuz for the air brakes. Radiator flaps & the modified airfix tail surports have been fitted also As most d/g's had smooth treaded tyres I filled the tread on the true details tyres using tamiya filler after sanding them a couple of coats of primer/ filler. They were then painted humbrol no 67 Thank you for looking, comments are welcomed. Nick Edited May 24, 2020 by Niknak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray_W Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Hi Nick, Great to see this build continuing. Getting close now. Ray 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niknak Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 6 hours ago, Ray_W said: Hi Nick, Great to see this build continuing. Getting close now. Ray Hi Ray, thank you.i Should get her finished in the next couple of weeks hopefully. Nick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niknak Posted June 12, 2020 Author Share Posted June 12, 2020 (edited) Hi all, I have not spent much time on this build lately. But here's an update. The wheels and tail wheel have been fitted. The tail wheel yoke was copied from the italeri kit. Also brake lines were made from. 3mm lead wire I have also fitted the activators to the tail surfaces using copper wire These were then painted in the appropriate camouflage colours. The quickboost exhaust's have been painted and weathered with black pastle and powdered grafite and fitted. (the fitting would have been easier if I built a box on the inside of the cowling for them too sit) The cockpit gun sight has been fitted the lenses are clear 5" one dipped in Johnson's clear and the tinted lense was dipped in alclad's armoured glass, the gunners back/belly strap was made from the aries etch and a strip of cigarette paper painted humbrol hemp. (the aries etch is too small for the airfix fuselarge I used the brackets off the ends of the etch and the belt is the paper). The propeller I used is quickboost vs 11 for airfix's ju 87 b. I have fitted the master's mg 17's barrels too the wings and the aries mg 81z with the brass barrels fitted. They were painted humbrol 53 gun metal and weathered with pastle's and grafate powder And finally for the bomb cradle I used the one from ataleri ju 87 g kit. The mounting arms are made from 20"plastic card I have painted it rlm 65.but not sure if it should be black. As photos show both light and dark bomb cradles. Thank you for looking, comments and feedback welcomed. Nick Edited July 16, 2020 by Niknak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niknak Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 (edited) Hi all I here's the latest update. The mg belts have been fitted, the slot in the gunners canopie has been filled with 5" plastic card. Because of the modification of the canopie too fit the airfix fuselarge. This was painted rlm 66. The etch gunsights for the mg 81z have been fitted the leather boots were made from liquid plastic painted humbrol 110. I have decided too have the bomb load of 3 sc250 kg. Bombs I used copper wire for the fin braces And for the dinort fuse extensions I will use dress making pins borrowed from the wife.the sc 250 for the centreline rack will have a 5" strip of plastic card wrapped around it for the location lugs strap. These then will be painted rlm 71 and rlm 65. Thank you for looking, comments are welcomed. Nick Edited July 18, 2020 by Niknak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niknak Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 (edited) Hi all, here's the latest update. The bombs have been finished. I painted 2 of the sc 250kgs rlm 71 and the other rlm 65. When I started to fit the sway brasses I noticed I had the plat which covers the centre long bomb rack wrong. So I remade it. For the sway brasses I used 1mm strips of 5" and 10" plastic strips. I have put the forward 50kg brasses on even thou I think these were folded down when the 250 kgs were fitted. The modified centerline cover I have started too weather the airframe using enamel paints for the mud. For scratches and chips I will be using a silver pencel and model Air aluminium paint. For the exhaust stains I will be using pastels and groung pencil grafite. And finally a couple of photos of how it looks Thank you for looking, comments are welcomed Nick Edited July 16, 2020 by Niknak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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