Revell Dambuster

[Harry_the_Spider]

Dearly Beloved, let us spray.

 

 

 

Looks reasonably close to how it should.

 

 

Holding off the fuselage until I hear from Revell about the missing window. I'll give it a week or so then press on with the flat window on the port side if I have to. 

 

 

[Harry_the_Spider]

Merde. One of the props wasn't spinning so I've had to crack open the starboard outer nacelle and try and bodge a fix.

 

Edit : And it seems to have worked! Now to tidy up the mess I've made around the joint with the wing 😕

[Rabbit Leader]

So good to see how others go about their modelling builds. I must admit, assembling and painting an aircraft in this fashion is not something I’d contemplate, however its what you end up in the end that always counts. 
 

Cheers.. Dave 

[Harry_the_Spider]

The wing fit is very good, so by painting them separately I'll get a sharp transition between wing and fuselage without needing to mask it.

 

Also, Revell are sending me a replacement window FOC,

 

 

 

which is nice.

[CliffB]

It's nice to share the pleasure that you're obviously getting from this build Harry .

 

Cheers

[Harry_the_Spider]

I wish I had more time for it, but working from home means that I'm doing more hours!

[zebra]

9 hours ago, Harry_the_Spider said:

The wing fit is very good, so by painting them separately I'll get a sharp transition between wing and fuselage without needing to mask it.

 

Also, Revell are sending me a replacement window FOC,

 

 

 

which is nice.

Suits you sir!

 

Now I really need to watch the Fast Show again.

[Harry_the_Spider]

 

 

[zebra]

This week, I ‘ave been mostly building... Lancasters!

[Harry_the_Spider]

Like a complete idiot I've managed to lose half of my upkeep, so I've had to employ my very basic scratch building skills.

 

 

 

I'll put the "home made" end on the drive side so that the belt and pulley can hide it. It looks suitably rough like I suspect the real thing did.

 

 

 

Under the circumstances I'll take that as a win.

 

Swearing was up to Level 6. Suspect it will peak at Level 7 when I find the missing parts.

[Rabbit Leader]

That’s some recovery! When you do find the missing parts you can scratch yourself another half, that way you’ll have another complete spare upkeep should the first one go bouncing off somewhere! 

Cheers.. Dave (where swearing is part of our national vernacular). 

[Harry_the_Spider]

Was considering doing a diorama of the return from the raid without the bomb and with extra exhaust stains.

[Harry_the_Spider]

Camouflage done. Hopefully I'll get the black on the fuselage tomorrow.

 

Wings, tail and turret fairings not attached. Just slotted on to line up the paint.

 

 

[Harry_the_Spider]

Black paint, with a touch of blue, on.

 

 

A small amount of touching up to do, but I'll do that when I fit the canopy.

[woody37]

If you get stuck, I've got a spare bouncy bomb here as I used the Dambuster kit to do my early B.I 

 

Looking lovely now

 

[Harry_the_Spider]

Thanks, for the offer, but I think that I've got away with.

 

Carrying on with my modular approach to construction I'm going to decal and weather it in sections. But first a double gloss coating as silvered decals would really mess it up, especially around the squadron codes.

 

 

[vppelt68]

A good recovery indeed with the bomb! These IKEA- kits look lovely, it´s a way I like to build my big (and medium) bombers too 👍. V-P

[Harry_the_Spider]

Decals and dirt done. I've even stuck the wings on!

 

I wanted to go for "a bit grubby" rather than "knackered" as the real aircraft wasn't that old.

 

 

 

[Harry_the_Spider]

At the bit of the build that none of us can avoid.

 

 

 

I have to admit that I derive a certain grim satisfaction from applying masking tape.

[stever219]

On 4/14/2020 at 4:43 PM, Harry_the_Spider said:

I wanted to go for "a bit grubby" rather than "knackered" as the real aircraft wasn't that old.

IIRC Joe McCarthy’s ED825/G, AJ-T was the oldest of the Type 464 provisioning Lancasters: in contrast Henry Maudslay’s ED937, AJ-Z was delivered from Avro’s on the morning of the raid and had seven hours “on the clock” when she and her crew went down on the way home.  Paintwork deterioration would mostly be exhaust staining and the odd grubby boot print and, maybe, some discolouration of the upper fuselage paintwork around the forward escape hatch where ground crew slid across to get from one wing to t’other.  The aeroplanes certainly wouldn’t have looked like escapees from the station fire dump with chipped paint and heavy staining all over the place.

[Harry_the_Spider]

It needs a bit of a once over with a cocktail stick, but other than that I'll take it.

 

 

Glad that I spent so long on the interior.

 

Got a Shackleton in the stash. Think I'll spray everything behind the pilots green and leave it there.*

 

*Obviously I won't. 

[Harry_the_Spider]

Rather irritatingly the after market wheels are several millimetres too narrow for the undercarriage legs, so I'll have to go with the kit ones.

 

Expensive (ish) mistake 😕

[Harry_the_Spider]

Right, I'm calling G for George done. 

 

 

 

 

 

Still got time to build up a couple of vehicles and add ground crew. Then I'll get some better pictures.

 

[Rabbit Leader]

You’ve been busy Harry and that looks just fantastic. Well done all round and a great WIP thread to g with the great build. 
Cheers and well modelled.. Dave 

[Harry_the_Spider]

Thanks.

 

Not finished yet as I'm building up a couple of refueling trucks to go with it. However, lockdown means that I'm running out of paint so I may go off-piste on the colours.

 

EDIT- I've just noticed that I haven't done the lights on the wing tips or the landing lights and that I've knocked the actuator off the port wing.