Jpthedog Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 So some progress today with a full-ish day of modelling. Filling the joints on the engines and flash on tail-planes - sharp trailing edge tho!! Upper and lower wing routes dosnt match at the wing route, so I inserted a plastic strip and then filled underneath to re-profile to a sharp trailing edge which feathers away to nothing.... General progress - tailplanes on and some primer on the engines just to see how they are looking...... Next - the cockpit canopy is not the same profile as the fuselage..... so I added a plastic strip and filled behind to hopefully fill this out. Fuselage progressively getting glued - its the only way. And sanded down... Windows will be filled after painting with clearfix or similar - just small enough. Next we are onto the exhaust arrangement and the camo scheme selected. Splinter scheme to try out, so its a Pedro B-2 with a few spots of colour. Rust exhausts - my methos is spray gunmetal, seal with matt coat, dust on scraped pastel dust, spray again with matt coat to seal..... this kit not really justifying new techniques. Start of the 24 exhaust pipes..... oh yeah and another part the engine cowling that is scale thickness about 200 mm and will not fit once exhausts are on. Another scraping session then.... First side on - think I will leave rest until after camo is painted to reduce masking of this delicate arrangement. Overall the kit continues to test my determination to get it successfully completed. Virtually every piece requires some sanding, filing, scraping to get to fit...it could be me of course, but i really don't think so! That's it for this week. JP 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpthedog Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 Hmm the exhausts may need to come off as they may graduate to match the engine profile.... I then saw a line drawing showing different exhausts for the B-2..... Lunchtime sessions - squeezed the second wing root together, and there was a clicking sound - fine I thought, suddenly fits perfectly. Yes it does - at the expense of the fuselage seam which has burst open! Annoying and due to too much internal stuff not fitting, but I inserted a shim of plasticard and glued it up. Throws out the fuselage profile slightly which was enlarged to match the glazing - will now have to be sanded back to again meet the glazing profile. The last section of fuselage is now glued/joined, leaving just this gap to fill - plasticard is my friend today! How a casual modeller would overcome this creaking bit of plastic I am not sure. dry fitted the wings - both sides different in the way they 'fit' with the fuselage and different dihedrals. Away to check online what it should be, then another gluing, shimming and filling session at the wing root. This build is holding up my other GB's!! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlemaster Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Does the canopy fit with the gap filled. .O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 You are doing a good job. I hope it will be a great model in the end. Cheers, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpthedog Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 On 8/25/2020 at 5:04 PM, Mottlemaster said: Does the canopy fit with the gap filled. .O It will do!!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpthedog Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 On 8/25/2020 at 8:35 PM, Arniec said: You are doing a good job. I hope it will be a great model in the end. Cheers, Thanks Arniec - hoping to persevere through build and indeed deliver a great model - glad you have confidence in me!! Wings are on now and the gaps filled with plasticard - painting soon! JP 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Boy this build is fighting you. You are doing well by just keeping going with it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 One question. The instruction says that the three "bottles" inside each wheel bay should be blue. You done them RLM02. In some build in larger scale which are in Net those "bottles" are painted red. They looks like some hydraulic devices, so maybe there is a rule on color for them? Any expert knows? Regards J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpthedog Posted August 27, 2020 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 9 hours ago, Greg Law said: Boy this build is fighting you. You are doing well by just keeping going with it. Greg - certainly is and I think more to come with undercarriage. No kit has beaten me yet - although some do languish on the shelf of doom still! I think I am over the worst and just too much time invested to give up, so it will be completed for this GB. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpthedog Posted August 27, 2020 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 8 hours ago, JWM said: One question. The instruction says that the three "bottles" inside each wheel bay should be blue. You done them RLM02. In some build in larger scale which are in Net those "bottles" are painted red. They looks like some hydraulic devices, so maybe there is a rule on color for them? Any expert knows? Regards J-W J-W If they are definately a ceratin colour then I can repaint, but once on the display table anyone will be so amazed that the model is actually finished they wont be looking underneath inside wheel wells!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpthedog Posted August 27, 2020 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 Tonights status - wings on, gaps filled and cockpit glazing glued - took the photo before that but trust me! Tidying up any areas that need filler for a sand and prep for primer at the weekend. I repeat on this one - no parts have actually fitted so far, without first filing, sanding or scraping! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 (edited) 48 minutes ago, Jpthedog said: J-W If they are definately a ceratin colour then I can repaint, but once on the display table anyone will be so amazed that the model is actually finished they wont be looking underneath inside wheel wells!! I agree, they are really hard to be seen with undercarriage installed and especially wheel bay doors installed. However I am just curious about that colour - in photos of musem machines I was not able to see them. Nice progress! Interesting, that in mine He-111E the canopy fit to fuselage OK, but in case of G-3 converted from "C" I had similar problem to yours with slightly different curves of fuselage and of canopy. Hard to explain... Regards J-W Edited August 27, 2020 by JWM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpthedog Posted September 6, 2020 Author Share Posted September 6, 2020 Getting to the painting stage - all primed with Tamiya rattle can Hmm a few blemishes, not least the undercarriage bays pressing through from below, but not letting that bother me too much. Photos with natural daylight can be harsh tho! And the underside sprayed with Sovereign paints RLM65 light blue over some pre-shading White wingtips top and bottom next, then onto splinter camo.... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Nice progress. I started to like those Roden Heinkels. Perhaps I should buy the "B" variant to do one from SCW... J-W 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpthedog Posted September 6, 2020 Author Share Posted September 6, 2020 1 hour ago, JWM said: Nice progress. I started to like those Roden Heinkels. Perhaps I should buy the "B" variant to do one from SCW... J-W J-W - its easy to forget how frustrating they are! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 (edited) I think that it is like a kind of Stockholm syndrome Edited September 6, 2020 by JWM 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 good start on the painting. I like to see the first color to go on. Cheers, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 This is coming together well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Looking good so far! Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpthedog Posted September 7, 2020 Author Share Posted September 7, 2020 Quick update - using Artool Ultra Mask film for the masking of the splinter camo. Sealed the edges with Klear as usual and will spray the RLM62 green next 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Nice work on the splinter camouflage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpthedog Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 Thanks FoxFour - well thats the masking part 1 anyway - I printed off a near 1 to 1 of the camo for the kit then used that to help cut out the mask from the vinyl sheet. Also used Tamiya tape for any easy masking like wingtips. The test will be the next stage for the final colour. Takes a while but as ever its always a great moment stripping off the masking to see what the paint looks like. Usually good and bad! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Jpthedog said: I printed off a near 1 to 1 of the camo for the kit then used that to help cut out the mask from the vinyl sheet. Hmmm you might want yo think about selling that I'm sure more than a few people would buy them. Especially in this build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpthedog Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Hmmm you might want yo think about selling that I'm sure more than a few people would buy them. Especially in this build. Happy just to share.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlemaster Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Howabout a video of the unmasking, 0r even a live video. Seriously, it looks like you have completely tamed this monster with your perseverance and skill. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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