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Tamiya P47D Bubbletop - this is going to be riveting (in a manner of speaking 😎)


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Lost my mojo a bit recently, so trawling through the stash came across an HGW riveting set for the Tamiya jug I bought years ago, so thought that might be a bit different.

 

I'm going for a mostly bare metal finish, so not sure how that will go?

 

anyhoo, made a start on the pit, I had an Eduard Big Ed set for this too. It's been a while since since I built a Tamiya aircraft and I had forgotten how nice they are, I was almost tempted not to use the the aftermarket stuff as the standard cockpit detail is so good.

 

I used some 1200 grit wet and dry for the footplates which I reckon look about right at this scale. 

 

fairly happy with this for 1/48th scale:-

 

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Regards,

 

Nick

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Been plugging away at this, got the motor put together with a touch of Eduard PE for the ignition loom.

 

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But the main reason I'm building this is the HGW rivet set, which is now underway.

 

 

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In summary, We like

 

 

It's a two stage thing, where it has a clear carrier that you can just about see here, that holds the slightly 3D rivets in position.

 

 

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This is then peeled off when fully dry like this.

 

 

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I'm hoping this doesn't get lost in paint, but so far, we like, very subtle and very realistic I think anyway.

 

 

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Lets see how it looks in MBF ! 

 

Regards,

 

Nick

 

 

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