A Gee-Bee for the GB - Lindberg 1/32 GeeBee

[Marklo]

The box

The kit. Not a bad kit overall but the engine is awful and the interior needs a bit of detailing.

 

I have a week to mull over the best methods of fixing both  

 

Edited April 11, 2021 by Marklo

[Brad]

Welcome along Marklo. Yeh this kit is a bit basic in terms of detail, I have one too although it looks like it will build fairly easily. 

[Mjwomack]

Is the tag, there will be no scratchbuildng a typo? Also, it seems to be a bit low on the wing count by your standards🤣

[ColonelKrypton]

2 hours ago, Mjwomack said:

Is the tag, there will be no scratchbuildng a typo?

 

It now reads "there will be scratchbuilding". Did it change? 

 

I am going to follow along and see where this one goes.

 

cheers, Graham

 

[Mjwomack]

1 minute ago, GrahamCC said:

 

It now reads "there will be scratchbuilding". Did it change? 

 

I am going to follow along and see where this one goes.

 

cheers, Graham

 

It's there now- I knew I couldn't believe everything I saw on the internet.😬

 

[Marklo]

4 hours ago, Mjwomack said:

Is the tag, there will be no scratchbuildng a typo? Also, it seems to be a bit low on the wing count by your standards🤣

I thought it said ‘there will be scratchbuilding’ 

Yes I looked and looked an it’s on of those new fangled monoplanes  at least there is some rigging.  The challenge here will be to make a reasonable wasp engine and not to make a fingerprint ridden mess of the (apparently) simple colourscheme  and of course to do that while building my Oertz, Alcock and Skyhawk, not to mention prep for the Me109 GB. Ah yes the upside of lockdown; having lots of time to do some modelling. And seeing how I’m unlikely to see a vaccination this side of the summer it gives me something to do other than gardening and bickering with the family  

 

 

Edited April 11, 2021 by Marklo

[Marklo]

Some small progress; a scale pencil sketch for the wasp cylinder. My plan is to make a one cylinder from either sheet styrene or sculpey then cast the other eight from it. Not sure on the crank case, I may make a buck and plunge mold one, but maybe check the spares box and scrap bin first to see if I have anything close.

Edited April 14, 2021 by Marklo

[Marklo]

So Plan A is to assemble the cylinder from discs of .5mm styrene sheet to which ends I have spent an hour or so cutting and drilling sheet to mount on mandrels and turn to the required diameters on my little large.

 

Edited April 16, 2021 by Marklo

[Marklo]

After a bit of fiddling a fairly reasonably lower cylinder. Needs a little more cleanup and then I’ll have to make up the upper portion.

[Thom216]

Cool work on the cylinder.

[Marklo]

Ok so they’re a little rough but once they’re painted and all the pushrods etc are in place and inside the cowl they’ll look fine. Just four more to cast.

[Marklo]

Part assembled, some con rods and a bit of fettling, not perfect but much better than the kit item.

[Brad]

That looks good mate.

[Marklo]

Assembled, as you can see the kit goes together fast. But there are quite a few gaps and raised panel lines and demarcation lines for the red that will have to go.

[Marklo]

Primed, sanded and filled, before sanding, priming and scribing.

[Marklo]

Primed again and started the scribing.

[Marklo]

White from a Lidl rattlecan. I need to finish the cockpit next then fit the upper deck properly before doing the red.

[Marklo]

Some basic interior detailing. Struts, seatbelts and some instrument decals.

[Marklo]

Disaster. Attached the upper deck with revel contacts and secured it with masking tape, which lifted some of the white, so I sanded it back intending to reprint it then resorts the white. However about thirty seconds after spraying the primer the white lifted and went all orange peel  so nothing else for it but to scrub it back to the primer/ bare plastic ( about half way there atm) then reprint and restart I don’t think I’ll use the rattle can white again, much as I hate to I’ll probably airbrush some Humbrol 130 over the primer. Still on a positive note the surface finish where I’m done is excellent.

Edited May 9, 2021 by Marklo

[Marklo]

And we’re back, that cowling seam probably needs a little filler.

[Marklo]

On the third attempt I have a semi decent coat of white. Still need to do a bit more work in that upper decking seam and polish the paintwork down a bit, but getting there. 

[Marklo]

Masked up. Unfortunately I dropped the thing after painting the red then the red rattle can reacted with the paint on the fuselage when I retouched it. Im hoping I just need to buff it down a bit then respray  it. Lesson learnt …. Don’t mix different brands of rattle cans on the same build.

[Marklo]

Unmasked. Given the issues, better than I had expected but not as good as I hoped. I will let it dry thoroughly then carefully repair/ retouch the white.

[Marklo]

It’s official this is now annoying me, the paintwork is as rough as a badgers back bits and I don’t like the canopy framing. I could spend another week trying to retouch it and polish it an it would still be naff.

 

So it’s going to spend a day or two in disinfectant, get sanded back to bare plastic and painted properly, no rattle cans. I think I’ll also make a new canopy while I’m at it.

Edited May 19, 2021 by Marklo

[Marklo]

The paint just won’t come off, but in trying to remove it it’s actually polished down to a pretty good finish. So I just need to polish down a the last few scratches and blemishes and spot retouch the paint and canopy notwithstanding we’re there !!!

Edited May 23, 2021 by Marklo