Evil_Toast_RSA Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 My entry. Bought it second hand last year, the box never made it. Sprues, to show its not started 😛: Probably going to build the No.39 Squadron version (Hemp over Light Aircraft Grey). Possibly the all over H.S.S No.58 Squadron, but it's a distant possibility. Got a resin seat on the way, should have it before the month is out. Hopefully. Roll on the 17th! 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Welcome, nice choice. I crawled inside a canberra a little while back, not sure I'd like to actually fly in one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian fish Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 I'm doing this and a T10... This looks the more complete kit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 9 hours ago, Evil_Toast_RSA said: Probably going to build the No.39 Squadron version (Hemp over Light Aircraft Grey). Oooh my favorite scheme on one of my favorite Canberra’s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisj2003 Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 On 11/04/2021 at 13:20, Evil_Toast_RSA said: Probably going to build the No.39 Squadron version (Hemp over Light Aircraft Grey). I was intending to do that kit in that scheme, even bought some hemp colour paint, but my Gulf War GB F-4 is going slowly, so I wont have time to chop a cranberry around. If I do join this GB it could be with something simpler; no pilot, no cockpit. 😉 Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Toast_RSA Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 (edited) Let's get this party started! Started assembling cockpit. Nothing exciting, but bloody hell the sprue attachment points are a tad large. See the parts on the right.... [EDIT] And the headscratching rudder panel lines. Why did Airfix do this? Before: Tamiya Basic + Lacquer Thinner gloop applied: Edited April 17, 2021 by Evil_Toast_RSA Added info 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Toast_RSA Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 Started adding the required 4.7 long tons of weight to keep the model wheels down. Smoothed everything over with Milliput to neaten it up (in case it's visible in the tight, hard to see black painted cockpit....) and to help keep everything in place. Due to all the weight, I have a paranoid feeling the nose strut might need help. Added a pin from thick florist wire and drilled a hole in the gear bay. Hope it works... Otherwise, been puttering along building sub-assemblies. Small oopsie trimming off the sprue stump on the right wing, need to build up with plasticard. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Toast_RSA Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 Ran into the first serious problem. Fitting the engine exhausts leaves much to be desired. Some plasticard/putty/magic needed, going to puzzle over this and see what I choose. Yes. There's the edge I so enthusiastically sliced off yesterday.... Cockpit done, some washing and awaiting the resin seat by month end. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back in the Saddle Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 I’m building a 1/48 Airfix Canberra B(I)6 at the moment and have this kit in the stash too, so will follow with interest.👍 I know what you mean about the fit of the exhausts! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Toast_RSA Posted April 20, 2021 Author Share Posted April 20, 2021 @Back in the Saddle, right now the rudder is giving me the squirts. On layer 7 of Mr Surfacer, but no matter what I do you can still faintly see the panel lines. Guessing when I sand, the filler is softer than the plastic (Airfix plastic. I know right!) so I'm still sanding it out the lines. Going to try airbrush 20 layers of Mr Surfacer until it goes away. And my wife says I'm stubborn.... Should of used plasticard like I initially wanted too.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 @Evil_Toast_RSA you can just about see the slight depressions in the rudder skins where they're riveted to their frames in certain lighting conditions: I suspect that this is what Airfix were trying to replicate with their "trenches" as there aren't that many pieces of skin in a Canberra rudder. If you've got shallow depressions you should be OK. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back in the Saddle Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 My rudder looks like it has the same trenches...🙁 PPP will be used later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Back in the Saddle said: My rudder looks like it has the same trenches...🙁 PPP will be used later! It's the same on the 1/72th and 1/48th kits; the Airfix designers have followed the lines of rivets at each rib position and treated them as skin joints. Much filler has been expended here on Airfix Canberra rudders with more to follow☹️☹️☹️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Toast_RSA Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share Posted April 22, 2021 Now the fun starts. Got the fuselage glued together and started bulking up the area around the cockpit insert so I don't spend the rest of this GB sanding stuff smooth.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Toast_RSA Posted April 25, 2021 Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 IT'S ALIVE!!!!! The Canberra got it's wings. Some tidying up of joints, checking weight and then camera bay can be installed. Painting is not far off... 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Very good mate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Toast_RSA Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 Yeah, my seat arrived! Now can't wait to get told off for buying the wrong one probably.... 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Toast_RSA Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 Huzzah! Seat painted and installed! And just need to sort out the poor fitting windscreen and some primer can be applied to check for problems. Calling it now, the camera bay was a PITA and I'm not finished there. Some heavy duty sanding was needed to get the contour right, and my scribing-fu is weak, so the detail I managed to obliterate has been badly reapplied. But clear lenses and lights sanded down to fit, polished and ready to be masked. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Toast_RSA Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 Okay, primer on and time to sort out all the little mistakes I couldn't see. - Front fuselage/cockpit insert was a PITA and need to sort out some panel lines. - Wings need some attention to fill some deep scratches from sanding - Camera bay came out better than I thought. Huh. Colour me surprised. Thought that entire area needed filler. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Nice work. I always hate that stage of looking for errors and thinking about flling and sanding again/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Toast_RSA Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 3 hours ago, Brad said: Nice work. I always hate that stage of looking for errors and thinking about flling and sanding again/ I usually motivate myself to get through it by saying it's not decals repeatedly to myself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Toast_RSA Posted May 8, 2021 Author Share Posted May 8, 2021 (edited) Been a week of filling, sanding, priming, checking, rinsing and repeating. I've hit the F.I.C.E wall so moving on. Black Mr Surfacer applied. And started with the LAG underneath. Vallejo doesn't make a match as far as I'm aware, so used a 1:2 mix of VMA Insignia White (71.279) and Light Gull Grey (71.121), got this suggestion from a thread here on BM somewhere. Tomorrow going to lightly sand (if needed) and do a very thin glaze of straight 71.121. Edited May 8, 2021 by Evil_Toast_RSA Added pic 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Looking very smooth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Toast_RSA Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 Got the Hemp down, used VMA 71.023 Hemp/Tan Green. Hope it looks correct? Now need to distress the finish slightly, either using Tamiya Deck Tan or playing Nickleback's Greatest Hits to it, but that might be too extreme... 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Toast_RSA Posted May 20, 2021 Author Share Posted May 20, 2021 Hemp done. Before: After, using thin glazes of Tan Green (71.023) straight and mixed with Beige (71.074) to try break up the green hue a bit. Also, this month I need to pull thumb and get my photo box sorted.... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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