Enzo the Magnificent Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Okay, the spelling is wrong. I've been wanting to build one of these for some time. I feel the Bréguet Br.763 just looks so French. There is only one sprue for this kit, but it's quite a large one. Although a simple kit, this is going to take a bit of work. There are quite a few mould blemishes. At one point it looks as though the mould has started to corrode. But that's all part of the fun. There are numerous boxings of this kit, all with the same sprue. There are alternaive central fins and noses for the different versions, together with wingtip fuel tanks. This one is going to be fun! 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Front row, popcorn ready! Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted August 1, 2021 Author Share Posted August 1, 2021 Although the main undercarriage is situated fairly forward, there is little change of this being a tail sitter. There is plenty of room for ballast in that fuselage. The chunk of milliput fills in an odd gap in the part caused by mould damage. Once the fuselage halves have been cemented together, a lot of work is required to remove the joint line. There are no locating pins but it's not a great problem as the plastic is very thick. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Welcome with an interesting choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Nice choice! One gets to know something new every day! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 (edited) This should be interesting - saw one of these at Heathrow back in around 1964 I think - I believe that Air France called them "Provence" and the Air Force called them "Sahara", though that might just have been the freighter version. Actually, getting to Heathrow from Bradford was a long haul but a local coach firm (Wallace A*seholes as my late mother called them?) ran day trips sometimes and in my early teens I went either 2 or 3 times with a school friend/fellow aircraft modeller and I say 1964 because I believe we saw a Skyways York on the same trip and they were withdrawn that year I believe. Pete Edited August 2, 2021 by PeterB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted August 2, 2021 Author Share Posted August 2, 2021 I mentioned earlier about mould damage. The port wing uppersurface has a very ragged trailing edge. Just inboard of the inboard nacelle bullet there is a very rough area which looks as though part of the mould has corroded away. There are also a couple of areas on the forward parts of the nacelles which look like something has been dropped on to the mould, causing dents. These will all need to be dealt with. I built up the trailing edges with 10 thou plastic card. This will make them very thick for the scale but hopefully I can sand them down. The gear bay interiors were sprayed with aluminium car paint from a rattle can. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted August 2, 2021 Author Share Posted August 2, 2021 Main components cemented together and then primed with grey car primer from a rattle can. Once I can see what I'm dealing with, I can start to sort things. There is a lot of sanding and filling required to deal with imperfections. Quite a bit of rescribing as well! But eventually I got to this... As you can see from the wing roots, there is more filling ongoing. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Hi Enzo, Are there any windows moulded or is it a case of decs only or paint it yourself? Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted August 2, 2021 Author Share Posted August 2, 2021 4 minutes ago, PeterB said: Are there any windows moulded or is it a case of decs only or paint it yourself? All the windows are provided on the decal sheet. I think in this scale, that's a reasonable compromise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Great stuff Enzo It's a shame the tail is missing, can you make a new one ? Cheers Pat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Great choice . And fast Martin H 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Pleased to see you doing this one Enzo, good luck with it, you seem to be doing well so far in spite of what the kit has given you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Oh goody, a build of another of my stash captives. Always nice to let others make the mistakes first. I'll follow along. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonb13 Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 This is a great subject, I know nothing about it. Have to agree though, where's the tail? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 37 minutes ago, Jasonb13 said: This is a great subject, I know nothing about it. Have to agree though, where's the tail? Out on the ends of the horizontal tail surfaces. @JOCKNEY Pat is just being evil, take no notice. They are the longer & shorter small flight surfaces above the horizontal tail planes in the sprue shot at the top. The tail planes have sockets for them on the ends. I really should get one of these too. Steve. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 On 8/3/2021 at 1:26 AM, JOCKNEY said: Great stuff Enzo It's a shame the tail is missing, can you make a new one ? Cheers Pat It looks all there too me, Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 1 hour ago, RidgeRunner said: It looks all there too me, Pat Just teasing, @stevehnz knows me too well 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted August 4, 2021 Author Share Posted August 4, 2021 Joking apart, there is a more substantial central tail for the earlier versions included on the sprue. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted August 20, 2021 Author Share Posted August 20, 2021 Moving on, the airframe has been cleaned up and primed. I then crudely masked off the wings and tailplanes and sprayed the white with car primer from a rattle can. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Looking good Enzo, what a great looking aircraft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Nice work, Enzo. It could only be French ….. oops, I forgot about the Beverley! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Hi @Enzo Matrix Have you had a chance to make any more progress on this one ? Cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 A little. I'm working out some issues with the natural metal finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 Okay, I've finally made some progress on this one. The NMF areas were masked off and sprayed. I used AK Xtreme Metal colours. I found that the Dark Aluminium paint was simply too dark and made too great a contrast, so the darker shade is a 50/50 mix of Aluminium and Dark Aluminium. The colours used eventually were AK479 Aluminium AK480 Dark Aluminium AK482 Duralumin AK478 White Aluminium 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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