Andwil Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 (edited) Place holder for now. Italeri kit and EagleCals decals for Barkhorn’s mount in the last few weeks of the war. AW Edited February 16, 2023 by Andwil 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Welcome to the build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Welcome to the GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Another golden oldie. I remember building that kit a long time ago. 😀 Look forward to seeing it take shape again! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Hi, I will stand by @IanC when it comes to having built this kit many, many years ago. It did come out pretty much at the same time than the Airfix kit, and everybody was comparing the two products. I did not care a wit and was ever so happy with the Italian long nose. Have fun! JR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 And we’re off! Sprue: First impressions are not good, there is a fair amount of flash and lots of mould marks, pins and ejection towers (three per wheel!). There are pins on the front faces of every cockpit part while the unseen rear faces are perfectly smooth. To add to this a lot of the part edges are quite rough. All up it looks more like a short run kit than one from a major producer. Panel lines are quite delicately moulded except for two lines on the rear fuselage that are massive trenches. Ok, whinge out of the way, construction starts, where else but with the cockpit: just look at that ejector pin right at the seat pan/back join, impossible to get a file or sandpaper into! Wings assembled. Following @Enzo the Magnificent’s helpful advice I have left off the wheel well inserts parts 20 and 21. Thanks for looking. AW 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted January 22, 2023 Author Share Posted January 22, 2023 In the chat thread (P7), @Enzo the Magnificent said: The wheel wells were open to the engine bay. If you wish to go down that route, just leave off the two parts, add a firewall to the front of the cockpit (which will also prevent that see-through look) and provide a representation of the rear of the engine. Which is very helpful and much appreciated advice. So with that in mind, cockpit firewall: For a representation of the rear of the engine, I realised I could do better than represent it, I have a couple of spare Jumo engines left over from my recent Ju-88 build. I’ll stick that in the nose and add some hoses and wires to busy it up. Should do the trick. AW 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted January 23, 2023 Author Share Posted January 23, 2023 Primed the interior and most of the smaller components (along with parts for my Sea Harrier): I’ll have to reprime the spinner as I clumsily rubbed it while still wet. AW 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted January 24, 2023 Author Share Posted January 24, 2023 A quick spray today of the internals, RLM 66 for the cockpit, RLM 02 inside the fuselage and wheel wells and undercarriage components, black for the engine: detail painting to follow. Thanks for looking AW 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 It might be a stoneaged kit, but you're making good progress AW James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted January 26, 2023 Author Share Posted January 26, 2023 20 hours ago, 81-er said: It might be a stoneaged kit, but you're making good progress AW James I’m a bit surprised just how basic it is. Anyway, leaves some scope for home made improvements. Added belts to the seat and a throttle lever to the side console and painted the instruments, crude but is not going to be very visible anyway. Wheels painted up, black for the hubs and tyre black for the, umm,tyres. Also on there are the headrest/armour plate snd spinner. The annular radiator was painted dark aluminium and given a wash of black: I think I can start gluing things together now. Thanks for looking. AW 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted January 27, 2023 Author Share Posted January 27, 2023 Fuselage closed up and wings on, the wing needed some fettling to fit properly. as expected, very little of the cockpit can actually be seen. The Jumo engine in the nose: Of which not much will be seen through the wheel wells: Thanks for looking. AW 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolkerR. Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 That`s not a kit anyone would love to build. But you are making the most of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 3 hours ago, VolkerR. said: That`s not a kit anyone would love to build. Oh I don’t know the nostalgia would be wonderful and tbh it’s probably better than my MrCraft kit ( must check on scalemates it could be the same kit ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted January 30, 2023 Author Share Posted January 30, 2023 Basic airframe now altogether. The tailplanes are not glued in, I’ll leave them off until after painting. I’m waiting for some lead wire and soft pipes to arrive before I can start adding bits in the wheel wells. Until then I can amuse myself with sanding seams. Thanks for looking. AW 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Coming along nicely AW, good mover with the wheel wells, they were very different here compared to the radial jobs. It may not be a very smart kit but I'm predicting a very smart result from it all the same. Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted February 10, 2023 Author Share Posted February 10, 2023 Got back to this build after a few busy days. Primed and today painted the undersides RLM 76. I painted the tailplanes separately, guess what I did? Yep one of them upside down, which will need to be re-sprayed. Thanks for looking. AW 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 42 minutes ago, Andwil said: Got back to this build after a few busy days. Primed and today painted the undersides RLM 76. I painted the tailplanes separately, guess what I did? Yep one of them upside down, which will need to be re-sprayed. Thanks for looking. AW Well botheration. There're worse things you could have done. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted February 11, 2023 Author Share Posted February 11, 2023 Completed the camouflage today, RLM82/83 with a light mottle of 83. Also it turns out I did the tailplanes correctly after all! Next up will be painting of the exhausts and guns. I have broken one of the wing cannon off, I will look at replacing them with brass if I have a y of the right diameter. Thanks for looking. AW 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mukund SB Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Good Progress. I stopped counting the number of times I have bent the wing cannon barrels.... It finally broke after decaling was done. I wonder the engineers who choose to design such 🙄 .... How difficult it could be to design that is easy for modelers to keep it separate and install during final steps..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 great progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 (edited) 21 hours ago, Mukund SB said: I stopped counting the number of times I have bent the wing cannon barrels.... I usually just cut them off at assembly as I’ll more than likely replace them with fine tube anyway. lovely build btw. The standards are extremely high throughout the GB. Edited February 12, 2023 by Marklo 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Paints looking great AW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 Decals done: Thanks for looking. AW 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Nice work AW, getting near the finish line now Cheers, Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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