Dunny Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 Hi All, Further investigation on the Mk.Ia turret. Whilst searching I found this thread: Although it's mostly related to DAP Beauforts it may be of use to somebody! I also managed to find the instructions for the 1:48 ICM Mk.Ia (which has not yet reached these shores). Here's a screenshot of the instructions showing the construction of the turret: You can see that it does not differ radically from Auntie's although the ammo boxes do not appear on the Airfix turret, along with the armour plate - both should be easy enough to scratch. I feel like I'm getting towards a solution - I think that by this point (1943) armament would more like be twin Brownings rather than a single Lewis gun, and it should be simple enough to adapt to a twin-mount configuration. Right, time to shut up and get on with the build! Thanks for looking, Roger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark.au Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 I’ll get this post in here. At the rate you’re building I expect my next visit (probably tomorrow evening) will be congratulating you on another fine result. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Great find re the ICM instructions, yep won't be long now till finished. Chris 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 16 hours ago, mark.au said: I’ll get this post in here. At the rate you’re building I expect my next visit (probably tomorrow evening) will be congratulating you on another fine result. 15 hours ago, bigbadbadge said: Great find re the ICM instructions, yep won't be long now till finished. Chris I really ought to get a job - stash depletion rate is rather alarming 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC Boater Bill Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 I didn’t know this white scheme was an option for a Beaufort until I saw your post. I’m following this one- you’ve got me thinking about building mine in this scheme, now….. I see you have the Print Scale decal sheet. I was looking for different options for the Airfix Beaufort kit, and found the XtraDecal X72319 sheet, which also has “LR906” on it. It has this note on it: ”Modelers Note: This airframe had the Yagi ASVII aerial arrays mounted under the wings.” I have used Printscale decals on several of my WW1 builds. I like the decals well enough, but I find that sometimes their color info for the plane is questionable or incomplete. I don’t have any experience with Xtradecal- wondering what their research/reputation is like…? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted January 30 Author Share Posted January 30 15 hours ago, RC Boater Bill said: ”Modelers Note: This airframe had the Yagi ASVII aerial arrays mounted under the wings.” Thanks for that Bill! I have always been quite impressed with Xtradecals, although I think others have pointed out inaccuracies on some sheets. I guess always use photos of the airframe as the first point of reference, Cheers, Roger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark.au Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 29/01/2023 at 13:35, Dunny said: On 28/01/2023 at 21:19, mark.au said: I’ll get this post in here. At the rate you’re building I expect my next visit (probably tomorrow evening) will be congratulating you on another fine result. On 28/01/2023 at 22:21, bigbadbadge said: Great find re the ICM instructions, yep won't be long now till finished. Chris I really ought to get a job - stash depletion rate is rather alarming Are you not posting an update to spite us now? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted January 30 Author Share Posted January 30 27 minutes ago, mark.au said: Are you not posting an update to spite us now? Priming and painting - not much to show 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 Hi All, Some progress on the Beau after what has been a rather busy week of preparation and job interviews (which will hopefully bear fruit!) First job of the day was the instrument panel. I'd fluffed up applying the decal yesterday, so I repainted the base colour black, dry-brushed with white and then applied gloss coat to the instrument faces: I reckon that'll do seeing as it won't be seen! Here's the cockpit starting to come together: And here we are mostly completed after an oil wash: Before joining the fuselage halves I added the beam hatch (on my previous Mk.I build I'd left this hatch open), and added the tail wheel bay, central bulkhead and Elsan. Here's the lot ready to go together: Aaand all buttoned up: Not looking too bad! Next I thought I'd better double check the fit of the turret in the Mk.Ia fairing (which is not noted in the instructions). Here it is: It all seems to fit okay, but I did need to remove a small pip at the base of the turret structure in order for it to sit down on the mounting ring: You can see that I've chosen to paint the entire turret black (the glazing will also be this colour). No doubt someone will now pipe up and prove me wrong, so there's still time to correct it! The last thing I've done today is apply the glazing, and Airfix really are to be congratulated on the fit of these components - a lovely, vice free operation for a complex glass house! Tomorrow I'll get on to the wings and empennage, Thanks for looking, Roger 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark.au Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Looking good Roger, excellent progress. Good luck with the interview(s), though it’ll be difficult to fit work in around the modelling. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 30 minutes ago, mark.au said: Looking good Roger, excellent progress. Good luck with the interview(s), though it’ll be difficult to fit work in around the modelling. Thanks Mark - real life is so inconvenient, don't you think?! 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Nice progress Roger, All the best for the interviews. Cheers, Alistair 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 19 minutes ago, AliGauld said: Nice progress Roger, All the best for the interviews. Cheers, Alistair Thanks Alistair! I am optimistic at this stage... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Great progress Roger, cockpit details and turret all looking good . Good luck with the job, fingers crossed fella. Chris 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 12 hours ago, Dunny said: Thanks Mark - real life is so inconvenient, don't you think?! Retirement - the best career move - EVER! Chris 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 3 hours ago, dogsbody said: Retirement - the best career move - EVER! Chris I couldn't agree more Chris - sadly my bank manager does not... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 Hi All, A bit of an update from Sunday and today! Sunday was mainly about construction, which proceeded very smoothly. Here we are with the wings and empennage in place, which all fitted beautifully: Here's the mounting frames for the undercarriage in position: These elements sit inside the nacelles, with the u/c legs themselves to be added after painting. Here's one of the engines assembled, taken from this angle to show where I drilled the exhausts: So this was the state of play at the start of today, with the engines posed in position: By jings it's a Beaufort! A reasonable proportion of today has been devoted to designing the stencils and masks for the glazing. Although I'm happy with the stencils, the masks require a little finesse: You can see where I gave up and resorted to Tamiya tape and a sharp scalpel - result achieved. The problem with a glass house as complex as this is that it is no mean feat to transfer a 3D shape to a 2D pattern (perfectly achievable in 3D CAD but I was trying to do it directly - learning point). Once the glazing was all masked I turned my attention to cleanup. As with my last Beaufort there is a rather large sink mark on the starboard wing root: So out with the sprue goo and soon filled: I don't think I'll be too far away from primer tomorrow, which will be nice! Thanks for looking, Roger 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Excellent work Roger, Looking every inch a belter. Getting the masks right for the greenhouse must be a tricky affair. Tamiya tape may be the way to go, for me, with a well defined edge. Cheers, Alistair 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 4 minutes ago, AliGauld said: Excellent work Roger, Looking every inch a belter. Getting the masks right for the greenhouse must be a tricky affair. Tamiya tape may be the way to go, for me, with a well defined edge. Cheers, Alistair Thanks Alistair - I now think it's the way to go but nothing ventured, nothing gained! Cheers, Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 15 minutes ago, Dunny said: nothing ventured, nothing gained! Oh absolutely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Just catching up on this great build again Roger, it’s all looking good and brutish Beaufort like. Nice progress mate. Cheers.. Dave 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark.au Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Excellent progress Roger. Looking forward to the paint. Am I to understand that you attempted canopy mask design/cutting on the Silhouette? I’ve thought about having a go at that but with the price and availability of commercial masks I’ve not been bothered to try it just yet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 57 minutes ago, mark.au said: Am I to understand that you attempted canopy mask design/cutting on the Silhouette? This way madness lies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Looks a very nice kit, I use the Cameo Silhouette, and find it very useful indeed, especially if you want to create raised panels that have awkward shapes etc, and also window masks such as passenger windows, the complex window frames still require the old method of cutting out with a blade to begin with, to get the shapes correct and then copying them into Illustrator so you can draw around the shapes before sending it to the Cameo cutter software, but this is really only if you are going to do more than one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Nice progress - looking forward to the paint! And good luck with the interviews... Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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