alt-92 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Timely companion release that has some nice pics of early DB-7s https://www.aviationmegastore.com/en/books/douglas-boston--havoc-in-raf-service-north-west-europe-wingleader-9781908757418-199835.html 1 hour ago, Mr T said: I suppose it in part will depend on the condition of the existing moulds. They've held up pretty well actually, considering it's a 2007 designed tooling. It has been updated with extra parts over the years but there's very little difference in quality between a 2011 (turbinlite) release and the 2020 DB-7C or 2023 A-20G release. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenton guy Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 7 hours ago, alt-92 said: Timely companion release that has some nice pics of early DB-7s https://www.aviationmegastore.com/en/books/douglas-boston--havoc-in-raf-service-north-west-europe-wingleader-9781908757418-199835.html They've held up pretty well actually, considering it's a 2007 designed tooling. It has been updated with extra parts over the years but there's very little difference in quality between a 2011 (turbinlite) release and the 2020 DB-7C or 2023 A-20G release. It was always a very good kit. Seemed to me that it marked a turning point for MPM/SH in terms of quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matford Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Small parts tool https://www.specialhobby.net/2024/01/lednove-info-z-frezarny.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Mikolajski Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Special Hobby: In terms of cutting moulds, the DB-7 is virtually finished, only the mould with the transparent parts remains to be done. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 (edited) Quote FR0052 DB-7: we have received the tests shots for the plastic parts (4 different sprues), we will show them in coming events (Cesson-Rennes, Bron-Lyon). Only the clear parts are missing - we are working on them. First test sprue pictures Source: https://www.specialhobby.net/2024/03/dalsi-prispevek-k-db-7-172-otestovali.html V.P. Edited March 26 by Homebee 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalea Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 They still have the props attached in such a way that they are almost impossible to remove without losing detail. Also, I think I remember that the wheels/tyres need to smaller as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 This appear to be a completely standard mean of attaching the propellers, so I don't understand your problem, I would use a small shape knife or small clippers. I suspect they already know about the tyres, do you have evidence that they don't? The point was brought up earlier. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Glad to see work on this is progressing, it's a subject I've been waiting for a long time. Mine will be a French aircraft, IMHO that camoouflage suits nicely the lines of the early DB-7s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 On 3/6/2024 at 9:27 PM, Piotr Mikolajski said: Special Hobby: In terms of cutting moulds, the DB-7 is virtually finished, only the mould with the transparent parts remains to be done. A bit strange to me, since I think all clear parts were already in different Bostons by SH, even the early nose canopy with rectangle side windows (not triangles) and less sloped main windscreen as well... https://www.mojehobby.pl/products/Boston-Mk.III-Intruder.html#gallery_start https://www.mojehobby.pl/products/A-20B-C-Boston-with-UTK-1-Turret.html#gallery_start Regards J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenton guy Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Actually not. A few years ago I made a DB-7 from an early stepped nose A-20 and parts from the Hi Planes DB-7 ( engines, nacelles, fin, etc ). imagine my surprise when I went to mask the nose transparency , using some plans and found that the early A-20 stepped nose glazing and the BB-7 glazing were not the same. All ended well but I had to sand all the framing off the A-20 nose, Polish and and then mask a proper BB-7 glazing. Fortunately the overall BB-7 glazed areas were slightly smaller than that of the early A-20. Otherwise disaster. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 9 hours ago, Trenton guy said: Actually not. A few years ago I made a DB-7 from an early stepped nose A-20 and parts from the Hi Planes DB-7 ( engines, nacelles, fin, etc ). imagine my surprise when I went to mask the nose transparency , using some plans and found that the early A-20 stepped nose glazing and the BB-7 glazing were not the same. All ended well but I had to sand all the framing off the A-20 nose, Polish and and then mask a proper BB-7 glazing. Fortunately the overall BB-7 glazed areas were slightly smaller than that of the early A-20. Otherwise disaster. Many thanks for clarification. This was also my idea (to use this nose canopy) when I was going to made a conversion to DB7. However I did not noticed the difference,... Fortunately some years ago I postpone this work and now early DB7 comes to us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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