Tamiya 1/48 Lancaster

[Guest]

Hi Dave, looking good mate, that interior is top notch.


Cheers, Andrew

[Dave W]

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The join on the underside is quite good.But the upper surface needs a bit of filler.I used Perfect Plastic Putty as a change to my usual Squadron green as it seems to dry faster.Ive rubbed that down then applied Mr Surfacer 500.Will leave overnight to harden then sand it tomorrow.

[tr1ckey66]

Great IPs and interior detail and seems to be coming together pretty quickly (I think you're enjoying this!) Excellent progress so far Dave and looking forward to more.


Cheers


Paul

[Guest]

Shutting away the detail! Amazing the difference the scale makes on, e.g. the IP.


Think I might have to add some Mr Surfacer to my arsenal as I'm sitting here looking at fine cracks that my filler won't fix in exactly the spot you've put the 500.

[Dave W]

Shutting away the detail! Amazing the difference the scale makes on, e.g. the IP.
Think I might have to add some Mr Surfacer to my arsenal as I'm sitting here looking at fine cracks that my filler won't fix in exactly the spot you've put the 500.

It's questionable if it's worth bothering with interior detail when most of it can't be seen.Why do we do it?.In my opinion seat belts make the most visible improvement.the instrument panel probably won't be seen with the canopy on.And the PE engineers panel looks very nice.But will it look better than the kit supplied decal when viewed through the plastic canopy?.But I've enjoyed the process of adding it to the kit.

[Guest]

Coming along nicely Dave

[Dave W]

I've sanded the second lot of filler and I think the fuselage seems are ok now.Will find out when I get some primer on.Ive rescribed lost detail where I've sanded the fuselage join. And I've started applying the pre cut masks to the canopy.


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[stona]

Looking very good Dave. Those pre-cut masks are a Godsend. I'm not sure I would ever have got the clear parts masked and remained sane without them!


Cheers


Steve

[Guest]

nice masking work, going to look tidy with those pre cut masks

[Guest]

Looking good & at 1/48 its a Big one..

[Dave W]

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  That's all of the Eduard masks applied. Took a few hours but much easier than doing it with a roll of tape and a scalpel.
  
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[papa 695]

That's cheating Dave.


Great work mate it's looking very good really liking all the detail inside

[flyjoe180]

Nice work Dave. I'm convinced now. That would have taken a whole day or maybe longer with tape and a scalpel.

[Dave W]

Nice work Dave. I'm convinced now. That would have taken a whole day or maybe longer with tape and a scalpel.

A lot neater than I can do with tape and scalpel as well.I actually did it at work as we've no aircraft in at the moment.

[Dave W]

I've glued the canopy and the bomb aimers windows on to the fuselage.The canopy wasn't a very good fit.I had to super glue the forward half onto the model then fill in the gap around the rest of the canopy with Gator Glue.Then I turned my attention to the gun turrets.I removed the plastic barrels from the front and dorsal turrets.Then I drilled holes and fitted the brass after market barrels.The barrels in the kit for the tail turret were longer than the replacement brass barrels.So I lengthened them with brass tube and glued them to the tail turret.Aflter a bit of turret painting ,I glued the engine cowling and tailplane halves together.Tomorrow I will mask off the turrets so I can spray the gun barrels.


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