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    #31
    Coming on well Steve, it is very different building Resin kits, I started a couple of 1/24 Kit Form Services vehicals, an Austin Champ and the British Apc seen so much in the so called 'troubles' in Ireland, the Pig. Must see if I can find them, god knows where they are lol

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    • stona
      • Jul 2008
      • 9889

      #32
      Originally posted by \
      Coming on well Steve, it is very different building Resin kits,
      It is different, totally agree, but the basic principals are the same. Some things, like the lack of locating pins etc can be found on some limited run injection kits too. I think that you have to accept that you are going to have to do a little bit more work than you would on a modern 'Tamigawa' type of kit, which is why I wouldn't advise an inexperienced or new modeller to take one on. Anyone with a bit of experience and a few kits under their belt will have developed the skills needed to build up a kit like this one, it's just a matter of whether they want to! Polyurethane resins, just like polystyrene, do vary in quality, this kit is very nicely done and the resin is very easy to work.


      I'd say that the fit so far of this almost entirely resin kit is as good as, if not better than, the fit of the Sword plastic in a PCM Hurricane I built a few years ago. I notice that Sword are releasing a 1/32 scale Hurricane kit, I hope the plastic is not the same because I am sorely tempted!


      Cheers


      Steve

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      • stona
        • Jul 2008
        • 9889

        #33
        On to the harness. A decent harness is about the only after market 'must have' item in my opinion. In any scale, but certainly 1/48 and larger, it is something that can make or break a cockpit. Some kits do come with a photo-etch affair, which is okay, but I prefer something more realistic. I'm a big fan of RB Productions paper and photo etch system, though there are other nice ones out there, HGW do some nice harnesses for example. These types are much more compliant and poseable that anything in PE.


        With the RB harnesses you get a little fret of photo etch accoutrements and some precut paper for the material of the harness, along with a seemingly complicated but easy to follow set of instructions.






        Here's the etch and paper parts with the one shoulder strap so far completed. The No.11 blade gives an idea of scale.






        There's no point in pretending that assembling these isn't a fiddle, but it's not difficult. Good tweezers, a good maginifier and a wide vocabulary of expletives and you are good to go!


        I've done many of RB's Luftwaffe belts in my models and they always look good, so the fiddle is well worth it


        Cheers


        Steve
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        • Guest

          #34
          Originally posted by \
          On to the harness. A decent harness is about the only after market 'must have' item in my opinion. In any scale, but certainly 1/48 and larger, it is something that can make or break a cockpit. Some kits do come with a photo-etch affair, which is okay, but I prefer something more realistic. I'm a big fan of RB Productions paper and photo etch system, though there are other nice ones out there, HGW do some nice harnesses for example. These types are much more compliant and poseable that anything in PE.
          With the RB harnesses you get a little fret of photo etch accoutrements and some precut paper for the material of the harness, along with a seemingly complicated but easy to follow set of instructions.


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          Here's the etch and paper parts with the one shoulder strap so far completed. The No.11 blade gives an idea of scale.


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          There's no point in pretending that assembling these isn't a fiddle, but it's not difficult. Good tweezers, a good maginifier and a wide vocabulary of expletives and you are good to go!


          I've done many of RB's Luftwaffe belts in my models and they always look good, so the fiddle is well worth it


          Cheers


          Steve
          They do look nice Steve, it has come on a bit since the strip of Tamiya masking tape and a foggy windscreen to hide it. Don't you just love the progress in modelling these days.

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          • yak face
            Moderator
            • Jun 2009
            • 13870
            • Tony
            • Sheffield

            #35
            Great looking belts steve, i agree that belts more than anything are a must have that really make a difference in any cockpit. These RB ones look superb , theyre also going to add a bit of colour relief to the otherwise mainly black cockpit , cheers tony

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            • stona
              • Jul 2008
              • 9889

              #36
              I've fitted the boring, black cockpit. Good job I put the harness in or there really would be nothing to see


              The two halves of the fuselage are joined and I have started to clean up and assemble the tail and nose sections.






              Cheers


              Steve
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              • Robert1968
                • Mar 2015
                • 3596

                #37
                Bloomin hell this is looking like a nice Spit..... Oops Seafang


                I do like those seat belts and they do look ooober real too.


                I didn't quite understand the idea you were doing with the cameras ( there are 4? One each side of fuselage and two oblique facing down?


                Are you going to display with the camera ports open showing the cameras?


                Or I can get my coat Steve


                Regards


                Robert

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                • stona
                  • Jul 2008
                  • 9889

                  #38
                  This particular aircraft was fitted with ports for four cameras, though in the two pictures I have neither oblique camera is fitted. It's impossible to tell if anything was fitted over the ventral ports. I'm not going to fit any cameras, though I have added a little detail inside the fuselage for the structural frames which are just about visible through the 'windows'.


                  Cheers


                  Steve

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                  • yak face
                    Moderator
                    • Jun 2009
                    • 13870
                    • Tony
                    • Sheffield

                    #39
                    Are you sure they didnt just fit it with portholes on the side because it was the naval version? , i think its even got an anchor at the back too

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                    • stona
                      • Jul 2008
                      • 9889

                      #40
                      I've spent several hours today listening to the cricket and fitting the tail and wings to this one. It has been a fair bit of work and there may still be more to do, but this is how it looks at the moment.






                      It's a resin kit, so there was always going to be a bit of work required. In the grand scheme of things it all goes together well enough


                      Cheers


                      Steve
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                      • Guest

                        #41
                        Your doing a cracking job on this Steve. Not easy to glue the resin parts as you don't get the grab of plastic welding. I was wondering though, what is the weight of this? I know some resin is light and some heavy.

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                        • yak face
                          Moderator
                          • Jun 2009
                          • 13870
                          • Tony
                          • Sheffield

                          #42
                          Looking more like an airframe now steve , how do you think the nose section is going to fit? cheers tony

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                          • stona
                            • Jul 2008
                            • 9889

                            #43
                            It's heavy compared with styrene, but most of the parts are quite finely cast and it isn't too heavy. The landing gear is white metal so should take the extra weight.


                            The nose looks as if it will fit approximately at the moment! I will attempt to work out a construction system where any fixes will happen towards the bottom and not involve very thinly cast parts like the upper cowling which is literally translucent. Of course the exhausts have still got to stick out of the relevant holes


                            Cheers


                            Steve

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                            • stona
                              • Jul 2008
                              • 9889

                              #44
                              Beating the nose into shape!






                              Nearly there, the upper cowl fits reasonably well now, but I need to sort out the exhausts before I fit it.


                              Cheers


                              Steve
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                              • stona
                                • Jul 2008
                                • 9889

                                #45
                                I've finally got to something looking like a Seafang, or a late Mark Seafire with the wrong wings, depending on your point of view






                                Cheers


                                Steve
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