Pete's Beaufighter

[The Smythe Meister]

Lovely stuff.....
.... One of these is definitely on my wish list.

[scottie3158]

Pete,
Coming on nicely mate.

[papa 695]

Coming along very nicely indeed Pete.

[Tim Marlow]

Looking good Pete. Whispering death is building up very nicely. I must be in a minority though, I find it a bit of a strange looking bird…….I think it’s the tail!

[stillp]

Stupid mistake of the day year; I was cutting the props off the sprue ready to paint them, got distracted part way through... and cut through one blade instead of the attachment point! :rolling: :anguished:
Pete

[Allen Dewire]

Ooops, sucks to be old!!!..........Uhhh, Sorry to hear this Pete, but I guess it can happen when you go down in the scale of a model kit. I hope you can fix it without too much trouble. Progress is looking really fine and the overall fit seams pretty good too Sir!!! Drive on!!!.......

Prost
Allen

[Jim R]

Looking very good. Nice to have a good fit of the fuselage halves but wing root issues I find a pain.
Bet the air was blue when you chopped off the prop blade. Hope it's an easy fix.

[stillp]

Haven't done much recently - combination of getting accustomed to new glasses and the return of the shakes.
Airfix haven't got a spare prop, so I'll just have to repair the one I cut off by mistake. Shouldn't be too difficult, as long as I can get the angles right.
Got it looking like an aircraft now though, the wing roots just needed a little cleanup and a smear of filler on the leading edge.

Masked the main cockpit with Bare Metal Foil, which conforms to curves more easily than Tamiya tape. It's a fairly simply canopy though so I probably could have used tape. The rear gunner/navigator's canopy is a spare so I won't bother masking it.
Next step is to assemble the nacelles:

A bit of a fiddly task as the outer cowl is in three pieces with no real locating pins, so they have to be glued together and to the collector ring around the engine. One down, one to go!

Pete

[KarlW]

Regarding the prop, could you pin the two parts together then fill the join?
Assuming you have both parts.

[adt70hk]

Haven't done much recently - combination of getting accustomed to new glasses and the return of the shakes.
Airfix haven't got a spare prop, so I'll just have to repair the one I cut off by mistake. Shouldn't be too difficult, as long as I can get the angles right.
Got it looking like an aircraft now though, the wing roots just needed a little cleanup and a smear of filler on the leading edge.
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Masked the main cockpit with Bare Metal Foil, which conforms to curves more easily than Tamiya tape. It's a fairly simply canopy though so I probably could have used tape. The rear gunner/navigator's canopy is a spare so I won't bother masking it.
Next step is to assemble the nacelles:
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A bit of a fiddly task as the outer cowl is in three pieces with no real locating pins, so they have to be glued together and to the collector ring around the engine. One down, one to go!

Pete

I've heard about foil being used but never tried it. Does it work very well?

[stillp]

Regarding the prop, could you pin the two parts together then fill the join?
Assuming you have both parts.

A pin would be good Karl, but there isn't really enough 'meat' to drill into.

I've heard about tape being used but never tried it. Does it work very well?

Did you mean BMF Andrew? If so then yes, it's very good. It's very thin so doesn't obscure the frame, and being metal it can be burnished down with a cotton bud. I usually finish off with a cocktail stick into the corners. Can be a bit tricky to peel off though.

Thanks for your comments chaps.
Pete

[adt70hk]

A pin would be good Karl, but there isn't really enough 'meat' to drill into.

Did you mean BMF Andrew? If so then yes, it's very good. It's very thin so doesn't obscure the frame, and being metal it can be burnished down with a cotton bud. I usually finish off with a cocktail stick into the corners. Can be a bit tricky to peel off though.

Thanks for your comments chaps.
Pete

Sorry yes.... Changed my original post. Thanks

[stillp]

Every little helps, to coin a phrase:

Pete

[adt70hk]

Every little helps, to coin a phrase:
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Pete

Thanks Pete!!

[The Smythe Meister]

Every little helps, to coin a phrase:
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Pete

Certainly taking shape now Pete:thumb2:,
Looking very nice indeed,some lovely detail on the surfaces aren`t there?...... any progress on "Propgate" ?:thinking:
Andy