Mr.Smythe's Defiant.

[yak face]

Looking excellent andy , great cockpit , cheers tony

[KarlW]

I just said it "feels like" cheating............
Thought you had forgotten this TBH, or maybe you had to go and get more clamps before assembling the wings..........

[Tim Marlow]

Loving that cheat part……they really sharpen up a cockpit I think. Good to see this going again as well.

[Mickc1440]

Nice to see this again

[The Smythe Meister]

Good to see this back on the bench Andy ! And looking rather sharp if I do say so!!

Thanks very much Andrew,much appreciated:smiling3:

Looking excellent andy , great cockpit , cheers tony

Cheers Tony,not up to a proper Wingy builder yet though

I just said it "feels like" cheating............
Thought you had forgotten this TBH, or maybe you had to go and get more clamps before assembling the wings..........

HA! Yeah.. I probably seemed like it due to the delay,but that was purely down to my Cromwell build! This has ALWAYS been one of a favourite plane of mine.. so never would've been forgotten

Loving that cheat part……they really sharpen up a cockpit I think. Good to see this going again as well.

Yes Tim,they do look very nice,and actually don't cost that much... however, getting this one to fit took me AGES , and involved a LOT of filing/rotary tool, shenanigans
It's in there now.. I just hope it ends up worth the effort!!

Nice to see this again

Cheers Mick, great to see you looking in, especially with all of your Wingy thing knowledge

NOW THEN Guys, I've done some more... But as stated above,it took  AGES to get that panel to fit... and then I attempted to join the two fuselage halves !!....


One think I'm getting to recognise here,(and as an AFV builder I should've already been used to it!!)..is that you seem to paint an AWFUL LOT of stuff that just vanishes as it comes together... that's just down to being such a nube as far as planes go I guess... I'll learn
anyway here's the two halves being persuaded that they're wanting to be together...

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Actually, it's not an effortless fit,but that could be down to me..no matter what, it'll be ok in the end
Thanks for looking in, until tomorrow's update

[BattleshipBob]

Very nice Andy

[The Smythe Meister]

Very nice Andy

Cheers Bob,
Not my usual fare as you know... But, despite not being very good at them yet, I'm really enjoying this Plane building lark

[Mini Me]

WOT....only 2 clamps???

[The Smythe Meister]

WOT....only 2 clamps???

HA!! .. Yeah,fair comment Rick..
..I was rather restrained there eh

[The Smythe Meister]

.. anyway, I've been bashing away on this one,and despite my ineptitude,it's actually coming together rather well (Credit Airfix, not me!!),There are a few points where I need to revisit... but for now this is how it's looking...
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As I said,much tidying to be done,but I'm enjoying this.. what could possibly go wrong??!!!!
Thanks for bearing with me on this one
Cheers for now,
Andy

[Tim Marlow]

Looking good Andy. Got wings!

[The Smythe Meister]

Looking good Andy. Got wings!

Yep, indeed Tim
.... Let's hope it doesn't go horribly wrong from here on in eh?!!

[Mini Me]

Look Mumm......No Clamps!!

[The Smythe Meister]

Look Mumm......No Clamps!!

Not yet anyway.....

[The Smythe Meister]

Well then, I've done a bit more...
..... Some bits added..

... Some more Wingy bits added there Tim ...
And some stuff for the Aircrew,thanks to Steve here,and the gunner will be chopped about a bit later ...


A bit of basic paint going on there in prep for the proper stuff

Here's the gun turret...

Looking forward to painting this up,and moving on!!
One problem mind .... The kit is great,but imho the instructions are crap....

LOADSA detail... But absolutely NO CLUE about colours,tints or anything really... Quite poor I think!!
Andy