B25 Construction 1/8 Scale

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And now guys the finished hatches :banana:

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As you can see guys, the motoer mounts were too long and had to be machined to the correct length. Qnce the cowls were in place it was easy to find the adjustment measurement.

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Hi Gang,

Rather than load up 500 pics, i have decided to jump a few stages. If you have any questions or want to see how i did a certain peice of the build, just shout up and ill upload the images.

Andy

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Lets make a little things interesting, lets add some paint guys, This will be the base coat for all of the panel lines and rivits. The white primer has been added and sanded already, all the high and low spots are taken care of and then its onto details.

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Now it looks like a large plastic kit lol.

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Andy that is looking awesome!Have you figured a geuss on the final weight?

Trey

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Stunning work Andy, so envious of talent like that.

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Hi Trey, thanks. i have no idea yet on the weight, i know at this stage that its not as heavy as the P47 i built last year. I would say that it should be lighter than intended due to the replacement of the engines with brushless motors, howvever, the batteries are quire heavy within them selves. I have over rated the power plant but that will have no compensation for fast incoming landing.

i intend to fly this one a couple of times then it goes for sale as i will need the room for the SE5a build i have scheduled next.

Andy

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You are too kind Garham, your work is to be envious of, the tallent it takes to work on such small stuff is astounding, i take my hat off to all of you.

Andy

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Andy, i have been following this for last few days and am awestruck at the detail and skill that has gone into this project, its making me want to learn to build and fly model planes. I can't believe your selling it after all your hard work.

Regards

Darren

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Hi Darren,

Thanks for your comments. It is fun building and being able to fly, however, it does take a long time to complete such a project. This will have taken me around 12 months by the time i have finished it. Did you see my first build the P47 Thunderbolt?.

Cheers

Andy

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Now we have a blank canvas its time to add some panel and rivit lines. Having taken the free veiw from the Tamia kit box and blown it up to A1 size... i could work out the scale by dividing the drawing by the size of the model and then multiplying the draw measurements by the difference if you know what i mean. Anyway here is the result.

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Andy, just read through your P47 build, totally awesome, i was glued to the screen for a couple of hours gobsmacked, i'm dead envious of the workshop and tools, showed my girlfriend and all she did was tut at the cold undrunk cups of tea she made while i read your thread. Keep up the good work, can't wait to see how this one looks when finished

Darren

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Hi Darren,

Thanks bud, im glad your enjoyed the thread, shame the girlfreind made you all those cold cups of tea, i beat she wasnt impressed at all. im realy aching to get started on the 1/4 scale SE5a, cant wait to get this one finished. Wont be too long now. the riviting is almost complete...just the final painting and then the weathering to do after that.

Cheers

Andy

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Here we go guys. The tapes are applied in two layers to obtain the effect of panel thicknes. You will see tweo types of panels, but joint and overlapping in progress.

Cheers

Andy

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Hi andy mate, this is really motoring on now , looking mighty fine too . I really like your purpose built adjustable trestles made from push fit waste pipe- genius!! I know where to come now if my sink trap starts leaking !!! keep it up , cheers tonylane:

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Hi Tony,

Thanks bud, the working platform realy is a great thing... it also dismantles to nothing and is very adaptable. Well i just put on the last of the rivits and will soon be ready for some more paint.

Thanks again

Andy