Looking well nice Steve.
-
-
You just know this is going to be a good one. First day in nearly five weeks that I have been able to do a bit of modelling. Feels good don't it?Comment
-
It does!!! I haven't been able to do anything since the Fairey Battle which I finished the end of November or beginning of December IIRC.Originally posted by \
I'm off for a lie down now as I really should have fitted the etch harnesses before I built up the cockpit! It's all gone a bit gynaecological!!!!!
Cheers
SteveComment
-
THis is very nice. The cockpit is very effective.
Good job, Steve
Comment
-
Morning amigos. The cockpit is now finished apart from the second seat's instrument/radar panel,which goes in,along with the gunsight,much later. It's had a wash and a bit of dry brushing,nothing too much. I've been looking at photos and drawings of the real thing and a lot less of this will be visible than I thought....Oh well.
I've started on the gunbay and hope to get that more or less done today.
Cheers
SteveComment
-
Looking really good Steve - everything is quality but I especially like the instrument panel and the harnesses.
This is going to be a great build
PaulComment
-
Cheers fellas. The instrument panel is one of those sanwich ones with a printed film behind the dials. You've still got to paint the facia and surrounds though.
Cannon bay will take a bit longer than I thought,despite my having built the weapons yesterday. The cannon have a locating pin at the back but then sit on the ammunition chutes. It is essential to dry fit the front bulkhead of the bay to align the barrels correctly otherwise when you come to fit the nose of the fuselage (with the cannon troughs) you will be in a world of pain! This is a good tip when building any aircraft with nose armament.
So,one weapon at a time.
Here's another one of my low quality piccies to illustrate the point!
Cheers
SteveComment
-
Here's the cannon bay. I can't get a decent photo,all the shiney Alclad makes the cannon look much lighter than they are,but you can just about see what's going on.
The engines will probably be next. Each one is a 100 part kit in itself and very impressive too. They are designed to be shown off in the clear nacelles which are an option with this kit. I'm not using those nacelles and have no intention of building the whole engines just to hide them away. I'll work out what has to be built as obviously the intakes and exhausts will be visible,and build that.
Cheers
SteveComment
-
Looking great Steve. Just one thought about those Engines; It could look rather cool if you built at least one of them 100% and then opened up the inspection hatches/panels...
Ian MComment
-
Mmmm! the only easily removed access panel is the one at the front of the engine (just forward of the wing). It's the only one that you'll see removed in most photographs in the field. I suspect getting to anything else was a fairly substantial task. I've seen a few images in workshops with other panels removed,but generally,for major maintenance,I think they dropped the entire engine off the aircraft.Originally posted by \
I like the idea though,maybe I'll build up the front of one engine and expose that. I may well leave the cannon bay doors open,there's loads of images like that. This kit includes all the internal fuel tanks as well. None of them will be visible either which is just as well unless someone knows what colour they were! I've only seen B+W pictures of them apart from some unrestored ones in an old walkaround. These look yellow but Trumpeter think they should be red! Me ,I dunno,I'll just hide them lol.
Cheers
SteveComment
-
Steve great looking build you have going on ,and thanks for the tip about the gun alignment I'll be using that oneComment
-
Not much to show today. I've been building and prepping all sorts of bits and pieces. Here's a piccy of some (fuel tanks,wheel hubs (those are just the hubs ,the tyres are seperate) engine parts etc) and there's more drying in a dust free environment,well,a biscuit tin!
Trumpeter's soft styrene does take some careful cleaning up of sprue attachment points etc. Very time consuming.
Hopefully,in a couple of days, his will mean a quantum leap forward when they all get attached to a big lump.
Cheers
SteveComment
-
A minor rant.
Plugging along this morning I came accross the sort of sprue attachments that leave a blob of plastic across two mating surfaces. This is not exclusively a Trumpeter issue but it drives me mad.
Look at this on the leading edge of the fin.
I don't want to end up filling the leading edge of the fin so with a lot of care and attention I reduced it to this.
Which is fine,except there are four on each fuselage half and the take about 15 mins each to sort.....Aaaaaah!
Rant over,I'm off to somewhere called "the shops" so I need to find my passport....I think.
Cheers
SteveComment
-
Bloody long way to the shops where you live!Originally posted by \
Ian MComment
-
They might as well be in a foreign country for me! SWMBO and I came back with a handbag (for her,not me!) which apparently was an astonishing bargain.Originally posted by \
Quick update on the 262.
The fuselage contains two major sub-assemblies which are complete. I have dry fitted these many,many times to ensure that I can foin the two halves of the fuselage around them. A little fettling is required to get an easy fit. I took fractions of a millimetre off a couple of the bulkheads and the locating "sockets" for the assemblies on the inside of the fuselage.
I've also built the engines as much as I need to and have made all the control surfaces,which are drying ready for cleaning up.I've also spent hours cleaning up all the rest of the major components.
I'm hoping to get the fuselage joined today so this is the last we'll see of most of this stuff!
Cheers
SteveComment
Comment