Revell 1/32 H145M LUH KSK

[Jim R]

Hi all
John - erecting my big chopper is not easy - where did I put those little blue pills :anguished:
Scottie - I hope your faith in me is not misplaced.
Jakko - certainly scraping parts of the inner panels will help. There are a few obvious proud areas.
Simon - I have seen you cope with worse. I'm a long way from the 'bin it' stage but it will need some studying :smiling2:
Richard - thanks for such sound advice. I think that the various issues are small in themselves but added together they create bigger problems.
Peter - how you got yours across the finish line and looking so nice is a tribute to your skills. That carbon paper trick sounds good. So glad you mentioned the fit of the canopy. Just checked it and the fit is poor but you're right - slightly widening the top front of the fuselage looks to sort it :thumb2:

I have spent a couple of hours dry fitting and making small adjustments and things seem to be looking better. I hope I haven't tempted fate with that comment :rolling:

Thanks again for you comments - encouraging and helpful.
Jim

[Jim R]

Hi all
Well I have fitted the windows which went OK - the fit was actually not bad. I have spent many hours dry fitting, scraping, sanding and then repeating the process. All the while I was frightened I'd wreck the interior or the windows would pop out :thinking: Anyway I got things to a stage where the inner walls and roof would fit on the floor and allow the two fuselage halves to to fit around that. It needed a lot of pressure to get things to join but at least the seams closed up.
So I glued it and clamped it. Wicked in a load of liquid cement and now it will sit there until tomorrow :tongue-out: Just hope it doesn't all spring apart or I find something inside has come loose.
Top


Underneath


At his stage I'm not too bothered about the warped tail end - I'll sort that later. It will come together.


So fingers crossed for tomorrow. It will be Friday 13th but hey-ho my birthday is the 13th and our house number is 13 so maybe a good omen :thumb2:
Jim

[papa 695]

Nice work Jim.

[scottie3158]

You like pushing fate lol. Nice work.

[rtfoe]

I've got fingers and toes crossed. :smiling6:

Cheers,
Richard

[Jim R]

Hi all
The good wishes and finger crossing seems to have worked :smiling:

Removed the clamps. The underneath seems solid but I was able to glue to the base as well as along the joins which helped. Filling to do but that's ok. There is a large flat piece which fills the gap and that will add strength.


The rear top join opened so it was re-glued and clamped. It didn't actually open that much. Because the two top joins will have bits fitted over them I cut some styrene sheet, slathered Contacta on the bits and stuck them over the joints.


The front join is deliberately slightly open so that the canopy sort of fits :rolling:. Still got that tail to join.

So onwards and upwards.


....... and the windows didn't pop loose

Jim

[Guest]

Nice work getting things to line up as they should — or as close to that as you can apparently get with this kit, anyway

[Guest]

Hi Jim nicely done :thumb2:, I was holding my breath then thought better not so crossed eveything I could insert.
Keep up the good work.
Pete.

[stillp]

Looking good Jim. Watch out for the undercarriage frame on that large flat piece under the fuselage. Mine was distorted and one of the legs broke off when I straightened it.
Isn't it a shame about the fit issues, the detail in the kit is lovely.
Pete

Edit: apart from the seats!

[rtfoe]

Well done Jim, that's the thing with flying things...fitting is crucial so lots of pre-work and testing. There's no mud in the sky or rusting of aluminum to hide bad fit or even battle damage.

Cheers,
Richard

[papa 695]

It looks like you’re getting on top of this one Jim.

[Si Benson]

You had me on the edge of my seat :flushed: Happy to see its playing ball now...your usual methodical approach has paid off yet again sir:thumb2:

[JR]

Looking at the struggle you have had and over come I can see why Iv'e only built one plane!
Great work Jim.

[stillp]

Looking at the struggle you have had and over come I can see why Iv'e only built one plane!

Yes, you haven't had any fit issues with tanks or tractors have you JR? :tongue-out:
Pete

[JR]

Yes, you haven't had any fit issues with tanks or tractors have you JR? :tongue-out:
Pete

No Pete no at all, bloody things:smiling2::smiling2::smiling2::loudly-crying::loudly-crying::smiling2::smiling2::smiling4::smiling5: