Old Collingwood

Hi all,   another  rainy day  so the mossie remains un painted,   so  back on with this,   I managed to finish assembling  the Merlin  then paint and weathering - so  the power plant is complete  but Im currently working on the engine bay cradle for the merlin.

OC.

1 minute ago, mtaylor said:

I think it would, OC.   Very fitting.

Thanks mark.

OC.

As part of my tribute to my late farther  I will  soon add a Hurricane  to my build logs  as he also worked on them,   I remember him telling me the Hurricanes were the work horses and the Spits were the  fast boys toys,

I think the Three  would make him proud.

OC.

Very nicely done jack  - its so looks a treat  outdoors in the good light.

OC.

2 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

you welcome OC........and thanks for the good word.   when I read the number of British planes they had,  I thought of you.  perhaps you can show us a Spitfire with German markings   

May have to think about that one,   bet there are a few German ones  that  the MOD  got there hand s on also.

OC.

Great work denis  - its becoming a lovely  tribute to the  Fortress,   thank you for the link as well.

OC.

Evening all,

So I decided to start this today  - the kit calls for the power plant to be assembled first, its a lovely  rendition of the superb Merlin,   it starts with the lower end and sump, to this are attached the two lower cylinder heads  and to each of these the exhaust manifolds  and oil feeds,  I still have more to add  before I start painting and weathering.

OC.

A tiny bit of progress  today -  I have decided to build her  on a little modification  -  during the Bomber Mosquito's missions  it had a secondary role  where by  it  operated as as  towing escort  for  damaged  planes  from spits  to mosquito's, during the war  there was a surplus of giant paint brushes that came in perfectly  for use as  towing  handles.................

OC.

1 minute ago, mtaylor said:

Looking good and I'll keep my fingers crossed for the painting.  

Thanks Mark.

OC.

As craig said   she is looking  super.

OC.

42 minutes ago, Moab said:

Looking great...Moab

Thank you kindly for looking in.

OC.

I have decided to start this  along with my  Mossie kit,   as there will be times when I can not get the spraying done  outside  due to the weather, so it gives me things to get on with.

I won this  in ebay for a knock down price   - it is an open box  but all bags are sealed,    the ICM  version of the Spit  IX   is  renowned for being the most accurate  model of a Spit  in this scale,  I will build her more or less  straight out the box  as  I understand the cockpit  and parts are very very good.

So to start with  - here's the  top box art  and  quick look at the bag  contents.

I do apologize I put the complete wrong box pic up  - how I dont know  - This is the Right One.

OC.

25 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

which part??? 

All of it, just liked what you put  mate.

OC.

8 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

yea....it would be hard to cover those bubbles .......I'm sure the yellow masking doesn't have anything for it.  when ever I mask.....I always go over it before I spray.   I've been goofed too many time     Damn you Murphy!

Yep  I will  re check  before I pray/spray  or both,    I might  put some more tape over it  - knowing me  it will have so many layers on it  it will end up several inches thick.😲

OC.

So  just to explain myself a bit better  - the canopy  is  done  its just covered in extra tape  to stop any spray  from going on it,    it will stay covered like that until all the spraying  (including the top coat)  has been done.

OC.

55 minutes ago, Javlin said:

The idea OC is to tape off all glass leaving the framing exposed and then glue all glass into play and spray.The temptation is high to remove the tape but leave it till all decals and clears have been applied this gives the paint a uniform coat.You will be okay as it sits but did you remove the tape from the canopy and why it is taped as such now?  Kevin

Some of the masks  were in separate  sections  and too fiddly  to put on the remaining glazed windows  in the  canopy - so  I left them off  and  painted the frame  by hand with a fine brush,   the frame  of the canopy has been painted  and  had a couple of  top coats  (Just on the frame  not the glass).

So the  canopy  is a completed assembly  I glued it  on as its easier  than covering the cockpit area with  tissue paper  in case the delicate parts  in the cockpit got damaged.

I then added additional  tape to cover  the canopy  (any small bits of  frame where it meats the fuselage  are ok   as the  spray colour is the same as what I hand painted.

Well   thats the idea  anyway.

OC.

2 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

any time is a good time Thomas.  the book on KG 200 was very helpful with this subject.  at any given time,  the KG 200 had around twenty B 17's that were flyable...they also had an assortment of other planes,  as well as British Spitfires and who knows what else    B 24's and B 25's were also captured and studied.  this is a subject that really hasn't attracted too many modelers........an obscure subject to be sure.  but I stumbled onto it and it was so unique,  that I had to try it.  I think it worked out very well    the idea was so interesting to do,  that I made up my mind to do another project that is somewhat obscure......I read about it......I've even seen it,  but I have the perfect model for it,  and I decided to give it a go.  sadly....it's not a plane.  I may not go into this subject again.......but I have a habit of checking out ever link that's sent to me { I wouldn't be a modeler if I didn't}.

thanks for the head's up     hope to see you in one of my other projects....promise......... I'll give you a good laugh   

 

I was hoping you'd look in J...........yea....this plastic stuff grabbed me by the golden globes and won't let go.  kind of refreshing to work with wood again....and with you {not gett'in mushy or anything like that} "brothers don't shake hands.........Brother's hug!   leave it to me to pick the strangest projects.....aye!  glad you like the model.....just a tad more I want to do,  and then I'll have the finished photos.   thank you my friend!

 

hey......and thank you all for the likes!    I appreciate the interest during my insane episode........I hope I can come up with another ............soon

Well said denis.👍

OC.

1 hour ago, popeye the sailor said:

nose cones and glass like that I try to cut around the edge,  lightly scraping afterwards.  sanding always leave the white ring where ya did it.  what you did is good,  but isn't that going to give a slight rise when painted?  you want to be careful around the cockpit......the tape looks like it's lifting {happens to me too....I have to be vigilant}.    I also have been known to use scotch tape...clear or the clouded stuff to hide mating lines.......it's a bit thinner than paper...fingers crossed it doesn't swell on you 🎨

There is  a few layers  of tape on there  denis  so fingers crossed  (I will  press it down again though before spraying)   hopefully  the paper ring around the nose  will  not be too noticable  when its painted  as it is quite thin  I think it just stands out  with the lighting  kind of causing a shadow  (oh  and its white).  Any one asks  though  - its  battle damage  repair  to strengthen the nose.

OC.

Good day all,

Firstly  a Big thank you  for all the likes and comments,

Right,   another good day  -  I had a go  at  hiding the difference between the nose glazing unit and the  fuselage,  I cut  a  narrow strip of paper about 2mm  wide then using watery pva I  stuck it down following the nose glazing, then I joined it underneath and trimmed it.    I sealed it using a bit of top coat,  next  I  painted  the cockpit canopy frame  with a couple of coats of top coat,   then put it aside to dry.

I then packed inside the bomb bay  and entrance hatch  with tissue paper  - and  covered the  rear wheel  with tape.

When the main canopy  was dry  I glued it  in place.

So the fuselage is now ready  for its first spray of Tamiya surface primer  - just need to wait for a  dry day  as all  spraying  has to be done out doors.

OC.

6 hours ago, SigEp Ziggy said:

Coming along nicely.

Thank you kindly.

OC.

1 minute ago, mtaylor said:

I'm not at this point as I have checked the fit as yet.   Besides it's "Bashing" for everyone else, for me it's "Butchering".  

That brings visions to my mind  like in Toy Story  with the mutilated  toys.😧

OC.

I was wondering  (as you do)   with the circumference difference  between the glazed nose cone and the front part of the fuselage, I wonder if a thin/narrow piece of paper wrapped around the fuselage would work as a "stepper"  it could simulate a riveting band.

Like this  inside the white line  - 

OC.

These are the clear parts  showing the main canopy  and  the four  side units.

Pic of the net  not mine.

OC.

4 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

really nice progress OC........did you use window maker to assemble the canopy?  I've done canopys before by hand and really stunk at it......most of the time I don't do them.  we'll see what happens with my next project.  did you have to add the bubbles on the sides?  those will be tough to mask.

I just held it between my fingers  (very carefully)   as it was very fragile  - then I added a line of ca  to the main part  where the smaller  bubble section  was to go  then  as best as I could I attempted to  glue it in place,  I must have tried it about five times  each side   before it would stay in place, then I ran a fine line of ca  using a  fuse wire  tip  to  catch the other sides  of the small part, then I  did the same on the other side.

My heart was jumping out my chest as I was doing it  - so so so fiddly.

OC.

2 minutes ago, CDW said:

Are the "bubble" portions on each side of the canopy the separate pieces you write about? Your canopy came out nice I think. I can see why those features were molded separately, as the only other way would have maybe been a slide mold. From what I've read, a slide mold is a very expensive item to tool. They were probably concentrating on keeping the cost of the kit down to a level that would make it available to many modeler's budget. If my Tamiya 1:32 Mossie wasn't buried in such a deep pile of models, I would drag it out to see how the canopy is molded in that kit.

Yeah  in the kit  on the clear  parts  there are  two options  flat or bubble, these are four  separate parts, I went for the bubble  as I think  it was more  highly used on  the  B IV  model.

Just would have been better if the assemblies  were complete  wit two canopy options  for  bubble of flat.

OC.