Old Collingwood
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Thanks Lou, to be honest I am dreading the rattle can stage - just dont want to ruin it with shabby spraying, I have read up and watched some videos on how to do it. OC. -
I then decided to have a go at the remaining fuselage section - again in two sections but with the rear wheel assembly needing building/painting/weathering and fitting. Because of the prob;em with the wrong size main undercarriage legs - I rectified the tail dragger wheel by filing away at the tab where it sits - I then reached a point where it was closer to the bottom of the fuselage (it would have done this with additinal weight or when in a heavy flight mode (fuel bombs etc). After fitting the wheel unit and cleaning up the edges (slight bevel on them) I glued them together and held in place with tape. So this is where I am at present. OC.
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Good day all, more work today - I decided to glue the front fuselage in one go as my original idea would have bottle necked me, it glued quite well secured with tape - all the seams closed ok, while this was setting I had a go at the wheels - these needed joining together then I worked on creating a flat on each bottom them opening up the treads. OC.
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Thank you Kevin. OC.
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Like this photo off the net. OC.
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Yep, thats both the entrance and escape hatch - the two man crew get into it via a narrow ladder thats stored in a locker between the outer skin and forward floor (the ladder slides into itself like tripod leg). OC.
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Looking great denis "wow our modeling sure gives us shake of the head moments when things dont go to plan". OC.
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There not pushed together correctly yet ken, just taped loosely - the idea is I will concentrate getting a tight bond on the bottom first, brace it with my clamps, leave it over night, then when fully glued I will do the same to the top (nose area) then the top behind the cockpit. First though I will glue the inner assembly to the one wall and bottom to pull it in where the entrance hatch is - as there is a gap underneath at the moment. OC.
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Hi all, More work today, I finished off painting and detailing both side walls, then I fitted the range finder to the front side wall, I then dry fitted them together with a bit of tape holding them in place - not glued yet. OC.
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HMS FLY by cafmodel - 1/48
Old Collingwood replied to cafmodel's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Superb work. I have considered HMS Fly As my next wood build but not in this scale I was thinking of 1/72 to complement my Pearl build. OC. -
I'm a Rum man - cant stand Brandy will take a JD though or Jim Beam but give me Rum any day (what else for a Pirate) OC.
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B-25 Mitchell "Meet Miss Runyon" by Javlin-HK-1/32
Old Collingwood replied to Javlin's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Great seeing you back on her. OC. -
I have three sets of glasses - one long distance to check for that kit part that "Pinged" far away, and mid focal pair for when I am getting closer, and a pair of close up ones for when I am right on top of the part - then a magnifying glass and tweezer to pick the damn thing up. OC.
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Rather good engines built to last. OC.
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Just keep at it mate - practice make perfect and we all are learning as we go along - we are the Big learning club. OC.
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Also found these on Ebay - https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=masks+for+revell+b+17+f&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=Masks++for++Revell++B17F&_sacat=0 OC.
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Thank you denis, same here with checking the edges I have been doing a fair bit of checking and re checking and making sure they are square, an old trick I picked up - is to put a slight bevel on the edges so the facing edge is tighter than the inward one. OC.
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While researching the Revell Mosquito a few things manufacturing errors came to light - firstly the main undercarriage units are not quite the right length and the wheels are made to large and to thin, giving her a to low frontal height, secondly the spinners are two flat and not pointed enough, the work around I have decided to try are to reduce the drop of the rear oleo leg by a few mil, and with the wheels I managed to get a pair of Airfix ones (they are supposed to be more accurate) with the spinners I will have a go at making more of a point on them with careful sanding. This should hopefully help a bit. OC.
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Superb - what a fine piece of art work. OC.
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As craig said - sorry to hear about your missing parts nothing is more annoying or having wrong fitting parts in a kit. OC.
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Thanks mate. OC.
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Excellent info - just looked on Ebay for that Gator's Glue but no sign of it. OC.
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The floor and sides had to have quite a lot sanded away to get the sides to meet, even still its a fairly tight join - not much wriggle room, I will have to join the bottom fist then wait till its fully set before pulling and glue-ing the top in, that way I will make the joins as tight as possible. OC.
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Thanks craig, its very time consuming work. OC.
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Another good day - kicked off by dry fitting the inner cockpit against both frontal parts to test fit, at first they would not meet so I did some investigating then light sanding - investigating - light sanding etc etc etc.........I eventually found the point where both side met with the inside cockpit inside. Next job was to start fitting all the pe side wall parts some were quite fiddly not just fitting but picking up with fine nose tweezers, it took a few hours to file off some plastic moldings not needed - and re fit with pe, I did this on both walls then starting on the one side a ran some black and green paint in thing layers to preserve the detail. I also made up the range finding device for the nose that is made up by transparency parts and some pe. So this is the stage so far - including a dry fit of the one side minus some more paint and dry brushing. OC.
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