Wow! Y’all have been very busy! @Zvezda1980 I love the Emil and the spit! Beautiful work.
I was finally able to get back to the Beaufort. Summer tends to interrupt my modelling. The last time I posted, I was struggling to attach the engines to the wings due to what I believe is an error in the instructions. I was able to correct that.
After I fixed that error, it was quick work to finish the Beaufort.
Was a sad day when Vintage Wings sold their Corsair. Was at the air show when it flew out of their airfield for the last time. I’m going to search and pull up the photos. The Hurricane was flying with the Corsair and a P-51.
Small update
Got the missing horizontal stab support built up. However, during install of the stab I ran into an issue with symmetry. The tail is twisted ever so slightly resulting in either stabs with different angles in relation to the vertical stab, or one horizontal stab higher off the ground than the other.
It’s too late to try to de-warp the fuselage so I made the decision to try to split the difference. One stab will sit a bit lower than the other and the angles are slightly different between the two, but I’m going to call it good enough for this build. Im hoping to get some paint on it within the next couple weeks.
Looks like it pulled too many G’s on the dive recovery. Call the blackshirts!
Thankfully, the only people who’ll notice this minor flaw are few and far between. I think it looks great from where I’m sitting!
@Frozin The Stuka has seen better days! Hopefully we’ll see it finished.
@dadoffour Nicely done on the Beaufort! A fine example of one of the workhorses of the RAF.
Gary
The hue is fantastic. I will experiment more with these Vallejo paints.
Thank you, it is nice to have confirmation that it is close to what it should be.
This is a TERRIFIC kit, I loved building mine.
Wow, a month has gone by and I have not done much. This past week has been somewhat productive. I got a primer on the 110.
Speaking of limitations, I am building this during my lunch break at work and was wondering how I was going to paint this. Well, my daughter bought this for me a few years back
Nice idea on the airbrush. Are you spraying outside during lunch?
Thanks. No, spraying inside using Vallejo paints.
Mmmm I may be down for this! Give me a day and I’ll see what I can come up with!
Happy Modeling,
Mike
OK: I’m done with my Japanese tank. How about I add a 1/48 Airfix Hurricane I for the Battle of Britain Group Build. I’ve got Sptfires - including the highly regarded Tamiya Spitfire I - but I don’t have a Hurricane. And while Sptfires were fighting it out with LW fighters, Hurricanes were chewing up LW bombers. It was a flawed plane with a very limited future, but in the summer of 1940 it was just what the doctor ordered. I’ll have the first post up in a few days.
Eric
@GreySnake01 Put me in for Tamiya 1/48th Mk1 Spitfire if you dont mind.
Excited for my first group build.
That’s a great kit! + 20 characters…
Ohhh nooo! Did something similar on my Harrier but without those rivets. How are you going to fix it?
I did some very careful sanding with fine wet/dry sandpaper. Mostly to knock off the high spots. I left the residue in the lower spots and put a bit more cement on the fill the divots. It’s not perfect, but also not horrible.
