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Post by Paul B on Nov 3, 2023 19:18:43 GMT
Ian, as I said, not much difference to the 48th scale kit  John, thankee kindly for that. Makes a change to moving forward with a bit of speed  Here's today's update. Wings, engine/landing gear bays, tail planes, gun nose are in place. The landing gear and canopy are dry fit. I have a little filler to sand down and the sprue tabs on the tail planes to remove, plus the wing tips need adding and after that, prime time   |
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Post by PorcoRosso on Nov 3, 2023 21:54:33 GMT
Come together really nicely, Paul. Looking good.
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Post by Armorguy on Nov 3, 2023 23:33:44 GMT
Looking good and ready for paint. Paul, how do you glue on the canopy, with Microscale transparent glue or cyano?
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Post by JEFF on Nov 3, 2023 23:56:33 GMT
You've been bzzzzzzzzzy.see what I did there?
I'll get my coat.
Great work,Dude.
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Post by Paul B on Nov 4, 2023 7:50:12 GMT
Joe, Guy, Jeff, muchly appreciated chaps  . Jeff, don't forget your umbrella and hat  . Guy, I have two glues for transparencies in my armoury. Revell Contacta Clear and VMS Transpa Fix 6K. Holding strength is about the same for both, the Revell stuff is nicely workable straight from the bottle, but the VMS glue is extremely thick and needs thinning. Also the Revell stuff is excellent for mixing pigments, sand and small stones together, for that hard encrusted dirt on the bottom of vehicles . |
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Post by nito74 on Nov 4, 2023 8:54:15 GMT
That's so great work Paul...and fast too.
Will you go for boxart camo scheme on this one ?
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Post by Paul B on Nov 4, 2023 10:06:28 GMT
Cheers John . I'll be doing the after 1942 night fighter colour scheme, black undersides, medium sea grey and dark green top |
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Post by Robbo on Nov 4, 2023 10:48:28 GMT
Look at you steaming along.
Will that landing gear come off for painting?
I love the different paint schemes you can do on these planes
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Post by Paul B on Nov 4, 2023 19:13:35 GMT
Ian ole chap, cheers muchly . Okay I had a slight setback this afternoon  . After polishing the canopy and adding the one part to it, can't understand why Tamiya don't give you two canopies (PR and Fighter versions), I went to add the Eduard masking. The mask set is called out for the Tamiya kit, maybe in another universe it is, but not in this one  . I spent 2 hours adding the masking, plus some self made parts. Only about 40% of the masking set fits, so be warned if you go for this set. This is now the second masking set that doesn't fit correctly, the first one I encountered on the Tamiya 109 I made. Anyway, the mossie is now ready for priming, which happen tomorrow morning .    |
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Post by Boots on Nov 4, 2023 19:40:13 GMT
Cricky........never knew you had this one on the boil mucker  ,very nice and dam fine work on that canopy maskin`  |
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Post by Paul B on Nov 4, 2023 19:46:56 GMT
Cricky........never knew you had this one on the boil mucker ,very nice and dam fine work on that canopy maskin` Boots after that Italeri Hurricane disaster, I needed something simple and easy . So here it be, and I always did like the mossie . |
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Post by Boots on Nov 4, 2023 20:13:56 GMT
A Tam kit is like a modelling bandage |
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Post by Armorguy on Nov 4, 2023 20:54:51 GMT
The canopism looks well done. The more I see this plane the more I like it.
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Post by dukemaddog on Nov 4, 2023 21:42:48 GMT
Holy crap! I blinked and you are almost done! Wow! Keep it coming Paul! Now you know somewhat why I like building in 1/72 scale.
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Post by Paul B on Nov 4, 2023 21:44:02 GMT
Boots, you're more than right there . Guy, cheers ole chap . Maybe you need one also, and that in 1/48 |
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Post by Paul B on Nov 4, 2023 21:46:18 GMT
Duke on stealth mode . Cheers mucker You are right about the this scale, some aircraft are better and more space saving in this scale |
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Post by Robbo on Nov 4, 2023 23:04:12 GMT
My mate done a couple of 1/72 at the Friday night club. I liked them so much I picked up little spitfire on the cheap. Lovely little kit is can’t wait to build it
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Post by SteveM on Nov 5, 2023 7:50:24 GMT
Making great progress Paul, the mozzy is one of my favourites too.
The PR version had a different canopy and crew access hatch and a glass nose as well as slight different control column.
Eduard has two mask sets, one fighter and one for the B and PR versions, which did you have?
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Post by Paul B on Nov 5, 2023 10:15:52 GMT
Ian, get it on the bench fella . Steve, cheers muchly ole chap . The masking set I have is CX 121, which is as you say, the wrong one. The mask for the glass nose is in there also, looks like I'll have to be more careful in the future . Still that doesn't explain why the Bf109E-3 mask didn't fit the E-3 I built . This mornings update. Primer in form of Tamiya's finest rattle can primer . Might even get the black undersides done later  .   |
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Post by bwilt on Nov 5, 2023 10:59:20 GMT
Looking great but judging by the masking story the 'simple easy build' turned out a little bit more tricky then expected 😁
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