Lukgraph Boeing F3B-1 Command Aircraft

[Jan_G]

So here I have a little progress with this one

I managed to glue together fuselage and all major parts (all glued with epoxy from HPH which is superior to me) and rescribe the  lines

there is no big cleanin and sanding needed cause all big parts are well prepared, but as usual, I had to be very careful because of all small holes which appears even after really gentle sanding. So I decided to first give it some layers of Mr surfacer and then just smooth the surface. no fit issues noticed so far

 

 

 

 

to keep geometry of both wings is quite simple cause there is no dihedral on both wings

there is some really fine details on the engine, and because most of it will be hidden at the end, I will focus on cylinders, plug wires and exhaust

 

 

 

thanks for looking

jan

[Jan_G]

Was thinking about creating flight deck as display base for this one from wood, but I found by accident this nice resin flight deck, produced by Eureka XXL company (first time I heard abut them)

It is a foam board covered with surface made from resin and with wooden frame. It should depict WWII US flight deck, and even I am not expert for aircraft carriers, the details looks really fine and with some easy painting I think that I will achieve good results.

Metal cable is included as well. 

And for the price of 15€ is good value for money, considering that you will usually pay the same money for 2D printed foam board

So here are some photos of it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thanks for looking

jan

[Hubert Boillot]

Following your great work with interest, Jan

 

And thanks for the tip on the base. Will be looking for this one as it is definitely very interesting !

 

Hubert

[Jan_G]

Following your great work with interest, Jan

And thanks for the tip on the base. Will be looking for this one as it is definitely very interesting !

Hubert

 

thanks a lot Hubert   really apreciate

[Jan_G]

small update

I painted the engine based on instructions

 

 

and added wires

 

thanks for looking

jan

[Jan_G]

started to paint major parts

as usual I first sprayed surfacer, then I sprayed Mr. white base

Between the steps I have used cotton Polishing Pad to achieve a surface as smooth as possible

 

 

 

and applied silver dope on fabric surfaces and tail  (mixture of Alclad White aluminium and Mr. Paint light grey in ratio 2:1)

 

 

and then I applied light grey on all metal parts (which is little bit darker then silver finish)

 

 

 

here the difference is quite visible

 

thanks for looking

jan

[ClumsyDude]

Looks sweet Jan, really neat work.

 

Jim

[Jan_G]

for blue paint I have used mixture of Mr. Color FS 15050 and bright basic blue in a ratio 1/1

attached fuselage mask is nice adition, saves a lot of time 

 

yue can see the difference of blue shades between fabric and metal 

 

and main parts ready for gloss coat

 

 

 

thanks for looking

jan

[Wolf Buddee]

Wow, that's turning out beautifully Jan. Very nice indeed!

 

Cheers,

Wolf

[LSP_Kevin]

Wow, that's turning out beautifully Jan. Very nice indeed!

 

At this risk of sounding lazy, seconded!

 

Kev

[Guest]

3rd !!........Harv

[Hubert Boillot]

And four...ded

 

Hubert

[dutik]

This looks real nice! Both the model and your build! Looks like one of these eternal classic cars from the 30ies

 

Regards

- dutik

[Joel_W]

Jan,

  Just an impressive build from the start right through to the masking and painting of the gloss blue.

Joel

[Jan_G]

Thanks guys for kind words! really apreciate

 

 

This looks real nice! Both the model and your build! Looks like one of these eternal classic cars from the 30ies

 

it looks that these planes were maintained to highly polished finish as you can see below on the photo, even it is not the particular aircraft I am building

they treated like a cars 

 

I have managed to apply decals yesterday, and it was straightforward job with no issues

will post some pictures later

 

thanks for looking

jan