Guyman1 Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Very nice great the way you have adapted the Aftermart parts to this old Revel bird. Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marauderdriver Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Love the Wooden Wonder you have going here. I'm not PE fan either but it sure is looking good. jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Mark excellent start on the Mossie front office. Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b757captain Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share Posted March 2, 2017 Very nice great the way you have adapted the Aftermart parts to this old Revel bird. Guy Thanks Guy! It's not too hard but does take some creativity when the parts are made for a different kit. Love the Wooden Wonder you have going here. I'm not PE fan either but it sure is looking good. jack Thanks Jack! Mark excellent start on the Mossie front office. Keep 'em coming Peter Thanks Peter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b757captain Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share Posted March 2, 2017 (edited) With the fuselage buttoned up it was time to tackle the nacelles. A guide of sorts is provided for cutting the plastic but as always, measure once and cut twice - oops, measure twice, cut once! To make things easier I assembled the kit nacelles and attached them to the wings. Some trimming and fitting required. After getting the nacelles glued on and seams taken care of, the last thing to do is cut the gear door reliefs on the bottom of the resin nacelles. I'm not sure why GM didn't do this but a little work with the dremel and a file and it's done: Cheers, Mark Edited July 7, 2017 by b757captain BradG, MikeMaben, Alain Gadbois and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 If only I could find a Paragon cockpit set... PM sent Rick Bill_S 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Wow. Another awesome build going on here. She looks awesome so far! Thanks for sharing this Mark, Troy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b757captain Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 Wow. Another awesome build going on here. She looks awesome so far! Thanks for sharing this Mark, Troy Thanks Troy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b757captain Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 (edited) With the nacelles done it was time to make it look like an airplane: The fuselage seams took a lot of work to fix - just a factor of old molds mainly, but the wings and tail plane fit pretty well considering. Next up was the canopy and clear nose. I'm not a big fan of vac-form canopies generally but they trimmed and fit better than I expected. Not very well defined framework though: I should have bought some masks for the canopy, it would have made things much easier - even though there are none for the Revell kit. I'm sure I could have adapted masks for the HK kit. Mark Edited July 7, 2017 by b757captain MikeMaben, BradG, Alain Gadbois and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyman1 Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Gee mark she has come together very well are you contemplating any other aftermarket to adapt to this old bird ? Anyway keep going this is a very interesting build. Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Texan Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Looking good! This is a fun build to watch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b757captain Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 Gee mark she has come together very well are you contemplating any other aftermarket to adapt to this old bird ? Anyway keep going this is a very interesting build. Guy Thanks Guy! All the AM that's left to add is the decals and Eduard wheels. Looking good! This is a fun build to watch! Thanks! Guyman1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b757captain Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 (edited) A few blurry pics with paint added. Hint: check the photo qualities after taking them, not two days later when it's too late! I know there is controversy concerning the invasion stripes but the Mosquito at the Air Force Museum has them and that's good enough of me! Plus I like the way the plane looks with the stripes. Next up, clearcoat and decals. I usually airbrush 3 or 4 coats of Future for the gloss coat but this time I had problems with it - the first few coats wouldn't level out, they beaded up. Not sure why, I didn't do anything different than I normally do. Maybe it was too cold or too humid. All worked out in the end though. The decals went on easily and reacted well to Microsol: Next up, final assembly and finishing touches! Cheers, Mark Edited July 7, 2017 by b757captain BradG, Chris Wimmer, Out2gtcha and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 That gloss looks terrific Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wimmer Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Fantastic work on this old bird, Mark. Love it! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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