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As said, the torpedo had to be replaced. First I had to make new proppellorblades. I found a nice picture on the web, and made a dxf file of it. I loaded this in the software of the millingmachine and then i had this little propellorblad.
 

 
They where very small so i made quite a few off them. I made some smaller and shorter grooves in the torpedo and assembled everything. Eventually I got this.
 

 

 
 
Much better then the first one if I may say so.
 
Then I assembled the landinggear to the plane and the motor. Here are some pics.
 

 

 

 

 
Now i can give it a wash and a final coat of matt. 
 
This week I got a reply from Trumpeter on my mail for a replacementsprue. They have the replacementsprue I need and with shipping it will cost me 10 USD. I think this is quite a lot of money but better expensive then not available. I decided to order the sprue and now I will see how long I have to wait. I will use the brackets for the torpedo so i hope the delivery is fast 
 
Thanks for watching
 
Ferry
 
 
 
 
 

When the paint dryed I could tape the wings and fuselage. It looks like this after quite a while
 

 

 
When this was done I could spray the smoke
 

 

 

 
I also installed the control cables,
 

 
and fiwed attached the wings to the fuselage
 

 
Finally it's looking like an airplane 
 
Next is the torpedo. The longer I looked at it, the uglyer it became. The grooves are way way to big. So I decided to make a new one. Now that i finally have a cnc-millingmachine i must use it. 
 
Thanks for watching 
 
Ferry

I promissed some pics of the decals. In one way or the other I have always kits with a few decals so it was quickly done.
 
Each wing gets one decal.
 

 
De right side of the fuselage gets 5 decals.
 

 
The decal on the vertical stabiliser cracked a little so this one is a littlebit shorter then the left side.
 
And theleft side also gets 5 decals
 

 
Here I was a little impatient and didn't long enough to let the sol do its work and so de roundel got a little damaged on the upper right side.
 

 
Great, only 12 decals and I managed to damage two of them  
 
Thanks for watching
Ferry

I went fruther working on the torpedo and there are some grooves wich I had to make. I did this on my millingmachine en it worked great. I had it working yesterday so this was a great exercise. The grooves are a bit large but I don't care. I'm very happey my millingmachine is working great.
 

 
And here an impression for those who are interested.
Here
 
Thanks for watching.
Ferry
 

When I was looking at my references I saw that the exhaust was way too light. It had to be much darker.
 
Below my reference warpaint series nr 12. I am going to do the 4H
 

 
So I took some matt black en made the exhaust darker.
 

 
I am still seeing the copper, blue en orange so I am very happy with this.
 
Yesterday I sprayed paint on the wings and the fuselage. It seems like a strange color but I think it is the correct one. This is sky (duck egg green)
 

 

 

 
I let this dry at least till tomorrow before I wil mask it and spray another color. Better save than sorry.
 
Thanks for watching
 
Ferry
 

Last 2 weeks i spent time building but forgot to take pictures. I rigged the wings, made the landing gear and the the tail wheel.
The landing gear got some PE.
 

 
The wheels are from Mastercasters and i think they look real nice.
 

 
The tail wheel however is not so nice. The axel looks crooked.
 

 
This was not acceptable so i drilled a hole through the wheel and the bracket.
 
Then I took some 0.6mm brass tube and made an axel
 

 
When assembled itlooks much better. ( For such a small part)
 

 
Then I sprayed everything in mr surfacer grey. I'm looking forward to spray some color.
 
Some small parts

 
 
Some bigger parts

 
And a dryfit

 

 
I will try to make some more in progress pics
 
Thanks for looking
 
Ferry
 

I decided not to cut out the ailerons so I went on with the wings. I cut away the brackets at the rigging because these were more then 0.5mm thick which is way overscaled. I will replace these with 0.25mm styreen. Also the holes were filled en I will make smaller holes because Trumpeter made a mistake with the rigging. In the picture below you will see that Trumpeter wants you to place PE1, PE2 and PE3. In all my references I can't find these and Thomas Lund also warned me about this.
 

 

 
I decided to glue the rightwings and leftwings but I'll glue these to the fuselage when everything is sprayed in color
 
The handle for folding the wings is replaced with PE
 

 
When you glue everything together (without the rigging that is) it looks like this
 

 
A litlle putty is still needed.
Upper center wing with some PE
 

 
The fuselage after priming. The oilcooler is till dryfit. This wil also be glued after spraying.
 

 
At last a dryfit because i want to place the rigging with everything in place. Just to prefent some misallignment.
 

 
I also had a little setback. I wanted to make the torpedo but when I wanted to take the sprue out of the box I noticed there wasn't any sprue P. I looked very carefully, I searched my hole room but I couldn't find it. Bummer. I went to the LHS and told the problem. They will contact the importer to see if they can get a replacement sprue. I also contacted the customerservice of Trumpeter. I don't have high hopes but you never know. So, if you own this kit please check if sprue P is present before you are going to build it. 
I will check the net for measurements and will try to make a torpedo from scratch because i really want a torpedo under the plane.
 
Thanks for watching 
 

Finally this model is ready. Here the pics without any comment.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

Ferry
 
 

Here are the pics of the finished Kingfisher. A really enjoyable build.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Always nice to see how you skin the complex forms. Great work.

Great progress. I don't think it's a shame all of this is going to be covered with paint. I think when it's painted you will still see it's a metal skin and that's very nice. 

Nice work as always Peter. I like the fulehoses with the white writing on it. Did you buy these or are they also homemade? 

Once again great work.

Excellent. When I see what you can achive with sculpting and the litho I just wonder why you don't scratch the entire plane. Making the fuselage would almost be a walk in the park for you. 

Good evening everyone.
 
Yep, It is that moment, I managed to finnish my B-17 D Day Doll. And as you are used from me, not a lot of words, but just the pictures.
 
So, here we go.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Well, that's the result of about five months of fitting, filling, sanding, scratch building, swearing, gluing, more cursing, foiling, faul language, painting, etc etc etc.
In other words... modelling.
 
And without sounding stuck up, I'm very satisfied with how she turned out. I hope you guys like it as well.
 
Thanks to everyone who made the effort to take a look or leave a comment.
 
I already started a new one, being the revell Polikarpov Rata. This one because it's a simple kit with a low parts count. Just to take a bit of 'distance' from the long and complex models. But that's another story.
 
Hope you enjoy this one.
 
Greetings from Belgium
 
Luc
 

The wolf is back on the bench.
 
Jeroen kindly sent me his spare WnW decals and they arrived yesterday and put to work last night and this morning. Thanks very much Jeroen.
 
They work really well with Mr Mark Softer, especially around the nose where some vents and access panels are located. I cut the clear film surrounding the W off to reduce the chance of any silvery later. 
 
Just waiting for the leather to dry around the cockpit and then put the rest of the checkers on followed by the Wolf insignias, this afternoon.
 

 
Standby for a further update later today.

Once again, thanks all. The nacelles and upper roof of the nacelles (bottom of the wing effectively) are as complete as I can get them without fully attaching them to the airframe, as the oil tanks and piping and rear roof of the nacelles cannot be added until the nacelle itself is glued down.
 
Nothing has been glued in yet, as I still need to fully re-scribe and rivet both nacelles before gluing them in:
 

 

 
 
 
 
Upper nacelle roof/bottom of the wings are about as done as they are getting prior to gluing things down as well:
 

 
 

 

 
 
 
 
Nacelles just setting in place atm:
 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
You will have to excuse all the hairs, I attempted to clear a wash out from the sides of the well interior and the Q-tip/cotton swab, and have not had a chance to clear out the remnants.
 
Now that things are where they are, its now down to actually gluing down the nacelles. Its a bit of a nervous time, as getting the placement of these is absolutely critical, as their position dictates where the PE upper section of the wings that crosses over into the rear of the nacelles goes, as well as giving the MGL their final positions.
 
Im hoping to be able to get these re-scribed and glued down tonight.
 
Cheers! 

Thanks Guys

 





































 
And now I have to start building another model 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

After a long break deciding what to do with the wing fold mechanism, I finally opted for using the kit-supplied parts. While not nearly as impressive as some of the offerings on here, I was more tired of seeing my Hornet being neglected. The kit offerings fill the role as intended, though studying numerous reference pics there is a lot to be desired. On the teeth that form the outer seal when the wings are spread, there are three stand-offs on the outer wing, and four on the inner. I constantly dry fit the roller to these teeth, and couldn't shake the fact that the standoffs cause the rollers to be too far from the wing itself. Luckily, the standoffs are marked even with the rest of the inner workings, so I took my chisel blade to them and made the whole inner section even. I then attached the rollers to the outer wings and saw that they did indeed mover closer to the wing. After letting the glue set for the outer wings, I carefully attached the assemblies to the main kit. Even with my modification, they still don't want to sit perfectly like they're supposed to, but once the glue set, it was a solid bond.
 
 
 
 
 
I then added the hinge cover plates, and they seem to be adding a bit more of structural support for the outer wings.
 
 
 
After everything was set, I went ahead and dirtied up the hinge areas. I can't believe that she's nearly done now, but the next steps are to finish off and attach the canopy and horizontal stabs, finish the boarding ladder and add the last antennae that I held off adding due to knowing I'l still be handling her.
 
As always, thanks for stopping by the hangar!

The tiger stripes are on! In case any of you will be using Jim's masks, you actually need to spray the dark blue on first, I initially got the painting order wrong. Also, I am not quite sure what was going on with the mid-blue masks, I ended up doing those myself, which is easy to do once the main shapes are down using the AMS masks.
 

 
I used Gunze glossy blues because they are a very good match (to my eye) and I also really like working with the gray TPS Gunze colors, which are satin. However, these blues don't behave quite the same way, they take forever to really harden. If you look closely a the pics you'll see what appears like adhesive from the masking tape on the paint, but it's actually the surface of the paint having been affected by the mask. It's very subtle and unnoticible to the touch, so I hope that some layers of X-22 and possibly some micro-mesh sanding will take care of it. The final coat will be semi-flat and will therefore presumable hide this in any case.
 

 
Magnification of the nose area. I really like how those vents turned out... somewhat beaten up like the real deal.
 

 
Overall view... phew that looks gaudy in the glossy finish.
 
Cheers,
 
Marcel
 

...canopies open...

Thank you for your kind words
I will try to ensure that the model does not disappoint you. Although, unfortunately, it is not a happy construction, because it has been going on for many years, I hope that this time I will finish it and I will be able to sleep soundly. For now, I am still working 
 
I managed to cover the tail with a corrugated sheet. Thus, I consider the execution of the corrugated sheet cover to be completed.

 
Now there are details, corrections, painting of markings, complete assembly and traces of use. After the initial assembly without glue, the model looks like this:



 

And we have paint!

 
There's some weeping and minor over spray, but nothing that can't be wiped off with a swab and touched up. Will let it dry thoroughly and on to the gloss coat! Digging the look thus far!
Peter

You and me both Jay! I've learnt a lot already, learning more as I go!
 
 
Absolutely Brian! Brass is just so versatile!
 
A little more for you. I've finished most of the retraction mechanism, apart from the gearbox and motor mount. Still lots of little pulleys and control cables to add as well but the bulkhead is looking pretty busy now. This is super fiddly even to put together.... at the moment all the parts are being held in place by brass pins that are bent over at one end (they will be replaced!). Once I get my scale hardware I can assemble it for good. For now, here's now it's looking..... For the retraction jack I soldered three 10mm threaded bolts (with heads cut off) together. Ask me how fun that was to try and get straight!!!!!  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I've learnt a lot in the process of making this piece. Sometimes you have to drill the bolt holes, sometimes you can solder a piece of tube onto the end to do the same. I estimate there's about 4 and a half days of work in the tailwheel assembly alone!
 
All good fun........can't wait to attack the main gear
 
Craig