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That is one detailed engine, not to mention the rest of the kit.  Really great work, I don't know how you guys manage to detail things like that.  I would end up with a giant mess!

'The engine to wing fairing is made of milliput'
Say it ain't so!
 
Brian, you've got the most magical hands I've ever seen.  This is stellar.  What are you using as references?
 
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Mark

Detailing or rather rebuilding the undercarriage. Wheels are from mastercasters


 
Detailing a trumpeter engine


 
Those are the last of the build photos. NExt up will be pics of the complete models.

Engines and wings next.  The engines are from Trumpeter kits. They were mated to the hasegawa wings.  The leading edge slats are made from sheet aluminium.
The engine to wing fairing is made of milliput
One of the planes will have a missing engine. A new one to be fitted in its place.
At last it all goes together, fuselages mated to wings.
The stressed aluminium effect can be seen in this photo

Detailing or rather rebuilding the undercarriage. Wheels are from mastercasters


 
Detailing a trumpeter engine


 
Those are the last of the build photos. NExt up will be pics of the complete models.

Engines and wings next.  The engines are from Trumpeter kits. They were mated to the hasegawa wings.  The leading edge slats are made from sheet aluminium.
The engine to wing fairing is made of milliput
One of the planes will have a missing engine. A new one to be fitted in its place.
At last it all goes together, fuselages mated to wings.
The stressed aluminium effect can be seen in this photo

Detailing or rather rebuilding the undercarriage. Wheels are from mastercasters


 
Detailing a trumpeter engine


 
Those are the last of the build photos. NExt up will be pics of the complete models.

Engines and wings next.  The engines are from Trumpeter kits. They were mated to the hasegawa wings.  The leading edge slats are made from sheet aluminium.
The engine to wing fairing is made of milliput
One of the planes will have a missing engine. A new one to be fitted in its place.
At last it all goes together, fuselages mated to wings.
The stressed aluminium effect can be seen in this photo

On to the gun bay
 

 
And the painting begins
All NMF painted with Testors metallizers using a brush. I found out that you get a better result and its less susceptible to coming off at the slightest touch. Sealed with future.
And that's it, all closed up
 

Detailing or rather rebuilding the undercarriage. Wheels are from mastercasters


 
Detailing a trumpeter engine


 
Those are the last of the build photos. NExt up will be pics of the complete models.

Engines and wings next.  The engines are from Trumpeter kits. They were mated to the hasegawa wings.  The leading edge slats are made from sheet aluminium.
The engine to wing fairing is made of milliput
One of the planes will have a missing engine. A new one to be fitted in its place.
At last it all goes together, fuselages mated to wings.
The stressed aluminium effect can be seen in this photo

Just amazing wirk as always Brian!!
Cheers
Alan

On to the gun bay
 

 
And the painting begins
All NMF painted with Testors metallizers using a brush. I found out that you get a better result and its less susceptible to coming off at the slightest touch. Sealed with future.
And that's it, all closed up
 

Engines and wings next.  The engines are from Trumpeter kits. They were mated to the hasegawa wings.  The leading edge slats are made from sheet aluminium.
The engine to wing fairing is made of milliput
One of the planes will have a missing engine. A new one to be fitted in its place.
At last it all goes together, fuselages mated to wings.
The stressed aluminium effect can be seen in this photo

Forgot to tell you that i filled all panel lines with putty and roughly sanded them since it was done that way on the real planes. All panel lines except places which were continuously accessed like the gun bay and engine panels were puttied in to reduce drag.

Engines and wings next.  The engines are from Trumpeter kits. They were mated to the hasegawa wings.  The leading edge slats are made from sheet aluminium.
The engine to wing fairing is made of milliput
One of the planes will have a missing engine. A new one to be fitted in its place.
At last it all goes together, fuselages mated to wings.
The stressed aluminium effect can be seen in this photo

Engines and wings next.  The engines are from Trumpeter kits. They were mated to the hasegawa wings.  The leading edge slats are made from sheet aluminium.
The engine to wing fairing is made of milliput
One of the planes will have a missing engine. A new one to be fitted in its place.
At last it all goes together, fuselages mated to wings.
The stressed aluminium effect can be seen in this photo

Wow, that is some seriously special work! 

Engines and wings next.  The engines are from Trumpeter kits. They were mated to the hasegawa wings.  The leading edge slats are made from sheet aluminium.
The engine to wing fairing is made of milliput
One of the planes will have a missing engine. A new one to be fitted in its place.
At last it all goes together, fuselages mated to wings.
The stressed aluminium effect can be seen in this photo

On to the gun bay
 

 
And the painting begins
All NMF painted with Testors metallizers using a brush. I found out that you get a better result and its less susceptible to coming off at the slightest touch. Sealed with future.
And that's it, all closed up
 

What a beautiful huge beast. Amazing work!

On to the gun bay
 

 
And the painting begins
All NMF painted with Testors metallizers using a brush. I found out that you get a better result and its less susceptible to coming off at the slightest touch. Sealed with future.
And that's it, all closed up
 

Outstanding realistic work truly awesome. The surface detail is totally amazing

OK - I think I've figured out how these 100+ turnbuckles and turnbuckle/clevis components are going to be fabricated.  Solder is definitely superior to super glue and the copper safety wire looks great against the brass buckle.
 
I was also concerned that the final piece wasn't cleaning up as well as I liked but as I look at these photos, I kinda like the "grimy" look.  I just realized however that I forgot to add the hex nuts at each end to allow the turnbuckle to be tightened.  Hopefully the third time will be a charm.
 
I think the safety wire in this picture may be a few millimeters too thick, but it's all I had in the shop tonight.  I'll go with a slightly skinnier garage and I think we'll be right there.  I almost cheated today when I was at the hobby store and discovered a set of Proctor Turnbuckles.  But in the end, I think this looks better.  Now I just have to figure out how to fabricate 100 of these given the fact that this ONE took about an hour!
 

 

 

 

OK thanks I think in that case i will continue with the build. Works on the cockpit next. All the white plastic is my work, the cream resin is from Jerry Rutman and green parts are kit parts.