Martyn Posted March 21, 2008 Author Share Posted March 21, 2008 Being a busy day today, kept the wife happy by fitting a new power shower Took the daughter out for some driving practice And last but not least I have fastened the wings and tailplane on to this large beast. I intend to leave her on the support blocks for at least a day to make sure the glue has well and truly set, I do not want to go through setting up the wings again A bit of filling will be required on the wing joints, but besides that, the fit is not to bad. Thanks for looking, Cheers, Martyn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Lookin' like a Suka should M M ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Looking verry good so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 Mike and Erwin, thanks for the kind words, appreciate it . Not much has being done lately, but I have re-done the pilots seat and added better looking seat belts than my earlier attempt (Well in my mind anyway), also added a lap belt to the gunners seat. Also hollowed out the exhausts prior to painting. . Soon be getting to the painting stage, I do not want to glue the engine cowlings on, I want to be able to display the model when its finished with the option of having the cowlings on or off. I have just got to work out how to keep the engine cowling securely in place so that the masks can be applied without fear of cowling's moving. Anybody got any suggestions ?? Again, thanks for looking, Cheers Martyn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Perhaps a few small pieces of blu-tac placed so they don't damage the engine detail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 Perhaps a few small pieces of blu-tac placed so they don't damage the engine detail? John, good idea, thats what I am going to try Thanks for the suggestion. Martyn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted April 9, 2008 Author Share Posted April 9, 2008 Just a quick update prior to our tribe going away for our first yearly camping trip . After lots of test fitting and grinding away of excess plastic, I have finally got the cowls to fit, and after experimenting with the blue tack idea, they can be held fairly secuarly. Painting started by adding some pre shading. Closer view of cowling. and final view of underside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Looks good, Martyn. Gonna be a winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJ Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Your Stuka is coming together really nicely! Gonna be a rather large bird in that scale, where do you plan to display her? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Impressive looking build indeed! Looking forward to seeing the finished product Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 HI Relly looking nice Texas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 Folks, once again thanks for your kind words of encouragement, I really appreciate it. Well our tribe are all back after our first yearly camping trip, we all enjoyed ourselfs greatly, can't beat a bit of quality relaxing time with the wife and kids. Can't wait to get back to the Stuka, more painting pics to follow in a bit. Gonna be a rather large bird in that scale, where do you plan to display her? Dave I have not got a clue Cheers, Martyn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SciFi58 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Looks awesome so far. I built this same kit bout 6 years ago although OOB and not with all the extra attention. Still I was very happy with it and it was finished to the point of waiting for the future to cure and then decals and weathering to finish it up and two of my four cats were fighting on the table and knocked it off. Miracles of miracles - I caught it by the wing tip and didn't break a thing. I chastised the cats and chased them off the table. Well they came back and I didn't catch it the second time. Just yesterday cleaning up the garage I found one of the radio faces. C'est la guer. I have another waiting in the garage, in addition to the Hasegawa G, Revell B and 21st Centuy Toys B (with snake decals) - this is my third favorite WWII aircraft. Think I'll reference your work when I tackle my other 24th scale kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted April 23, 2008 Author Share Posted April 23, 2008 Folks, Just a few more pictures with the progress so far, underside painted closer shot, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted April 23, 2008 Author Share Posted April 23, 2008 Engine cowling, flaps and dive brakes. Canopy masks supplied with the Montex masking kit for this beast, Never used them before, always battled away with masking tape, boy what a difference they make. What would have usually taken nearly one evening's season to complete took only about 1 hour ----- Brilliant Thats both outside and inside masks. Outside and inside Thats it for now, next I have got to start and mask of the underside, ready for the top side painting. Cheers, Martyn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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