Guest Peterpools Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Alan Much appreciated and now it's onto the front office Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Thanks Jim, very much appreciated. Funny you should say that, as I am an identical twin! Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Smith Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Wow, Peter, this looks amazing! Always gorgeous work from you; meticulous and realistic. Just now coming up for air after a very busy February attending to family matters. Sure am glad to see this underway and looking forward following along. John mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Buddee Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Wow Peter, those engines look amazing! Beautifully done. I sincerely hope my Eduard Merlin for my Mossie looks half that nice. Cheers, Wolf mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Much appreciated John and I know how crazy your month has been - but the images - wow! I'm knee deep into building the front office and The old Man as I am finding out, has some mighty nasty curve-balls coming the builders way. Unlike Papa tamiya, only major decisions need to be made and then all is well but ZM as I am finding out now, build and display decisions need to be made at nearly every stage. I'm not to far off from my first front office post and will take some time to discuss the options being offered. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 (edited) Much appreciated Wolf and no doubt in my mind, you'll be way ahead of me in that department. I can't wait to see what your Eduard Brassin Merlins - truly gens for sure. Peter Edited March 9, 2017 by Peterpools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 UPDATE: 3/10/17: THE FRONT OFFICE – A GOOD START With both Daimler Benz 603 V-12 (just sounds so good) done, it was time to move on to the next stage of the build: The Front Office. So far, I've completed about 85% of this portion of the build and I am still struggling with the instructions and the sequence itself. ZM tackled this area by combining the three fuselage walls as also the walls the nose gear wheel well. The both sides of the bulkheads for the nose gear well is detailed, with all the oxygen bottles and associated plumbing, with the outside wall of this area being the actual fuselage nose skin – just a lot of parts to deal with. What now seems as step one when starting each new assembly. is to decide which panels will remain open and that will dictate how much of the internal details need to be dealt with. The Decision: I would leave the two nose panels closed, still needing to determine which details and parts would be visible on the outside of the nose gear bulkhead walls and to be sure to add them as I proceeded. Paints and Colors: Yikes, I'm still dealing with all this, as Owl is my first German WWII aircraft and the cupboard was bare when it came to paints. I made a list of the colors I would be needing: interior and exterior and started to make sure I would have what I needed. I pretty much broke down the paint selection as follows: Exterior: MRP Lacquer Paints Interior: Model Air and Tamiya Next up was combining the instructions and my references for what the correct colors were and of course, there seemed to be an array of opinions. I decided to be my conservative self and went with the colors looked right: Fuselage interior RLM66 Nose gearwell: RLM02 At this stage, I dug into the first ZM PE Upgrade Set for the Cockpit, replacing the entire IP and almost all the panels on the starboard side. Oh what fun assembling the PE rudder pedals but they do look good. For the seatbelts and shoulder harnesses, I used a set Mal (yes I have reached out to him a few times and will keep trying) sent me from a Japanese company;WAKO which are available from JHL: https://hlj.com/product/WKOFP-33HD Pretty neat set and once I figured out the assembly sequence, the remaining belts went rather quickly, after spending over two hours on the first set. There is no PE with the set, as everything including the latches and buckles are laser cut. New ground for me, as I started to do some light weathering in the front office on the sidewalls, floor and ejection seats. Next up: The remaining work is to actually make sure everything fits, add all the external oxygen and plumbing and hopefully all the parts will fit into the nose section that I'm just starting. Thanks for checking in Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 nice sharp clean work mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Peter, very nice work ! How do you compare the seat belts to other company ones ? They look good.....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Beautiful! Coming along nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Excellent! mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Stunning as ever Peter.............and a great choice for your first German subject. Regards. Andy mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Jepp, ZM kit. You get what you pay for, indeed. They provied a really nice cockpit and you did a good paint job, no doubt Regards - dutik mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Very nice looking progress there Peter. As always, the paint looks fantastic. I like using the Wako belts myself. I find they have much better instructions on the HD sets compared to most other companies and they arrange the buckles so you can thread the boys through first before removing them from the "fret". Plus they're reasonably priced for a pair. Carl mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Great work, Peter! Kev mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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