Thunnus Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Wow... that is ONE way to allow painting access into the cockpit!!! Looking forward to seeing the painting and especially the reconstruction of those two cockpit halves. monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 (edited) Good progress today with all detail removed from both cockpit halves that I want to replace but most importanty the material removed during my hatchet job while splitting the casting in two has been replaced with plastic card and I have the original dimesions back before taking a saw to it. Altough it doesnt look a lot its an important update in that I could now glue the two halves back together and everything will be as before I cut it in two, also with all the original detail removed I can now start the fun bit and get detailing now the hard bit is out of the way. Thanks for checking by as always. Regards. Andy Edited January 9, 2020 by monthebiff Kendzior, nmayhew, sandokan and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiZac Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 I've not commented previously but lurked, gathering hints and tips as you go...what a fascinating build! To be honest I've never thought much of the 188 but the scheme you've chosen made me very interested! After seeing your tailwheel and main gear bay work I'm excited to follow along with the cockpit work. monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 How did you ensure that the removed material was equivalent to the plastic card shims? I find it hard to maintain precise angles when making cuts into big resin pieces... my saw always seems to wander. monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted November 8, 2017 Author Share Posted November 8, 2017 I've not commented previously but lurked, gathering hints and tips as you go...what a fascinating build! To be honest I've never thought much of the 188 but the scheme you've chosen made me very interested! After seeing your tailwheel and main gear bay work I'm excited to follow along with the cockpit work. Zac, thanks for your kind comments, the tail wheel/ wheel bay detail was a lot of fun to add and worth the extra effort for me. It took me ages to choose the scheme as for me there ae loads of interesting ones to choose from, hopefully I can pull of the colour scheme to a decent level as it looks like a tricky one to apply especially with all that black! Regards. Andy sandokan and KiwiZac 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted November 8, 2017 Author Share Posted November 8, 2017 How did you ensure that the removed material was equivalent to the plastic card shims? I find it hard to maintain precise angles when making cuts into big resin pieces... my saw always seems to wander. I made two cuts to split the tub, the rear cut was made with a fine toothed modelling saw but the bigger cut through the large section of resin was made with a junior hacksaw so as to avoid the saw binding and also keep the cut as straight as possible. I then shimmed slightley thicker than the removed material and carefully snaded back until I reached the desired dimensions. Regards. Andy Greg W and sandokan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted November 11, 2017 Author Share Posted November 11, 2017 (edited) Some progress today on starting the rebuild of the starboard side of the cockpit tub, slow progress but happy with my decision to chop around the AIMS resin a little. So far, so good and plenty of detail to add to the initial construction. Also I can now finish building the foward instrument panels now I have a reference for the depth of them. Thanks for checking by as always. Regards. Andy Edited January 9, 2020 by monthebiff tucohoward, nmayhew, Gazzas and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 (edited) Now have the starboard side wall detail completed now after much chopping and grinding away of the original conversion sets cockpit tub. Just need to build up the foward insrument panel boxes now I have the depth of the panel set, also made a start on the port side of the tub now. Pretty happy with what I have managed so far, a couple of area's I'm a little disapointed with but it's a bit of a learning curve for me on this one. As ever thanks for checking by and comments/ criticism always welcome. Regards. Andy Edited January 9, 2020 by monthebiff KiwiZac, Kendzior, tucohoward and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 (edited) Port sidewall detail now added after an unexpected today at home, a mix of AIMS etched brass, platis card etc and some Archer resin rivets. Also have the basic replacement floor areas which I will be re-skinning withe cut out and test fitted ready for detailing. And after cutting the cockpit tub apart I have gone from this. To this. Next up I need to work on the machine gun stands and also getting those massive vac form canopy peices cut out . As difficult as this conversion is, particulary as its so difficult to find good detail reference for certain area's I am really enjoying this one, I had been putting the cockpit build off for some time but very happy with how it has gone so far. There is no way I can fully detail paint each half before gluing the tub back together as there is other detail parts that need adding once the halves are together again. Regards. Andy Edited January 9, 2020 by monthebiff Kendzior, blackbetty, Greg W and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucohoward Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Looking really good, Andy. Good luck with the canopy. That's got to be a little scary. Jay monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Cockpit looks great. I think the added depth and texture of the details add greatly to the cockpit. Just curious... do you do anything to the ends of the little photoetch levers? Like a dab of white glue to give them some substance? monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 Looking really good, Andy. Good luck with the canopy. That's got to be a little scary. Jay Thanks Jay, The conversion has to vac sheets of clear parts so lets see, hopefully I wont need both!! Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 Cockpit looks great. I think the added depth and texture of the details add greatly to the cockpit. Just curious... do you do anything to the ends of the little photoetch levers? Like a dab of white glue to give them some substance? Not thought of tht little tip Thunnus so thank you! Very much looking foward to getting some paint on now even if its just some primer. Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 It's an easy way to add a knob to the end of a lever. But it might be difficult to do with levers placed too closely together. That's why I asked if you did that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 I am so impressed with your work, I hate PE, but you make it look easy. monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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