Pastor John Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Hi Andy, so great to see one of my babies coming to life. Enjoying your posts It seems a life time ago that I designed this bird. Stefano, tucohoward, Landrotten Highlander and 17 others 18 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GROWLER 96 Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 On 30.11.2021 at 18:26, Pastor John said: excellent solution sleeve collection Onspring, Pastor John, Archimedes and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Hello Andy, Any progress? This build is coming along so well. I am interested in more build information about the center gun turret stand. monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywifehatesmodels Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 I would love to see this one progress, as well. I was going to start my own 188 build (even started a WIP thread for it!), but I think I came to the conclusion that some of the work needed on the nose, the lower windows specifically, was going to be a little more work than I wanted to bite off at that particular time and I wanted to contemplate the best way to attack that. I still want to get it done before I die, but it may be a bit yet. In the meantime, I'm hoping you can finish this one, Andy! John monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted April 14 Author Share Posted April 14 So it's been a while but suddenly decided the 188 needed working on again. I decided to ease myself in gently and work on the engines. I'm not using the AIMS supplied resin parts but instead a couple of Revell Fw-190 engines instead as these although not 100% accurate allow a lot more surface detail when painted and propellers will be from Eduard The Eduard prop set is so good, I've used one before on my F-8 build and is super nice to work with. I've several issues to deal with on the wings but felt getting the engines completed was a good starting point. Regards. Andy patricksparks, nmayhew, John1 and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 I still can not see the pictures. I have to try VPN I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 1 hour ago, Tolga ULGUR said: I still can not see the pictures. I have to try VPN I guess. I can see the photos. Great to see an update on this beauty. monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted April 17 Author Share Posted April 17 (edited) With the engines painted it was time to move on to one of the really tricky parts of this conversion which is getting the nacelles mounted to the wing as there are no positive attachment points at all. I've been pondering this issue for such a long time now (Erm, just the 7 years) and after painting up the engines at the weekend realised it's a pretty simple and clean solution to the problem! With the engine secure inside the nacelle I then carefully taped it into the correct position on the wing and ran a drill down through the centre of the engine into the rear engine bulkhead And with a suitable piece of aluminium tubing inserted I was then able to slide the nacelle in to place and all nicely aligned I then cut the tube to the correct length as this will also then act as a nice positive location for the propeller Pretty happy how that's worked out so far, next up I will build up the prop hub and fan so I can get good alignment of the cowl ring before gluing in to place. Regards. Andy Edited April 17 by monthebiff LSP_Kevin, Shoggz, patricksparks and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Elegant solution, Andy! Kev monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted April 17 Author Share Posted April 17 14 minutes ago, LSP_Kevin said: Elegant solution, Andy! Kev Thank you Kev and so simple in the end after years of head scratching Regards. Andy LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Very nice work Andy! Looks great! Håkan monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted Friday at 11:22 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 11:22 PM Some more done and needed to fit the cowl rings to the engine nacelles but to do that I needed a basic prop/ backplate/ fan assembly so I could glue the cowl ring in place and be able to remove and re-fit without fouling the cowl ring. And both completed and fitted in place Time next to look at the aileron extensions as definitely some serious work seeded The R/H has already been started on but as you can see from the L/H part much careful sanding and reshaping is needed. Regards. Andy patricksparks, LSP_Kevin, Fanes and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted Saturday at 06:41 AM Share Posted Saturday at 06:41 AM Nice looking work Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted Saturday at 08:23 AM Share Posted Saturday at 08:23 AM I love such projects! I don't know if you know it but there is one error in the instructions and parts of the stabs of all AIMS sets for late Ju88 & 188. John posted a correction on his Facebook page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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