mozart Posted December 25, 2017 Author Share Posted December 25, 2017 Go, Max, go! Kev Shhh, I'm trying to find an excuse to disappear to my model room for an hour on Christmas night!! LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 Work on the cockpit area is stalled waiting for the seatbelt to arrive from Radu, so I've moved onto the undercarriage and wheel wells. The whole area isn't overly complicated in the number of pieces involved, but it is SO easy to get the construction wrong.....and I did but fortunately realised it in time (though there may yet be nasties lurking and smirking, who knows!) With many bits you have to get them fitted in the right direction, and the instruction sheet isn't s great deal of help most of the time. I found fitting this long brace to the main leg first helped my get the orientation of the "V" section right (the second time around!): The front scissor links have slightly different size locating pins. Fitting them upside down isn't an issue but getting the right sized pin into its right hole makes life easier: Nearly finished and dry fitted, I used the wheel well as a jig to get the angles of the undercarriage bits and pieces right: Webs inside the wheel bay, I managed to fit 3/4s of them back to front before realising it, then swapped them over to what I hope is the correct way, but who knows?? I think there is still a "minor" problem though - the undercarriage assembly won't fit in with all of the webs in place!! I've taken the front ones out to get the gear in and I'm hoping to be able to replace the removed webs but it'll be a delicate job. There are other ways of trying to fit the combination of gear and wheel well but all are fraught with difficulty. Certainly not a "shake'n'bake" kit by any means. Max sandokan, Gazzas, LSP_Kevin and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Max Great to see you back at the bench and diving into the Bf110. Very nice start on the front office and the IP looks great. Nothing like a complicated kit where the instructions just make building it as complicated as possible; i.e. the gear. Just seems that so many kits are not test built by the manufacturer, following their own instructions to insure everything goes smoothly. Will e along for the entire journey Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Wowa Max, i just woke up this morning and first thing what a treat to see this thread. My donor kit arrived for Christmas so I may "cheat" and get started on the G2 conversion. I think I will mark up the instructions before I cut plastic with reference to the HyperScale posting. No need for frustration. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 I've been making some notes and taking pictures about the engines too Rick, I'll post them asap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnyax Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 On the the web there is an errata list for how to build the C-7 kit but you can use is on the E as well. It's verry handy because instructions are not so good. mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Max, what issue are you having with the gear & the webbing? I didn't have any similar problems in my E-2 build that I'm pecking away at. If you take some pics of what's interfering with what, maybe we can talk thru it? mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 Max Great to see you back at the bench and diving into the Bf110. Very nice start on the front office and the IP looks great. Nothing like a complicated kit where the instructions just make building it as complicated as possible; i.e. the gear. Just seems that so many kits are not test built by the manufacturer, following their own instructions to insure everything goes smoothly. Will e along for the entire journey Keep 'em coming Peter Hello Peter, it's great to see you back too! As a sometime technical author, I find non-proof tested instructions particularly galling, writing instructions paid my mortgage for goodness sake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 On the the web there is an errata list for how to build the C-7 kit but you can use is on the E as well. It's verry handy because instructions are not so good. Yep, I have a couple of errata lists by Brett Green for some of the Bf110s, bits, but not all, of which apply to the D/E kit that I'm building. Thanks for flagging it up gunnyax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 Max, what issue are you having with the gear & the webbing? I didn't have any similar problems in my E-2 build that I'm pecking away at. If you take some pics of what's interfering with what, maybe we can talk thru it? I've got some time tomorrow to look at this area, especially now that the glue has cured properly so I hope to be able to sort things, but if not we'll see if we can tease the problem out. Did you take any further progress shots other than those you've put on your thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 (edited) It's been a very productive day at the bench: u/c sorted, painted and weathered then a little detailing and weathering in the cockpit area: Edited December 31, 2017 by mozart AceofClubs, Daniel460, Whitey and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel460 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Your moving right along Max! Great detail work! Glad to see you got that UC sorted. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Good work, Max! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 I'm loving this Bf110E build, despite or perhaps because of the challenging instructions! The quality of the mouldings is delightful, it makes detail painting such as the dials on the Bordfunker's displays child's play: More work still to do on the pilot's area but the cockpit in general is well on its way! Shaka HI, AceofClubs and sandokan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 looks faboo! mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now