Pastor John Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 (edited) I am terrible - every time I want to make a kit I stop and think about a new AIMS product - the result being I never get to just enjoy building what I have and what others have designed so out came the Revell 1/32 Bf 109 G-10 Erla. I had already bought a ton of stuff for this kit but I am not doing the cowling issue, once it is made and painted as well as I can paint it I doubt I will ever give it a second thought and I had already paid a lot for other products. I have spent last few days painting the Aires cockpit set. It was nice to get the airbrush going again. Everything primed with the fantastic Gravity Surface primer followed by Mr P RLM 66 followed by whatever I had followed by the most flat varnish ever by Vallejo! Have no idea if all my wire colours are correct and I do not really care. Missing from the Aires set are two of the smaller levers for the throttle quadrant and the main lever was broken. also no oxygen tube was on the right wall?! so I added one from electrical wire sleeve. I guess it should not be olive drab - that is a modern part I have seen in the internet photos and forgot to stop and think. Feel free to chip in Edited August 6, 2018 by Pastor John Alburymodeler, Greg W, AceofClubs and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Nice work John and good to see back at the bench again! Regards. Andy Pastor John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Pretty damned nice. Sincerely, Mark Pastor John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Beautiful paint work and weathering on the cockpit! Pastor John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 6 hours ago, Pastor John said: ... once it is made and painted as well as I can paint it I doubt I will ever give it a second thought . Bingo ! Pastor John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 very nicely done, just ensure that the wheel struts are splayed, i somehow did not get mine to splay enough. its a pity no aftermarket engine for this kit Pastor John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastor John Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 Yes you are right Shan - wish there was also not so much cleaning up to do at the wheel ends of the oleo legs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Great looking pit John! Glad to see you at the bench Pastor John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastor John Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 And so that moment comes when you know very soon a good photo of your 109 cockpit will be forever impossible! Greg W, AceofClubs, Gazzas and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Love that! Sincerely, Mark Pastor John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastor John Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 Having problems! No not those sort of problems..........fuselage all together including upper engine cowl part - all plastic joins fit together and there are no gaps or signs that the Aires resin tub is forcing out the shape of the plastic cockpit area - indeed one of the reasons I was using the Aires cockpit was because I read in a build article that there was no alterations needed and I just wanted an easy build to just enjoy painting - well I dry fitted the windshield and main canopy section onto the model only to find the whole cockpit is 1mm wider than the clear parts!!!!!!! I just cannot see how that is possible when the kit joins at top and bottom and the separate upper engine cowl part meets everywhere where it should??????? I take a photo tomorrow. WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastor John Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 Fixed problem - the instrument panel fitted into the Aires locating points is enough to spread the cockpit out - not too much were upper engine cowl part is glued to the fuselage halves but by the time the problem spreads to end of windshield it is 0.5mm each side. I carefully removed the instrument panel, snipped away the side wall lugs and a fraction of the side of the panel and re-attached it this time to the inside of the windshield part. With a little pressure downward on the kit the assembly plops back in with much much less pressure needed sideways to join cockpit sill to windshield. Phew! Out2gtcha, Kagemusha, MikeMaben and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Good news! IP looks grand Pastor John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterOlsen Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 (edited) Hi Pastor John, Sorry to hear about your fit issues. i hope I can help with some suggestions if you dont mind..... So, just to confirm, are you saying that you have already glued the two fuselage halfs together along with the top cowl section? I find it usefull to take all the kit cockpit parts off the sprues and dry fit them together into the fuselage using poster tak and tamiya tape . This gives me a sense of how things go together and also serves as a guide to help fit the resin parts and find their exact placement. You can also directly compare the resin cockpit parts to the kit parts to see if there are any isues with size or shape differences. I also have the Aires cockpit set for this kit and while i didn't experience the issues you've described, I did find that the cockpit tub was undersize and to narrow to fit into the fuselage at the rear where the horizontal shelf meets the top of the fuselage sill. The only soluton I can come up with is to put plastic shims on either side to help make contact and keep it in place. Having said that I wonder if perhaps you have set your cockpit tub a little to far forward in the fuselage which may be causing the to fuselage halfs to be slightly to wide apart and thus making your windshield to narrow to fit . I hope that makes sense ! I love the details in Aires resin sets but they do have a reputation for challenging fit issues that's for sure. Barracuda resin do some nice cocpit replacement parts for the Revel 109's if you interested in that route. I hope I've been of some help. Cheers Pete. Edited August 10, 2018 by PeterOlsen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterOlsen Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Ok , whoops just saw your latest post.... I got a little trigger happy there, sorry about that. Anyway, glad you got it sorted ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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