Ryan Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Do you have a build thread sir? Ryan Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 At least the wing is a butt fit to the fuselage, instead of having a large wing root sized recess molded into the fuselage, which should help a little with fixes since only the wing has to be dealt with. Ryan and D.B. Andrus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 13 minutes ago, 1to1scale said: Already in progress. And here’s the other issue with the turrets. The cone shaped recesses for the alignment pins on the rear half of the turret are very visible as they are on what should be the clear sections of the turret glass. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Just now, Ryan said: Do you have a build thread sir? Ryan Not yet, working on a solution to the turret issue, I believe I have a plan for fixing it, three plans actually. Im going to do some tests and try it out before I report on it. If nobody offers replacement turret glazings before then, I may make a few extra. What really needs to happen, someone like Brassin or Fisher needs to offer whole drop in turrets for these, in both types, as well as a rear, preferably all resin. Shawn M, Jan_G, D.B. Andrus and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 13 minutes ago, 1to1scale said: Already in progress. I feel a holiday song coming on..... "Frosty the turret had a very thick cross section." "With a solid base and two mgs made out of plastic" "Ohhhh frosty the turret..." Ok someone help me out here..... npb748r, Out2gtcha, alaninaustria and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 I like where this is going. Also: the wing root is flat, which will aid any potential fix. Good catch. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 wow that turret looks like the gunner and his girlfriend are having a 'moment' - thinking love scene in the car in the film Titanic!! Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petrov27 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 (edited) 14 minutes ago, nmayhew said: wow that turret looks like the gunner and his girlfriend are having a 'moment' - thinking love scene in the car in the film Titanic!! Edited December 21, 2018 by petrov27 spacewolf, Cheetah11 and Shawn M 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee White Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 If someone had a spare 1/48 B-24 wing, would it be possible to cut it up for the purpose of making correct(?) airfoil shapes, which could be then cut from plastic sheet and used to 'massage' the HB wing into shape? I'm thinking an internal structure like a balsa model might help with the shape. Jack and Ryan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 50 minutes ago, nmayhew said: wow that turret looks like the gunner and his girlfriend are having a 'moment' - thinking love scene in the car in the film Titanic!! Guns outstretched..."I'm the king of the seams!" Yuk, that was bad. spacewolf, Shawn M and Out2gtcha 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chek Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Given the apparent difficulties of consistently casting clear resin to a high enough standard, it seems to me clear vac replacement panels are going to be needed to see any decent degree of interior detail, let alone super-detail. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 4 minutes ago, Ryan said: Guns outstretched..."I'm the king of the seams!" Yuk, that was bad. Yeah, bad. Just now, Chek said: Given the apparent difficulties of consistently casting clear resin to a high enough standard, it seems to me clear vac replacement panels are going to be needed to see any decent degree of interior detail, let alone super-detail. I know John is not into USAF stuff really, but I recently got a set of his AIMS BF-110G clear resin canopy sets, and the clarity and detail is quite amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Interesting point Lee, I'd be after someone with vac wings to try a mock-up. That approach would either have potential or be ruled out, but we, the modeling community at large could go from there. I'd be curious to see the vac approach to the Davis wing for starters. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, LSP_Mike said: Interesting point Lee, I'd be after someone with vac wings to try a mock-up. That approach would either have potential or be ruled out, but we, the modeling community at large could go from there. I'd be curious to see the vac approach to the Davis wing for starters. Does anyone have one of Tiggers vac B-24s that they wouldn't mine cutting out and moching up one wing? So far we are going under the assumption that both vac Davis wings are correct? Alain Gadbois and Dave T 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 4 hours ago, Chek said: I've no dog in this fight, but would not deforming the upper wing to induce a more Davis-like airfoil be a better approach than that? I was just proffering a possible solution as I'm more than a little jaded at all the whining. Have the kit on the way from Hannants, really looking forward to it, said it before, one of my great uncle's flew them with 356 sqn in Burma. Dream kit for me. There might be this, and this, and this, and this, and even that wrong with it, but I'll build it how I see fit - there will no doubt be am stuff on the way - in the markings of one of the aircraft he flew, which will give me tremendous satisfaction. Bigger picture. npb748r, Out2gtcha, nmayhew and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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