wunwinglow Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 On 9/30/2019 at 6:02 AM, Artful69 said: I notice the seam around the nose .... and I was hoping that it was a join seam ... So that HGW could release glazed nose variants in the future. But then I noticed that the mid-fuselage dorsal section with the Martin turret is part of the main fuse ... bummer ... If they do go for further releases they'll need new moulds. Rog Can't you convert it to a different version yourself? AlexM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artful69 Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 4 hours ago, wunwinglow said: Can't you convert it to a different version yourself? Nope Rog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alburymodeler Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 8 hours ago, Artful69 said: Nope Rog Well, that sure is telling him. But it would be a lot of work. Maybe the rear not so hard as cut out the turret fairing and sheet up like the real thing, and just bend some clear over. Internals would be a total new build. But the nose would be everything from the fuselage break point forward, clear bits and all. Hard yakka. Artful69 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artful69 Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Alburymodeler said: Well, that sure is telling him. But it would be a lot of work. Maybe the rear not so hard as cut out the turret fairing and sheet up like the real thing, and just bend some clear over. Internals would be a total new build. But the nose would be everything from the fuselage break point forward, clear bits and all. Hard yakka. Well .... I almost didn't waste the time with the one word answer ... it really is an annoying question - why buy ANY kit at all - if we should all just scratch build?! But ... if HGW haven't designed a modular build ... this presents an excellent opportunity for the AM cut-n-shunt resin heads ... OR mr Model Monkey!! The first problem is that rear turret area ... on the real deal the fuselage was widened a fair bit to fit the Martin turret assembly in. Now ... that could be just the fairings etc that are obvious to the eye ... but ... it also could be a widening of the entire fuselage in that place ... I just don't know ... Assuming the former version ... then it's a straight swap of two "plugs" ... Same with the nose assembly ... but building that - especially the clear sections ... is likely to involve skills I'll never develop ... like vac forming or resin casting. Don't ever get me wrong ... I'm not bagging the HGW release ... I love the G with the Martin turret and solid front end ... 20mm's or .50 cals poking out ... it looks super mean. But HGW could have probably made so much more out of it than the one variant ... I would've happily grabbed a 3 or 4. I don't think people realise just how prolifically used this aircraft was. Rog Edited October 2, 2019 by Artful69 Gazzas and Alburymodeler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunwinglow Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 12 hours ago, Artful69 said: Nope Rog Ah, go on with you! Don't sell yourself short! Artful69 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artful69 Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 1 minute ago, wunwinglow said: Ah, go on with you! Don't sell yourself short! I don't ... even if vertically challenged! Rog LSP_K2, Gazzas and wunwinglow 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 I have my limits on scratch building myself. I've generally found that if I have to scratch up something as major as an intricate/complex part that includes a massive clear section as the very fist thing anyone looking at the mode sees (like say an A-20 nose section with visible interior!), that I would tend to either get bogged down in all the complexity and trying to get it right, or just plain not start it at all. D.B. Andrus and Gazzas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexM Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Really looking forward to this one. And that turret could be very usefull for my little marauder project Learstang and D.B. Andrus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Hi looks like it might be possible to convert it into an RAF solid nose Havoc II, with some work new nose, thin the rear fuselage and remove turret cheers jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 I will be excited by this one if a conversion kit comes out to convert it to an RAF Boston. CVheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacificmustang Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 I’ll be excited if they do a B/C as well, but I hope this one still sells well for them, because that’s probably the only way those of us who want a B will get one Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 They stated when the kit was announced they were only doing the G, I'd prefer a Boston, but it is what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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