mozart Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 And I think that’s the best solution Carl, the remedial action needed otherwise is a real PITA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 2 hours ago, BloorwestSiR said: Really nice progress Joachim! I kept reading yours and Max's comments about the belly panel not fitting as I couldn't recall any such issues on my build. I went through my pics and found that I had shimmed the lower insert panel. This got rid of the step on either side at the wing root and the nose ended up fitting better too. I had your fix in mind but it didn't work out during dry fitting. In my case the upper fuselage and wing root was too wide. The belly part is now fixed at the wing root with a lot of CA and I'll work my way from there.. Pictures will follow later today! BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 So - as promised: The port side is pretty much okayish. The other side, well it's more work for sure That's the best I could achieve with spreading the lower part and adjusting the wing root. Maybe it's not appearent in the pictures but it was a lot of work to get the fuselage to the point shown above. From there on it will be sanding, filler and rescribing but luckily the putty stays in the drawer! I may have to add little shims to achieve a good fit with the wings but I'll try that later. Trak-Tor, BloorwestSiR, MikeC and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 It's interesting that we had opposite issues with the fit. Hopefully the rest goes better. Carl Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted July 7, 2019 Author Share Posted July 7, 2019 One quick gaze at the bench: The wings are finally on and clean up on the seams is almost completed. I started dry fitting the canopy. Next step will be masking the inside and putting on some RLM02. LSP_Kevin, mozart, Gazzas and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 It took me some time but the canopy is finally masked! The eduard express masks were a huge help but they are unfortunately only for the exterior. The inside recieved Tamiya tape which was then cut to shape with a fresh blade. Here's the result: mozart, MikeC, BradG and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Nice. I was fortunate that the montex mask set includes both inside and out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 It's time to resurrect this thread from the dead! Between work and my recon Spitifre there wasn't much time lately for this Messerschmitt. But I was able to get some extra bench time during the last weekend and here's the progress: The canopy was painted RLM02 on the inside and recieved a black base on the outside. Afterwards all the fixed parts were gleud in place and the rest is held in place by Tamiya tape. Afterwards I turned my attention to the droptanks which aren't included in Dragon's nightfighter release. I used two Hasgawa droptanks - one generously donated by @Lud13 - and the other one from my Bf109F-4 kit. Luckily the braces are included in my kit, so there's no need for scratch building those. The tanks recieved the Dragon mounting strap (heavily thinned down) and fuel lines from 0.5mm copper wire. The foremost panel line was puttied since it's not present on the original. There are some small parts missing in the wheel wells but apart from that ithe Messerschmitt is ready for a primer coat! BradG, gmctaggart, mozart and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Glad to see this back again Joachim, Bf110s are too beautiful to ignore! Keep it moving on........ Fanes and Out2gtcha 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 I agree with Max, glad to see this one back Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted September 28, 2019 Author Share Posted September 28, 2019 6 hours ago, mozart said: Glad to see this back again Joachim, Bf110s are too beautiful to ignore! Keep it moving on........ 5 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: I agree with Max, glad to see this one back You are absolutely right! I noticed that getting the build finished until the end of the year will be a close call and my Spitfire is a very nice distraction Lothar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Looks fantastic. Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted October 19, 2019 Author Share Posted October 19, 2019 First paint After several weeks with lots of other stuff I managed to start painting the 110. Here's a quick spyshot from the bench after black basing with Tamiya X1 (cut with levelling thinner) The gloss black shows about 100000 imperfections. It was the first time I really struggled with a Tamiya paint - everything from not sticking to orange peel occured. Polishing and sanding helped to solve the trouble but there are still some small mishaps and a little bit of dust showing. Next up: painting the insignia and the code letters (graphics are already drawn, masks will be cut tomorrow) Shawn M, Lothar, LSP_Paul and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Looking sharp. Out2gtcha and Fanes 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 5 hours ago, BradG said: Looking sharp. +1! Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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