LSP_Kevin Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 3 hours ago, D Bellis said: Do be careful with that. I do a lot of canopy masking with BMF, too, and found out the hard way that BMF will stick to the Future (or any other gloss paint) a lot tighter than it does to bare plastic. And, the longer it is on there, the harder it will be to get it back off cleanly. Cheers, D Thanks, D. You're actually the second person to mention this to me in the last day or so. I haven't had that experience so far, though I don't always dip my canopies. We'll see how it goes! Kev D Bellis and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artoor_k Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 No chance for BoB polish Buchon ?:D Out2gtcha, Alain Gadbois, USMC Herc and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 29 minutes ago, artoor_k said: Man, that is just so wrong on many levels USMC Herc, KiwiZac, Martinnfb and 4 others 3 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 7, 2019 Author Share Posted August 7, 2019 I've never seen that particular scheme before, though I'd heard that the filmmakers repurposed them to represent all kinds of aircraft. I have to agree with Brian, though! Kev Gazzas and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artoor_k Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 7 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: I've never seen that particular scheme before, though I'd heard that the filmmakers repurposed them to represent all kinds of aircraft. I have to agree with Brian, though! Kev In '50 or' 60 there was a polish-russian movie "Fighter pilot". Spitfire was "starred" by repainted Yak 9. I don't know what wrong you see in polish Buchon R Palimaka, KiwiZac, LSP_Kevin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Definitely not the Polish part that is wrong in my eye at least............... Its the fact that its a Spanish built plane designed to imitate a German plane, made up to look like a British plane. Kagemusha, artoor_k, KiwiZac and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artoor_k Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Out2gtcha said: Definitely not the Polish part that is wrong in my eye at least............... Its the fact that its a Spanish built plane designed to imitate a German plane, made up to look like a British plane. Indeed , so cool , isn't it ?:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 2 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Definitely not the Polish part that is wrong in my eye at least............... Its the fact that its a Spanish built plane designed to imitate a German plane, made up to look like a British plane. Or even more "out there"...a Spanish built plane designed to imitate a German plane, made up to look like a British plane in Polish squadron markings...heavily weathered. Richard artoor_k, Out2gtcha and Kagemusha 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 8, 2019 Author Share Posted August 8, 2019 Once again I'm here wishing I could report more progress than I am, but at least I've got the canopy installed now: I installed the individual pieces separately, working forward from the rear, and I somewhat regret this now, as each part doesn't mate perfectly with the ones it attaches to. I suspect I introduced a slight irregularity at the rear when dealing with the seam on the sloping rear section. I also had to file away some material on the bottom of the armoured head rest, as it wouldn't sit over the seat belt attachment buckles otherwise. Now I wish I had joined each section to the other off the model, and ensured they were all straight and perfectly aligned. The problems are only slight, though, and shouldn't spoil the look of the model unless you know to look for them. They're really not even visible in the photo. I will have to seal the joins with something prior to painting, however! And the obligatory test-fit of the nose: Still some major troubles ahead with that upper cowling part, but my first task is to shorten it by about 1mm so that it will fit in the gap. After that, the trickier issue of matching the height at each end will have to be tackled. I reckon once all that is sorted out, things should proceed pretty quickly. Kev R Palimaka, mozart, Anthony in NZ and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 On 8/7/2019 at 3:31 PM, Out2gtcha said: Man, that is just so wrong on many levels Sent me for a loop! it was seeing the letters spelling “green” written with red ink in a foreign language...but I am a rather simple man. the model on the other hand is looking great! LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 9, 2019 Author Share Posted August 9, 2019 So, the Dremel made short work of modifying the upper cowl panel to fit like it needs to. In addition to taking off around 1mm from the forward edge, I also heavily thinned the front and back lips from underneath: This helped the panel fit over the top of the instrument panel to the rear, and the locating lip on the nose at the front. Here's the result of the test-fit: This loose tape-together doesn't really reveal all the areas that will need attention, but at least shows that I've now got things in the ballpark, and can move to permanently attaching the nose parts. The upper cowl part will need a bit of shimming, and all areas will need a dose of Milliput, but I'm much happier with it now. And so is the Buchon: Kev D Bellis, Kagemusha, mozart and 9 others 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vincent Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 (edited) remember that the cowl before the windshield should not be aligned with the top engine cowl - they are at an angle of each other, due to the Merlin being aligned differently from the Hispano engine. It's faint but very visible : V Edited August 9, 2019 by Vincent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Thats not too shabby Kev! Actually looks like you are getting there slowly but surely. This was just tooooooo perfect!!! Bored at work.................. Derp! R Palimaka, Martinnfb, Fvdm and 3 others 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Excellent! Clean and sharp work Kevin. Keep up the good fight! Richard LSP_Kevin and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Great work Kev....I am following along intently. I am glad you are plugging away, she's going to look unique and quite special. Cheers Anthony LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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