monthebiff Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Had this one in the stash for a while and wasn't sure what to do with it until DN Models released their mask set for this particular aircraft. Most of these assembly ships were war weary airframe stripped of guns etc and very often had turrets removed and faired over with extra lights added to the tail. Tubereo however looks like she had all turrets intact and still carrying guns except in the waist, not sure about the sperry turret however but I will fit it unless any info to the contrary comes up. Obviously there has been plenty written about this kit but for me it looks like a Liberator and its 1/32 so what's not to like and I'm just going to try and have a fun build and hopefully end up with a nice looking model when finished. Now, there are some strangely placed ejector pin marks in places on this kit and to that end I started with the cockpit rear bulkhead and removing the moulded on detail, filled the ejector pin Mark's and then used evergreen strip. Hopefully show some more progress in the next day or so. Regards.Andy jgrease, themongoose, DugyB and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 This will look impressive!! Iain monthebiff and DugyB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Very much looking forward to seeing your progress. monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted September 30, 2019 Author Share Posted September 30, 2019 One of the first aftermarket sets I purchased for this was the Aiscale instrument panel which is a huge improvement over the kit part. The large nickel silver fret is excellent and easy to fit in place of the kit parts. And a quick fit of the foward internal structure to see what the fit is like. Have to say the quality of fit on this kit is excellent so far. Definitely room for weight to be added in the gap under the cockpit floor me thinks. Regards Andy Trak-Tor, Tnarg, Uncarina and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Great start Andy - gotta love these assembly ships - proper eye candy! Torben monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Following! monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vynce804 Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Hi Andy, great subject and really interested to see how you get on with this kit. I’m already impressed by the lengths you will go to I correct the injector pin marks! Cheers. Matt monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted October 1, 2019 Author Share Posted October 1, 2019 19 hours ago, TorbenD said: Great start Andy - gotta love these assembly ships - proper eye candy! Torben Agreed with that Torben, so many interesting schemes on those assembly ships and DN models produce a few nice mask sets of these. Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted October 1, 2019 Author Share Posted October 1, 2019 9 hours ago, Vynce804 said: Hi Andy, great subject and really interested to see how you get on with this kit. I’m already impressed by the lengths you will go to I correct the injector pin marks! Cheers. Matt It's a big old cockpit opening with the two fuselage halves closed up and the rear cockpit bulkhead will be right on show so given the way the sink marks where places it was quicker and easy to remove the moulded detail and replace with new once the holes were filled. Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted October 2, 2019 Author Share Posted October 2, 2019 My attention was drawn to getting the nose wheel assembly sorted early on due to the assembly sequence and with HB suggesting 300g of nose weight to stop this being a tail sitter I decided to invest in Aerocraft Models superb bronze struts. These are very nicely cast with minimal clean up required. Now, the kit supplied tyres are a vinyl rubber type which I'm not that taken with but I thought I'd have a go with them but immediately found a slight problem. The wheel/ tyre is just to big and will not fit, so speaking of over size tyres I checked the main wheels in to the wing well openings and they don't fit so go figure that one out!! So after a bit of a look around at resin replacements I went for the True Details set for this kit over the Eduard B-17 set as I would still need to source a nose wheel. Pretty happy with this set, they clean up really nicely and fit as well which certainly helps matters. With that I completed the nose gear assembly with no problems and have to say the fit of the assembly in to the bay is perfect. I did assemble the whole gear as one so I could paint it seperately and then fit in to the painted wheel well when complete. Regards. Andy jimbo, Anthony in NZ, kkarlsen and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Great start to what looks to be a great project, Andy! monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Andy, Really inspiring start! I will be following this and taking notes. Cheers, Tom monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 I must say those landing gear inserts look the business I do hope he produces more of those asap! this bird is on my list because as you say it's one of the few liberty ships where the pics clearly show guns (some at least) - I really like that look monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted October 4, 2019 Author Share Posted October 4, 2019 On 10/3/2019 at 3:23 AM, Gazzas said: Great start to what looks to be a great project, Andy! Thanks Gaz, hopefully I will be able to pull the scheme of as it's quite an interesting one. Regards.Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted October 4, 2019 Author Share Posted October 4, 2019 On 10/3/2019 at 4:59 AM, Uncarina said: Andy, Really inspiring start! I will be following this and taking notes. Cheers, Tom Hi Tom, Thanks for looking in, the kit definitely has its shortcomings but the fit is excellent and with some careful work should look like a B-24 when complete. Regards.Andy Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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