Thunnus Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 The engines turned out beautifully, Andy! Uncarina and monthebiff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpgsbody55 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 The cockpit and engines look great. Can't wait to see how this one turns out. Cheers, Michael monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 13 hours ago, Thunnus said: The engines turned out beautifully, Andy! Thank you John, straight from the box and painted with Vallejo Metal Colours which spray or hand paint beautifully straight from the bottle. Regards. Andy Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 7 hours ago, Dpgsbody55 said: The cockpit and engines look great. Can't wait to see how this one turns out. Cheers, Michael Thank you Michael, I'm at that point on this build where I need to get the cockpit completed and attached to the fuselage before I can mount the engines and fit the cowls. Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 Recieved my book from RB productions today and full of fantastic pictures to aid my build and also clears up a few questions I had. Highly recommend this book, full of great reference pictures. Regards. Andy Kagemusha, Radub, Daniel460 and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VladHVAC Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 lovely build.....i'm at roughly the same point as you. I see the kit instructions call for RLM 02 for wheel well area and it looks like you've gone wit RLM 66 maybe. Jut curious if that was due to reference photos. I'll have to grab that book. to bad shipping to Canada takes so long. Happy holidays Out2gtcha and monthebiff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 2 hours ago, VladHVAC said: lovely build.....i'm at roughly the same point as you. I see the kit instructions call for RLM 02 for wheel well area and it looks like you've gone wit RLM 66 maybe. Jut curious if that was due to reference photos. I'll have to grab that book. to bad shipping to Canada takes so long. Happy holidays Thanks for looking in, the wheel wells have been painted RLM 02 but the pictures make it look darker than it is. Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VladHVAC Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Thanks for the quick response looking forward to more Cheers monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 So finally managed to sit down and get some bench time today, been a little frustrating being off on holiday but no chance to get any meaningful modelling done for over a week. Anyway, HGW belts added from a Ju-88 set I have been using on a few builds. Instrument panel fitted And side panels going on. Pretty happy with how it all turned out, a note for anyone building this is to make sure you choose a set of seat belts which the shoulder harness can be built quite long so they can reach the rear fuselage bulkhead. Regards. Andy Uncarina, chrish, Trak-Tor and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Andy, Thanks for sharing this! It’s great to see the cockpit coming together, and I saved every photo for reference. Happy Holidays, Tom monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 (edited) That's a great looking cockpit, Andy . Good point about the shoulder belts. I've got a set of Radu's Luftwaffe seatbelts, so I'll have to see if they'll reach. My '129 arrived for Christmas, so I'll be paying close attention to your excellent build. I'm also considering building mine with the seatback tilted back against the rear bulkhead, as it would be before the pilot got in. It'll look a bit different than all the rest, as well as showing off the cockpit detail better. Like you, I'll be building a Romanian version. My maternal grandparents emigrated from the Transylvania region of Romania to the USA. Get to work, Radu, we need those Romanian markings Peter Edited December 29, 2019 by Peter O florin13, monthebiff and Uncarina 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Finally caught up to this! You are doing a tremendous job, Andy! monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Cockpit looks great, Andy! Do you crumple the HGW belts before assembling? I've done the crumpling per the instructions but I'm not totally happy with the results as (a) the belts can be harder to handle when they are crumpled and (b) some of the surface of the belt fabric can flake off. Just curious how others do it. monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 On 12/29/2019 at 7:03 PM, Uncarina said: Andy, Thanks for sharing this! It’s great to see the cockpit coming together, and I saved every photo for reference. Happy Holidays, Tom Happy new year to you Tom, all slowly coming together now and very happy with progress. Regards. Andy Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 On 12/29/2019 at 7:23 PM, Peter O said: That's a great looking cockpit, Andy . Good point about the shoulder belts. I've got a set of Radu's Luftwaffe seatbelts, so I'll have to see if they'll reach. My '129 arrived for Christmas, so I'll be paying close attention to your excellent build. I'm also considering building mine with the seatback tilted back against the rear bulkhead, as it would be before the pilot got in. It'll look a bit different than all the rest, as well as showing off the cockpit detail better. Like you, I'll be building a Romanian version. My maternal grandparents emigrated from the Transylvania region of Romania to the USA. Get to work, Radu, we need those Romanian markings Peter Hi Peter, thank you for looking in and commenting, Well in to the build now and like you if I had the reference sooner I would have the armoured back rest angled back towards the rear bulkhead. Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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