LSP_Kevin Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Congrats, Dave! Turned out great. Kev Sakai and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdthoresen Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Merry Christmas Dave-O! Stunning build! Thor Martinnfb and Sakai 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Beautiful work Dave Ho Ho Ho Martinnfb and Sakai 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Very nice. Great show, Dave. Sincerely, Mark Martinnfb and Sakai 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Eagle Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Very nice work. You have inspired me to do a conversion. Will use a little different approach- hope it turns out as well as yours. Sakai and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Nicely done Dave. Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daHeld Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 What a great job. Chapeau! The issues with scale drawings seem to be.a general problem. When I was researching the Bf 109, I realized that there's not a single correct scale plan for it around, when compared to photographs of the real deal. Quite sad, really. It seems, we need to rely on factory drawings, but those can be very hard to come by and quite expensive to buy, unfortunately. Why do you say she isn't perfect? Looks pretty much perfect to me. Exceptional worksmanship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Superb, a worthy addition to your fine stable of ponies. On 9/28/2021 at 4:50 AM, Out2gtcha said: That looks incredible Dave! Really great work so far. We really need a proper OOB "B" model in our scale Absolutely, long overdue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironman1945 Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 9 hours ago, MikeC said: Superb, a worthy addition to your fine stable of ponies. Absolutely, long overdue. Dont worry guys. I am confident that, having completed the 51B, some major manufacturer will come out with a mainstream kit. Hey it happened with my scratch built Whirlwind... although it did take 15 years after I finished her! Oh well better late than never! Dave/Ironman1945 MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveculp Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Looks real to me! Super build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironman1945 Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 15 hours ago, daHeld said: What a great job. Chapeau! The issues with scale drawings seem to be.a general problem. When I was researching the Bf 109, I realized that there's not a single correct scale plan for it around, when compared to photographs of the real deal. Quite sad, really. It seems, we need to rely on factory drawings, but those can be very hard to come by and quite expensive to buy, unfortunately. Why do you say she isn't perfect? Looks pretty much perfect to me. Exceptional worksmanship. daHeld Thanks for the compliments. I'm always critical of my own work, thinking I could have done some things better... witness my late rear quarter window modification after initial paint. In the end I am actually really happy with how she turned out. Cheers and stay safe! Dave/Ironman1945 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westland WhirlWill Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Lovely result Dave! It turned out great and your persistence in fixing the windscreen and canopy really paid off. Nice one. Will MikeC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin_Matejko Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Fantastic ponies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee in Texas Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 I’m trying the same thing. I found the old Revell spine too narrow. Did you widen yours or am I doing it wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironman1945 Posted November 4, 2022 Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 On 11/1/2022 at 2:02 PM, Lee in Texas said: I’m trying the same thing. I found the old Revell spine too narrow. Did you widen yours or am I doing it wrong? Hi Lee I looked at both the Trumpeter and Revell 51B spines. I found the Trumpeter spine to be too wide and "bulbous". The Revell spine was better, but not perfect. Have a look at page one of my build. You'll see I mentioned that I had to shim it a bit at the base where it meets the new Revell 51D fuselage in order to meet the true profile/drawings I was using. If you look at the pictures you'll see where the white styrene strip is. Raising it in this way raises the old Revell 51B spine up, and accounts for its lack of width were it meets the 51D spine. Hope that helps! Good luck with the build, but honestly if I can do it, anyone can! Cheers! Dave/Ironman1945 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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