RadBaron Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Really nice work, mate! I'll be watching your progress, id like to build one of these early 190 kits at some point! mpk and Gazzas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 Thank you, Herr Baron! I have to make a change here. I've decided to replace the LG with aftermarket sets. I've order these from S.O.W.: I've also ordered some Quickboost Tailwheels. One of my pet peeves in 1/32 scale is when the tailwheel and strut are molded as one piece. Rockie Yarwood, mywifehatesmodels, Panzerwomble and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadBaron Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 24 minutes ago, Gazzas said: I've decided to replace the LG with aftermarket sets. I've order these from S.O.W.: Oooh interested to see the quality of these!! mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzerwomble Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 (edited) Yes Gary it is shaping up very nicely , whereas my 190 for this build is distinctly hiding in the hanger this week . Edited January 7, 2021 by Panzerwomble mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 53 minutes ago, Panzerwomble said: Yes Gary it is shaping up very nicely , whereas my 190 for this build is distinctly hiding in the hanger this week . I'm not getting much done on mine, either. Waiting for the LG and some black CA to use to fill in panel lines. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted January 19, 2021 Author Share Posted January 19, 2021 Eek! I've drifted to the second page. Need to get some work done. Between real life and a second model, it's hard to get anything done. And I'm still waiting on some AM from the US of A. So... I've done most of the cockpit. Still gotta do the seat belts. Instead of stripping the fuselage of too much plastic like I had to with my last PCM cockpit, this time I dry fitted the tub and shaved everything so it fit easily. That included the Eduard IP. I think I shaved off nearly a millimeter on each end. I also thinned the sides of the seat to make it look thinner as well as a bit of sponge chipping. I also used sponge chipping on the fan blade which will hide virtually all of my sloppily rendered engine. BradG, mpk, denders and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Gazzas and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 Meanwhile I've slowly been moving towards closing up the fuselage: Cockpit: The new tail landing gear by quickboost... minorly broken... And the new S.O.W. Landing gear struts mated to the attachment point of the kit LG... Eventually I'll add some brake lines to the gear. Isar 30/07, LSP_Kevin, Chris Wimmer and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 (edited) Just found this. Following. Edited January 26, 2021 by mpk Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 I'm at the ugly stage. Cleaning up the seams. For you readers, the pictures will be relatively useless... unless you see all of the black areas where seam cleanup is required. The seams in the wing roots were 1.5 to 2mm wide. And I haven't even started the wings yet. Using CA as a filler, and an electric toothbrush with 320-grit speeds up the process.... Here's one where the flaw can actually be seen in the photo. The faults remaining on the fuselage will have to be filled with very thin CA. Happy modelling! LSP_Kevin, mpk, BradG and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 I spent the whole weekend... even time I should have spent mowing the lawn... gluing the major parts together, filling with CA, my preferred filler, and sanding. Finally looks like an airplane. LSP_Kevin, Landrotten Highlander, Rockie Yarwood and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Gazza, have you tried Vallejo plastic putty? It's the only one I use. It took me 20 seconds earlier to fill a gap I noticed while airbrushing, quickly put putty in, excess wiped off instantly, spray it right away. I saw some bloke building a vixen and he did that, putty in, wipe away excess, continue. Your build is looking good mate. Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 On 1/29/2021 at 8:19 PM, Gazzas said: ... an electric toothbrush with 320-grit speeds up the process.... mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzerwomble Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 (edited) Cracking stuff fella , glad to see this one get close to completion . Interesting to me is that on this PCM model you reckon the wing fit was not so good, the Revell wing fit for me was pretty filler free ....but .....on the Revel with the full engine, the nose panels w're a nightmare, whereas on this one, with only the half engine they look to have gone together much cleaner . Be really nice if one day someone made a 190 where everything fits prefectly Probably teaching you to suck eggs here ( apologies) , but my filler of choice is the water based perfect plastic putty , fill it , wipe with damp finger/ q Tip and mostly done , although on large gaps sometimes shrinkage means you need to do it twice. it sands - wet or dry as well as it's not that tough . Edited January 31, 2021 by Panzerwomble pix coogrfan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share Posted February 1, 2021 18 hours ago, Panzerwomble said: Cracking stuff fella , glad to see this one get close to completion . Interesting to me is that on this PCM model you reckon the wing fit was not so good, the Revell wing fit for me was pretty filler free ....but .....on the Revel with the full engine, the nose panels w're a nightmare, whereas on this one, with only the half engine they look to have gone together much cleaner . Be really nice if one day someone made a 190 where everything fits prefectly Probably teaching you to suck eggs here ( apologies) , but my filler of choice is the water based perfect plastic putty , fill it , wipe with damp finger/ q Tip and mostly done , although on large gaps sometimes shrinkage means you need to do it twice. it sands - wet or dry as well as it's not that tough . I really try to avoid real water-based stuff on aircraft models. Later, I will be wet sanding a lot of places, so using that stuff would spell disaster. Also... CA is scribe-able and holds stuff together. But thank you for the thought. PPP has it's uses... but not on this build. Panzerwomble and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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