LSP_Ron Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 You’ve been busy. Looking great. BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2MT Paul Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 great progress, this is where I have got with mine so far... chukw, O.W, Treehugger and 11 others 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Love that scheme. How were you able to minimize that seam? Thank you. Sincerely, Mark BloorwestSiR, scvrobeson and Landrotten Highlander 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted June 9, 2022 Author Share Posted June 9, 2022 12 hours ago, 2MT Paul said: great progress, this is where I have got with mine so far... Your assembly ship looks fantastic. Lots of masking on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted June 9, 2022 Author Share Posted June 9, 2022 11 hours ago, dodgem37 said: Love that scheme. How were you able to minimize that seam? Thank you. Sincerely, Mark Mark, the turrets I'm using are from Cold War Studios. They're one piece resin so no seam to worry about. dodgem37 and chukw 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted June 9, 2022 Author Share Posted June 9, 2022 Thank everyone for the comments and checking it out. With the fuselage mostly done, I turned my attention to the flying surfaces. Everything was primed in white. I then started on the camo. I then did a quick test fit of the tailplanes. Nothing is glued together, just press fit. I painted the lower wings white and then installed the MLG bays. If you're wondering about the two unpainted areas on each wing, that's where the nacelles go. They cover those areas so it gave me a place to hold them while I was painting. Fanes, Uncarina, themongoose and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted June 9, 2022 Author Share Posted June 9, 2022 @monthebiff talked about sliding the wings on after assembly which got me thinking. Bad thing I know but anyways, I did some trial fitting and realized if I cut a couple pins off the wings could be glued together and then slid onto the fuselage. The four mounting pins you see in the middle of the wing normally go into holes in the spar and lock it in place. Cutting them off, you can slide the wings on after assembly. With that quick mod, I glued the halves together. And once dry, I got confirmation I hadn't messed up. The Tamiya F4U is for size comparison. scvrobeson, monthebiff, LSP_Kevin and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted June 9, 2022 Author Share Posted June 9, 2022 I masked off the underside to prevent overspray and started on the upper surface camo. First I installed the cowl flaps after thinning their trailing edge a bit. Before: After: Again I stared with the Extra Dark Sea Grey. To match up the camo between the fuselage and wings, I masked off the fuselage around the wing root and sprayed a thin line of Slate Grey to mark the camo The I removed the wings and sprayed the camo. I repeated this with the other wing. When dry I then masked off for the leading edge de-icing boots. This is where I am at the moment. Here's the wing root fit just slid into place. Being able to remove the wings gives me some options now for when it's complete, especially with that wingspan. private_hell, Trak-Tor, LSP_Kevin and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 2 hours ago, BloorwestSiR said: @monthebiff talked about sliding the wings on after assembly which got me thinking. Bad thing I know but anyways, I did some trial fitting and realized if I cut a couple pins off the wings could be glued together and then slid onto the fuselage. The four mounting pins you see in the middle of the wing normally go into holes in the spar and lock it in place. Cutting them off, you can slide the wings on after assembly. With that quick mod, I glued the halves together. And once dry, I got confirmation I hadn't messed up. The Tamiya F4U is for size comparison. Excellent stuff Carl, thank you for taking the plunge with that idea!! I'm keen to resurrect my wip again after receiving my resin turrets and had been wondering if it was possible to remove those pins and slide the assembled wings in place. Great job on your B-24 and that Corsair looks tiny Regards. Andy BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Those Coastal Command schemes always look good. Matt BloorwestSiR and Grunticus 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Love this. Big bird. Sincerely, Mark O.W, Trak-Tor, BloorwestSiR and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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