chrish Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 I will attempt (please dont expect too much) this beast; some update stuff; Canadian decals; resin flight deck bits and Master gun barrels...somewhere in this mess MikeMaben, coogrfan, Landrotten Highlander and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O.W Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 It's a realy nice kit to build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 One day, I will try one as well. Looking forward to your build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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patricksparks Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 On 8/5/2022 at 9:22 PM, chrish said: I will attempt (please dont expect too much) this beast; some update stuff; Canadian decals; resin flight deck bits and Master gun barrels...somewhere in this mess Looking forward to your build, the only real issue I found with building the kit was the wing tips, I had to put some pieces of styrene inside the end of the wing and also the tips to keep them the same size and shape when assembling them, other than that it goes together very well !!! Good luck with it, Pat Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted August 7, 2022 Author Share Posted August 7, 2022 1 hour ago, patricksparks said: Looking forward to your build, the only real issue I found with building the kit was the wing tips, I had to put some pieces of styrene inside the end of the wing and also the tips to keep them the same size and shape when assembling them, other than that it goes together very well !!! Good luck with it, Pat Thanks a lot patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted August 11, 2022 Author Share Posted August 11, 2022 rolling on the build. work has commenced on adding the Robert Mrozowski resin flight deck component, which is amazingly detailed and an exact fit upgrade to the kit Beautiful resin parts! cant recommend them highly enough! Thanks for looking patricksparks, Dpgsbody55, Alain Gadbois and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted August 13, 2022 Author Share Posted August 13, 2022 hopping around (possibly stupidly?) in the build and instructions, I've got to work on the engines. The engines are quite nice but, could go with a lot more plumbing, I may just go with "nothing to see here black" and shut the cowls, hoping to keep the lines of the aircraft I'm also going with bomb bays closed. Thanks for looking denders, Landrotten Highlander, Phantom2 and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 On 8/12/2022 at 4:42 AM, chrish said: rolling on the build. work has commenced on adding the Robert Mrozowski resin flight deck component, which is amazingly detailed and an exact fit upgrade to the kit Beautiful resin parts! cant recommend them highly enough! Thanks for looking Great start! I have just received my upgrade set from Robert M and I totally agree with your comments. chrish and Gerhard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpgsbody55 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Great start. Wow, that is a lot of engines. I hope you'll show off one of them, at least. Cheers, Michael Gerhard, chrish and Rick Griewski 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted August 18, 2022 Author Share Posted August 18, 2022 Moving right along, whilst completely ignoring the build sequence in the instructions...I thought I'd learned from other previous experiences but apparently not. I'm now working on the nacelles and adding a bit (that should be removing a bit) of detail. Trial fitting has shown the wings are too narrow in thickness to allow the nacelles to fit without installing a short spreader bar to thicken the wings (viewed from the front) experimenting has come up with a fix (I think) so work continues. These are the insides of the gear bays, I mirrored the ribs (right nacelle ribs in the left nacelle) in order to not have to sand the ejector pin marks on the ribs, mirroring the ribs moves the pin marks outboard. The gear bay nacelles as supplied; removing some plastic took a couple of minutes...ok more like 260 minutes; looks a bit more like internal structure now...that'll likely never be seen and on with the work Thanks for stopping by Landrotten Highlander, patricksparks, Rockie Yarwood and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Well worth the effort, Chris! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 still moving along; A lot more could be added....by a better modeller Thanks for looking Isar 30/07, BradG, denders and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeroen_R90S Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 somehow this one slipped by me, despite it's size! Looks great Chris! I'd run out of interest about 25% into such a monster kit, so not one for me, but I do enjoy watching this come together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted September 2, 2022 Author Share Posted September 2, 2022 On 8/31/2022 at 3:39 AM, jeroen_R90S said: somehow this one slipped by me, despite it's size! Looks great Chris! I'd run out of interest about 25% into such a monster kit, so not one for me, but I do enjoy watching this come together! Thanks for stopping by, it is tough staying on topic on such a large project. Looking at other builds (much better than mine) I see others have no trouble staying on task. As well...apparently I suck at posting updates, here's where I'm at as of today I'm actually further ahead than this but, have forgotten to take pictures Thanks for looking jeroen_R90S, Alain Gadbois, Zola25 and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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