MikeMaben Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 That turned out nice Andy . monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted November 7, 2022 Author Share Posted November 7, 2022 Even though I had test fitted the vertical fin previously, I was apprehensive about glue being involved as this is a really, really poor part of this kit and whatever the design team have said about what they where trying to achieve its an all round shocker of a fit for a £100 kit. The look they wanted doesn't work, especially when sat next to my £30 quid Revell 109 G-2 which I'm building in tandem which has none of these issues. So I let it all dry and then carefully ran in some Mr Surfacer 1000 (an old jar which is quite thick) and hopefully this will work after a bit of clean up. The tail fin on the Revell kit still looks so much better but happy to get this area sorted. Regards. Andy Greg W, rafju, Fanes and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 monthebiff, Paul in Napier, chrish and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted December 15, 2022 Author Share Posted December 15, 2022 Not had much time for building lately, work has been manic busy but more importantly my father in law is into his third week in intensive care after complications from surgery so just bing there for my wife and keeping normality for the kids has been far more important than sticking bits of plastic together! The wife insisted I get some bench time the last couple of days so of I went. Decided to build the wings and didn't read the instructions to carefully so a few self inflicted issues arose. The first being I glued the lower wing panels in the wrong order on one side and ended up with a big gap that needs filling Next up I built and painted the radiators then installed them in to the lower wing and all very good until I went to add the upper wing On closer inspection the problem was that you are able to glue the radiator assembly slightly deeper which then fouls the upper wing Was a very easy mistake to make so beware as I did it to both wings. Its rectified now but a pain to deal with. Regards. Andy chrish, daHeld, Uncarina and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Nice progress Andy! I hope your father-in-law get better soon. Ernest monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 I hope your Father In Law recovers fully and quickly. In the meantime, thanks for sharing the potential traps in the build and I’m glad you were able to circumvent them. Cheers, Tom monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Luftwaffe is not really my thing but I do build them occasionally for variety, but you are doing a tremendous job on this one despite the problems with fit, that cockpit does really look realistic to me. The tail fit issues really surprised me as I would have expected more from ZM, but you seem to have it under control, that section looks more like a PCM kit. Hopefully your father in law is recovering, it was really nice and understanding of your wife to get you back to the bench, a sure sign of a "keeper". Cheers Dennis monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Great work so far, happy to see a work around for the vertical stabilizer fit. After seeing a couple of ways of doing this it’s allowed me to come up with an idea of my own for the tail…but that’s a ways down the road from where I’m at today. With all the details ZM have built into the kit I’m thinking an assembly line dio. with a half built airframe in bare aluminum with a couple of techs working on it for mine. Well, that didn’t take me long to wander off topic did it… I meant to say, great job! Following along. monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 A little more done after I finally decided to have the engine cowls open on this build. I've started painting the engine and it's sub assemblies I've used the new AIMS 109 data plate and engine stencil set, decals performance perfectly. Regards. Andy LSP_Kevin, rafju, denders and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 Very nice progress so far. FWIW when I built the wings I followed the directions to the letter. And ended up having with a gap like yours and some filing required over the radiators to get a flush fit. The engine looks great! daHeld and Greif8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 That is one nice looked engine Andy, you are doing a bang up job on this kit. Ernest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted July 30, 2023 Author Share Posted July 30, 2023 It's been a while but with my G-10 finished and mojo restored I'm feeling the need to move this one on some more. After reaquinting myself with where I had got to I started by painting and fitting the engine bearers Followed by lots of pipework . And while thats drying I need to think about cleaning up the ejector pin marks inside the engine cowlings as this is going to be a completely open cowl build Enjoying working on this build again and hopefully can make some good progress again now. Regards. Andy Shoggz, Sasha As, Furie and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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monthebiff Posted July 31, 2023 Author Share Posted July 31, 2023 Have managed to get the final assembly of the engine completed this evening, very tricky getting all that pipework to conform but got therein the end. Some touch up on the painting and a little weathering needed but all ready to mate to the fuselage. Regards. Andy Shoggz, tucohoward, scvrobeson and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafju Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Andy and this one: Impossible for you that you miss this one. ;-) Raph daHeld and monthebiff 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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