USAAF Beaufighter MkVIf

[Model_Monkey]

20 hours ago, IainM said:

I see in your previous posts in this thread you said you had cut the plywood decal panels for the floor from a template Steve had given you? Is that shareable?

Cheers
Iain

 

Great idea!  The drawing is now available from the catalog as a *.jpg file for free download (click here).

 

I saw that Pete had to make a size adjustment to the drawing.  Good to know.  This means that depending on your printer's settings and some other technical factors, your printer may not print this drawing at the correct scale.  When printed at the correct scale, the floor should be 134 mm long.  If necessary, adjust your printer's size setting so that the floor in the printed drawing is 134 mm long to match the size of your model.

 

Also note that no plywood was fit to the triangular flooring sections over the cannons.

[Derek B]

Sublime work Peter.

 

Derek 

[IainM]

2 hours ago, Model_Monkey said:

 

Great idea!  The drawing is now available from the catalog as a *.jpg file for free download (click here).

 

I saw that Pete had to make a size adjustment to the drawing.  Good to know.  This means that depending on your printer's settings and some other technical factors, your printer may not print this drawing at the correct scale.  When printed at the correct scale, the floor should be 134 mm long.  If necessary, adjust your printer's size setting so that the floor in the printed drawing is 134 mm long to match the size of your model.

 

Also note that no plywood was fit to the triangular flooring sections over the cannons.

Thank you sooo much Steve! That'll be an absolute win for myself and many others I'm sure! Much appreciated!

@Pete Fleischmann thanks for the info on the scaling - it'll definitely save time and effort down the line!

[Pete Fleischmann]

Few more odds and ends..

interestingly; it seems the observers seat may have only had a lap belt? Still researching that..

 

cheers

P

[easixpedro]

Sublime Pigfighter.

[Pete Fleischmann]

1 hour ago, easixpedro said:

Sublime Pigfighter.

Thanks Booger-

been watching your Liberator build. Great stuff brother!

 

cheers

Pigfighter

[JayW]

How many crew in a B'fighter?  BTW Pete - sublime interior work.

 

Edited February 5, 2023 by JayW

[Furie]

Simply superb and totally realistic.
What a lot of work !

[Pete Fleischmann]

21 minutes ago, JayW said:

How many crew in a B'fighter?  BTW Pete - sublime interior work.

 

just two-

 

P

[scvrobeson]

Seems relatively normal for the rear observer/gunner to only have a lap belt. I think the Stuka had the same.

 

Your work is exemplary Pete, but we all knew that.

 

 

Matt

[Troy Molitor]

All smiles here Pete.   

[MikeMaben]

Very nice Pete 

[LSP_Kevin]

So good.

 

Kev

[Pete Fleischmann]

Need to start getting my head around making a new canopy.

I made an RTV cast of the Lodella Vac clear parts, as well as the Revell canopy. From these, I’ll make a female RTV mold and cast a master in resin.

neither of these canopies are the correct shape; so I’ll reshape the resin castings from these to get the correct shape, then vac form new clear parts.

The Lodella parts included the aft bubble with the gun. Also not correct for my Mk VIf;  and the Revell part is oversized. I may be able to reshape the Lodella resin copy - we’ll see

 

cheers

Pete

Edited February 6, 2023 by Pete Fleischmann
Speling

[airscale]

looking incredible Pete - good luck with the canopies, your approach is spot on I reckon

 

i have no idea why Revell made them the framed version that literally only 50 aircraft had..