Out2gtcha Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europapete Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 Looking good Lutz, I just picked up the Mk1 version this past weekend. You are doing a great job so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmbock Posted April 1, 2023 Author Share Posted April 1, 2023 Thank you Gentleman for your comments, very appreciate them! Today I took care of the torpedo. Upgraded with a few photo etched parts from Eduard, no big deal. And a bit of detailing on the Oilcooler and the compass! Thats all for now! Have a great Weekend guys! Lutz LSP_Kevin, Kagemusha, mc65 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 You too Lutz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmbock Posted April 6, 2023 Author Share Posted April 6, 2023 Hello fellow modellers! Working on more payload for the Stringbag! I would like to structure the surface of the bombs a bit. I apply Mr. Surfacer and let it dry briefly. Then I dab on the surface with a bristle brush and create a porous structure. After letting everything dry overnight, I carefully sanded the rough surface with steel wool, only very finely! This is the result, not perfect but I can live with that! Cheer's and Happy Easter everybody! Lutz themongoose, Uncarina, GusM and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Nothing wrong with what I see Lutz. Happy Easter to you too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Realistic looking approach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmbock Posted April 7, 2023 Author Share Posted April 7, 2023 6 hours ago, MikeMaben said: Nothing wrong with what I see Lutz. Happy Easter to you too. 20 minutes ago, themongoose said: Realistic looking approach Thank you guy's! Let's wait how it looks under paint! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europapete Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Hhmmmm........check you references Lutz, The Swordfish may have carried the torpedo OR the bombs, but not both. But don't quote me on that! lol. Regards, Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmbock Posted April 8, 2023 Author Share Posted April 8, 2023 (edited) Hi Pete! I'll definitely check that out again! I'm not shure if this Swordfish was carrying a torpedo anyway or maybe the torpedo and only two bombs or one under each wing! 815 Sqn. was deployed in North Africa against Rommel's Afrika Corps flying night attacks, so no torpedos for shure! But they were also stationed on Malta if I didn't get it wrong! Thanks for the hint! Cheers Lutz Edited May 13, 2023 by Sturmbock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmbock Posted April 19, 2023 Author Share Posted April 19, 2023 (edited) Good evening everybody! Now It's time to move to the wings and this is going to be a tough nut to crack for me I'm afraid! This is my second biplane after almost thirty years so this will be the most dreadful part of the build! Starting with the uper wings and the middle section and the outer struts using Eduards PE and the kits own PE's which are very stiff and thick in terms of material thickness, but that's not for bad because it will give the needed strength to the construction. After I put the wing halves together, filled and sanded everything I had my thougths.. Trumpeter wants us to assemble the wings completely with the struts and braces as one part for each side and join it with the fuselage. Imho I am shure this is the best way for heading into desaster, at least for me.. So I desided to go another way. I joined the top wings to the middle section. The outer struts are glued and filled to the upper wings. I will paint the upper wingsection first and then move to the lower ones and join them together and painting.... My plan is to build up the whole wingsection as on single unit and connect it with the fuselage. But first some dry fitting... This doesn't look too bad! I hope I didn't fool myself with that stragety! Last step masking everything... ....and primer on... Ready for the paint booth... Cheers! Lutz Edited April 19, 2023 by Sturmbock HB252, Model_Monkey, N.H.71 and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Nice , looks like it should work just fine Lutz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmbock Posted April 24, 2023 Author Share Posted April 24, 2023 (edited) Hi everybody! Time for paint has come! The wings on this machine were originally painted black on the undersides. To keep the black from being too monotonous and to make it a little more interesting to the eye, I prepainted the wings in a very dark gray. To be precise its Nato black by Tamiya. Looks black at first glance, but much lighter compared to pure black. Then I masked the rib structure of the wings with 1 mm wide strips of tamiya tape. A really tedious thing but with your favorite music and a lot of patience it's no problem! The fuselage will be painted black and then lightened up with brown and some lighter shade of Grey. After this therapeutic work, I then painted heavily diluted pure black over the entire surface. On the next picture you can hopefully see the contrast, still masked on the left, unmasked on the right. Under direct light it looks a bit high in contrast, but that changes with a different angle or light or moving away from it. I'm happy with it anyway and I can always repaint with black if needed. That's all for now! Cheers! Lutz Edited April 24, 2023 by Sturmbock RBrown, scvrobeson, LSP_Kevin and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Looking good Lutz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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