dennismcc Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Looking superb Cheers Dennis monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUROK Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 On the propeller, shouldn't the pitch at the tip be gradually decreasing as you along to the tip? monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted September 5, 2023 Author Share Posted September 5, 2023 7 hours ago, dennismcc said: Looking superb Cheers Dennis Thanks Dennis, currently working out how to best weather the cockpit while keeping it looking as clean and shiny as possible. Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted September 5, 2023 Author Share Posted September 5, 2023 9 minutes ago, KUROK said: On the propeller, shouldn't the pitch at the tip be gradually decreasing as you along to the tip? I've no idea what you mean, you tell me? Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 4 minutes ago, monthebiff said: I've no idea what you mean, you tell me? Regards. Andy I believe he's referring to the "twist" of the propeller as you get closer to the tip vs at the root. Roughly, the first diagram here. That said, I just looked at the most recent picture of the prop and it looks fine to me. Capturing the subtle angle change even in a relatively large miniature scale is challenging and problematic. Again, it looks fine to my eye. monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted September 5, 2023 Author Share Posted September 5, 2023 47 minutes ago, ChuckD said: I believe he's referring to the "twist" of the propeller as you get closer to the tip vs at the root. Roughly, the first diagram here. That said, I just looked at the most recent picture of the prop and it looks fine to me. Capturing the subtle angle change even in a relatively large miniature scale is challenging and problematic. Again, it looks fine to my eye. Thank you for that Chuck, a very interesting insight which I had no idea about! I'm pretty happy with it and plenty of work to do before complete with painting, decaling and a little weathering. Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted September 6, 2023 Author Share Posted September 6, 2023 While test fitting the fuselage halves and looking through the destruction manual I realised that the bomb aimers doors are supplied to be fitted on the open position and when you try and fit in the closed position they won't at all All a bit poor from Trumpeter with not a lot of thought going in to this area. The main problem here is the three thin support/ hinged parts on each door are to thick in all dimensions and way to long as well. After some love and care I've managed to get a pretty good fit, first thin the three attachment arms so they fit the fuselage and then mark and carefully cut back the length as well as the thickness but from the back only, hopefully you can see this from the modified kit part on the right in the next couple of pictures And in rhe end ended up with a pretty good fit an definitely worth dealing with this now in the build process rather than later in Some sanding needed here and there but a really nice fot in the end. Hope that helps anyone building this one as it going to be very hard to sort with the fuselage closed. Speaking of fuselage closed, I carefully cleaned up the Airscale Nordson sight and test fitted Very nice indeed and just need to see how it works with the windshield. Regards. Andy Uncarina, sandokan, HB252 and 15 others 17 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 Holy crap, that's laughably bad. Nice work fixing it. Guess I know what to look forward to. Thanks for blazing the trail on this. monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan Doenitz Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Looking fantastic (or should that be braw or gallus ?). I'm finishing off the trumpeter 109-G and thankfully it will be wheels down. Wheels up would require some surgery. Hopefully Airfix's next 1:24 will be a 109 but I would settle for a P51-D. monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted September 8, 2023 Author Share Posted September 8, 2023 A bit of an update since my previous post showing the ill fitting bomb aimer doors. If you do decide to fit the doors in the closed position and glue them in to position prior to closing the fuselage halves (which will ensure the bst and cleanest fit) the wing assembly won't fit due to the way the kit has been designed as you can see there is a lip for the doors to sit on when the wing is in place. After some trimming and a few dry fits a really nice fit was achieved The fit of the wing/ fuselage at the rear is pretty good Hope that helps anyone going this route, also found a couple of other wing fit issues but more on that later. Regards. Andy Landrotten Highlander, mc65, patricksparks and 15 others 17 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted September 10, 2023 Author Share Posted September 10, 2023 I've completed the propeller today, masked and painted the tri- colour tips. I decided to use the Airscale prop decals over the Kora ones I have as I really like the metallic look of the Hamilton decals. After looking at the famous colour Life magazine pictures you can see that the anti glare black painted on the back of the props seemed heavily worn so I chipped this quite heavily Im calling that first sub assembly complete. Regards. Andy denders, blackbetty, chukw and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted September 12, 2023 Author Share Posted September 12, 2023 I've got to say the general fit of this kit is excellent and maybe just a little tight in places but also some care is needed when reading the instructions. I get the feeling this kit has been designed to have wings folded and bomb aimers doors open. If you want a nice yellow wing bird in all her glory with wings outstretched you need to modify the completed outer wings or they will not fit The problem lies with the rib detail on the wing fold insert which needs removing but there is absolutely no mention of this in the instructions Modified wing on the right in the above picture and after that the fit was very good Another area that needs a bit of attention is the fit of the torpedo bay in to the central lower wing On the face of it it looks like it's to wide but it's actually the locating points in the bottom of the wing being to wide for the part to drop in and once reduced the fit is perfect and a quick test fit with the fuselage which I couldn't resist Pretty pleased with that, the gaps at the base of the wing will close up once the dihedral is set. Regards.Andy MikeMaben, Landrotten Highlander, scvrobeson and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jep1210 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Oh this is fantastic. Love me a Devastator. Great work so far, looking forward to your progress. monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 (edited) This is looking even better and better Andy! Cheers, Tom Edited September 13, 2023 by Uncarina monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted October 18, 2023 Author Share Posted October 18, 2023 Bench time has been at a bit of a premium lately but managed a few hours in the last week. Some more work on the cockpit done with weathering and detail painting also working on the Airscale instrument panel Working on the radio sets at the moment, also I have my order from ANYZ now so can detail the side consoles. Regards.Andy denders, Martinnfb, patricksparks and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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