Not a GB Defiant

[Guest]

Impressive start Andy and just the way I would have gone about it ( :shocking: I wouldn't even know where to start lol)

[Guest]

Time for an update. The new wing has been trimmed and sanded and I've sorted out the (quite basic) cockpit. The turret basket was a bit of a 'mare to fold up and glue and was actually easier to assemble after it had broken in half:surprise:

[tr1ckey66]

Looking real good so far. I like the way you're tackling the wing.

Cheers

P

[Guest]

That's quite impressive Andy............. Personally my feet have been well and truly in the "chuck it in the bin camp" ...............

But I'm going to keep an eye on this one............. I'm looking forward to seeing it finished............

Cheers

Peter

[Guest]

Interior painting took no time at all (due to lack of detail) and the fuselage halves just click together... :laughing:

Andy

[Guest]

More progress. At first the wings went on fairly well though a fair bit of filling was on the cards. Then I noticed that the fuselage was warped and twisted (a bit like me really) . Of course, in the process of gently coaxing the fuselage into its proper shape :karate1:, I managed to break the wings off again. And then it all went horribly wrong...

After a cooling off period, I managed to patch up the damage:-

Andy

[tr1ckey66]

Bravo mate!!!:gent:

Just goes to show there isn't any problem that can't be overcome with a bit of effort and a fair bit of know-how!

This really is coming together now, keep up the great work I'm sure this is going to turn out a cracker (and just in time for xmas!)

All the best

Paul

[Guest]

Top man , I would have binned it as soon as I saw the missing wing tbh

great scratch building , with so many aircraft on the forum Its hard to keep up , but will be following this one

Richy

[Guest]

Thanks gents.

Filling finished, primed, more filler on and panels rescribed with a pin:-

Andy

[Guest]

next time I complain about a bad fitting seam I'll look at this build again,great work !

[Guest]

Whilst waiting for the primer to harden, I thought it was time to look at the guns:-

which are not particularly well detailed, horribly fiddly and KEEP BREAKING!!!!

Definitely time for some paint:-

Mask On - Mask Off.

Andy

[stona]

Well done! This one has certainly taken some beating into shape. Looking good now.

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

Andy I've been following this thread and I must say your progress is very quick and very interesting. Looking excellent

[Guest]

Well, here we are again. I normally look forward to adding the decals, but not this time. I've never used anything quite like them - they are not thick but very stiff and cling tightly wherever they are put unless plenty of water is used. This would be fine except that they do not want to conform at all. The roundels on the fuselage side were especially bad, there is a double curve here and they just would not lie down. So it was out with the decal solvents and ... they exploded!

I thought about touching them up, but they were too far gone and, besides, the white is far from opaque. Five minutes with some sellotape removed the evidence. I don't suppose anyone has a couple of this type of roundel going spare? Otherwise it's a (virtual) trip to Hannants for me.

Happy New Year

Andy

[tr1ckey66]

That's a damned shame but at least you've managed to remove the damaged decals well.

I don't really model 1/72 so don't have any spare decals (especially the early type large roundels) but I'd certainly donate them if I could.

You've done a marvelous job on this incomplete kit so far and I'm really looking forward to the finished thing.

All the best

Paul