A quick shot of whee I am at. I am joining fuse to wings in sections. Some concern over the trailing wing edge to fuse join area but I will sort that Monday.
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Not sure what happened to the photo. Here it is.
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An update.
I have spent a couple of sessions fitting fuselage panels. I mentioned before the tight tolerances and by eye my model looked just right but I had issues with the fit of panels and I cannot blame the kit. I suspect a small imperceptable error possibly the thickness of paint skewed the fit causing the issues. A fair bit of filler has has to be used and I will start the clean up tonight. Mostly ipa dipped cotton buds will do, preserving detail but I will need to sand in a couple of places and rescribe. Some pics of the issues. Reviewers also report the same kind of thing
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The pics also show up some shrinkage in the filler to deal with...oh what fun but nothing to what some of you with the old Airfix 1/24s must be facing.
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Holy crap, I missed the earlier updates, but that Cockpit is simply amazing! Great work!Comment
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Bit of work to do on those joins Barry (is that a fingerprint I see near the intake?), but what you've finished so far is beautiful. I know you've had to hide a lot of your stuff before - particularly engines - but it seems criminal to hide all the detail you've got here. You sure you're having this one all buttoned up? We couldn't talk you into leaving off a panel or six?Comment
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Yes Gern, it is a fingerprint, fortunately only paint......
Yes there is a bit of work but they have mostly cleaned up fine with a cotton bud dipped in ipa. I just have a couple of gaps where it is uneven to sand plus some light sanding on a join or two.
As for opening it up,no well past such decisions now. Others are doing it opened and we need a bit of a contrast. I really do prefer my models closed up to see the lines of the plane. But as I said before I may do another in due course.Comment
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Looks good to me Barry. I shall be very interested to see how you go about the weathering as there is a hell of a lot of detailing. This all especially as most of it seems to be rivet work. Found that difficult on the Merlin which had rivets either side of the panel lines all collecting Afghanistan dust.
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Yes Laurie. I am looking forward to that
My initial thoughts are once the panel line pin wash has been sealed with the first matt coat to use pigments, brushed lightly around the rivets in strategic places. I also have a dust wash which I might decide to use instead or as well as.
These are what I am considering using
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It's a shame that you are experiencing some fit issues but I'm sure you will overcome them. There's some really great detail in this kit.Comment
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Hi Vaughan. It is quite minor as things go and it is a great kit. Thanks to meetings and commitments I have not had much chance to do much for a couple of days but I hope to post some progress by Monday. I have already cleaned up most of the filler. The sanding will not be a big issue.Comment
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Looking great Barry. The fit issues in the pics do'nt look all that hateful , just so close to all that fine detail! looking forward to seeing the next update!Comment
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I am hoping to pick up the pace again this week after not getting in much bench time last week. Here is where I am at. I have cleaned up the filler and seams with very little damage to detail. Tomorrow I will have some rivets to put back and a few lines to scribe, mostly icon one side of the nose. I also found a problem where I needed to use a spot of plastic card as below. [ATTACH]98130.IPB[/ATTACH]
Once the cement had dried I clipped it back and sanded it to blend it into the cowl and now it looks like this:
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Tail is now fitted with a some minor sanding to do at the root.
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[ATTACH]98132.IPB[/ATTACH]Originally posted by \
Flaps and ailerons are in place
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Plus the final cockpit parts are ready for priming painting and weathering.
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Tomorrow I will finish the sanding and clean up then do the rivets and scribing. I may then get a chance to lay down the first primer coat to check all the seams joins etc.
(Sorry post appeared in two parts it is thick fingers on an iPhone)
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Another update. Been preparing some sub-assemblies and finishing the clean up ready for the first primer coat.
A couple of shots of the nose now I have trimmed and sanded the plastic card fillet. I might have to do a little more work when I see it under primer. It has also been rescribed.
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The second pic shows a prop base plate held in position to view the fit of the plastic card. It looks ok for now I'm fact I am rather pleased with it.
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Just a tweak more with the sander I think once the primer on on.
I have painted and weathered the cockpit sides and will fit them before priming.
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I have also installed the plumbing in the wheel wells. This was very fiddly and the fit is not great and I still have a 'end' to glue down somehow that just doe not fit. I might leave it as it is difficult to see and even then you would need to look for it.
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Finally here some more sub assemblies being prepared. The wheels are large and have large locating pins and holes but, nevertheless they are a loose fit with some 'give' and not at all a good fit. After a lot of fiddling around and clamping I managed to get the best fit I could before cementing but I will have a fair bit of sanding to do and maybe some Mr Dissolved putty will be needed.
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Anyway despite the issues which are really minor and very manageable this remains one of the most enjoyable builds I have done. Hopefully I will be able to post more progress tomorrow
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Some nice work going into this.I like the pipe work in the undercarriage bay.Comment
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