discussion B25 Construction 1/8 Scale

[Guest]

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Well here goes Gang. The next installment of the B25, as i am at riviting stage i have a back log of some 500 pics for you all to see. I will load some every night and perhaps we might catch up real quickly. Here you can see the wing section and ailerons. Also fibreglassed and ready for nacell construction, gees that was fun

Andy

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[Guest]

Now onto the nacell construction, this was a little tricky and had to be done by planking, These 2 guys took a hell of a long time to construct, a lot of sanding and shaping was involved.

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[stona]

Great to see you back here and what amazing progress you are making. I'm looking forward to seeing this one,I'm sure I speak for all the plastic bashers when I say it's a real treat to follow your builds.

Cheers

Steve

 

[Guest]

The nacells were to be built in two halves, the lower and the upper, all of the upper was in a sort of strip and block form and had to be shaped.

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[Guest]

Thanks Steve, appreciate your comments. I doubt i could do such a good job as you guys with the plastic kits though, each to his own i guess. I have made a point of buying plastic kits for every model i build. God knows where i would put them when i build them, Ting Ting would moan like crazy if i hung them up in the house. lol.

I now have a P47 Kit, B25 kit, Tiger moth kit and a SE5a kit is on the way. I find these kits are great for obtaining information and scale detail from, especially the three veiws you get with them. I take the three veiws to work and blow them up on the plotter to A1 size, fantastic reference for rivit lined, panels etc.

Andy

 

[Guest]

thats quite a lumber yard Andy, looking great!

Trey

 

[Guest]

Thanks Trey,

When i get some more of this stuff uploaded ill take a look around and see what fantastic work you guys have been creating.

Andy

 

[Ian M]

Looking very good so far!

I build the odd plank on frame boat and as you said its not as hard as it looks but yes its very easy to over sand a nice soft bit of wood!!!

Looking forwards to the next installments.

Ian M

 

[Guest]

Now came the time to make some of them fancy inspection hatches and the covers for the Battery packs behind the motors. None of these are in the kit so you have to make your own. I found that this kit would be a complete nightmare for the beginner, i guess as this is my second scale build im not a beginner anymore. Well perhaps after a few more builds eh.

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[Guest]

Thanks Ian. Planking is ok if you are used to it, as normal this is my first attempt. Was a little worrying i must say.

 

[Guest]

And now guys the finished hatches :banana:

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As you can see guys, the motoer mounts were too long and had to be machined to the correct length. Qnce the cowls were in place it was easy to find the adjustment measurement.

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[Guest]

Hi Gang,

Rather than load up 500 pics, i have decided to jump a few stages. If you have any questions or want to see how i did a certain peice of the build, just shout up and ill upload the images.

Andy

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[Guest]

Lets make a little things interesting, lets add some paint guys, This will be the base coat for all of the panel lines and rivits. The white primer has been added and sanded already, all the high and low spots are taken care of and then its onto details.

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Now it looks like a large plastic kit lol.

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[Guest]

Andy that is looking awesome!Have you figured a geuss on the final weight?

Trey

 

[Guest]

Stunning work Andy, so envious of talent like that.

 

[Guest]

Hi Trey, thanks. i have no idea yet on the weight, i know at this stage that its not as heavy as the P47 i built last year. I would say that it should be lighter than intended due to the replacement of the engines with brushless motors, howvever, the batteries are quire heavy within them selves. I have over rated the power plant but that will have no compensation for fast incoming landing.

i intend to fly this one a couple of times then it goes for sale as i will need the room for the SE5a build i have scheduled next.

Andy

 

[Guest]

You are too kind Garham, your work is to be envious of, the tallent it takes to work on such small stuff is astounding, i take my hat off to all of you.

Andy

 

[Guest]

Andy, i have been following this for last few days and am awestruck at the detail and skill that has gone into this project, its making me want to learn to build and fly model planes. I can't believe your selling it after all your hard work.

Regards

Darren

 

[Guest]

Hi Darren,

Thanks for your comments. It is fun building and being able to fly, however, it does take a long time to complete such a project. This will have taken me around 12 months by the time i have finished it. Did you see my first build the P47 Thunderbolt?.

Cheers

Andy

 

[Guest]

Now we have a blank canvas its time to add some panel and rivit lines. Having taken the free veiw from the Tamia kit box and blown it up to A1 size... i could work out the scale by dividing the drawing by the size of the model and then multiplying the draw measurements by the difference if you know what i mean. Anyway here is the result.

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