discussion Geoff’s Tamiya 1/48 Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VI

[Geoffers]

I didn’t realize how complex the Office was Geoff. Glad to know it goes together well thanks for the heads up.

Thanks Lee, yes the detail is pretty good for an older kit

HI Geoff this i s lookin good but whats that long pipe for in side ?
chrisb

Cheers Chris

It’s a heating duct, it piped warm air from the engines to keep the crew warm at high altitude

Geoff.

 

[Jim R]

Lovely looking cockpit. Worth using the PE for sure. Looks to have gone together in typical Tamiya fashion.

 

[Geoffers]

Lovely looking cockpit. Worth using the PE for sure. Looks to have gone together in typical Tamiya fashion.

Thanks Jim

Yes it’s gone together very nicely. Considering this was first tooled in 1997 it shows how ahead of the rest Tamiya were back then

Geoff.

 

[Geoffers]

Just seen and caught up on this one Geoff, very nice work so far.

Thanks Ian

Sorry for the late reply, I missed your post when responding to the other post with the page change

Geoff

 

[Neil]

I was assuming that the second seat was a gunner, but I assumed wrong, I see. Navigator/Bomb Aimer? It looks nice and neat and well worth the extra PE

 

[Geoffers]

I was assuming that the second seat was a gunner, but I assumed wrong, I see. Navigator/Bomb Aimer? It looks nice and neat and well worth the extra PE

Cheers Neil

I’m building the night fighter version so the second crew member was mainly the radar operator. They also had to change the ammunition drums of the cannons if needed. They started using belt fed cannons from this mark onwards, much to the relief of the radar operator I imagine

Geoff.

 

[Geoffers]

Well time for a quick update

I had not managed any bench time over the last couple of weeks. This was due to my partner having to have surgery for acute appendicitis on my birthday

Fortunately all went well but I’ve been on nursing duties since then so haven’t had much time for anything else.

I did manage half an hour yesterday to finally (nearly) finish off the paint work





There are a couple of little areas that will need touching up but I’m pleased how it’s turned out so far.

You may have noticed it’s not the desert camouflage I’d originally intended to finish it in.
I found out that the desert scheme provided is fictitious so I decided to finish it as another of the options in the box that of an aircraft from No.96 squadron (RAF).
This aircraft was based at RAF Honiley in Warwickshire and would have been responsible for guarding the industrial Midlands where as it happens both sets of my grandparents were living during WW2.
I like the idea of recreating one of the aircraft which was helping to protect them

After the touch ups it will be gloss coated when I might set it aside for a while to concentrate on my GB entry.

Thanks for looking

Geoff.

 

[flyjoe180]

Great paint work Geoff. I hope your partner is feeling much better

 

[Neil]

Looking good, Geoff.

 

[Geoffers]

Great paint work Geoff. I hope your partner is feeling much better

Cheers Joe, thanks shes still not 100% but getting there slowly

Looking good, Geoff.

Thanks Neil

Geoff.