discussion Jakko’s 1:48 Tamiya Brewster B-339 Buffalo

[rtfoe]

You could always grind out the rest of the hole to that outer ring and then sleeve it with some tubing to get the hole central again

I would have done that too.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Mini Me]

I was thinking the same thing as I read your post Jakko. It wouldn't be that difficult. To ream and sleeve to get a true center. Not to mention a superior modeling result.
Cheers, Rick H.

 

[Guest]

Good point, I’ll give that a try. All I need to do is find suitable diameter tubing, but if necessary I’ve got access to a lathe to make something that’ll fit …

 

[Guest]

After a week or so of not doing any modelling, I solved the engine problem:

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I reamed out the hole as suggested, then mixed up a small amount of two-part epoxy putty and used that to fill the space around the plastic rod I’m using as a prop shaft. That took a bit of care to line up straight, by sighting along a square set vertically on my work surface.

I’ve also painted and fitted the seat by now:

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It’s really just a quick paint job: aluminium colour paint, pale tan for the belts, and then a coat of Tamiya Smoke and then matt varnish over it all. Once fitted into the model I needed to add the Upper parts of the seat belts:

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That’s just bits of masking tape cut to the right width and superglued into place. Obviously they still need painting to match the rest

 

[Jim R]

Hi Jakko
Good fix with the prop shaft. The cockpit looks good. Glad you sorted the fit with the wall. Hopefully plain sailing now.
Jim

 

[Mini Me]

Yes, hope things go a little smoother for you now. Cheers, Rick H.

 

[Steven000]

Nice progress Jakko, seat looks nice :thumb2:

 

[Guest]

I’ve also glued the upper wings to the lower, and discovered that the resin cockpit side walls foul the inboard bits of the wings, that actually sit within the fuselage. The obvious solution is to just cut them down to fit over the wings and paint those to match the rest of the interior.

 

[Mini Me]

Not your average friendly kit. Good to hear you are up to the challenge.
Cheers, Rick H.

 

[Guest]

The fuselage halves are now glued together:

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Here’s a shot of how much the cockpit sides extend below the plastic fuselage halves:

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With the fuselage in place on the wing, this is how high it sits because of the cockpit sides resting on the upper wings:

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I just trimmed them to be the same as the fuselage, resulting in a much better fit:

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[rtfoe]

Nice recovery on the fitting Jakko.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Guest]

Best of all, you don’t see it from above at all. You could just see the grey plastic through the cockpit opening, so I painted that green like the rest as well. Now I’m waiting for the filler I used on the fuselage (especially on the flat plate behind the seat) to dry before I can go on with sanding that to shape and scribing those panel lines I’ve been wanting to for weeks. After that it shouldn’t take much more work to complete this model. I hope

 

[papa 695]

Great work Jakko

 

[Jim R]

Hi Jakko

After that it shouldn’t take much more work to complete this model. I hope

You've certainly had to do some figuring out with this. As you say the worst should be behind you now. Good fix to get the wings to fit.
Jim

 

[Si Benson]

Looking good Jakko :thumb2:

 

[Guest]

Thanks all, but it’s really pretty simple work — the main difficulty comes from that I’d never used a cockpit detail set before, and if this one is typical, I don’t think I will any time soon again Not that it’s a bad set as such, but all those minor issues stack up to me not really seeing the point of them anymore, as so little of it will really be visible anyway.

 

[Guest]

The deck behind the cockpit has a prominent seam and a locating hole for some kind of tank that’s only there on the American version, so some filler was needed to try and get everything flat. Before sanding:

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And after:

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I also scribed the lines on the fuselage, using an improvised ruler made as suggested earlier in this thread:

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This is four thicknesses of masking tape, to which I cut a fresh edge. It worked pretty well, I only went wrong a couple of times, leading to some minor filling that’s now drying. The main snag is that plastic swarf gets stuck to the tape, so by the time I was done it wasn’t holding onto the model very well anymore.

 

[Guest]

And then we have a plane!

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[Mini Me]

That's shaping up nicely Jakko.
Rick H.

 

[Guest]

Shouldn’t be much longer now … engine wiring is the main thing to still be added, after that it should be plain sailing.