discussion Special Hobby 1/48 Martin Maryland.

[flyjoe180]

Nice detail work Dave. I don't envy the upcoming rod work though.

 

[Guest]

Looking great so far Dave,really nice work on that IP ,looking forward to the next update.

 

[Dave W]

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I've cut some pieces of plastic rod and glued them to the engines to act as push rod tubes.Finished one engine and got half way through the other before I got bored with doing it.Will finish it some other time.im thinking of adding some ignition leads as well.Ive also done a bit of sanding and filling on the fuselage.And I've glued the wings and tailplanes on.The tailplanes had locating tabs that were way too thick and wouldn't fit the fuselage slots.So I cut them off and butt joined them.

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[flyjoe180]

Coming along nicely Dave.

 

[Guest]

It's shaping up nicely Dave.

 

[Guest]

These engines looks really good!

Great

 

[monica]

great detail work ,on the cockpit and engines, Dave like it

 

[Dave W]

Progress has been slow on this one as I have been busy with other stuff.I finished adding plastic rod to the engines to represent push rod tubes.And I gave them a couple of coats of Alclad primer Last night.I maybe could have used thinner rod.But they are done now.I found some nice photos on the web to help with paint colours.

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[monica]

looking good Dave and do like the added detail.

 

[Dave W]

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looking good Dave and do like the added detail.

Thanks Monica.I might add some fuse wire to represent the ignition wires as well.

 

[Guest]

This is coming along nicely Dave.

 

[monica]

that would look very good but so much work,

 

[Guest]

Super detailed great work loving it.

 

[monica]

say all Dave,

 

[Richi72]

Nice plane Dave,

I really like the details you are putting in and on the plane, cockpit looks very good, like those decals.

Cheers Richi

 

[Dave W]

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This evening I've glued the landing lights to the wing leading edges.Needed a bit of work with a file to get them to fit.And as they weren't a perfect fit I had to sand them flush with the wing.Then I polished them back to clear.Ive also done a lot of sanding of fuselage,tail and wing joins.Nearly finished and then I will need to rescribe lost panel lines.Ive also assembled the engine cowlings which are made up of five pieces each.Ive tried the engines in them and in true limited run kit style they don't quite fit.As the cowlings are quite thick I will sand a bit off the insides with my motor tool.View attachment 198279

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[flyjoe180]

Looking good Dave. The landing lights look quite effective and flush now.

 

[Guest]

This is coming along nicely Dave

 

[Guest]

Looking good Dave

 

[monica]

coming along nicely and looking good Dave,