Peterpools

Mark That's some schedule and just glad modeling offers you a creative way of relaxing and regrouping the troops. Keep 'em comin Peter

Rob WOW, looking simply fantastic. The very light mottling effect you are achieving has 'weathering' written all over it. Keep 'em comin Peter

Looking at the test model - not CAD drawings, it does look good but only time will tell. Keep 'em comin Peter

Rob Feel the same, just never had the desire to go the Revell route. It's true as the link on Britmodeler has photographs of the actual kit under way. Just more good news. Keep 'em comin Peter

Much appreciated Mark And I do love those Tamiya kits. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Gaz and you're 100% correct. The newer 32nd scale Tamiya kits are far from shake and bake but they do excel in part fit, instructions and details - unfortunately it's still not hard to error and I can testify to that again just the other day. Keep 'em comin Peter

Rob So very well said and how true Keep 'em comin Peter

Right with gaz and Kai - beautiful work Keep 'em comin Peter

Mark Decaling; perfectly done and you're surely on the home stretch. How do you find the time and energy to work on both the Mirage and Viggen simultaneously and your work is flawless? Keep 'em comin Peter

Holy Smokes Batman, Saw this link to Britmodeler about Infinity Models upcoming Beaufighter in 32nd scale. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235100256-132-beaufighter-by-infinity-models/ Awesome news for sure. Keep 'em comin Peter

Gaz Sweet progress and your new method of explanations right on each pics works perfectly. So glad in the end you conquered the large PE frame into submission - looks mighty good. Keep 'em comin Peter

Harv Great advice for sure Keep 'em comin Peter

Rob Holy Cow, looking fantastic at this stage and I can only imagine how awesome it is going to look after more layers have been applied and allowed to dry. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Kai Going slow is the best course with the Corsair and the flaps are just being test fit and will be painted separately. Keep 'em comin Peter

Much appreciate Rob. Slow but steady progress and no doubt, following Papa Tamiya instructions is a must and even double checking before gluing is surely recommended. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Phil, much appreciated. Still a bit away from the paint booth as the filler work needs to be done and some small parts added and then, it's painting time. Keep 'em comin Peter

SUB ASSEMBLY PROGRESS 10/10/21 Tamiya 1/32 Aircraft kits are a maze of beautifully molded and intricate parts/sub-assemblies. Care needs to be taken with constant referral to the instructions and construction sequence, or you will walk the plank – I needed to be fished out twice this week, all of my own doing. The Big P&W R2800 – tinkered a bit and added six light washes of an acrylic bluish gray wash to bring the crankcase closer to the right color. The problem is, so many engine photos are of restored aircraft, the engine crankcase color is all over the place. It’s now as done as it needs to be. Fuselage – Working on the multi piece cowl and cowl flaps, required lots of attention, ungluing, gluing on parts and then ungluing again and then I’m now where I am presently. Study the instructions and just keep test fitting until your mind thinks like Papa Tamiya. I’m going with the cowl flaps closed as opposed to them being open and that means loads of different parts are used. The cowl parts and support rings all are glued to the R2800 for the first stage and with all Tamiya kits, the tolerances are so close, all the paint where parts are attached has to be removed or there will be fit issues. Finally, everything was glued into place and looking good, the center wing section needs to be added first or it won’t fit as the three lower cowl flaps will not allow the wing to fit into place. The offending parts put up a good fight but I finally was able to remove them and test fit the center wing assembly carefully, which is just being test fitted right now. The instructions show the cowl flaps added first but I just couldn’t get the wing center section to fit with this sequence. I walked the plank on this one! Prior to finishing up the center wing assembly, the following sub-assemblies needed to be built; Inboard wing flaps – a sub assembly unto themselves with a good amount of Tamiya PE used and I this case, being stainless steel was a plus. Oil cooler assemblies were completed plus it’s required PE. All the remaining parts were added, painted and the upper and lower wing skins glued together. Much like ZM, the majority of these parts will never be seen. Outer Wings: Ailerons and outboard flaps built up and all required PE added as well. Parts N58 and N51 as the boxes the wing spars slide into to support the outer wing panels and there is a note not to glue them in place. Of course, my brain must have bee3n asleep at the switch and I took it that the spare isn’t to be glued into the spar box and glued the spar box in place. What a nightmare, as I now had to carefully sand the spars down until they would snuggly fit as the boxes were designed to float inside the outer wings. I walked the plank on this one! At this point, there still is a lot of parts to be added and then all the leading edges for entire wing assembly needs some filler and TLC; the focus of next week’s work. The rudder and vertical stabilizer is still float loose, I managed to knock off the headrest and these two small items need attention. I still haven’t decided what to do on the gear yet, as it’s the same color as the underside and wheel wells bit between doing the oleos and detail painting but my instinct tells me to follow my plan and not the instructions and add them after the Corsair is through the paint shop. The front canopy is just resting in place and the fit is tremendous – just might add it as with the gear, after the paint shop visit is done. Thanks for checking it. Keep ‘em comin Peter Parts N51 & N58 should only be place in position and allowed to float, In my infinite wisdom, I glued them in place and then had to do a lot of fancy sanding on the spars to fit when test fitting.

Mark Nice progress for sure and looking at the instructions, it's part 66 that's the issue. and it sure looks like you're right in reversing the order of construction. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Craig The ignition lines were a bit testy but in the end, all wells that ends well! I've since applied a few light blue gray washes to the crankcase the darken the crankcase a bit and making nice progress on the kit. Keep 'em comin Peter

Mike Fantastic progress and right with Harv. I 've used the Quinta 3D decals a few times and I just can't say enough good things about them. Keep 'em comin Peter

Rob Well said and I completely agree, you can never have enough techniques in the build shed. Just can't wait to see your next update with the fuselage done in oils. Keep 'em comin Peter

Phil WOW - looking fantastic - cammo is perfect - my money is riding on just light 'in use' weathering. Keep 'em comin Peter

Carl Nice progress on the Hornet and absolutely the right way ( in my humble opinion) on how to tackle the paint work on the LERX Looking mighty good Keep 'em comin Peter

John Let the paint fly - amazing progress. Keep 'em comin Peter

Rob Nice work on some open filed running with switching primers as Tamiya Ratttlecan Primer is no longer available on your island. I've tried Mr Surfacer 12000 thinned with Self Leveling Thinners, which worked very well. Before switching to Mr Surfacer, I tried MRP Fine Surface Gray Primer (MRP-084) and just love it. If you can get it on the island, give it a try. I'm eating up your oil painting technique and not only find it fascinating and it seems to a be a fantastic painting technique equal to the good old air brush and ahead of it when it comes to painting and weathering in one procedure. Can't wait to see how it works on the fuselage smooth skin as compared to the corrugated aluminum wings. Fantastic progress.👍 Keep 'em comin Peter