Kriss

The model is finished and I already invite you to the gallery. I made a few changes to the model compared to what IBG offered in their kit. But these are all cosmetic changes. Based on the photos and plans I made an open cockpit but without the windscreens and in it I added a few small details, on the engine cover I changed the locks for opening it and on the underside of the wings there is a top coloured leading edge and wing tip. I described everything in the workshop thread. Model of a Polish aircraft used by the Bulgarian Air Force. PZL P.24 B, 1st Armejski Orliak (1st Army Squadron), Bozurishte airfield near Sofia 1937. The inscription on the fuselage (Simeon Kniaz Tyrnovskiy) was applied on the occasion of the birth of Tsar Boris's son (16 June 1937) The aircraft in such markings took part, among others, in the ceremonial dedication of the banners of Bulgarian aviation units on 27 June 1937.

To conclude the workshop, the last photo is one for the gallery. I made a few changes to the model compared to what IBG offered in their kit. But these are all cosmetic changes. Based on the photos and plans I made an open cockpit but without windscreens and there I added a few small details, on the engine cowling I changed the locks to open it and on the underside of the wings there is a top coloured leading edge and wing tip. I have described everything in the workshop thread. Model of a Polish PZL P.24 B aircraft, 1st Armejski Orliak (1st Army Squadron), Bozhurishte airfield near Sofia 1937. The inscription on the fuselage (Simeon Kniaź Tyrnowski) was applied on the occasion of the birth of Tsar Boris's son (16 June 1937) The aircraft in such markings took part, among others, in the ceremonial consecration of the banners of the Bulgarian aviation units on 27 June 1937.

The hull closed, the interiors of both crew compartments fitted almost perfectly. There was a bit of sanding. I also added two panes of glass to the top of the fuselage. Now working on the rest of the model.

Fuselage and all elements to be found in the fuselage ready. In addition to this, the inlet above the engine is cut out, there are cut-outs in the fuselage for six windows, four of which are already inserted. The two upper windows will be inserted when the fuselage is closed, it will be easier for me to make them. In the horizontal stabilisers I drilled a hole for the locating pins and in the fuselage I also drilled one. That would be it, I am now off to paint the interior and exhaust.

Compartments of both cabins ready to be fitted into the fuselage.

Another completed model lands in the display case, namely the Bf-110 G-2/R3 5./ZG 76 Reichsverteidigung, winter 1944. It was a bit of fun fitting a few parts, but otherwise a pleasure. Enjoy watching.

After a long hiatus of my absence I have returned. I managed to do the interiors of both cabs, still in parts and am checking the fit of everything.

I managed to finish another model, photo from the workshop taken at night. Gallery soon, yes I am still thinking about replacing the gun barrels with metal ones. But this will only be cosmetic. The next model in 72 is Ca.100 from FLY, such a quick test model.

Work is coming to a close now, the cabin will be open as I planned. The glazing frame shaped, divided and painted. All that remains is for me to glaze it and fit it to the model.

The next stage of construction is the glazing of the cabin and we have two options in the box. The first is to make the cab from an injection moulded one or to make it using the sheet metal supplied with the model. For me the injection moulded one is out because I want to make an open cab, it is just too thick so I will make it from sheet metal. The first stage is done, the frames are shaped and waiting to be cut and painted.

And we managed to put it on wheels, well almost because the wheels are still separate.

The engine cover is done, now it's time for the engine itself. The picture says it all.

Still paint the tyres and put decals on them. And I will be able to mount the wheels already on the aircraft.

The decals have been applied, I had some fun applying the marks from the bottom due to their positioning at the junction of the corrugated sheet covering. The decal laid out very nicely, the effect can be seen in the photos below.

I am just struggling with the decals, wait for the hull lettering in Cyrillic. I can already admire it. And if I succeed, I will upload pics tomorrow after work.

Masks removed and it doesn't look too bad, the intended effect achieved 100%. Nice red colour on all parts of the model, painted and not from decals.

Everything masked off and now it's the turn of the red colour. I approached this to dispense with decals for fear of not matching the correct shade to the engine cover. In order to achieve a uniform red colour, I first painted the whole thing in the base colour and then covered it with masking tape, cutting out a pattern for the wheel covers and on the fuselage I first laid thin strips of 1 mm tape and then glued wider strips to this.

Pending masking and red colour. I've swapped decals for masking and painting, the result is not much better.

After more than two months of lay-up, the PZL is back in the workshop. The whole thing is already in colour but not what IBG recommends but for green-khaki, the likely colour used on aircraft produced for Bulgaria. And I changed the camouflage scheme and also painted the undersides of the wings as in the photos, this can be seen in the previous post. This is the progress of the work for today.

I agree that this 'Shrike' looks to have been built from whatever they happened to have on hand.

Another model flew into the workshop, one of those that are lingering in the cupboard and I still have a lot of it and my wife is whining about how much of it (good stuff) I still have and when I'm going to do it. So I'm getting on with the build, but one that's straight out of the box and how I'm going to make it. Introducing the Curtiss A-8 ‘SHRIKE’ in 1:48 from Czech Model, for me it's a bit of an exotic theme and there will be such themes between Italian and Polish themes. And this is how the box and its contents look like, and there is only one painting and two markings of the machine 80 and 83.

A successful weekend, hard but I managed to do everything I had planned and also had enough time to spend some time with the model. The last workshop photos and the rest is already in the gallery and I invite you to look at it. The next model in 48 will be a bit exotic for me and also from an old box in the wardrobe.

I managed to put it together, and you can see the reliable LEGO bricks. The armament compartment in the nose open will be open as will both engines. It's the weekend and I have to clean up in my workshop and in the evening I want to apply the camouflage.

And so the interior of the cabin came out, but still without the complete rear gunner's station.

Another Bf-110 G-2/R3 in 1:48 from REVELL has just arrived in the workshop, a model I started years ago and which is currently sitting in a box on the cupboard, so the tidying up continues. And if all goes well I might be able to get it done this weekend, I have almost all the parts cut out and ready for assembly and painting. The extras are only the DETAIL SET from AIRESA and the masks from MONTEX-MASK, but only the cabin itself because they were in the box. The model will be in boxed painting and will depict a machine from 5./ZG 76 Reichsverteidigung, winter 1944.