JeroenPeters

Added some placards and seatbelts.

1/8? Wow. How big is this thing?

Bit further

Thnx guy. A bit more paint in the pit. I removed a lot of resin from the seat cushion on advise from Tony Argudo. The cushion is otherwise oversized. The Eduard instrument decals were a bit off register, but they’ll do...

While my iwata is in the repair shop, i went back to my Tamiya trigger airbrush. Not as fine as the Iwata tr1, but it will do.

Thnx guys. More polishing done. The panel fits superb.

Aaaand... blendid in!

Bakelite pulleys. Wire added.

First paint on. These are the places i need to paint first, before closing the hull and wings. I love the detail on the Aires tail inspection set. Look at the rivets in every dimple as they are supposed to be.

And here’s a shot of the Aires instructions. Only need to add the retraction cable from EZ Line.

Some recommendations

Woke up thinking: i’m going about this in the wrong way, so i removed the PE panel frame. I think I need to glue this part to the interior resin. But to do so, i need to paint the resin first. That’s why i’m scanning my reference books for detail and colours.

Slowly sanding the tail inspection hatch into submission...

Really digging this build!

Some more work on the power egg

Finally made one side fit.

Ok. So. I needed to remove the gun bays and sand more. Almost a perfect fit now.

First flap PE work. I hate making PE flaps.

Removing more plastic. The Revell flap detail.

Another two hours of sanding and fitting. Not quite there for a perfect fit, but getting there.

Another 2 hours of sanding and finally... the gun bays fit. Thinned the plastic to a bare minimum.

Thnx. The left gun bay was so much work, i thought about keeping the right one closed. Then i started cutting the right panel out without thinking So no i’m doing both sides

After another hour of nibbling away plastic and resin the gun bays start to fit. The forward part of the mid section of the spar also needs to go to accommodate the ammo bins.

A small break from the engine. Working on the gun bays. Made one mistake: i glued in the reinforcement spar on the lower wing. Dont use this part if you’re planning to install the gunbays. Carving it out now with the Dremel, since the glue won’t let go. Not a big problem. Just a lot of extra work. In any case: you’ll have to sand the wing and resin down to the nitty gritty to make it fit...

Hi Alan, it’s from evergreen. I’ll shoot a pic later. More work on the engine. Biggest challenge is to get the connecting ring between the rows of cilinders to allign.