ScottsGT Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Dang it Carl! This is looking so good I picked up a kit off LSP. Still waiting to get shipping costs, but with the He 111 and the Stuka kit I picked up, I’m on a Luftwaffe roll. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 Scott, the kit is nice but definitely do lots of dry fitting. Mine had some warping which made it a bit of pain but if the one you get is good, then you should have a straightforward build. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Fantastic progress Carl, mottling looks super, as does the masked markings. I have HGW wet transfers for mine, but with my experiences with these, I´m not so sure, I will use them. Is the kit landing gear so bad, it needs to be exchanged for AM? Cheers Rob 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 Rob, the brass gear are a copy of the kit ones with the scissors links already installed so they're not any more detailed. Strength-wise, I'm undecided if there's a need for them. I mostly got them as I was already making an order with Aerocraft for other bits at the time. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 A quick fix on the starboard wing cross. First up was coat of green. Then the mask and some white paint. All done! I then drilled and fitted the wheels. A coat of paint for them is up soon. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANicoll Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Definitely coming along nicely! Nice work on the Camo and underside. Super job on the masks, too. Chris 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 Yellow sidewalls anyone? Tires are painted. Time to sort out the FuG 218 dipoles. I bought the wrong ones and have dipoles for an FuG 220 and they're much larger. I've been debating getting the correct ones from Master Models but it would take about 3 weeks to get here. Here's the kit rendition. Playing around, I drilled a hole through one and then threaded 0.4 mm tubing from Albion Alloy with a centre rod that's 0.2 mm thick through it. The challenge will be drilling the mounting hole 8 times and hoping it's centered each time. Got one done at least. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerWomble Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Nice radar , makes a huge difference .👍 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 You know , you want to 😈 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANicoll Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 You can do it!! I have every confidence! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 Well I took my time and got the rest of the holes drilled in the antenna arms. I then cut the tubing for the dipoles. Then I glued everything together. One thing I noticed once I had them together is the dipoles flex a bit if you bump them rather than snap or bend. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Fantastic upgrade! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Carl WOW! Amazing work on the antennas and no way in the world could I ever drill the holes in the centers and come anywhere near close to what you achieved.🏆 o 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 57 minutes ago, Peterpools said: Carl WOW! Amazing work on the antennas and no way in the world could I ever drill the holes in the centers and come anywhere near close to what you achieved.🏆 o Peter, I drilled a slightly oversized hole so that I could have a bit of wiggle room in getting the dipoles aligned. That made a big difference. I then used a slower setting CA to give me time to tweak the position before it dried 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerWomble Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Outstanding , love that micro precise work . Making one , difficult. Making 4 the same , thats a real skill job ! ( More than I would attempt TBH) They do look the mutts nutz, gonna fit real nice with the snappy paintwork 😀 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 a little motivational video 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANicoll Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 That is one great upgrade! Nice work and wish I had known you could do that when I did my plane. I'd have hit you up for a set!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANicoll Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 17 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said: Peter, I drilled a slightly oversized hole so that I could have a bit of wiggle room in getting the dipoles aligned. That made a big difference. I then used a slower setting CA to give me time to tweak the position before it dried Brilliant. Simply Brilliant. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Thanks Carl for the tip - I'll give it a try but where I really fall short is drilling out machine gun barrels and the like; I have been struggling trying to center my pin vice and drill for decades and almost never get it centered. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 15 minutes ago, Peterpools said: Thanks Carl for the tip - I'll give it a try but where I really fall short is drilling out machine gun barrels and the like; I have been struggling trying to center my pin vice and drill for decades and almost never get it centered. It´s hard to center a drill bit perfectly for drilling out a gun barrel or similar, because of the dead center. What helps, is to stick a fresh triangular blade to the tip of the gun nozzle and carefully rotate the blade, marking the center. Then it´s easy to finalize the hole with a drilling bit. Cheers Rob 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Thanks Rob I'll give it a try. For decades, I've used a needle in a pin vice to locate the center starting hole for the drill bit and rarely ever had it centered. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 Peter, I picked up some PE guides a few years ago. They're to mark the centre of a tube precisely for drilling them out. Let me see if I can find them. I haven't used them so can't say how easy they would be to use. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Carl Sounds very intriguing. If you can, just PM the address and I'll look them up online if they are still available. Much appreciated. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 Last night Martin and I discussed the camo on the 262. Going through my references as well as Martin's we came to the conclusion that the nacelles needed some corrections. It turns out the plane I'm doing still exists and is in the Australian War Museum. So based on pics of the airframe as well as period photos (not all were helpful there) I broke out the masking tape. A quick spray of green over the tops of the nacelles... ...and done. This is probably a better match now. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Looking good Carl, I think the surviving B (305) is in South Africa, Australia has a single seater, the Black X. Based on our chat today, here is the 110306 ‘Red 6’ of 10/NJG11. Surrendered to RAF at Schleswig-Jagel, it was transferred to the USAAF, becoming Watson’s Whizzers ‘999’, Evaluated as FE-610, but later e-serialed T-2-610 it was named “Ole Fruit Cake” and “Schwalbe”. Scrapped at Freeman Field, IN. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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