Guest Kagemusha Posted June 16, 2013 Posted June 16, 2013 Wonderful, one of my favourites, a bit strange to see it in sand coloured plastic.
Wingco57 Posted June 16, 2013 Author Posted June 16, 2013 Thanks, That makes sanding it easier LOL. I plan to fit the front cockpit and then the wings hopefully at the end of the Coming week. Cees
PTW6187 Posted June 16, 2013 Posted June 16, 2013 Hello Cees, I dont know if you have seen this but I have a feeling that you have.http://www.largescaleplanes.com/Photostory/ChrisNovak/Beaufighter/Beaufighter.php I have a 32 Beau also and the desire is to build a Torbeau. I have some difficulty in understanding how to go about the stab modification. I have plenty of sheet of various thicknesses. Any assistance here would be a great benefit. Cheers Paul
Wingco57 Posted June 17, 2013 Author Posted June 17, 2013 Hi Paul, Thanks for the link, although I know Chris, i had never seen his Beau. He has a habit of cutting kits up More than I do. With luck the front cockpit will be fitted this evening, with the wings possibly tomorrow so watch this Space, Cees
Wingco57 Posted June 17, 2013 Author Posted June 17, 2013 Paul, To make the modification you have to have some good drawings. I used the SAM Datafile on the subject. The drawing was enlarged to 1/32 Scale. I cut off the root of both horizontal tailplanes and cemented them to the tail. This creates a horizontal stub. The ends were sanded at an angle so the lenghtened Tailplanes would butt against the new root stubs. The tailplanes were lenghtened by glueing a piece of not too thick plasticcard Which was folded over. Sanding the surface made the joint invisible. The elevators need to be larger too. Hope this makes sense. Cees 1
Wingco57 Posted June 17, 2013 Author Posted June 17, 2013 Update time The instrument panel, seat bels and control column have now been fitted, the rudder pedals and control column have been set according to the drooped elevators and rudder turned to the right. Various levers in the "off" position. And then the whole lot was cemented inside the fuselage. Next, fitting the fuselage to the wings, that will be tomorrow hopefully. CheersCees 3
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted June 17, 2013 Administrators Posted June 17, 2013 Ah lovely! Good to see this installment. About the mr surfacer. I would mask the area and apply it with an airbrush in layers. I can't imagine applying it with brush would give a desired result...
PTW6187 Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 It is looking real good to me Cees, you have sparked my interest into seeing what I can accomplish with this kit.
Wingco57 Posted June 18, 2013 Author Posted June 18, 2013 Paul, I would say, just go for it. Such a lot can be done with these old but fascinating kits. And they are the only game in town. Jeroen,thanks for the tip. Cees
Grant Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 Hi Cees ... I found this on http://fly.historicwings.com/ and though it might be of interest to you... I hadn't see one in USAAF marking before. Cheers, Grant
mikec Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 . . Greetings Grant; The USAAF used the Beau fighter, and the Mosquito for night radar fighters, until late 1943, early 1944. When they where replaced by the Northrop P-61. Greetings Cees; ...... Looking good .......... . Mike
Grant Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 Hi Mike, Thanks for that ... I had no idea! I love the Beaufighter but had never seen US markings on one before; there again, I'm not an expert on Beau's at all, just like them from afar as it were.
Wingco57 Posted June 18, 2013 Author Posted June 18, 2013 Hi Grant, Nice pic, yes the Americans used Beau's too. Reversed Lend-lease IIRC. But I like the Coastal Command version with invasion stripes, so that will be it. Newsflash, The wings are on, bloody thing fought me all the way, but I won, for now. What A beast, and heavy too. Had to remove quite a lot from the wingroots to avoid a Corsair gull wing look. Fit is terrible and nearly gave me a fit. Cees
Grant Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 BTW Cees, I found this earlier and thought you might find it interesting. I did. The "Flight Log" entry / interview by Wing Commander J.R.D. Braham that's been transcribed is fascinating. http://ww2today.com/14th-june-1943-nightfighter-vs-nightfighter-over-germany
Wingco57 Posted June 19, 2013 Author Posted June 19, 2013 That's interesting Grant, That might be the occasion he shot down German ace August Geiger. We have some bits of that 110 On display including a tailfin with kill marks on. Two aces fighting it out. The Msquito is known as an excellent nightfighter but so was the Beau. Some were sent with the Bomber stream to chase the nightfighter. Cat and mouse, but who was who? Cees
Dave J Posted June 19, 2013 Posted June 19, 2013 Looking good Cees... One thing thou.... Should that Beer be open?
Grant Posted June 19, 2013 Posted June 19, 2013 At this time of day? Cees There's a time of day for that ??? Super looking Beau Cees!
mikec Posted June 19, 2013 Posted June 19, 2013 . . . Greetings all; ..... Cees........ I agree with you on the Beau-es color scheme. I love the Coastal Command colors ...... . ....................... . Mike
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted June 19, 2013 Administrators Posted June 19, 2013 I just went to Cees' place and took care of the beer. All sorted... 3
Dave J Posted June 19, 2013 Posted June 19, 2013 I just went to Cees' place and took care of the beer. All sorted... Glad to hear! I think Cees should drop and do 10 for the offence of having an unopened can in his pic! 3
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