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1/32 Revell Beaufighter TF X conversion


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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

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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

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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

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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.

 

Cheers
Cees 

 

 

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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 .......... popcor10.gif .

 

 

 

Mike

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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.

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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

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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

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Greetings all;

 

 

..... Cees........ I agree with you on the Beau-es color scheme. I love the Coastal Command colors ......  doggyh10.gif   .

 

 

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Mike

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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! ;)

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