Wingco57 Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 Well Ralph, this will be back on the bench after the new year festivities have ended. Time to knit an end to it (Dutch phrase). Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RalphSarc Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Well Ralph, this will be back on the bench after the new year festivities have ended. Time to knit an end to it (Dutch phrase). Cees I've seen that Revell has reboxed the Beaufighter so I'm going to pick one up at the hobby shop and do another build with current skill set! What colors did you use for the underside? I want to do the Typhoon is the two grays but can't figure the bottom? I use Tamiya paints?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeWika Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Cees, This is stellar scratching, she looks Prima! Happy new year! Ted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 Well, the good news fort this thread in the new year is that progress has been made. using the kit prop blades and Jerry Rutman resin prop hubs I managed to cobble together two accurate looking props. The bad news is that I still cannot post pics using photobucket on my IPad since the terrible update and correction upgrades. So no pics this time. Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 Test 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 Oh what a feeling, putting a Beaufighter on the ceiling ( cue Lionel Ritchie......)Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted February 7, 2015 Administrators Share Posted February 7, 2015 At least you can post pics! No worries. I'll flip my laptop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One-Oh-Four Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Let those Tiffie updates in the GB area roll............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixII Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Hey Cees, upside down OR sideways.............Welcome back! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators James H Posted February 7, 2015 Administrators Share Posted February 7, 2015 Yes, Lionel Richie!! Great work! When it comes to moving house this year, I'll be using Lionel for workshop and kits: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeWika Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Hahahaha! He's due for Stockholm this month.. Stellar build!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted February 8, 2015 Author Share Posted February 8, 2015 Thanks, but this is a pic uploaded from my iPad filmrol as an attachment. I don't think it!s the way to do it. . Why it came out upside down I dont know. Still working on the photoposting problem. The Beau is almost finished bar the observers canopy which needs to be crashmoulded. Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 Here's an overview of the recent progress on the Beau: I tried to represent the inner structure of the canopy using brass rod that was superglued to the inside. After masking this was painted interior green, the outside was painted green as well to represent the strips on the inside. After that I cut small strips of aluminium tape to represent the strips on the outside and later painted the exterior colour. The tape can be slightly sanded to represent wear and the metal colour to shine through. Very effective, and the ragged edges of green on the inside was on purpose as this shows the aluminium as well on the inside and represent interior wear and tear. This tape has a lot of uses. The propellers were made using Jerry Rutmans resin hamilton standard prop hubs and some drastic surgery to the kit prop blades. Now they better represent the slender DH propblades. The MDC rockets, I could only use four out of eight as some were badly warped and even hot water couldn not get them into shape So glad this photo posting problem has been solved. Now I can post that Whirwind book review at last. Hope you like the progress on the Beau so far. A lot of it was re- and scratchbuilt, but a great journey. Only thing left to do is to crashform the observers canopy. Until next time Cees 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 A few more: The nose intake Rockets in situ, I am not so happy with those, as they are quite crude. Haven't decided yet what to do. And the pigtail connectors in situ, the rocketfairings I scratchbuilt. The red represents a fabric covering strip. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeWika Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Super work Cees! I tried this on a Fw190 but with evergreen.. yuor came out much better, thanks for posting this idea! Cheers Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulster Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Great work Cees. Too bad about the rockets. But…. you'll figure it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 Thanks Paul, Here's the solution: Very please with these. Cees 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted February 17, 2015 Administrators Share Posted February 17, 2015 Looks like a great set! Almost a shame to paint them... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulster Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Yeah they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 Set of Goldfingers? Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beychevelle Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 what you did with the canopy is inspiring! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 That was my intention too. Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RalphSarc Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Lookinbg good Cees!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted May 23, 2015 Author Share Posted May 23, 2015 Today found New inspiration to get this long project finished after two years. The observer canopy from the Lodela kit was prepared for fitting as were the profimodeller rockets. I hope to finish it this week or the Next. Pics to follow. Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators James H Posted May 23, 2015 Administrators Share Posted May 23, 2015 It's been three hours now.....any pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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