Administrators JeroenPeters Posted March 8, 2018 Administrators Posted March 8, 2018 I'm gonna be naughty and post my quarter scale Wimpy here. I just move house to about 500meters from a Wellington Crash site. Through a good friend I obtained an engine cowling flap from this particular aircraft and Eduard was so kind to send me the Eduard Big Ed set. May 4th 1943. The RCAF 428th Ghost Squadron Wellington Mk.X returned from a successful bombing raid on Dortmund and, when almost home free and the dutch coastline in sight, was suddenly shot down by a German Nightfighter Bf110. Here's a pic from the plane. The only one I could find in the local museum where crash relics are displayed. Sadly the pic seems to be photoshopped and not the real deal. Radio codes should be red I reckon too. More on the crash, memorial and graves at the local church later. This is what I'm working with: And here's the engine cowl flap. Black paint still present. Stay tuned! 9
Administrators James H Posted March 8, 2018 Administrators Posted March 8, 2018 .....and he's off! I'll be disappointed if you don't build the entire geodetic fuselage from PE. 3
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted March 10, 2018 Author Administrators Posted March 10, 2018 Here's one of the bulkheads with geodetic structure. A pain to make, but a lovely addition in detail. 4
DocRob Posted March 10, 2018 Posted March 10, 2018 Bend but don't break . Nice, I love these PE-orgies and fear them at the same moment. Are you soldering or why appear the colours changed? Cheers Rob 1
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted March 10, 2018 Author Administrators Posted March 10, 2018 1 minute ago, DocRob said: Bend but don't break . Nice, I love these PE-orgies and fear them at the same moment. Are you soldering or why appear the colours changed? Cheers Rob I'm using Future and Zap. The colours change because i sand the surfaces after i've used glue. 1
DocRob Posted March 10, 2018 Posted March 10, 2018 Thanx Jeroen, never tried Future for PE. I think it is only possible to glue flat surfaces with that, not the tiny contact points, some PE parts have. In one of my future builds I will try soldering techniques, because half the kit is PE and I distrust CA-glue to give enough bond for complex constructions like half a SD.KFZ 251. Cheers Rob 1
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted March 11, 2018 Author Administrators Posted March 11, 2018 Hi Rob, i indeed only use future for flat parts. Today I took my bike for a spin and visited the memorial for the HE727. Inside it contains crash relics recovered from the crash site. Next stop was 1km down the road. The field you see here is the exact spot the Wellington crashed on may 5th 1943. My house is located exactly between the crash site and memorial (and the three graves of crew members). Only two survived. Continued work on the cockpit. Installed two sets of rudder pedals. Sent a pic to Cees who pointed out the Wellington only had one pilot. Only trainers had dual controls. Like the Mk.X in the RAF museum. So that's where Trumpeter has it's information from Took out the saw and sawed of the right cockpit floor. There, I fixed it. Here's more work on cockpit. To be continued! 7
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted March 11, 2018 Author Administrators Posted March 11, 2018 Bought the Brengun resin wheels and ordered the Master .303 browning barrels. Next up is ordering Maketar paint masks with the NA-K code. 1
Administrators James H Posted March 11, 2018 Administrators Posted March 11, 2018 Slick looking PE work and nice call on removing that second pilot position.
Wingco57 Posted March 12, 2018 Posted March 12, 2018 You know I like sawing plastic and if not doing it myself I let others do it By the way, those Brengun wheels look rather skinny, The type used high pressure tyres which clung very tight to the rim. Cees
rkranias Posted March 13, 2018 Posted March 13, 2018 the history of this a/c and connection to where you live is very cool. nice PE work btw. 3
Michaelscarborough Posted March 15, 2018 Posted March 15, 2018 Gotta say I love the work you're doing, JP, but REALLY love your reverence for the crew and its fate. I wish you could find their descendants to let them know what you're doing. Bravo! Cheers from NYC, Michael 3
GusMac Posted March 17, 2018 Posted March 17, 2018 Nice project with a great back story. Lots of PE though which would put me off. As this is so local to you Jeroen I guess you must stay near Wilnis? I'm not stalking you I was just intrigued to see where this was on Google Maps. 3
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted March 18, 2018 Author Administrators Posted March 18, 2018 21 hours ago, GusMac said: Nice project with a great back story. Lots of PE though which would put me off. As this is so local to you Jeroen I guess you must stay near Wilnis? I'm not stalking you I was just intrigued to see where this was on Google Maps. Hi Gus, That is correct! No worries I live in Wilnis. This is the exact location. You can just make out a slight bump in the field. https://www.google.nl/maps/place/52°12'29.9"N+4°54'14.0"E/@52.2083153,4.8951128,2758m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d52.208303!4d4.9038895 Managed to get a bit more done on the pit today. Lots of PE and the smaller scale is killing my eyes! 4
GusMac Posted March 18, 2018 Posted March 18, 2018 Instrument panel looks amazing. Is that the kit supplied one? Thanks for the grid ref, as you say the site is still discernible. Amazing after 70 odd years. 1
Members Mikester Posted March 19, 2018 Members Posted March 19, 2018 Nice work on that PE my friend. more patience than I could ever muster! 1
GusMac Posted March 19, 2018 Posted March 19, 2018 Instrument panel looks amazing. Is that the kit supplied one? Thanks for the grid ref, as you say the site is still discernible. Amazing after 70 odd years. Sorry, just realised that must be the Eduard panel as you showed all the AM at the start. Silly question. 1
Wingco57 Posted March 19, 2018 Posted March 19, 2018 Joybreaker Cees again. Jeroen, I would paint the floors of the area behind the cockpit green. And the big fuselage formers are aluminium. Then again, who am I?! Cees 4
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted March 19, 2018 Author Administrators Posted March 19, 2018 8 hours ago, Wingco57 said: Joybreaker Cees again. Jeroen, I would paint the floors of the area behind the cockpit green. And the big fuselage formers are aluminium. Then again, who am I?! Cees No problem. (Dammit...) Here's some more work done. 3
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted March 19, 2018 Author Administrators Posted March 19, 2018 There I fixed it. 5
Wingco57 Posted March 20, 2018 Posted March 20, 2018 Nice save, No I am not going to say the green is too dark. Cees 1 1
Michaelscarborough Posted March 20, 2018 Posted March 20, 2018 Were the "floors", I.e., Decks, made from plywood?? Personally, I love the green...and so soon after St. Paddy's Day. Cheers from NYC, Michael 1
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted March 20, 2018 Author Administrators Posted March 20, 2018 2 hours ago, Michaelscarborough said: Were the "floors", I.e., Decks, made from plywood?? Personally, I love the green...and so soon after St. Paddy's Day. Cheers from NYC, Michael hehehe, yes, but they were painted interior green. So were all the wooden parts behind the cockpit.
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