1/48 Wellington Mk.X (He727 NA-K)

[Michaelscarborough]

Breath deeply and repeat after me, "Ommmmmmmm......"

(Lookin' good!!)

[GusMac]

That looks ridiculous. Are you soldering them? There doesn't seem to be much of an attachment point for glueing them.

[JeroenPeters]

6 hours ago, GusMac said:

That looks ridiculous. Are you soldering them? There doesn't seem to be much of an attachment point for glueing them.

Well spotted!! I’m using Zap a Gap, but indeed, the attatchment points are very small. A great test for my PE skills..

[Wouter]

Hnnnnngggg... eye twitch... That's some serious test for your patience

[GusMac]

Thanks Jeroen. Do you use the brush on version or just small spots from the standard applicator?

[JeroenPeters]

Hi Gus, i use fine solder wire to apply the glue. When it builds up too mich at the end, i cut it off.

 

here’s the finishes nose turret. Only needs the doors, but i’ll install them at the end. I’m posing the nose turret in a 90 degree angle so the doors will point outside the fuselage.

[Wingco57]

Very nice, but don't forget to fit the turrets before you close the fuselage, otherwise well you get my drift.....

Cees

[Daniel_Roxy]

looking good looks like a real test of patients

[JeroenPeters]

Started work on the props and spinners. Please note that the proper spinners and rotol prop for the mkX version are not included in this kit. This means broadening the props with Evergreen strips. I added putty and mr Surfacer and am smoothing them out now. The spinners i fashioned from 32nd scale Luftwaffe bombs. 

[GusMac]

Nice bit of ingenuity for the spinners!

[Michaelscarborough]

Yeah, baby...this is MODEL BUILDING..at its finest!

Asses being kicked in Neederland......

 

[JeroenPeters]

Props are done! 

Started work on the gear. Lots of PE in this department as well. Also fitted tge resin wheels. Just need to lesten the weighted tire effect a little.

 

[Wingco57]

Lovely Jeroen, but I still hate those wheels, they look very anorexic.

[James H]

That gear work is insane. Just wait till you get the Lanc  

[Wouter]

goed bezig 

[JeroenPeters]

22 hours ago, Wingco57 said:

Lovely Jeroen, but I still hate those wheels, they look very anorexic.

I know... but if i fix those too this thing will never get done! ....

[JeroenPeters]

After a long search I found a 1944 aerial RAF recon photo of Wilnis. Bought it for 50€ and is worh every pixel. 6000x6000 pixels in size.

Taken a little over a year after the crash.

this photo will be printed onto wood and form the base. The crash site (now marked in red) will be marked by a silver pin.

 

[GusMac]

Wow, that's a real find Jeroen. Great image. People sometimes are shocked by what was possible 'pre-digital' but those photo-recon cameras were the best around.

[Wingco57]

We still use these photographs to locate aircraft wrecks on land.

 

[JeroenPeters]

On 24-5-2018 at 8:33 AM, Wingco57 said:

We still use these photographs to locate aircraft wrecks on land.

 

I can imagine. The detail is amazing. Just ordered a 40x60cm print of this photo on aluminium. I will have this aluminium plate mounted on a thick wooden base.

The location of the crash will be marked by a silver pin. The model will be placed on top. Along with the cowling engine flap

[JeroenPeters]

[Wingco57]

Now THAT looks very nice.

 

[Michaelscarborough]

Just catching up here.....Bravo to you for persevering and finding the print, JP. What a connection to the reality of what happened it makes. I love what you've done with the prop blades.

Cheers from NYC,

Michael

 

[JeroenPeters]

Working on the bomb bay. Man... this stuff is impressive!!

 

and here’s the aluminium plate that will go onto the wooden base. 

 

[James H]

That PE is insane. I don't think I saw anything as complex as that before. Serious kudos...