LetLetLet ~ Warplanes
Let Let Let - Warplanes => Aircraft Modeling => Topic started by: Second Air Force on July 22, 2013, 04:56:24 AM
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It's time I finally start on this beautiful Weekend Edition B-534. A great kit this is, even without the etched parts!
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_8598.jpg) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/2AF/media/IMG_8598.jpg.html)
First up was to open up the exhaust stacks. First they were drilled out and then the oval openings slowly filed on each fuselage half:
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_2054_zpsa735c189.jpg) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/2AF/media/IMG_2054_zpsa735c189.jpg.html)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_2057_zps00d1ccdd.jpg) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/2AF/media/IMG_2057_zps00d1ccdd.jpg.html)
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Just remind me on this beautiful kit, hope you will enjoy as I did few years ago ;)
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Yes, this is truly a breeze to build so far! Beautiful fit of all the parts. Even being a Weekend Edition kit this has much to offer! I have made more progress on this, fitting the radiator and housing, intake shutters and the assembled cockpit:
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_2058_zps098f090a.jpg) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/2AF/media/IMG_2058_zps098f090a.jpg.html)
I made one modification on the radiator installation. I added a new styrene forward face and a spacer glued to the kit radiator part to make this thicker and further forward in the duct. Since this kit has no PE fret I used scale plastic screen that I have here to replicate the radiator faces. After installing all of the parts I realized that you can barely see the front of the radiator through the inlet! I also added the small oil cooler that sits just behind the inlet shutters by using styrene and a bit of the plastic screen. Once all the parts were positioned it was quite easy to glue the two halves of the fuselage together and dry-fit the lower wings:
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_2060_zps23fb6ef9.jpg) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/2AF/media/IMG_2060_zps23fb6ef9.jpg.html)
As is typical with open cockpit airplanes, not much is visible through the opening!
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_2062_zpscac37800.jpg) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/2AF/media/IMG_2062_zpscac37800.jpg.html)
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:-ok
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This morning I made a fixture to get the correct dihedral of the lower wing, very important for fit of the upper. Simply I cut some foam blocks at the correct dimension (nice of Eduard to include the measurement in the instruction sheet!) and glued it together.
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_2069_zps520a7760.jpg) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/2AF/media/IMG_2069_zps520a7760.jpg.html)
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:-ok
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A little color for the little biplane:
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_2109_zpsa4e73e93.jpg) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/2AF/media/IMG_2109_zpsa4e73e93.jpg.html)
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Fit are great :)
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Very promising!
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Upper camouflage colors applied:
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_2116_zps718b7f4c.jpg) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/2AF/media/IMG_2116_zps718b7f4c.jpg.html)
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:-ok
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Even the spot is made, great work :-ok
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Now undersides are painted, next will be interplane struts and start of rigging, I think.
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_2120_zpsb444cfda.jpg) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/2AF/media/IMG_2120_zpsb444cfda.jpg.html)
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So smooth work mate, it coming nicely ;)
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Splendid!
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Like so many of my recent projects, this kit has given me the urge to buld another one! So......this Serie IV will come along behind the current model. This one has the PE oarts and enhanced decal options so it is even better!!!! :-tri
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_2123_zps55146565.jpg) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/2AF/media/IMG_2123_zps55146565.jpg.html)
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Nice build to come... ;)
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Show time :))
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Things are very, very busy here with lawn mowing, hummingbird feeding, work and our new puppy so this model has taken a longer time to complete. I squeezed in some time for it and here is the Serie III in the Luftwaffe training colors it wore after it became German property:
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/AviaFinished005_zps11bf09c1.jpg) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/2AF/media/AviaFinished005_zps11bf09c1.jpg.html)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/AviaFinished009_zps9011edd7.jpg) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/2AF/media/AviaFinished009_zps9011edd7.jpg.html)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/AviaFinished013_zps202bdf53.jpg) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/2AF/media/AviaFinished013_zps202bdf53.jpg.html)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/AviaFinished008_zps21cd09db.jpg) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/2AF/media/AviaFinished008_zps21cd09db.jpg.html)
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/AviaFinished016_zps09c6bf3f.jpg) (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/2AF/media/AviaFinished016_zps09c6bf3f.jpg.html)
This still needs some weathering but the workbench is being cleared for my first Eduard Spitfire build. :-cool
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I like final result :)
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This was relatively fun to build, but I still need to work on my biplane rigging techniques. I've used stretched sprue on this but don't find it really the right way to rig. On the Serie IV I think I'll try a different material.
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Try fishing line material, it work perfect. I will explain you work method ;)
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Very nice! :-ok
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:-love :-jump :-jump :-jump :-obey