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Let Let Let - Warplanes => Aircraft Modeling => Topic started by: g-1reaper on July 30, 2012, 11:24:47 PM

Title: Lockheed Hudson
Post by: g-1reaper on July 30, 2012, 11:24:47 PM

I have made nice progress with the Lockheed Hudson interior. This is the MPM kit, and I have done some extra work on the interior. I added details such as ammo drums, oxygenbottles, switchboxes. The Boulton Paul turret will be a little project by itself. I first made the mechanism with the ammoboxes, after that I will some stuff to the interior of the turret itself.

I will add pictures asap - I cant access my photobucket page at this moment.

Title: Re: Lockheed Hudson
Post by: No.1 on July 30, 2012, 11:34:22 PM

All right :-ok

Title: Re: Lockheed Hudson
Post by: Second Air Force on July 30, 2012, 11:40:01 PM

Photobucket has been quite slow here also. I don't know if it the same issue as you're having, but I've been able to work with it (with patience).

Title: Re: Lockheed Hudson
Post by: g-1reaper on July 31, 2012, 08:59:07 AM

Photobucket is still giving trouble, but here are some first pictures.

(http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt215/g-1reaper/DSCN8224.jpg)
(http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt215/g-1reaper/DSCN8222.jpg)

Title: Re: Lockheed Hudson
Post by: g-1reaper on July 31, 2012, 12:13:24 PM

Right now I am making a small Aldis lamp and a hand held camera. I ordered Miniworld guns for the beam guns and masking tapes from Eduard. So I guess I will have to switch my attention to the wing sections!

Title: Re: Lockheed Hudson
Post by: No.1 on July 31, 2012, 12:53:47 PM

This will be great once when you complete it :-ok

Title: Re: Lockheed Hudson
Post by: Sall on July 31, 2012, 06:48:12 PM

 :-clap :-ok

Title: Re: Lockheed Hudson
Post by: Second Air Force on August 01, 2012, 01:31:27 AM

Certainly this looks great!

Title: Re: Lockheed Hudson
Post by: draken35 on August 01, 2012, 08:55:52 AM

:-ok

Title: Re: Lockheed Hudson
Post by: g-1reaper on August 01, 2012, 09:14:24 PM

I hope you like the interior color! I explicitly did not want to paint it RAF interior green but went for a striking green, which I had seen in color pictures of Lockheed machines.

Title: Re: Lockheed Hudson
Post by: No.1 on August 01, 2012, 10:10:50 PM

Good decision about paint mate :-ok

Title: Re: Lockheed Hudson
Post by: g-1reaper on October 16, 2012, 10:41:22 PM

In case you wondered, I am still working on this MPM kit. It's been quite a pain to get the fuselage fitted together, especially around the mid upper turret and the tailfeathers. I had to add some extra strip to make the fuselage wide enough to make a good fit possible.

I am now at a point where I have to join the nose (three clear parts) to the fuselage. That needs to be a very strong join, but I can not use my standard modeling glues. Any suggestions?

I found that the tyres of the kit are not very good. I am looking for diamond thread, weighed tyres as replacements. Does anyone have ideas, are there after market samples?

Title: Re: Lockheed Hudson
Post by: No.1 on October 16, 2012, 11:16:59 PM

As I know there is acrylic e+cement but not easy to find, maybe othet members can  be of more help

Title: Re: Lockheed Hudson
Post by: g-1reaper on December 06, 2012, 10:40:19 PM

I managed to finish my Lockheed project in just over five months, which is not bad for me, and I am pleased with the result. For some reason I can't manage to take a picture with the right colour balance, it is a bit "overflashed" and the brown looks vaguely pinkish in the picture. I hope you like this plane anyway!

(http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt215/g-1reaper/DSCN9559.jpg)

Title: Re: Lockheed Hudson
Post by: Sall on December 06, 2012, 10:47:21 PM

Look good!! :-clap
More images later? :)

Title: Re: Lockheed Hudson
Post by: No.1 on December 07, 2012, 03:48:23 AM

Nice one mate :) You are skilled with brush work ;)

Title: Re: Lockheed Hudson
Post by: g-1reaper on December 07, 2012, 10:58:13 AM

I like working with the brush, and it takes a bit of technique but its good fun. Im no van Gogh though :-)

Title: Re: Lockheed Hudson
Post by: Second Air Force on December 07, 2012, 04:45:26 PM

This is a beautiful Hudson. Great results, mate!

Title: Re: Lockheed Hudson
Post by: draken35 on December 07, 2012, 06:48:21 PM

:-ok

Title: Re: Lockheed Hudson
Post by: g-1reaper on December 18, 2012, 11:14:43 PM

These pictures show the plane a bit better: http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt215/g-1reaper/DSCN9579_zpsb7bacee9.jpg

http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt215/g-1reaper/DSCN9576_zps358f5770.jpg

I will now rush on to finish another model, a Beech AT-11!

Title: Re: Lockheed Hudson
Post by: Sall on December 19, 2012, 02:22:46 AM

Look very good!! :-clap
Thanks for more images! :-flo