Way Too Many Props GB April 18, 2011 - Extended to July 28, 2012

Trey, thanks for the compliment.  The office in your JU-188 looks amazing. 

theuns. nice work on the Hudson. 

Howard, nice job gluing in all those stringers.  You gotta be cross-eyed by now....

Trey-  Killer cockpit!  I have this kit somewhere in my stash. I had a bad set of decals though...you could see just by looking at them that they would shatter into a thousand pieces once wet. I then had a pretty good experience with Dragoncare...contacted them and they said mail them the decals so they could see what happened and they promptly sent a new decal sheet to me. I guess what I`m saying is, take a good look at the decals if the kit is a few years old and make sure they`re ok.

Killer work,as usually buddy!

Len

Vance thanks,I'm also going to scratch some hydraulic lines off the rudder pedals before I button up the office

B17Pilot thanks,no the seat belts are Eduard and the rudder stirrups are masking tape strips all else is kit supplied

Howard thanks yes one good thing about the 88's lots of greenhouse to look through. I'm amazed at the detail work you're doing its really looking good! Are you going to leave the cargo door open so more of it will be seen?

I finished the wash on the office,first was my own home brew of earth tone pastels followed by some Citadel Devlan mud

I also joined the 2 fuse sub asseblies together,the only problem with the fit is a small step

Do not glue the wing tips together as shown in the directions!!! It creates an ugly step at the seam(found this out the hard way on my Ju88c6) Instead glue each tip to the proper wing halve then glue the assembly together. I also clipped off the alignment tab to make the fit better

Howard, buddy, how are your eyes holding up? Do you see stripes everywhere you look now?!?!

VanceCrozier

 

TREYZX10R:

 

 

Nice! Looking forward to this one. All that glass should show off the interior quite well... and drive you nuts with masking it at as well!

Very nice cockpit. It's not often the inside detail shows much when closed up. This Ju-188 , definitely an exception.

I've done the ribs and stringers in the cargo/passenger cabin of the C-47 done .

My first step was to brush a coat of thinned green stuff filler to (at least somewhat) cover the engraved insulation pattern. Then sanded smooth.

Next, I cut 1/16th inch strips from thin sheet plastic , laid flat for the stringers. Once dry , cut notches for the ribs to be glued on edge.  Not exactly rivet counter perfect but good gizmology. Still ,tedious work.

I'm also installing a couple sewing needle eyes at both ends to mount a static line made from nylon thread colored with a silver Sharpie pen.

 I'll paint a base color of MM interior green and apply a field drab insulation blanket to the flight deck/ radio room compartments of the diamond quilt pattern as I did on the bulkheads in those sections.

Here's some WIP pics. 

Once I get this fuselage closed up , this build should start progressing better, as I plan on the rest of the build to be pretty much OOB.

Howard

Nice cockpit! Is that all kit supplied?

Looking reely good - even stirrups on the rudder pedals...

Theuns ,Reasoned thanks!

Vance thanks and yes not looking forward to masking this one but hey it ca'nt be any worse than the FW189 I did last year right? Maybe?

More office detailing next will be a wash or 2

TREYZX10R

 

Had to deal with a quite few ejector pin marks then a basic rlm 66

 

Nice! Looking forward to this one. All that glass should show off the interior quite well... and drive you nuts with masking it at as well!

Cool looking Ju-188 .  Never seen that Hudson, neat.

Wow, very nice detail on that 188!

I started the Hudson yesterday and sofar it's not a nice kit to do. The fit is not good like on the Italeri 1/72 Corsair I just completed. I also fint the instructions to be not clear in some areas.

The turret upper fuse section does not fit atall

The left wingroot bottom section is 2mm longer at the LE than the top section although the pannellines and pins lineup. Sanding will fix it, but it is a pain.

The cabin/cockpit detail is not bad , pitty most of it is hidden when fuse is joined. I didn't go to much trouble in the cabin. The only thin I disslike here was that the side windows fit in the holes and not like on some other models where there is a section that holds the windows frm the inside. This means that even using clearfix the windows still get messy.

Theuns

B17Pilot

TREYZX10R:

I think I've got time enough to build a Ju188 if thats cool with you B17 Pilot? Its a 1/48 DML kit.

I'm cool with it! The more the merrier!  Updated the build list!  I've got that kit as well, looking forward to your build!

Thanks B17Pilot appreciate that! Here the basic kit

Had to deal with a quite few ejector pin marks then a basic rlm 66

TREYZX10R

I think I've got time enough to build a Ju188 if thats cool with you B17 Pilot? Its a 1/48 DML kit.

I'm cool with it! The more the merrier!  Updated the build list!  I've got that kit as well, looking forward to your build!

I think I've got time enough to build a Ju188 if thats cool with you B17 Pilot? Its a 1/48 DML kit.Theuns looking forward to seeing that Lockheed go together and Kevin nice office!

Thanx lads, the gluepot is standing there ideling LOL!

Theuns

Hi gents, would a 1/72 Italeri Lockheed Hudson be allowed?

Absoluely! Welcome to the build!

Two props or more & you're in Theuns! That's one I haven't seen built up too often, looking forward to it.

Hi gents, would a 1/72 Italeri Lockheed Hudson be allowed?

Theuns

I got the cockpit glued in and the fusleage halves together.  No putty needed.  A little gap filling super glue in a few spots though.  All in all not bad.

As you can tell, most of the office is not gonna be visible.   

There is hardly any room for nose weight forward of the cockpit tub but there is this huge bay available to put is some weights. 

VanceCrozier

macattack80:

Ok.  I got the cockpit finished.  After a test fit in the fuselage it appears that most will not be seen.  Oh well.  I know it's there. 

I used the Eduard Zoom set that is self adhesive.  I have never used the self adhesive stuff before and much to my surprise it works pretty good.

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I feel your pain! I used an Eduard cockpit set on a 1/48 P-38 recently, a big upgrade on the original Revell plastic. HOWEVER... once the cockpit assembly is trapped inside the fuselage, most of the instrument panel can't be seen, even with the canopy pieces left open.

Very aggravating indeed.  Although I would be even more mad if I detail painted the whole thing and actually looked good and you couldn't see it.

Unless of course you forget to actually take lots of digital pictures

troublemaker66

 

Well Fellas`, that`s why we take lots of digital pictures....

 

So true!

VanceCrozier

macattack80:

Ok.  I got the cockpit finished.  After a test fit in the fuselage it appears that most will not be seen.  Oh well.  I know it's there. 

I used the Eduard Zoom set that is self adhesive.  I have never used the self adhesive stuff before and much to my surprise it works pretty good.

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I feel your pain! I used an Eduard cockpit set on a 1/48 P-38 recently, a big upgrade on the original Revell plastic. HOWEVER... once the cockpit assembly is trapped inside the fuselage, most of the instrument panel can't be seen, even with the canopy pieces left open.

macattack80

Ok.  I got the cockpit finished.  After a test fit in the fuselage it appears that most will not be seen.  Oh well.  I know it's there. 

I used the Eduard Zoom set that is self adhesive.  I have never used the self adhesive stuff before and much to my surprise it works pretty good.

....

I feel your pain! I used an Eduard cockpit set on a 1/48 P-38 recently, a big upgrade on the original Revell plastic. HOWEVER... once the cockpit assembly is trapped inside the fuselage, most of the instrument panel can't be seen, even with the canopy pieces left open.

Thanks guys.  Much appreciated. 

Great looking office Kevin!

That cockpit looks great!

Ok.  I got the cockpit finished.  After a test fit in the fuselage it appears that most will not be seen.  Oh well.  I know it's there. 

I used the Eduard Zoom set that is self adhesive.  I have never used the self adhesive stuff before and much to my surprise it works pretty good.

There are some levers on the center console area that kinda get lost in the fray.  Those parts are very tiny.  I have never attempted to use PE parts that small as I don't have the steadiest hand with that kind of stuff.  They turned out ok.  I kept the lever "bare metal" hoping they would be easier to see as opposed to painting them gray.  Ehhh....

troublemaker66

macattack80:

I am torn on building it with the wings folded or extended.   Anyone have any requests?

 

 

 

Here`s the solution :  Build it with one wing folded and the other extended...best of both worlds! 

Haha!........hmmmmmm....

macattack80

I am torn on building it with the wings folded or extended.   Anyone have any requests?