Twin Boom Group Build 2013

I used to avoid Airfix like the plague, but there new kits look really nice. I got a swordfish early this year and have just ordered the new Gladiator II. Look forward to seeing the Vamp.

New tool Vamp yes. Looks nice in the box :-)

Theuns

The vamp will be a nice addition. Is that one of their new tooled kits.

Hi, any space for me and my 1/72 Airfix Vamp maybe?

Theuns

Thanks for the comments Clemens. I am almost done on the interior. I thought it would have been done a few days ago, but there always just one more thing to add.

BlackSheep. I know TREY isn't able to get on that regular at the moment, so I hope he doesn't mind me jumping in here. The GB runs until the end of the year and its still open to new entries. So as long as it has twin booms, I think it will be fine.

Hmmm... I might be interested in this GB. I've just the kit to buy when I get a chance to head over to LHS.

That is if it's not too late to join.

She looks great, Bish! I can't wait to see more!!

Time for another update. Last Tues, I got the interior painted RLM 02. It took so long as I also wanted to paint everything else that would be 02, so I got the undercarriage and wheel bays put together and every gathered up. Then this weekend I got the inside weathered and added rails which I think are for the gunners feet. I used plastic rod for these.

 I just need to weather the rails and add all of the radio equipment. All of that has been painted, and I have scratched all the items that Eduard leave out. The squadron signal walk around has been really handy.

And here the wheel bays with the assembled wings.

I have also added the resin engine mounts for the two CMK engines.

My original plan was to add these to the far right and centre engines. But they are designed to only fit the angled leading edge of a standard He 111, not the straight leading edge of the Z's centre wing. So I have put them on the two outer engines. This is rather symmetrical, so I will re arrange the dio slightly to off set that.

last night, I got the cockpit sprayed RLM 66. I have fitted the none coloured PE and the kit parts.

Hopefully some more soon. 

Thanks TREY. I know this kit is pricey, but having built the Italeri one, I would defiantly say the Hase kit is worth the extra. Even without AM it would build into a great kit, there's some nice detail in the pit and it has the two tow points mounted on top of the wings. I had always wondered where that was on this aircraft, then I found a pic in one of my books yesterday taken from one fuselage looking across to the other, and it showed the tow points. So I checked the kit and it has them.

The photo also shows those two forward windows painted over, so I am going to do that. One point about the Hase kit. On each tail cone there is a thin piece of plastic coming out of the top and another out of the bottom, you will know what I mean when you look at it. The instructions say to remove the lower bit, no idea what that is meant to be for, but to keep the top bit. I think this is meant to be the fixed MG 17 fitted to the tails of some He 111H-6's, which the Z was converted from. But I found no evidence that the Z carried them so I removed those as well.

I started work on the right fuselage last night and I finished one side, doesn't take nearly as long once you know what your doing.

And no worries about the pics, when ever you have the time. And thanks for the inspiration to go that bt further.

Tony we all know how that goes,if you need to change the entry just let me know and I'll update the front page. I've been working so much my build time is way down!

Bish love the upgraded interior,so glad to see this beast underway! Thanks for the compliment,nice to hear the 17 has been a positive influence . Yea with the scale of the windows you're right most of that area would be unseen once the fuse halves are closed up  Watching intently ,just scored the same kit off evil bay.!

I've nothing worthy on the bench to add,thanks for keeping the thread going Guys! Cheers Trey

ps Bish I've more pics to send just been so busy I've not got to it yet,will make an effort to get them sent asap

Thought I would get in a nice early update. This is the kit I am building.

I am adding an Eduard Big Ed PE set, Aires resin wheels and from CMK resin rear wheel well and wheel and two resin engines. I have started on the left fuselage working on the rear insides. As well as the PE I have made a compartment floor and though the ridding is moulded onto the interior I have gone over the area where the plastic goes in for the wing joins.

Here are both fuselage sections so you can see what I have added.

The Eduard set says to put radio's in both sides. But only the left side carried a mast and radio operator, so I will leave them out of the right section. But the PE set is still missing quite a few pieces so I will use the extra radios to fit the missing ones from the left fuselage as well as delving into the spares box for other missing parts.

The right fuselage is now done and ready for painting. My plan is to do both to this stage and build the wheel wells and paint all those parts RLM 02, then add all the other bits. I have never gone to this level of detail before, and this little bit took me all weekend. It could be a little neater so i'll try to tidy it up before I paint.

The only thing the right fuselage won't have at this stage will be the two radio mounts half way up the fuselage. So I reckon that will take another couple of days.

I had wanted to add this extra detail when I first decided on what I was going to do with this kit, but I was inspired very much by TREY's B-17. But I won't be doing the area in front of this as I think those small windows should be blocked off and you can't see in there anyway. 

I think you have a bit of catching up to do Tony. But I know how you feel, just so many great GB's, its hard not to commit to to many.

Funny this GB should come up again today. I haven't started my Sea Vixen,  but I've bought an Airfix 1/72 Vampire T.11 today.

I'm thinking of changing my entry now, would love to do both but I think I need to finish almost one model per week for the rest of the year just to meet my commitments. Yikes !

Cheers

Tony

I have no time for my Lightning ATM, but I'll start work on it when I I'm back from the states (end of September)...

Its been a bit quiet on here lately, how's every one doing. I just made a start on the 111Z tonight, finally, I am about 2 months behind what I had planned. There's nothing to show yet, just starting on the main structures inside, but hopefully should have something to show by the end of the weekend.

I know the feeling TREY. I haven't been building as much lately, been to worn out when I get home. Trying to give myself a big shot of motivation.

Bish thanks,ca'nt wait to see that Zwilling started! Work has been consuming most of my time but I'm still looking in when I can.

Clemens looking forward to your Lightning!

Taking some time off next week so I'll be around more. Thanks again ,cheers Trey

I will start work on my Lightning as soon as I get my 1/48 thunderbolts completed... Should be at the end of July...

Cheers, Clemens

I know TREY has been a bit busy lately, so just thought I would bump this up for him, and see how you guys are doing. I am now one build away from starting the Heinkel. Can't wait to get going on that one.

John, looking nice.

Nice John.

Looking really good John!

Looking really nice

Here she is all glued together

No fit issue's at all , some small seam gaps to fill but nothing to major . I did add a couple more sinkers to the engine nacelles and she sits nicely on the landing gear . Hasegawa's P-38 may not be the most detailed P-38 but it has been a fun and enjoyable little build so far . I also dipped my canopy into some "Pledge-One-Go" (Future) and sat it in a plastic box to dry .

Looking forward to more pics of that, John!

Thanks Clemens ;

I started cleaning up the pieces for gluing and got the cockpit floor , seat and control arm/wheel glued together along with some fishing sinkers in the front section

There's a small round window to fit in on the underside of one of the wings however I had to file the inside of the clear round piece as it sat too high and the wing halves wouldn't close together when I dry fitted them

Here's everything glued , taped and clamped together so far

I'll let everything sit for a couple of hours , then I'll add the twin booms to the wing/fuselage assembly .

Looking nice so far, John.

WOW , that's an amazing build you did on your P-38 , Joe ...

I haven't completely abandoned my 1/72 HH-43 Huskie build but after looking at the awesome job Joe did on his P-38 , I've decided to have a go at a couple of 1/72 kits .

I backordered the 1/72 Academy P-38 kit with invasion stripes from the local hobby store and for the time being I picked up a Hasegawa 1/72 P-38J/L Lightning from a second hand dealer .

I really like the second decal option in the kit "My Dad"

My father who passed away recently was a big fan of the P-38 and a few years ago I bought him a DVD with a review of a few WWII aircraft types including a fully restored and flying P-38 Lightning which was being flown and demonstrated by a current RAF pilot whose father flew them in WWII .

It's a fairly basic kit with not a lot of cockpit detail and no wheel well detail at all but that's okay , I'm aiming for a simple build that shouldn't take more than a couple of weeks . More WIP's to follow .

Clemmens thats just what the kit needed,looking forward to seeing those upgrades in place!

Thank you Trey.

I just looked at the instructions of the kit. Only about 4 pages. and 2 1/2 of them are just for pe and resin parts...

About the gear bays and the doors: Eduard has provided PE plates to go into the bays for some extra detail and also some new PE-hinges...

Clemens