G'day Folk's,
Having now completed all the PE and copper wire parts to the Beaufighter, the pix [and their are 9 altogether], show what is and is not visible when assembled. With exception of the trailing antenia wire and it's mountings all have been completed. The exhaust collector ring is painted in Humbrol Antique Bronze.
The model is to the clean up stage and hopfully by the weekend should have the base coat of BMF applied too it, by applying the BMF as a base, when the cammo is completed and the decalling done, I will rub the entire model to a weathered finish - something similar to the PBY- 5 Catalina, I built as part of the RAAF contract.
Ignition Harness fitted and painted to the Bristol Hercules engine
The exhaust collector mounting s made from a PE set taken from the Tamiya Swordfish
Showing both engine cowlings fitted to model
The gun camera and 20mm cannon ports have been drilled out
The addition framework added to the undercarriage doors, this is part of the Eduard set of PE for the Beaufighter kit
0.125 copper wire [not yet mounted] for the trailing antenia fixture point
Same size copper wire fitted to the rudder post, for the rear monting point of the trailing antenia
Trailing antenia secured only to the rear mount point, [both of these mounting are as yet fitted to the model - this is for the purpose of ilistrating my mounting points of the model
The part opened resin cowling flaps, replacing the kit parts with the resin Mk IV stub exhaust fitted and as yet not painted