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thomasweir · Last edited by thomasweir on Fri 29 May 2009 10:42 am; edited 1 time in total

The Boss will be posting his build here

Ratch · Posted: Wed 27 May 2009 22:10 pm Post subject:

Mine will be the 1/24 leviathon

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thomasweir · Posted: Thu 28 May 2009 09:31 am Post subject:

Excellent choice sir.

Ratch · Posted: Mon 29 Jun 2009 15:37 pm Post subject:

Eager to start, I've done very little research but keep delving in as things progress (a recipe for disaster

). I'm going to build the F-2 option

I started off by airbrushing Xe: 203 RLM 66 Schwartzgrau, although in the temperatures we're experiencing at the moment I did experience some problems with flow

The mouldings bear a passing resemblance to the reference pix I've found, but the pilot is the same model as the BoB 109E chappy, wearing an early war life preserver

I'm currently considering either modifying him, or leaving him out completely Juggling

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Ratch · Posted: Mon 29 Jun 2009 21:03 pm Post subject:

A bit of painting and some assembly

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thomasweir · Posted: Tue 30 Jun 2009 07:46 am Post subject:

Looking good

chrisbh · Posted: Tue 30 Jun 2009 07:57 am Post subject:

Really looking forward to watching this one develop.
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Ratch · Posted: Tue 30 Jun 2009 18:54 pm Post subject:

This is what I've been up to

As you can see, Hermann has been painted

and what might be less noticeable is that his life preserver has been removed

Although he can be squeezed into the office, I'm going to leave him out

Now we're getting into tricky country - closing up the fuselage - and I can foresee problems Nailbiting

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Owen · Posted: Tue 30 Jun 2009 19:04 pm Post subject:

Best of luck with this, looking good so far!

It will be interesting to see what problems (if any) you might have - the wing fit and u/c bays were especially tricky - building the panels so they could be removed as one unit was an interesting experience too!

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Brews · Posted: Tue 30 Jun 2009 19:04 pm Post subject:

Did you include rear crankcase [part 32(?) ] which, if you leave it out, can't be seen that it's left out, and eliminates the fit problem?

Owen · Posted: Tue 30 Jun 2009 19:07 pm Post subject:

Ratch · Posted: Tue 30 Jun 2009 19:15 pm Post subject:

I'd forgotten about the fit problem

but I've just managed to separate the parts and extract the offending piece

And things were going so well too Whistling

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Brews · Posted: Tue 30 Jun 2009 20:12 pm Post subject:

While you have the engine out, I can't tell from your pics, but it SEEMs to be a dark metallic overall. Actually, the shrouds around the cylinder heads were a bright (almost "polished") aluminium.
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Badwolf · Posted: Tue 30 Jun 2009 21:16 pm Post subject:

Nice start, the cockpit looks great.

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TimJ · Posted: Tue 30 Jun 2009 21:36 pm Post subject:

Nice work so far.
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chrisbh · Posted: Wed 01 Jul 2009 08:43 am Post subject:

Good stuff! In a way it's a shame to leave Herman in his bunk but I can see why you want to show the cockpit off!

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Ratch · Posted: Wed 01 Jul 2009 10:34 am Post subject:

Thanks for the encouragement

This morning I've been persuading the fuselage to join Bam!

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thomasweir · Posted: Wed 01 Jul 2009 10:37 am Post subject:

Looking great as always Ratch

Ratch · Posted: Sat 04 Jul 2009 11:38 am Post subject:

A bit of glue, a bit of paint, a bit of progress

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Brews · Posted: Sat 04 Jul 2009 14:18 pm Post subject:

Wheel wells should be RLM 02

It's not too late to fix that ... call it RLM 66 pre-shading.
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