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Paula & Dan · Last edited by Paula & Dan on Tue 26 Aug 2008 10:53 am; edited 1 time in total

Progress of Badwolf's build will be recorded here.
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Badwolf · Posted: Mon 25 Aug 2008 21:11 pm Post subject:

I'll be building the Airfix B-26C Marauder, kit no: 04015.
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Badwolf · Posted: Mon 01 Sep 2008 20:46 pm Post subject:

I'll start off with some photos of the kit, it doesn't state year of manufacture anywhere on the box, but does say 'Made in France' so I'd guess 2007.

Box

Instructions

Decals

Parts (including the obligatory one or two that came loose during transit!)

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Badwolf · Posted: Wed 03 Sep 2008 22:00 pm Post subject:

Assembly has commenced! I spent some time on Monday and Tuesday filling sink holes on the central spar, cleaning up mould lines and flash on the main parts of the bomb bay, and glued them up today.

I've also removed the wing parts from the sprue and test fitted them...

Lock S-foils in attack position! I didn't know the Rebel Alliance operated B-26's!!

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Badwolf · Posted: Thu 04 Sep 2008 21:32 pm Post subject:

The wings have now been glued and clamped until the glue has thoroughly dried.

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Flash Flash · Silver Star Joined: 16 May 2006 Posts: 2938

I think this kit is the best one Airfix has ever made. Its really really cheap as well!
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AFCBGeorge · Posted: Thu 04 Sep 2008 21:57 pm Post subject:

Heggy how much is it?
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Badwolf · Posted: Fri 05 Sep 2008 21:26 pm Post subject:

Badwolf · Posted: Fri 05 Sep 2008 21:35 pm Post subject:

AFCBGeorge · Posted: Fri 05 Sep 2008 23:49 pm Post subject:

yeah, does seem good value. Never been into bombers but I might give this one a try.
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Badwolf · Posted: Tue 09 Sep 2008 21:26 pm Post subject:

Some further progress has been made in the last few days...

The cockpit has been assembled less control columns and bombsight.

The crew figures have received a base coat of H94.

And finally the engine nacelles have been assembled and filler applied to the seams in the wheel wells.

I may have been premature with my comment previously about good fit of parts, there are definitely some fit issues between the nacelles and the wings!

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Badwolf · Posted: Fri 12 Sep 2008 21:28 pm Post subject:

Just a quick update, I've sanded down the filler in the wheel wells and assembled the bombs. Next job will be gluing the nacelles to the wings once I work out the best way of doing it to minimize the amount of filler used Think

. Also hope to start painting the interior this weekend.
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Badwolf · Posted: Sun 14 Sep 2008 21:12 pm Post subject:

Not much done today, put first coat of H86 on the bombs, and H226 on the bomb bay and cockpit. Crew figures are just about finished too.
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Badwolf · Posted: Wed 17 Sep 2008 21:43 pm Post subject:

A bit more progress made, I've glued the nacelles to the wings, and applied filler (lots of!) to the joins.

Just visible at the top are two of the crew figures, I'll take a photo of them in due course.
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Badwolf · Posted: Fri 19 Sep 2008 22:11 pm Post subject:

Over the last couple of days I've put a second coat of H86 on the bombs and spent ages sanding down the filler on the wing/nacelle joints, applying more filler where needed and sanding that down. Next I'll start on the engines and tail surfaces.
Also I'll try to get the cockpit and bomb bay completed soon so I can install them in one half of the fuselage and start adding some weight.
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Badwolf · Posted: Tue 23 Sep 2008 21:40 pm Post subject:

Progress update; been doing some painting over the last few days.

Bombs

Crew

Bomb bay

Not the best pic ever, I'll try to take a clearer photo soon!

Cockpit

The bomb bay and cockpit have been dry brushed with a lightened shade of green to break up the monotone look, but this doesn't show very well in the pics!

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Heinkel51 · Posted: Wed 24 Sep 2008 02:28 am Post subject:

Thats turning out very very nice. What colour are you using on the interior ?

Challenger · Posted: Wed 24 Sep 2008 17:42 pm Post subject:

I might be wrong Heinkel, but from reading above i get the impression it's mainly H226 with a drybrushing of a lighter green
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Badwolf · Posted: Wed 24 Sep 2008 21:12 pm Post subject:

jhl1908 · Posted: Wed 24 Sep 2008 21:23 pm Post subject:

Nice subject Badwolf.

It has far better details than I would have expected!
A beautiful airplane as well with clean lines and good harmony.

With kind regards from Jesper.