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ColinM · Last edited by ColinM on Mon 05 Oct 2009 08:33 am; edited 1 time in total

Progress of mad_djg's build will be reported here.

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mad_djg · Black Star Joined: 31 Jul 2009 Posts: 13

Couldn't resist this GB - so soon after starting up this hobby again along comes a starter kit GB.

So here's what I'll be doing

One other challenge - due to work commitments I'm doing a fair bit of travelling over the next month so I've decided to make use of those nights stuck in hotels to do something constructive.... Initial progress expected this week...

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Ratch · Posted: Mon 05 Oct 2009 18:29 pm Post subject:

Oooh nice

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hewman100 · Posted: Tue 06 Oct 2009 09:24 am Post subject:

Gonna certainly have to get hold of one of these.
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TopGun · Posted: Tue 06 Oct 2009 21:18 pm Post subject:

That scheme looks cool
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mad_djg · Black Star Joined: 31 Jul 2009 Posts: 13

Well made a start this week.. Tuesday night spent in the Premier Inn at Huntingdon.

First the sprues:

So got all the "little" pieces painted (and added a touch of flesh to the pilot". So all ready to start the assembly :

By the end of the evening we'd got to this point :

Unfortunately you could drive the proverbial bus through the gaps at the wing roots, still sitting there for 10 minutes pushing as hard as could has considerably improved things (although by no means perfect).

Also apologies for the latest photos.... best I could do with the camera on the phone

Arpie · Posted: Sun 11 Oct 2009 18:22 pm Post subject:

Hey mad_djg

That's a great start

. Photo's are much better then many I've seen from camera phones.
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DH764 · Posted: Sun 11 Oct 2009 18:45 pm Post subject:

Nicely done

Try to fill the gap in the wing root with a bit , not too much , of the glue that comes with the kit.It wont completely hide the join but a thickish coat of paint soon fills it up a bit more.
I tried this with some success on my F5E build.

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jhl1908 · Posted: Sun 11 Oct 2009 18:54 pm Post subject:

Looking good so far.

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feanor · Posted: Sun 11 Oct 2009 19:00 pm Post subject:

Ayup Andy...

Before you melt through the wing with glue on its own, how about carving up some sprue into 'Flakes' and filling the gap with them AND glue? a little more controllable?

I did that as a ten year old...
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mad_djg · Black Star Joined: 31 Jul 2009 Posts: 13

Another week..... another hotel...

Not having looked at the model for a week - the wings aren't as bad as I made out - not perfect - but acceptable (well to my standards anyway

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So this is the state of play after 2 coats of paint :

Unfortunately whilst in the box, in the suitcase, one of the propeller blades has broken off

Still not a major issue - just an annoyance. However, I have decided to only add the final parts at home when all else is complete.

More frustrating is the blue of the tail plane. I've given the paint a good shake and a good stir but it just (to me) looks wrong - for me, totally out of keeping with the intensity of the other colours. Certainly not the bright and bold I was expecting. It is HU89, which looking at the Airfix site seems to give a reasonable match to the colour on the plane, but it really doesn't seem to match the blue on the box. Any suggestions for a "better" blue?

Derek

Heinkel51 · Posted: Wed 14 Oct 2009 08:16 am Post subject:

Looking good,

hewman100 · Posted: Wed 14 Oct 2009 09:39 am Post subject:

Hu25 could be a better match, although whether using it falls within the rules would be a question for the man in charge.
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mad_djg · Black Star Joined: 31 Jul 2009 Posts: 13

Thanks for the suggestion Hewman, however as that would mean spending some money it wouldn't really meet the spirit of the GB.

So... anyway finally finished....

Struggled a bit getting some of the decals straight..... but not too bad...

Having completed this, I have the urge to make another one - just to see how much of an improvement I can make with using more than just the starter kit.

Ratch · Posted: Sun 25 Oct 2009 21:23 pm Post subject:

Nice one

TopGun · Posted: Sun 25 Oct 2009 23:57 pm Post subject:

looks great
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jhl1908 · Posted: Mon 26 Oct 2009 08:15 am Post subject:

Way to go!

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Heinkel51 · Posted: Mon 26 Oct 2009 12:54 pm Post subject:

Very nicely turned out

DH764 · Posted: Mon 26 Oct 2009 20:20 pm Post subject:

Great build

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TimJ · Posted: Mon 26 Oct 2009 21:50 pm Post subject:

Nice work.

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