Army_Air_Force Posted October 20, 2010 Author Share Posted October 20, 2010 Matt coat dry, tailwheel and main wheels fitted. The four small gear doors needed quite a bit of trimming and thinning to get them to fit well. The wheels are now drying on the axles and will be left overnight before I do any more. The only other things done tonight was to wash all the parts of my 1/48 Spitfire and 1/72 B-17. January can't come fast enough for the B-17 group build! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Army_Air_Force Posted October 21, 2010 Author Share Posted October 21, 2010 (edited) With the glue still drying on the canopy, it's done! I used R/C modellers glue for the canopy. It looks like white PVA woodworking glue, but sticks well to plastics and dries clear. Not in the picture is a small piece of wire for the front sight. I've left off the ring sight as the moulding is way too big and just looked wrong. Edited October 21, 2010 by Army_Air_Force Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Kostucha Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Just... AWESOME!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Army_Air_Force Posted October 21, 2010 Author Share Posted October 21, 2010 (edited) Cheers. My next project, a Spitfire IX Diorama, has a thread started here - http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index....howtopic=218645 Edited October 21, 2010 by Army_Air_Force Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moofles Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 i salute you , fantastic work, now onto the spit one, cannot wait to follow that one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dagger00 Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Stunning model, congratulations.....now I feel my models will better go to the circle universe (AKA trash bin...LoL)......what a model, fantastic, really, congratulations. Best, Juan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Old Blind Dog Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Stunning! Awesome! Amazing! Great work. cheers Old Blind Dog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Army_Air_Force Posted October 22, 2010 Author Share Posted October 22, 2010 Many thanks everyone. The pictures probably make it look better than it is. As I said, it has its flaws. There are a couple of seams slightly visible, a few specks of dust in the paint and under the decals. A couple of decals show slight signs of silvering under the edges, but overall, there's enough going on with the plane to distract you from the bad bits. I'm going to print out the cutaway drawing which has all the parts labelled, laminate it, and give it to the local aircraft museum along with the model. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mlicari Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 Congratulations! That's a fantastic model. Well done! And thanks for posting regular pics and updates. It was fun to follow along. Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Prop Duster Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 Congratulations, on a job well done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rpeck Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Looks good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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