Bristol Beaufighter
First engine parts.
Engines and parts of the cockpit assembled.
Interior green...
...a lot of interior green.
A few more parts already coloured.
Cockpit assembly
Wings and belly
This is going to be a nightmare getting it clean. It will take a lot of filling and sanding
First fitting test
More basic paintjobs done
Short fitting check
The filling and sanding madness on the closed wheel wells has begun.
Fuselage finished. But the gaps are as big as the grand canyon.
Wings and fuselage united.
Added rudder and elevators. Also prepared the engine covers.
Comments
27 December 2015, 21:50
Marc StecherWanted to continue coloring today...had to learn the hard way that you A. never should apply to much pressure to a clogged color bottle and B. never should do this not on your working space but on your computer desk...was a "funny" evening.
28 December 2015, 21:59
Marc StecherFinished filling all gaps and holes. This evening, the sanding frenzy can begin.
12 January 2016, 09:07
Marc StecherCatastrophy! While masking the rudders, the primer on the right wing started tearing off. Sanded the afflicted area and reapplied primer. Hopefully it is ok now. But 2 days work are lost.
27 February 2016, 16:12
Thomas BischoffPitty - a primer must stick to the surface and not the mask. What primer are you using and did you wash the kit with soap?
27 February 2016, 21:10
Marc StecherHi Thomas, I'm using the Vallejo PU Primer and had no problems with it ever since. I assume, too, that I didn't clean that part of the wing thoroughly enough. I will apply the skyblue to the rudder today and mask it tomorrow, again, to apply the mediterranian blue to the rest of the belly.
28 February 2016, 13:45
Marc StecherOk, finally finished this one. My youngest one is proud of this warbird hanging from his ceiling.
28 September 2016, 07:23
Thomas Bischoffnice work, your youngest one can really be proud. The canopy is very clear, did you dip it future or anything similar?
1 October 2016, 19:37
Marc StecherHi Thomas, always wanted to try that future stuff with canopys, but this one is out of the box. No polish or anything else.
2 October 2016, 18:28
