Bill Gilman Hi mates, here is one of my latest projects. This is the 1:72 CMR resin kit of the Blackburn Firebrand TF.5, a superbly detailed kit. Have a look at the photos to see my progress. I hope everyone is staying safe during the pandemic. We scale modellers should adapt well to the crisis - we've been practicing social distancing since age 9! Cheers, Bill
3. April, 23:06
Jay Dubya Too true and too funny, Bill.
BTW: Great fix on those fiddly fan blades
4. April, 00:00
Alec K Great project Bill! The castings sure look great, and nice recovery on the fan blades
Bill Gilman Thanks. As I remember, the resin cockpit was a bit longer than the kit cockpit, and I had to remove the area for the front instrument panel coaming from the kit's fuselage. The resin pit also had to be sanded a lot as it was also too wide for the Revell fuselage. I also sanded down the kit's fuselage sidewalls. I then had to do some tricks with the resin sidewalls. There are some photos and an explanation in the build thread that I posted above. Cheers, Bill
Bill Gilman Hi mates. The Javelin T.3 is finished, and I've uploaded many more photos. I think the old gal cleaned up pretty good. What do you guys and gals think? Cheers, Bill
Bill Gilman Thanks mates! The FAW.9 will follow shortly (I need to take a break from all that scribing!). My next project will be the CMR 1:72 Blackburn Firebrand TF.5. Cheers, Bill
The conversion is not difficult. You need to add two blisters at the top of the vertical tail, change the wing tips to non-slatted but with the RWR sensors, and add slotted horizontal stabilizers. Plus a bunch of antennae.
Saeed Jamali very welll job ... well done .... how u fit aires cockpit set in the kit , its biger than original kit cockpit , for me it doesnt fit , how do u do that man
4. January, 22:40
Bill Gilman Thanks. I sanded it down until it fit and made some other modifications. There are photos and an explanation in the build thread posted above.
Martin von Schreckenstein been planning this for a while so your article is a nice reference. also feel a little less confident now as your result will be tough to match
24. September 2019, 12:46
Bill Gilman Hi Martin, the entire build was documented in these articles:
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, how do u do that man
