Dutch Hudson

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August 10, 2022
CMK PUR was a good investment- great details.
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August 10, 2022
Port side. Limited run kit. Vague placement of parts, much flash removal. The opposite of the last Beaufort project. I'm sure this is better than the 1960's Airfix one.
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August 10, 2022
Note side walls PUR veneer
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August 11, 2022
everything, well nearly everything, has gone through the black primer 'sheep dip'. Flaws?, yes many in this limited run/cottage industry kit!
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August 11, 2022
CMK a/market has added some great cockpit details.
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August 11, 2022
One last look inside
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August 11, 2022
About to go to close, (W/O seat to be added).
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August 11, 2022
A dry brush of the Wright Cyclones and a few bits picked out too. I will tone back the gold.
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August 11, 2022
Some undercarriage details, typical for this limited run I guess.
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August 12, 2022
MPM give you many spare windows, which aren't needed. Despite the misgivings about the fit of this kit, these transparencies are top-notch, tight, and once in a bit of capillary action from Tamiya's quick setting thin ensured they're going nowhere. A coat of Pledge to shine them, and we close....
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August 12, 2022
Closing courtesy of CA glue for immediate aligning on parts of the fuselage, followed by thin cement for the ending power. Couldn't quite get it perfect, but I have minimised filler and sanding as much as I could.
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August 12, 2022
Here's where the kit's instructions are woeful....the bomb-aimer's seat is too far forward and can't share the space with the nose's table and associated equipment, so I remove, reduce the legs underneath the seat and re-position (correctly?, I dunno) further back. I think the seat is too big for the scale, but c'est la vie....
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August 12, 2022
et, voila! and note the wings to fuselage joints....again, limited runs have their limits.
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August 12, 2022
basking in the next UK heatwave, everything baking nicely....
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August 12, 2022
At the end of day 3, we have a Government-issued silhouette of a Lockheed Hudson. For identification purposes only.
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August 13, 2022
used Airwaves's torque links rather than those supplied in plastic.
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August 13, 2022
End of day 4, Sky Type S (71.303) getting a bit better with the pre-shading. (Need to even up the wings). Decided on a "Dutch" Hudson out of Leuchars, Fife, Scotland.
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August 14, 2022
First pass of camouflage, day 5.
Vallejo 71.324 (green) goes down OK, but I always wrestle with 71.323 (brown): clogs, spurts and never is consistent. Will need to tidy the underside lines and re-do some fading that’s lost under the confounded brown!
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August 15, 2022
Second pass of camo. Of course, the US painted these to RAF near-as-damn colours, so my BS green and brown may not be totally accurate. I’ve also greyed the BS Sky type S as I’m reading some of the Hudsons were aluminium/grey on undersides.
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August 15, 2022
Baking in the last (for now) hot UK summer’s day.
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August 15, 2022
Some minor tweaks still needed on the top to underside line, and a remedial fix of the broken tail wheel. I have ordered some brass 0.303 guns, which means the project will go into holding pattern until they arrive.
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August 15, 2022
All decals are on. Allowing to settle before the washes.
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August 15, 2022
End of day 5.
Decals on, Pledge’d, wheels and undercarriage legs fixed (although one strut is too fiddly to get inside the wheel bays, so is left off). Only Boulton-Paul turret to be finished.
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August 15, 2022
The Codes and Radio letter are all cramped up around the roundel- I think this was the case in reality.
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August 15, 2022
Re. cramping, radio code looks odd straddling the last window, but there was no where else for it to be placed.
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August 15, 2022
Props are ready, will leave off until pin wash, smokes and grease are added.
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August 17, 2022
End of day 6. Oils and smokes plus some grease. I used Maskol on the glazed nose and it has reacted with paints etc. and I have a small crust to remove carefully ?
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August 17, 2022
On finals, (into Leuchars)…
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August 17, 2022
The turret will be added once the barrels arrive
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August 17, 2022
Props on, we're on short finals with matt varnish done. Turret, radio wires, forward-firing Brownings, and unpicking of masks (plus need to fix the front nose transparency).
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August 17, 2022
Bottom sides show my (subtle?) weathering better.
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August 17, 2022
PBottom view.
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August 18, 2022
Double Dutchman now Flying Dutchman- masks off, Uschi-rigged, only turret and front MG to go on. “Approaching the outer marker”….
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August 18, 2022
Double Dutchman now Flying Dutchman- masks off, Uschi-rigged, only turret and front MG to go on. “Approaching the outer marker”….
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August 29, 2022
Finally, the AirMaster 0.303 British Brownings came in and I was able to finish the Boulton-Paul turret.
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August 29, 2022
All in all, not a bad kit. Some work required, but now I’m looking through the transparencies I can see some nice cockpit details.
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August 29, 2022
Landed. Leuchars.
Dutch Courage(ous).
I’ll post some outdoor shots with the EOS 5D.4 later.
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Comments

45 10 August 2022, 17:22

Cuajete
Following!

10 August 2022, 18:57

Andy Ball
Thanks Cuajete- this is the antithesis of the 72nd 'fix Beaufort

10 August 2022, 19:36

Patryk S.
Following! Love the Hudson and the Ventura!

11 August 2022, 11:37

Andy Ball
Thanks for popping in Patryk, I've made the Ventura (Academy) too - have you?, a much better kit than this, but I guess this is better than the ancient offering from Airfix.

11 August 2022, 13:46

Patryk S.
Hi Andy! I did do the Novo Ventura and have one in my stash (rebranded by Chematic). I am looking for the academy kit but it is extremely hard to find. I have the PBO version of the Ventura in my stash though and it is high on my to do list so watching your current build with much interrest!

11 August 2022, 14:10

Cuajete
Interiors looks so good, Andy.
Very nice seats and seatbelts 👍

11 August 2022, 18:51

Andy Ball
I didn't realise the Academy Ventura was that hard to find? Maybe they'll re-release? I did the RAF one, so the PBO may be prettier? I'm wondering if the re-badges version of this (Revell/Italeri?) may have been a better buy?, anyways it's taking shape now.

11 August 2022, 19:11

Andy Ball
Thanks again Cuajete!, the CMK seats look smaller than those they replace in the kit. The instrument panel is good too, haven't attached it yet….😬

11 August 2022, 19:12

Patryk S.
In Poland it is indeed, but I was able to locate a minicraft rerelease today and I will buy it when I am back from Germany next week. Sorry, I did realise now I made a mistake with the PBO - it's not a Ventura but the USAAC / US Navy Hudson - thats what I had in mind. In the Revell / Italeri you would only get other decal options, the sprues are the same. Great progress so far!

11 August 2022, 19:57

Łukasz Gliński
Joining y'all here too 👍

12 August 2022, 21:08

Andy Ball
@Patryk, I've just checked the reboxed offerings and they all have the same build sequence and faults this MPM offering has, so I'd be disappointed if I'd bought a mainstream manufacturer. Minicraft's Hudson maybe the best in this scale, and I didn't know they did one😞

12 August 2022, 21:39

Andy Ball
@Łukasz, glad to have you in the audience- this is another attempt at a model-speed record 😀

12 August 2022, 21:40

Dave Flitton
Looking good, I will have to follow closely.

13 August 2022, 07:01

Olivier
The cockpit details are impressive.

13 August 2022, 15:21

Andy Ball
Thanks for calling in David. Sure like your recent builds too!

13 August 2022, 16:49

Andy Ball
Olivier, thanks for peering over the project, I think the cockpit's the best part! (sadly, forgot to photo the instrument panel which was equally detailed for '72nd).

13 August 2022, 16:50

Cuajete
Verey nice progress, Andy! 👍
Once the fuselage is closed, can you see anything inside through the passenger windows? Is it worth having seats?

13 August 2022, 18:03

Andy Ball
Hi Cuajete- probably "nada" (I haven't taken the masks off yet, but prior to them going in I thought little to be seen. However the kit allows the door to be modelled in an open position, but I haven't

13 August 2022, 20:07

Guy Rump
Very fast progress Andy, it's going well for an MPM. I still haven't plucked up the courage to build any from my stash as yet. I thought it was just me that has occasional issues with the Vallejo 71.323. 👍

14 August 2022, 18:31

Jan Peters
320 Squadron Hudson.... Count me in 👍🏻

14 August 2022, 19:03

Andy Ball
Thanks Guy, it's only going fast because of the dedicated hours I've got. I think the paint for RAF dark earth needs s substitute- some of the Air Vallejos don't perform well through the H&S.

14 August 2022, 22:18

Andy Ball
@Jan I think we need to recognise the sacrifices the Dutch made in WWII for the RAF. That is, being stationed on the east coast of Scotland 😉😂

14 August 2022, 22:19

Neil Patrick
Looking great Andy. Do I spy a guitar string in the fuselage? E, A or D I'm guessing? 😉

14 August 2022, 23:02

Cuajete
Looks really good so far, Andy 👍

15 August 2022, 17:38

Andy Ball
@Neil, indeed as part of my random and fictitious approach to cabins, it is a pipe for something- it can't be seen now! Correct, it is an A string!

15 August 2022, 17:51

Andy Ball
Thanks Cuajete, it's been tricky, but I'd shape up now.

15 August 2022, 17:52