Continued from PART THREE:http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/2601013236/m/7221064657

This is not the final product but here is where I'm at on the cockpit. Still a ways to go. Most of it won't be visible once it's in.







I always like to make the cockpit floor very dirty and worn. With the pilot and mechanics jumping in and out under field conditions it just had to be a mess down there. The other parts of the pit won't be so dirty and worn.

Be sure to check out the fantastic work from Kimura and Whiteladder. Stunning models from both!

Here: http://forums.ubi.com/eve/foru...36/m/7221064657/p/20

Thanks JG2 for your comments m8. gonna repost them as they will get lost in old thread.
The cockpit of that 109 looks awesome m8

Kimura thats one impressive tank.

Whiteladder good to see you back m8.
that german soldier bust is amazing work.

1/48 Italeri SBD-5 VMSB-231 Mjor Elmer Glidden & M/Sgt James Boile: Marshall Island 1944.













Did a bit of custom work on this bomb

Blimey,you guys are cranking them out!All great stuff chaps........must.......finish.......something........
A slight fault with the 109 cockpit JG2,as its a desert trop you missed out the little grains of sand often found in on the cockpit floor,and often strands of palm leaf could be seen...Shame on you!

Great work everyone.

Nice to see you back JG2. Love the 109 - great job. Buglord, the Dauntless is another masterpiece. Looking forward ot the website release.

Well, my 1/48 Eduard Bf-110 is back on the workbench after I took a hiatus since April to finish a kitchen reno. Needless to say modelling is more fun.

The cockpit is finished and the fuselage halves glued together. The fit was excellent and just little sanding will be needed on the fuselage joints. No putty so far!



Spent some time on the wheel wells. Some references I saw had bare metal panels as well as RLM 02 so that's how I painted them. I drilled out the holes in the back of the nacelles and added rivets using a scribing tool. I debated whether to cut out the sidewalls of the recessed area as these appeared to be uncovered with the spars exposed but talked myself out of it.


Currently working on the guns. I added the stretched sprue tubing as best I could based on photos and other references. So far only two of the MG 17's are installed so I could finish the lower tubing. More pics to come from the finished gun bay when I get there.


More later.

Great work as always chaps!

Now then, I find myself strangely drawn to an Airfix Short Stirling kit - I've read reviews on how dated it is etc, but anyone here had experience of the beast? This is all down the road thinking - got my Russkie armour to dig out and finish first.

Not me but here are a couple of experiences:

http://hsfeatures.com/features04/stirlingjl_1.htm
http://modelingmadness.com/rev...b/tuckersterling.htm

That Dauntless is fantastic!

Cheers, Mr River - I'd missed the second one.

Yeah, that Dauntless is beautiful. I looked at that for a long time. I noticed the three colored dots on the underside; red green and yellow. My Corsiar in the game has those also, under a wing. I don't know what those dots are for, but I have my geusses. A way to communicate a status to the carrier deck crew or ground crew perhaps?

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Originally posted by RPMcMurphy:
Yeah, that Dauntless is beautiful. I looked at that for a long time. I noticed the three colored dots on the underside; red green and yellow. My Corsiar in the game has those also, under a wing. I don't know what those dots are for, but I have my geusses. A way to communicate a status to the carrier deck crew or ground crew perhaps?

They weren't just on carrier birds. These were signal lights also used on the Mustang, Lightning, and others.

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/for...they-used-19577.html

Here's some more progress on the 110.

The fit of the tail planes is quite loose so it's not easy getting them straight and exactly horizontal. So I had to improvise this set up which worked OK.




There's the fit issue at the engine nacell to wing joint that shows up on most reviews of this kit. Mine was no better so some plastic surgery will be needed.


Finally, one of the nacelles with the nice sidewall details glued in place. I drilled out the little holes in the ribs based on references.


More later.

Finished the gun bay details today. 26 and 30 ga. copper motor winding wire was used for the gun wiring.





Now working the horrid nacelle/wing joint puttying and sanding, my least favourite part of modelling. Then it's on to finalizing the Wespe scheme that I'll use and final assembly.