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James Cann (lespauljames)
GB

wip

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1 11 May 2018, 14:36
Spanjaard
that engine looks amazing 🙂
11 May 2018, 15:57
Björn Svedberg
Fantastic looking engine! 👍 I'll take a seat. 🙂
11 May 2018, 19:53
Alec K
Me too 👍
16 May 2018, 12:01
gorby
Looks good so far.
I'm doing this kit at the moment. Excellent kit, but quite complex (for me anyway). I was fitting the engine this morning – very frustrating experience. Oddly enough the fit was excellent on everything except the glazing under the nose – it was about 0.5mm too wide.
16 May 2018, 14:46
James Cann
Gorby, I have had trouble with the wing fillets on the front. Had to sand and re rivet ! Hope rest goes smoother
16 May 2018, 15:13
James Cann
Thanks folks. More pics tonight
16 May 2018, 15:22
gorby
That's odd, I don't remember problems in that area (but my memory isn't good). The fit of some of the parts is ridiculously tight – on the pilots seat, I had to cut off the part of the PE seatbelt that hangs over the left side, because the seat wouldn't fit in the cockpit. So the thickness of the PE (0.15mm) threw out the fit! Or it could just have been me screwing it up.
I'm very interested to see how a good modeller copes with this kit, I think I'll stick to simpler kits in the future.
16 May 2018, 15:43
James Cann
Oh that does sound tight I'm quite a haphazard builder so hopefully it will go well.. Got some progress done last night bit no photos as yet.
17 May 2018, 14:09
James Cann
Some progress on the wings. I wouldn't usually fit the undercarriage at this stage. Just following instructions. I'm nearing the point of working on the fuselage (hooray) . Things to note. Quickboost intakes on and looking good. Need to soften the gaping panel line on the front of the wings. Grey used was hataka raf medium sea grey from the raf helicopter set.
17 May 2018, 21:37
Es-haq Khosravi
Well done so far!
17 May 2018, 21:45
James Cann
Thankyou Es-haq ! Much appreciated
17 May 2018, 21:57
gorby
I forgot the wing leading edge parts. That was an awful fit on mine as well and took a lot of work to look even remotely acceptable.
18 May 2018, 06:39
James Cann
gorby one was ok the other was crap. Was it us ? Or the kit bits. I was a bit annoyed because I had to rely on one of my weaknesses.. (scribing and rivets) lol
18 May 2018, 07:28
gorby
One was definitely worse than the other, but neither look great, even after surgery.
18 May 2018, 15:01

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Here is the engine so far. Painted with hataka, alclad , Mr metal colour and Tamiya.

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1:48
In progress
1:48 Peshka (Pe-2) (Eduard 11112)1:48 Pe-2 - Air Intakes (Quickboost QB 48 709)1:48 Pe-2 UBT Guns (Eduard 648372)2+

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