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17 November, 17:16
adiefatladyMostly a decent kit. Mostly.
Fitment is good with the rear being a bit tight and problematic.
Not the greatest painting instructions so a bit of research is needed.
Ladder was confusing and I ended up sealing it which I didn’t want to do.
Biggest problem area was loadout . Lots of weapons and you can definitely get by. The GBU 12 don’t have nipples. You do get MERs but you would have to do mix of mk83 and the 12s to fill but you do get TERs. The AGMs seem to have rear band in different places so they don’t line up. Decals are awful for the weapons; missing, badly printed, not enough etc. The main and maverick decal set are ok. For the long ones they can break if they get buckled or bunched up. Meng is the better kit I have heard and it’s prob true. If you can get this kit for £35 or so I think that’s worth it.
17 November, 17:14
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WIP of a blue-yellow biplane
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For the other decorations and stencils I used the decals.
Here the underside of both wings ...
Projet: Stearman PT-17 Kaydet
51 31 October, 18:27
bughunterWelcome Robert! Which one you want to take, the yellow or a green one? 😉
Please do not miss the project description, for the _VERY_ important reason for this project!
31 October, 18:55
Ludvík KružíkI'll sit down too. If I'm not mistaken, one green seat is still open. 😉
31 October, 22:40
bughunterHello my friends! A warm welcome to each and every one of you!
Working on the parts of this kit can be considered bodily harm! The bright yellow hurts your eyes and you can't see any details or damaged areas that need work. I would have preferred a more common gray!
1 November, 16:49
KennethHallo Frank, the set with lap belts only could be intended for the US Navy variant of the Stearman, the N2S. Until US entry in WW2, US Navy aircraft mostly did not have shoulder belts. I read this in a review of a 1/32 Vought Kingfisher while looking for seatbelts and wondering about the same thing for my 1/32 Revell/ICM N2S Stearman kit.
2 November, 08:55
bughunterWelcome! Thanks Kenneth! That makes sense, as the kit offers also a yellow Navy plane with red stripes. Luckily my wife want it blue-yellow. All the pictures I found shows also shoulder belts, but that was mostly still flying machines and I guess the shoulder belts was added later.
I had already downloaded the ICM manual as an additional reference and looked at reviews because of an oddity on the upper wing. More on this later.
2 November, 16:24
bughunterBecause I was still in soldering mode after the seats, I immediately turned my attention to the tank on the upper wing. I like the look of the metal fuel tank now.
2 November, 19:49
Robert PodkońskiPerhaps you will find my photos useful for your build:
Hangar 10 | Album by podkon
2 November, 21:31
bughunterThe wing is yellow again, but now the look is better!
I used here MRP-142 Orange Yellow. If someone remembers my Piper: the yellow was "Dark Chrome Yellow" also from MRP. Even this one here called "Orange Yellow" it looks more yellow compared to the Piper.
3 November, 18:47
Alec KI was just wondering where the heck is Bughunter, and here he is! Lovely progress and topic, following of course 👍
4 November, 03:57
bughunterWelcome Ben and Alec!
The lower wing is now also painted yellow. I only not sure about the blue. I want to go with the darker later blue, tried AK Pure Blue, but I will also try others.
4 November, 11:52
Jakub FialaNice work on this interesting type of aircraft so far 👍 Following for sure!
4 November, 14:33
Ben MLove these old trainers. They used to show up at airshows a lot when I was a kid.
4 November, 17:20
Christoph KunzUi, da habe ich den Start ja irgendwie verpennt. 🙁
Aber jetzt bin ich dabei.
4 November, 19:47
KennethNoch was, je nach dem, was das Vorbild ist: Part 71 in Point 4 of the instructions is in my opinion not correct for a WW2-era Stearman. Such a box typically houses a radio, intercom, transponder etc. on modern, restored examples
5 November, 07:12
bughunterIn the spirit of "Piano man": the regular crowd shuffled in ...
Welcome!
Oh, can someone wake up Kyle? 😉
5 November, 12:33
Juergen KlinglhuberKyle! - come on, you will miss a good portion of the show and have to put the stool again in the back... 😉 Just kidding. It is never to late for a bughunter-show
5 November, 17:26
bughunterKenneth, thanks for the hint! Interestingly the Eduard manual of the PE set here on SM told me to remove the mount points for this part 71. After that hint I checked some pictures of original machines and found the modern equipment. So thanks for the confirmation! After my PE set arrived I found out the remove of that mount points is missing in my paper version! Luckily I have checked the corrected online version first.
I would like to build a original equipped plane, but this is somehow limited. I have only the kit decals for a US Army plane "136" dated 1941. There is no serial number mentioned. I have not found photos of that plane yet. So I will build it according the information I have, with "educated guesses" on some points. Later more.
5 November, 19:27
bughunterI made the instrument panels. May be you know the Eduard sandwich method of multiple PE parts? Here we have a special thing!
5 November, 20:07
KennethFuselage innner side colours are also totally wrong in the instructions (overall aluminium). See flugzeugforum.de/thr...103126/post-3062086 where I posted some thoughts about this.
The „thick" plate on the instrument panel which you chose is correct for the period, it's a padding saving an unfortunate student pilot's face when smashing it against the instrument panel…
5 November, 20:40
bughunterKenneth, thank you very much for your great support 👍 Highly appreciated!
Now I understand, why the bolts of the instruments are hidden by this padding.
According to your picture I painted the fuselage halves bright linen and added the read brown tensioning varnish. It will not be very visible after closing the halves.
The inner structure is not in scale: much too thick! As it will be not very visible later I do not go the extra mile to replace the structure by brass wires!
Did someone say Jehovah? 😎
8 November, 19:09
bughunterThe seat belts (what a fiddly job), the seats and the cockpit as a whole are finished. What beautiful interior!
Have I forgotten something, or can the fuselage halves be glued?
9 November, 19:02
KennethLooks perfect 👍 I was wondering whether there shouldn't be a fuel cock (the red lever on the lower left side in the front cockpit) in the rear cockpit as well, but found quite a few photos were this indeed not the case (but also some with one).
And while the ICM fuselage structure is indeed very delicate, it stops short of the rear cockpit!
10 November, 09:45
bughunterThank you mates!
Beside the thick structure it is a nice kit (and Eduard PE set) with great fit. Sometimes even with the famous Tamiya click 🙂
@Ben Pancakes?! You say if you know you know, but I do not know 🙁
If you mean the upholstery of the seats - I think that this task was taken over by the parachutes.
10 November, 09:56
bughunterThe kit includes a clear lamp to be installed on the back of the fuselage for Navy and Army. I have not found a reference photo.
Is this perhaps an anti-collision light on modern aircraft? Add it or leave it out?
11 November, 13:49
KennethThat fuselage lamp (probably a modern strobe light) does not appear in the manual available on the Stearman Aero site (p. 105)… from which I've also just learned that the red lever I mentioned earlier is control lock and not a fuel cock.
11 November, 16:20
bughunterThanks for the confirmation of my guess Kenneth! I glued stretched sprue into the socket for later sanding.
11 November, 19:25
René "Lord Bilbo" BartholemyBughunter "not going the extra mile"? 🤔
Usurper!
What have you done to the real Bughunter? 🤣
11 November, 21:29
bughunterDon't worry, I'm okay. I still go the extra mile, but where it makes sense and is visible.
The fuselage is now closed and other small things done.
11 November, 22:04
Alec KYou are making a lightning progress Frank. I can barely keep up! The added detail is, as usual, superb 👍
12 November, 00:45
bughunterAlec, that is a Revell Level 4 kit with only 58 parts according to the box. Ok, the PE set and the belts doubles the number and there is room for a little scratch work, but the fit is fantastic! That saves a lot of time.
I have the Mr.Paint True Blue on order and hope it will arrive soon.
12 November, 09:38
bughunterSome more little details are prepared, for example a Venturi pipe. This idea is maybe useful for other types.
But I also decided to go the extra mile to meet all expectations and made it possible to mount the rudder in an angled position for more liveness.
12 November, 19:48
Ludvík KružíkYour work is gaining momentum. It's a pleasure to watch the model grow under your hands.
12 November, 21:31
TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)How could I miss this build .... very very nice progress so far and kudos for the soldering work!!!! I was thinking of this approach very often, but I´m too scared and always came back to CA removing the excess with debonder. Watching this build with interest 😊
13 November, 09:39
bughunterThank you mates for your very kind words!
@Thomas I was lucky enough to have been drilled in the art of soldering at a young age during my training as a telecommunications technician. Even though my studies were more theoretical afterwards, I now have 45 years of soldering experience. It was therefore obvious to use this experience in model making. This is also how I soldered my strip downs (see projects) 🙂
13 November, 09:58
TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)Well, that explains it all - you can be glad having this kind of skills man 🤘
13 November, 16:00
bughunterToday the MrPaint "True Blue" arrived - exactly the beautiful shade I hoped for! Not too dark and not as bright as some of the actual airplanes flying around. With a hint of turquoise as often discussed.
The paint shades of the Mr.Paints are very nice, some examples: the Dark Chrome Yellow on my Piper (I was asked during the last exhibition about it), the PC12 on the Sopwith Triplane (some chocolate brown), the linen color shades .... and this True Blue is no exception 👍
15 November, 17:15
bughunterThank you mates!
After some clear gloss coat I started to apply the decals. I also had an idea for a little scratch work - stay tuned!
16 November, 19:14
bughunterAlec, you will need a bit of patience as I have to do other things first.
The wings are decorated. When the decals (and softener) are dry I can add more clear coat. The fuselage is not yet completed.
17 November, 16:31
Desert MarlinNothing more pleasing than a fine "yellow-wing" from an era long passed!!!
17 November, 17:13
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