English Electric Canberra T.17 - W.I.P.
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April 21, 2022The box.
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April 21, 2022Taking a first look at plan and parts.
Here's a first warning: the instructions seem confusion in that they only show the front halves in assembling the cockpit. However, Step 1 clearly indicates the important note to first glue the respective parts together (left nose to left fuselage parts and right nose to right fuselage parts) before you close the whole things later on.3
April 21, 2022One of the issues that nees fixing is the inconsistencies of panel lines. Some are quite ok, while others are barely visible, so an overall rescribing of the model is needed.4
April 21, 2022Left front cockpit and fuselage glued and all rescribed.5
April 21, 2022Both halves rescribed and sanded.6
April 21, 2022Just a nice angle and trying the access door. Later on I decided to glue it closed.7
April 21, 2022Wing halfs rescribing8
April 21, 2022Cockpit parts9
April 21, 2022Dry fitting cockpit parts - there's some filling to be done10
April 21, 2022Added a bit of plastic card here and there to make it fit better.
At this stage I decide to not bother about what would not be visile (back seat) and paint these windows black from the inside.11
April 21, 2022All parts washed up and ready for paint.12
April 21, 2022Parts painted and glued in place. I stuffed the front end with lead.13
April 21, 2022Top look at the finished interior14
April 21, 2022Seat image15
April 21, 2022Make sure to drill out the wholes for the wing "spars" before you glue the fuselage halfs together. More sanding and a bit of filling to get these all nice.16
April 21, 2022After rescribing, glueing the wing halfs together. The fit is not nice and needed a lot of clamping down.17
April 21, 2022Halfs not the same size, more sanding.18
April 21, 2022Testing the landing gear positioning.19
April 21, 2022I inserted smoe rods to make sure the opening was nicely aligned with the front engine parts. As for the latter, make sure they align nicely before glueing.20
April 21, 2022Even then, there is still a gap. I used plastic card to fill these in.21
April 21, 2022Getting the rods in place for the wings22
April 21, 2022Test fitting, more test fitting and when you're done, test fit again.23
April 21, 2022Glueing the underside resin parts24
April 21, 2022Another interesting bit is the navigation lights (look online for reference photos). To make the correct shape, I used clear sprue and to create the form and sanded in shape. I then drilled inside for the light itself by using two different sizes of drill bits. Add the colour et voila. (note the plastic card on the inside to make it fit.25
April 21, 2022Top view to show the light "bulb"26
April 21, 2022Both sides done27
April 21, 2022Wing tip "bidons" are next. Used two component resin putty to make them fit correctly.
Did I mention dry fitting already? 🙂28
April 21, 2022Use stretched sprue for the "line" the runs from front to top.29
April 21, 2022Wings completed. As you can see, I worked on and finished the wings before I glued them to the fuselage. It proved to be far more practical in terms of handling the parts while dry-fitting etc on the engines, nav lights and fuel tanks.30
April 21, 2022The fitting of the wings is also not good. Plastic card and 2k epoxy putty came to the rescue.31
April 21, 2022top view of progress, it starts to look like a Canberra.32
April 21, 2022Under side, same drill.33
April 21, 2022All glued in place34
April 21, 2022Close up of the joints and cleaning of sanding dust.35
April 21, 2022Canopy glass fulle sanded back.36
April 21, 2022Starts to look good, but the connection to the fuselage is not nice37
April 21, 2022More 2k epoxy putty to sort things out.38
April 21, 2022Templated masking tape is always a good idea39
April 21, 2022Black paint around the edges before the primer goes on.40
April 21, 2022Primer time.41
April 21, 2022Correcting the unavoidable mistakes.42
April 21, 2022Underside pre-shading blue and black colour.43
April 21, 2022Top side pre-shading brown and black44
April 21, 2022underside colour applied (H332 Mr Hobby Colour, Light Aircraft Grey)45
April 21, 2022Taping it all up46
April 21, 2022Base coat applied (H336 Mr Hobby Colour, Hemp)47
April 21, 2022Tops side shading48
April 21, 2022Removing the tape49
April 21, 2022Nice tight lines50
April 21, 2022also on the fuel tank51
April 21, 2022Gloss coat applied, decalling begins52
April 21, 2022Red tail53
April 21, 2022Decalling continues54
April 21, 2022More decalling55
April 21, 2022Starts to look good56
April 21, 2022Tail detail57
April 21, 2022Matt varnish applied and weathering underway58
April 21, 2022Front detail, antennas in place59
April 21, 2022Adding last bits and details60
April 21, 2022Wing tip details.61
April 21, 2022Done.
More images of the completed model are available here: English Electric Canberra T.17 | Album by guido.pm (1:48)
Comments
10 21 April 2022, 20:05
Album info
Images from when I built the Canberra.
This Classic Airframes is not a walk in the park, not for the faint hearted, nor beginners or impatient builders eager to get a result quickly. It will test your patience, skills and perseverance.
If you take it to the end though, you can add an impressive cold war jet (it's 48th scale!) into your display cabinet. Kept me busy for a good nine months.
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English Electric Canberra T Mk.17
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No. 360 Sqn. WD955
November 1991 - RAF Wyton
BS381C:389 BS381C:626