Blackburn Firebrand TF.5 (CMR)

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The box - nice and sturdy. Not like those flimsy end-opening excuses.
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Over 20 pages in the instructions! Two vacuform canopies and two PE frets.
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Absolutely exquisite detail.
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Beautifully cast - but I suspect it will not be easy removing the spinner/fan.
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Landing gear in black resin - much stronger and stiffer than the rest.
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Need this number - so I don't sand too much off of the fuselage halves.
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Fuselage ready.
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Very nice detail in the cockpit. British interior grey-green is Gunze C364 from their Color Set.
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Works for me.
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Strange looking rudder pedals, but they match photos.
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A light wash really brings out the sidewall detail.
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And the other side.
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Instrument panel is pre-painted and made by Eduard.
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The front end of the fuselage is not square, it has a bit of an angle to it.
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That's what they invented white card stock for.
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I broke off some of the flap actuators - wonder how long these replacements will last?
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Well, I sure made a mess of those fan blades when I removed the spinner.
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Hey, more card stock! 0.005" thick, and 1mm square.
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I can't believe I did this and maintained my sanity.
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April 3, 2020
I decided to pin the main gear legs.
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April 3, 2020
I added some brass tube to accept the landing gear pins.
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April 3, 2020
First coat of Dark Slate Grey. Lots of things to clean up - panels lines, etc.
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April 3, 2020
The Firebrand was a big beastie - here she is next to the AZ Spitfire 14.
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April 3, 2020
I added Master cannons.
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Lots of fiddly photoetch on the aft end of the torpedo.
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April 3, 2020
Hey, starting to look good in her Temperate Sea Scheme.
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April 3, 2020
The paints used are from Colourcoats.
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August 29, 2020
Adding some grime to the gear bays.
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August 29, 2020
I broke a few of the resin actuators for the flaps, so I made some new ones.
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August 29, 2020
CMR properly cast the offset of the rear fin, which counteracts the torque of the engine.
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August 29, 2020
Photoetch "trim tabs" on the main flaps. Flaps for the flaps?
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August 29, 2020
Adding the new actuators to the main flaps.
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August 29, 2020
Oops - casting short shots on the prop tips, will need to reshape these.
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August 29, 2020
Main flaps added to the wings.
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August 29, 2020
Added styrene rods for the rollover brace.
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August 29, 2020
Center pylon and two small exhausts added to the underside. Additional PE added to the trailing edge of the inner wing.
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August 29, 2020
I also broke the arresting hook, so had to scratchbuild one.
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August 29, 2020
A little shiny stuff and the stickers are on.
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August 29, 2020
Lots of stencils, even the anti-creep markings for the tyres.
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August 29, 2020
Used a punch and dye set to make a hole for one of the underside lights.
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Reshaped blades added to the hub using the Prop-a-gator thing. The Firebrand had a reverse rotation engine, and I almost put the blades on the wrong pitch!
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A coat or two of Alclad Flat finish.
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She's looking nice, I think.
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August 29, 2020
The Colourcoats enamels sprayed like a dream and look good for the Temperate Sea Scheme.
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Add the torpedo, prop, canopy, boarding step, and the antennae and I think she's done.
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Enjoy the rest of the photos!
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Коментарі

26 3 April 2020, 22:45

Bill Gilman
Hi mates, here is one of my latest projects. This is the 1:72 CMR resin kit of the Blackburn Firebrand TF.5, a superbly detailed kit. Have a look at the photos to see my progress. I hope everyone is staying safe during the pandemic. We scale modellers should adapt well to the crisis - we've been practicing social distancing since age 9! Cheers, Bill

3 April 2020, 23:06

Jay Dubya
Too true and too funny, Bill.
BTW: Great fix on those fiddly fan blades

4 April 2020, 00:00

Alec K
Great project Bill! The castings sure look great, and nice recovery on the fan blades 👍

4 April 2020, 17:40

Alec K
Great progress 👍

29 August 2020, 19:33

Bill Gilman
Hi mates, I've finally got around to posting the rest of the WIP and RFI photos for the Firebrand. Have a look and see how she came out. This was a really nice kit from CMR, beautifully detailed and a pleasure to build. There were a few parts broken in shipment (and in handling thanks to my big thumbs!) but these were easy to fix. Enjoy the photos! Cheers, Bill

29 August 2020, 21:56

Mike Grant
Superb, Bill 👍

29 August 2020, 23:26

Bill Gilman
Thanks Mike! I kept this one nice and clean because it looked so sweet - I didn't want to mess it up with weathering. The real plane must have been nice and clean at least one time in its life (right out of the paint shop)! Besides, the panel lines seem to show up just about right for a 1:72 scale model even without any wash. Cheers, Bill

29 August 2020, 23:59

Tom M
nice plane 👍

30 August 2020, 04:34

Es-haq Khosravi
Great job! You are really great in dealing with resin!

30 August 2020, 05:53

Treehugger
I guess because of how this is a resin kit, you have to rely on just superglue (cyanoacrylate), but how comfortable are you using superglue if maybe the superglue goes hard too fast? Do you have any special workflow for working with superglue with such an all resin kit?

30 August 2020, 08:19

Bernd Korte
Always nice to see so perfectly executed renditions of rare subjects!

30 August 2020, 08:32

Bernhard Schrock
Bill: great to see YOU again and one more of you masterpieces. Great build and excellent pictures.

30 August 2020, 09:50

Bill Gilman
Thanks mates! I'm glad you like the old bird. I love resin kits (well, most of them) especially when you can get unusual subjects.

@Treehugger - I typically use a medium viscosity superglue that gives you some time to position the parts before it sets up. When gluing the fuselage halves together, I do NOT run a bead of superglue all around the fuselage and try to glue the halves together all at once. I start with a small area, and using a scalpel blade I apply a small amount of superglue. Keep the fuselage halves aligned while it sets up. Then, continue to work your way around the rest of the way again gluing just a small bit at a time. The scalpel blade is thin enough to get the glue into the seam even when you're almost all the way around. I hope that makes sense. For fiddly bits of photoetch, I use Gator's Grip Thin Blend.

@Bernhard - I haven't been around as much as I would have liked recently, sorry about that. More silly health problems. Right now I'm waiting on the results of yet another biopsy. Hopefully things will look good and I can get back to reducing my stash! 🙂

30 August 2020, 16:22