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A labour of love. Lots of fettling going on.
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Thanks for the comments guys.
Well moving on, I have now glued the fuselage halves together.
Being a short run kit, there are no locating pins, only the tabs that I attached the fuselage halves earlier in the build. Some misalignment on the two halves namely around the upper fuselage/spine and underside, were evident.
Also the fuselage/cockpit bulkhead would need some filler to fair in.
For the fuselage cockpit bulkhead I used Mr. Hobby tube filler, applied with a spatula. For the rest of the fuselage I used Milliput white. To keep the area of application to a minimum I applied Tamiya tape strips either side of the join, and also some finer strips across the fuselage where panel lines cross the join. This enables these to remain visible and not removed with over enthusiastic rubbing down. As can be seen in one of the pictures gaps in the Milliput where the Tamiya tape has protected these areas.
After a session of rubbing down with sanding sticks and wet'n'dry, got a nice smooth finish. The cockpit bulkhead faired in nicely and will need the paintwork touching in to match the cockpit internals later in the build. Any panel lines that have been lost or lost definition will be rescribed after the wings and tail have been attached.
Some pictures follow:-
Thanks for looking.
Kevin   
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Modelling Projects / Re: Sidetracked Yet Again
« Last post by Bigkev on Today at 10:17:05 AM »
Amazing skill and use of basic items to create this 'Siege Tower'
Kevin
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Modelling Projects / Re: Colourful Dutch AB412
« Last post by Bigkev on Today at 10:15:20 AM »
Looking very nice.
Kevin
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Modelling Projects / Re: Colourful Dutch AB412
« Last post by chriswil42 on Today at 10:08:10 AM »
Now ready for primer after doing a few modifications - changing the aerial fit and flotation mechanism and adding the search light under the nose.
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Modelling Projects / Re: Sidetracked Yet Again
« Last post by chriswil42 on Today at 10:04:49 AM »
Brilliant!
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Modelling Projects / Re: Sidetracked Yet Again
« Last post by zak on Today at 10:01:13 AM »
I forgot to say, this is scratch built from card and bits of strip wood.
Progress so far.
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Modelling Projects / Re: Sidetracked Yet Again
« Last post by zak on May 21, 2024, 04:11:58 PM »
No the armour was a special one off!
But my spelling may be better than yours.!

Martin the Mean prepares for his next siege, something harder.
The Ballista Boys have been constructing a siege tower for his next adventure.
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Modelling Projects / Re: Sidetracked Yet Again
« Last post by Sir Biggles on May 21, 2024, 03:44:21 PM »
Brilliant pice of modelling Dave...
... although I'm not so sure that some of your characters are historically correct...
... although I understand his nickname might have been 'knobbly knees'!
Also, are you sure you've got the right shade of 'silver' for the armour and it's the right pattern ? A Scheme or B Scheme!!??!!
(Sorry ? private joke between myself and Dave)

Sir Biggles of Hornsea
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Modelling Projects / Re: Sidetracked Yet Again
« Last post by chriswil42 on May 21, 2024, 02:11:05 PM »
"Basic and quite ugly and badly formed" - sounds like a committee meeting - hohohhohohohoho
Or Martin the Mean?
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