Hi All,
Moved a bit further with my Ju52. I have reduced the benches on the fuselage sides and have now added some radio boxes to the fuselage bulkhead. I have also lined the gunners position, and given him a floor from the cabin to his position.
Some cabling added inside fuselage just to busy things up when viewing from open door.
A bit of a chore with the engine exhausts for the centre engine. As can be seen one has been tackled, thinning the pipework and opening up the end of exhaust. I used a small drill to open the exhaust, going in vertically, then gradually using a more horizontal approach to create the opening.
In the cockpit I have made two control columns, and added some representation of cabling runs and instrument boxes, which will be picked out during painting of the interior.
Some pictures of the above, thanks for looking

I remember the old Airfix Seasprite, but this one looks really detailed.
Watching with interest.

Quote from: zak on April 12, 2026, 09:17:53 AMHMS Broadsword F88 - type22 frigate and HMS Antelope F170 - type21,  now complete.
The top view is for Kevin, to show the relative sizes of the ships.

Hi Dave, 
Thanks for including a shot from above showing both together so I can compare the differences between them.
They look very nice and great additions to your growing fleet.

Will it have an overall grey colour scheme?

Is that a shade of sand?
Nice overall colour.

Looking very good together. Surprising to see the difference in beam of both ships despite being similar in length.
A super collection being created.

I think it maybe. Just wanted to try it out to see the result.

Another go,

Hi All,
Just like to share with you a picture of my 1/48th Scottish Aviation Bulldog that I have used as an experiment with Google Gemini to create from a basic picture of my model I made a year or two back.

I include the original picture and the one I asked it to create for comparison. I hope you like it.

I know that the perspective of the vehicles isn't quite right, but I think I can  get it to refine it with a bit of additional info.

 

Hi Martin,
Thanks for taking and posting the pictures, looks like I missed a great night.
Some super looking models on the table last night.

Quote from: cph64 on April 07, 2026, 07:34:25 AMAs ever Kev your work gives me something to aspire to. Looking good so far.

Thanks Chris, it means a lot, and the other guys comments too.

Hi All,
Well back to the bench. I've started on the wings and got them together, but they needed a little cleaning up as there was some flash on the flap/aileron attachments. I also dis a quick dry run of the fuselage parts and could see a gap either side where the wings met the fuselage. So I have 'lined' the wing roots with some thin plasticard. This has been shaped roughly to match the wing section and some minor adjustment will be need to get a neat fit.
The windows on the fuselage have been attached and masked using bare-metal foil. I applied a full strip, then ran a wooden stick over to show where the windows were and then these were cut around. The waste then removed to leave the windows masked. A little WD-40 applied with a micro brush then removed any glue residue from the bare-metal foil.
In the fuselage I have made a representation of the bench type seats fitted, though on checking they shouldn't go as far forward in the fuselage so I'll trim the length back to match my references. The fuselage door has been cut out, thinned and ready to be shown open to receive its band of Fallschirmjager troops, which came over the weekend from 3djson.
A general test fit of the major parts then carried out.
Some pictures, thanks for looking.

Looks okay to me. A learning curve taken and accomplished. Nice work.

Looking good Dave.

Nice work Joe.
Great to see your latest build. Look forward to seeing what you build next.