Looking good folks. Still a few weeks left to complete your builds. Remember, post progress pics here for all to see and also to post pics of your completed builds in the gallery. Thanks for participating. "Q"

Hi all, well I dug up a couple of photos of my 24 under construction. Take a look if you like. Russell

howdy

did some more work on the arado 234 here are a couple of photo's of the cockpit. basicly lightened up a bit and details painted.. nothing accurate just pretting up the area using artistic lisince....

Big Beautiful Bombers:
Here are some in progress pics of my P-61 Fire bomber. All panel lines have been rescribed and I have added frame and bulkhead details in the wheel wells. Extra panels added to wings with evergreen sheet.













Im still working fevorouslly towards completion. I still have some scribing work to finish,but after that, I will be working on assembly of componants. I have new resin cowls and I need to scratch build my Retardant foam tank for the belly.

Todd....Dude! That is going to be sweet. I have some extra 61's on the shelves here. I might just be tempted to do something along these lines with one of them. Cool choice. Good luck on wrapping it up. "Q"

I'm back to work on the Wellesley

Todd, magnificent idea with the P-61 firebomber, please post some more progress pics. I have several in the stash and have been thinking about doing a Reporter and a firebomber conversion on a couple of them.

Cheers, D

Looking alright, I'm hoping to get mine up to that point by the end of the week. Are those props fixed in or just sitting there? If so do you just mask them off when you do the main paint job?

Looks good, Aaron. How did it go together?

Looking forward to see more

I'm back (was I missed?!)
8^)

OK, here's the scoop. My cyclocross season just wrapped up last weekend. (It was a good one too!) My PZL project kept growing in ambition and has, therefore, languished .

Every Xmas I build a 1/48 WW2 aircraft for my brothers collection. I've been promising him a twin for quite a while now. Xmas is less than 2 weeks away and the campaign deadline is only a little bit past that. So...

What have I done in response to this challenge? Answer: Speed build!!!

Two days ago I started an AMT Douglas A20G kit (I've been looking for an excuse to bust out one of these kits from the closet for years now.) I've got all kinds of upgrades ready for it, however... I've forced myself to keep this OOB. All I've added are seat harnesses.
I'll post my progress to date. As of right now I'm chasing the Santa deadline as well as the campaign deadline.

Wish me luck.

Cheers,
Fred

...Steady as she goes.

Fred, your work bench looks as dirty as mine the A20 is looking good so far how is the fit?

Bob

Under the circumstances, a "dirty bench" is unavoidable. The fit is surprisingly good. I read the whole build guide from Brett Green I have to admit to having none of the nose and fuselage fit problems he described.

Now then, a word of warning for those choosing to build one of the AMT A20 kits. There are ejector pin marks like mad all over the kit. Be patient and be prepared.

Cheers,
Fred

Nacelles and main gear mounted, engines painted. The work continues...

Fred, still looking good and it is taking over your cutting matt. Which areas gave you fit problems so I know what to look for.

Bob

Wing fit into the root is pretty good but test fit just to be safe ( I sanded the trailing edges to improve the fit.

Vertical stab. needs sanding at aft end of the bottom to create a clean, even seam and joint.

Had to create tabs inside of bomb bay and sand doors carefully to get the fit correct.

Main gear are delicate (I epoxied them).


Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Fred

Hi Jeremy, Russell here. No the props are just sitting there in the holes where the engines are. I usually white glue them in, after I have finished the paint job on the rest of the aircraft. They are removable up to that point and so are not in position when painting the fuselage. Of course the fuselage, wings, and tail, horizontal and vertical stabilizers are built and painted then glued into place with a ca glue. Hope that explains it some for you. Russell

Progress Pic



Lots left to do. Hope I can get it done for Christmas without rushing too much.

Off on Christmas vacation tonight. Sadly that means I had to rush it a bit. Anyway, here's the finished product:

Howdy

More progress on the Arado AR 234C

Its mainly glued together.. working on the canopies at the moment. The multiple peice nose section and the clear parts are giving me fit problems. The clear parts are slightly wider than the rest of the nose. I've super glued in some weights to keep the nose down.. the only place to put them was behind the cockpit section just forward of the main gear.

I've been spoiled by the Tamiya kits I've done recently.. the plastic on this revel monogram kit is very fragile esp for the more delicate parts..... This isn't going to be a perfect build, but it is a learning experience.... LOL

My first entry is now in the gallery. It's the Hasegawa Heinkel HEIIIH-6 with added Eduard colour zoom etch and True Details weighted wheels. Eduard mask was used on the glazed areas.

thanks
Mike

Still working for completion... got the RML 72 blue underside sprayed yesterday and tonight I did the RML 82 green main color.. tomorrow night the RML 81 camo color then I start puting the fiddly bits back on...

laters..

Hi there everyone.
I have been very negligent about posting in this campain, there have been sone truely wonderful builds.

I have managed to get my build painted, now for the decals. This has not been at the very least my best work, but it will look like a Liberator.






Let me close by saying, this thing is huge.

Ted

Howdy

Here's my next update.. just finished spraying the RML 81 Brown Violet on the Ar 234. I will say these colors are a bit strange.. LOL..

The pic's are not that great since i just took a couple of quick snaps before I go to work..

Its coming down to the wire and I really want to finish this kit in time.. so wish me luck.






still a couple of area's I need to touch up and a couple of parts I forgot to paint... lol..

Ted, very nice Liberator. It looks like a beast - must have required some paint jars to turn it green. Looking forward to see it with decals.

Delbert, nice looking machine although the camouflage pattern looks alternative. Looking forward to see more - hope you make it in time.