Now to assemble the wings and attach them. First removing the upper and lower wing halves from the sprue.

Tamiya has a unique approach in how the wings, center lower section will be assembled then attached to the fuselage. Though it does create the hazard of misalignment if not careful despite being a Tamiya kit, still gotta to take your time and not rush things.

The lower center section also houses the engine nacelles and wheel bays. Also the forward crew entry door is located here as well.

Here the wheel bays were painted RAF interior Grey/Green as well as the crew entry area. The door and center wing spare is installed into the center section.

Once those bits are in place, next to attach the lower wing section to the fuselage. And some how ended up with an ugly seam along the RH side of the nose. The LH side is ok?

Something that will need to address when it's time to prep for paint. Next I attached the LH/RH upper wing sections and ended up with some gaps on both sides of the fuselage to wing join area. Quite nasty on the LH side.

Under the wings the gaps along where the outer panels meet the center section was as expected and some clean up will be needed here as well.

With the wings now installed, and checking the overall fitness and work that needs to be done to cleanup what is really not being careful on my part.

Nothing major really, just more work for me to clean up those seams. And man this Beau is a beast. Much larger than expected. This plane is not small in any way.

Next up the tail feathers. More to follow.

Thanks Neil, so far it has been a joy to build. Though I have created my own issues on some clean up. Otherwise it has been pretty straight forward. Didn't realize how large this plane is. I thought it was like BF-110/P-38, but much closer to a medium bomber in size.
in this installment, I will attach the horizontal tails. This version which is what is in the kit is the V-shape tails. Though next one I think I will get the mod set for an earlier straight tail variant.

Next up the engines and cowlings. More to follow.

Have to agree with Louis (again!). I'll be building a Beaufighter at some point in the next 12 months and I will be right back here using all of the experience and skill in this WIP!

Before getting more into the build. I first applied MM steel for the main wheels, engine faces and gear struts. But I may have to do a little more research as the main gear struts may not be natural metal or aluminum they may be painted grey of some shade. Will get back to that later. Though I did paint the main retractors RAF Int Grey/Green.

Next is two build 2 engines.

The engine consists of several components starting with the base which also serves as the cowling flaps.

Next is the engine before being attached to the base.

Once the engine is attached then the prop boss is inserted then the crankcase is attached to the engine.

Then the assy attached to the RH engine nacelle on the wing.

The same steps are followed to complete the LH engine and attached to the wing as well, and just like that then we are ready to attach the cowls.

The one annoying feature the last few Tam kits that has been troubling to me, not really an issue just annoying, the Corsair and the Dinah. Now the Beaufighter, is the sprue attachment points are right out side of the cowl leaving two nubs to clean up when the cowling is nipped off the sprue. So they have to be cleaned up before installing.

Now the cowls have been cleaned up and installed.

So far despite my own minor mistakes, this is going together very well. more to follow.

Thanks Louis, the kit is falling together, and is one of the easiest kits that just assembles very well. Parts just click right in apply a bit of cement and attach.

Thanks Paul. I try to highlight and summarize what I did in each step. If any issues I will try to address it and explain what I did to get around or overcome it.

Wings, wheels engines ! Looking good my friend... 🙂