Tamiya 1/72 De Haviland Mosquito - Guy Gibson and Jim Warwick

Started by John vd Biggelaar · 145 · 1 day ago
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    John vd Biggelaar said 3 weeks, 4 days ago:

    Work on the main landing gear has started, quite a complex structure.

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    George R Blair Jr said 3 weeks, 4 days ago:

    Gear looks great, John (@johnb), and suitably complex. Should go nicely in the nacelles.

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    Carl Smoot said 3 weeks, 4 days ago:

    Good to see some progress JOhn (@johnb). The landing gear is off to a great start. As a former aircraft mechanic, I have to wonder at the complexity of that design and the amount of extra work to maintain it.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 weeks, 4 days ago:

    Excellent job and super looks, my friend @johnb!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 3 weeks, 4 days ago:

    @gblair, thank you, George. Only going to try the nacelles fit when the glue has sufficiently dried.

    @clipper, thanks a lot, Carl. Being an engineer (electrical) myself I'm always interested in how technique works, especially when it looks complex. By looking at this structure maintenance will definitely not be easy.

    @fiveten, thank you, Spiros.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 3 weeks, 3 days ago:

    Painted the Medium Sea Grey, Vallejo 71.307. Personally I think a light second round will improve the looks of the pre-shading.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 weeks, 2 days ago:

    Looks great, my friend @johnb! I agree with a second preshading round.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 3 weeks, 2 days ago:

    @fiveten, thank you, Spiros

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    John vd Biggelaar said 3 weeks, 1 day ago:

    Landing is finished and attached. I had to thin the attachment points for the landing gear covers otherwise the frame would definitely not enter the bay.



    Also the second round of medium sea grey, to reduce the pre-shading effect a bit, is applied.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 weeks, 1 day ago:

    Excellent job on both the landing gear and preshading, my friend @johnb!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 3 weeks, 1 day ago:

    @fiveten, thanks a lot, Spiros

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    George R Blair Jr said 3 weeks, 1 day ago:

    Nice work, John (@johnb). Glad the landing gear is now added, even if it required a little help to fit.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 3 weeks, 1 day ago:

    @gblair, thank you, George. Just a minor amount of work.

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    Harm said 3 weeks, 1 day ago:

    Looking good @johnb! Very nice aircraft. I should have builded it myself! 😉

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    Carl Smoot said 3 weeks ago:

    That Tamiya Mosquito makes into a nice model, John (@johnb). I think you got the pres-shading just right now. Interesting thing about the fit issue with the landing gear.