# 36 Revell JU 88 A-4 1/72

Garion77 · Post by **Garion77** » Thu May 03, 2018 11:30 pm

Hi everyone !
A bit late to post my project but been hell at work and lost all the draft I had written ! So I'm Pretty excited to participate in my first sig ever. I’m still a beginner and have completed only 3 planes before since I don’t have much time to put for that wonderful hobby. So my subject is the JU-88 A-4. I chose thst subject well simply beause I bought the kit one or two days before I saw the post for the sig. It was bought as practice kit for an another bomber I have but bigger project. I decided to participate in my first one because this one looked pretty friendly and was sbout bombers, a type of plane I love.

I can't tell you much on the plane, except it was a very versatile plane used on all kind of missions, because I'm still reading about it with the 3 books I bought. And other participant with the same project have written pretty good stuff. I would say that the book on the right, by Chriss Goss is the best of the three for the pictures

I bought a few extras, again to get experience. I have worked with resin and PE only once and only a few items. I bought the Big Ed set only because it was cheaper than buying the packages I wanted. I don't think I' gone use all of it but there's pretty awesome stuff in it ! I got the exhaust because I tought those with the kit weren't that great and it's a small expense for great details. The seats, I only bought them because they we're so cheap !! A bit better then those with the kits. As I said I'm a beginner so surely you're going to see me on the forum asking questions about PE and resin !!

For the kit itself now ! It's the first Revell kit I have since I was a kid.I always heard bad comments on Revell's kit...but at first glance it looks pretty good. The details are really good even on really small pieces. No flash or anything of that sort too. May be the fit won't be that good but I'm impress for now.

First bad thing ! The instructions. Really don't like how they're made... Too much information on small condense drawings. Seems hard to identify the pieces and the paints needed easily. And no colored drawings of the different schemes.

But now the worst !!! Looking at the clear parts I was thinking they were pretty good with details and everything until I saw that big defect !!

I don't know if it happened at molding or in the box since everything was wrapped in one big bag. But I really don't know how I can repair that with how it's located ! Anybody already have an idea ??

So that's it ! Hope a few will follow my built and even like what I do. I’ll try to finish it in time. That’s gone be a challenge itself.

And thanks to Scott for starting this SIG and mostly for helping with the posting of the pictures ! My fellow canadian on the way far west coast and fellow dog owner

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Thu May 03, 2018 11:42 pm

How perfect of a thread start is that...cool kit, good clear photos and a Burner

Couldn't get any better than that, nice job Fancis

So, I welcome to the sig, wish you success with your build and hope you have some fun too

Scott

Bonus snoof from Coco...she says Hi

Kevthemodeller · Post by **Kevthemodeller** » Fri May 04, 2018 7:55 am

A fully maxed out aftermarket 88, this should be good

Quax · Post by **Quax** » Fri May 04, 2018 8:07 am

Hi Francis, I made this as my run up to the bomber sig as I was planning on a 1/48th version (see elsewhere) Its actually a really nice kit to put together so you should have fun. Just watch how the glazing fits into the nose as its a pita to get it square. To answer your question about the clear panel its because you paint it, not that its a defect, you have to mask the clear part. The only other tip I would give is that the outer external bomb pylons make masking for paint on the engines tricky and you may wish to leave them off until after. I hope you like decalling because there's 2x more decals on this 1/72 than the 1/48th

Not wishing to hijack but mines in the 1/72nd sig if you want a peek. Looking forward to seeing how you get on with all those goodies

Paul

Les0012 · Post by **Les0012** » Fri May 04, 2018 9:24 am

Hi Francis,

Glad you have joined the SIG, looking forward to your build, so is Harvey my little cave companion.

He says hello aswell.

Good Luck.

_DSC0009 by Les Goodison, on Flickr

Stokesy44 · Post by **Stokesy44** » Sat May 05, 2018 9:09 am

Kevthemodeller wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 7:55 am A fully maxed out aftermarket 88, this should be good

My thoughts exactly. Will the beast still be airworthy with all that extra pimpage on it?

Garion77 · Post by **Garion77** » Sat May 05, 2018 12:54 pm

Stokesy44 wrote: ↑Sat May 05, 2018 9:09 am
Kevthemodeller wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 7:55 am A fully maxed out aftermarket 88, this should be good
My thoughts exactly. Will the beast still be airworthy with all that extra pimpage on it?

It would be more like will I be able to dress the beast ! lol ! With my limited experience !

Garion77 · Post by **Garion77** » Sat May 05, 2018 1:16 pm

Good morning everyone !
So here's my first post for the building part. It isn't much of post but it's mostly to get the hang of it, and the habit while building, since, as I said in my first post, it's my first SIG.

This what I accomplished last night after cleaning all the dust from the renovation going on in my basement.

I started like I do with all my projet, identifying the sprues. And, having worked only one time with PE (and not with the amount I have for this project), I went trough all the different instructions sheets to identify where I would need to put PE. That took me quite a while ! Booring task !!

Sans titre by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

This being my first bomber and first Revell kit, I had a bit of trouble getting started and figuring what part I would assemble before painting. And same thing about where to put the PE. So I chose which PE I would use leaving a few out. Then removing the details where the PE would go. That also was a tougher task that I would have tought. I think I don't have the right tools for the jobs when small areas or tough to get too. Any suggestion on tools anyone ?? I use my knives and sanding sticks.

Sans titre by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

As you can see, I didn't do much in more than an hour of work....

Add trouble cutting the really small PE pieces I glued. Any advice again on tool for so small parts ? And advice on gluing so small parts ? I used CA glue as usual but hard with such small parts....

I'll try to show more on my next post and have a few parts painted also !

Have a great weekend everyone

smokeriderdon · Post by **smokeriderdon** » Sat May 05, 2018 3:34 pm

Dremel with small bits and a VERY steady hand with it to remove stuff in small spaces.

For the PE itself, some very fine tipped tweezers. I use the non cutting side of the tip of my exacto to press down in the fold marks to start the bend. And that steady hand again.

Skullfish · Post by **Skullfish** » Sat May 05, 2018 5:45 pm

such an "in your face" plane, i love them. Good luck with this one, in at the deep end with all the bells and whistles!
heres the link to Pauls how to on PE if youve not watched it already.

viewtopic.php?f=193&t=4228

Have fun with it.
Jase

Garion77 · Post by **Garion77** » Sun May 06, 2018 11:57 pm

So ! Again seems I didn't do much and a lot of time spent at the bench. This kit and aftermarket are giving me a bit of headache ! Seems like I'm running in circles figuring in what order to do everything with the PE and the kit itself in a way to facilitate the painting process.

I was able to assemble a few pieces and ready them for the priming stage.

Sans titre by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

Broke the PE ammo boxe in the process ! And replace it with the kit's one. I'M having a lot of problem gluing the small PE parts. I broke or lost a few other small PE pieces

Sans titre by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

And prime everything with Vallejo black primer. I don't really like it (I prefer Ultimate's) but I still have some left in the bottle and don't like waste anything since I'm tight on budget. Should paint those pieces tomorrow...and the applied all the PE for the controls panels and everything else. Not sure if I'm going to put a metal coat first for the chipping of the inside...It's a pretty small scale 1/72 and don't know at all what's going to show through the canopies. And pictures I saw in books don't show cockpits that are much worn-out... a few scratches here and there and mostly dirt.

Sans titre by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

As you can see in the last 2 pictures, I have resin seats but painted the kit's too because I'm not sure it's gone fit. The pilot's seat didn't fit. And I'm not that happy with it's quality too.

Sans titre by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

And then, I started playing with my PE surface panels. Wasn't sure at beggining I would use it all, but it does bring a pretty good look ! And tried assembling other PE parts, the pedals !! Arrgh !!!!

Sans titre by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

I'll finish my post by asking an another question about damn PE !! But it will look stupid as question. In the picture below, why is there a darker area...is it to be kept like that ? Because when painted over it will disappear... or is it only in the fabrication process it does that ? Now my beginner side is showing in all it's glory !

Sans titre by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

Willem · Post by **Willem** » Mon May 07, 2018 10:39 pm

Hey mate. Stick with it. The different colours on the pe shouldn't show up once primed and painted.

It's a lot of tricky, fiddly work but it's looking good. I struggle with pe at 1/48 so you are braver than me.

InvalidUsername · Post by **InvalidUsername** » Tue May 08, 2018 2:33 am

I too am part of the " Ju-88 Squadron" being built, although in 1/48 scale. I get what your saying about the order of either painting, gluing or adding PE. I'm constantly checking to make sure I'm not going to glue something that should be painted first or added before something else, drives me crazy.

For my very limited PE experience, that I find helpful. I clean the PE fret with alcohol, and then use a piece of 3M scotch pad and lightly rub the surface of the PE fret, both sides for non coloured PE, and the uncoloured side of coloured PE. It gives the glue and paint something to bite into.

The only specialised tools I have at the moment are tamiya PE bending pliers and the PE diamond file - really worth it if you do a lot of PE work. For cutting the pieces off, I just use old blades in a spare knife.

Keep at it, your off to a good start. PE can be a painful process but has it's reward at the end

RossiM1 · Post by **RossiM1** » Tue May 08, 2018 10:46 am

That's a great start and that p/e look amazing very brave for only your 3rd kit braver than I was mate this will look stunning when complete.
Good luck and watching this with real interest.

Quax · Post by **Quax** » Tue May 08, 2018 4:28 pm

keep going mate you're doing great! each step is a learning curve and you'll get better as you go. I learnt very early on that a chimpanzee has better pe dexterity than I do so try to avoid it...

Paul

gaz45 · Post by **gaz45** » Fri May 11, 2018 11:23 am

Great start there mate

pourquoi61 · Post by **pourquoi61** » Sun May 13, 2018 8:54 pm

You have good eyes my friend.
Great start.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Mon May 14, 2018 5:12 pm

Some beautiful PE work, just adds so much

Door prize draw coming up this weekend

Garion77 · Post by **Garion77** » Fri May 25, 2018 4:20 pm

Hi everyone!
Finally i’m able to post something ! Since my last post, I didn’t have much Time to progress much in my project. I’ve been away for one week on a business trip that was pretty hard and tiring. I’m doing renovations in my basement at the same time and a have a small boy to care of to...But most of all i got bad news about my lovely dog... that you,ve seen in pictures on my thread

I learned she has a big, agressive and rare kind of tumor....

So i’m meeting the veterinian again next week to see the différent options I have, and mostly how much they cost.

So that kind of stop my envy for a few days to continue my model, combining with the fact that i found the model more complicated that I taught and I always kind of get into a deadlock when I have to start the painting stage.

First off, having trouble with the PE as I said in my previous posts, I got myself these 2 tools to help me.

In some spare Time since my last post, i was able to finish the PE surface panels and assemble the wings and main fuselage together.

And last night, applied RLM66, by Vallejo, on the différent cockpit parts. Had some trouble with the paint and the airbrush. Didn’t shake it well enough. And should have put thinner in it even if it’s airbrush ready! I got a nice cleaning job ahead to do with my airbrush this weekend.

I Also tried to dry fit the seats and had trouble doing So.. i think it’s more a question of actually where they go precisly than a fit issue. As i said before, i’m having trouble with revell’s instructions. They seem to have good intentions with the drawings but too much is like not enough. And doing closeups would help....may be it’s just me lol...but being in the field of Work i’m in...i should not have and problems with instructions !

Since rain and cold is the forecast for the next few days, my weekend goals are to complete the cockpit painting and weathering.

Thanks for reading this long And may be boring post with not much to show for. Hope to have something nicer and more interesting to show next time. But love what i’m seéing from others

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Fri May 25, 2018 7:30 pm

Oh Francis, I am so sorry to hear about your puppy
A dog steals your heart and it is so hard to see them sick
I will keep you guys in my thoughts and hope it is something benign
modelling is not important compared to Cleo's health....wishing you guys the best

digger303 · Post by **digger303** » Fri May 25, 2018 11:19 pm

Sad to hear about your best mate. I would have trouble if it was my Hamish.

Garion77 · Post by **Garion77** » Fri May 25, 2018 11:21 pm

Twokidsnosleep wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 7:30 pm Oh Francis, I am so sorry to hear about your puppy
A dog steals your heart and it is so hard to see them sick
I will keep you guys in my thoughts and hope it is something benign
modelling is not important compared to Cleo's health....wishing you guys the best

Thank you Scott ! It is really Nice of you! It’s true what you say about dogs. And mine, before my son, was the only thing I had when my family when trough tough times with my dad and grand dad beeing sick at thé same time and dying back to back. Cleo was thé only joy I had at thaï time

pourquoi61 · Post by **pourquoi61** » Fri May 25, 2018 11:29 pm

I have no words to help but my thoughts and heart go out to you.

alextheblue · Post by **alextheblue** » Sat May 26, 2018 7:51 am

Just wanted to echo everyone's thoughts, hope it all goes well at the vets. I have a 3 year old yellow lab who just lights up my world.

Keeping everything crossed.

Quax · Post by **Quax** » Sat May 26, 2018 8:27 am

You've done a great job with the pe it's going to look amazing! I'd like to join with the others and send my best wishes for you and your friend, we have a 14 year old cocker spaniel and now count every day as a blessing
Paul

Kevthemodeller · Post by **Kevthemodeller** » Sat May 26, 2018 9:33 am

Sad news about your dog mate, best wishes for him.

Nice load of PE should look a treat once it's all in place and painted

RossiM1 · Post by **RossiM1** » Sat May 26, 2018 12:27 pm

Just wanted to echo the same sentiments and best wishes our pets are our best friends love our Collie to bits she always makes me smile, great work on the p/e mate details looking pin sharp

Garion77 · Post by **Garion77** » Sat May 26, 2018 2:04 pm

RossiM1 wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 12:27 pm Just wanted to echo the same sentiments and best wishes our pets are our best friends love our Collie to bits she always makes me smile, great work on the p/e mate details looking pin sharp

digger303 wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 11:19 pm Sad to hear about your best mate. I would have trouble if it was my Hamish.

pourquoi61 wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 11:29 pm I have no words to help but my thoughts and heart go out to you.

alextheblue wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 7:51 am Just wanted to echo everyone's thoughts, hope it all goes well at the vets. I have a 3 year old yellow lab who just lights up my world.

Keeping everything crossed.

Quax wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 8:27 am You've done a great job with the pe it's going to look amazing! I'd like to join with the others and send my best wishes for you and your friend, we have a 14 year old cocker spaniel and now count every day as a blessing
Paul

Kevthemodeller wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 9:33 am Sad news about your dog mate, best wishes for him.

Nice load of PE should look a treat once it's all in place and painted

Thank you everyone. It is very touching reading those kind words from people I don't know and lived across the world from me. Thank you everyone. I,M out of words...

IMG_0186 by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

This picture was when my son just got home after his birth. He is only 2 weeks old. My son is going to be crush with that. Now 4 years old. And Cléo almost 7. They are inseparable. Thank you again everyone. Very touching.

Have a great modeling week end everyone !

Garion77 · Post by **Garion77** » Tue May 29, 2018 11:35 am

Hi all ! Hope everybody had a great weekend !

So my weekend goal was to finish the cockpit ! I wasn't able... It's like I keep running in circles for the stages I'm at... But I was still able to progress a bit. And I got side tracked by another project that I'm doing with my son

ISM Bomber SIG by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

For a LEGO, it's quite hard ! But wow !! Don't regret paying the price for it.

But for the current project, during a few short sessions during the weekend, is what I was able to accomplish. Feel free to criticize as I'm not as good as many other here in the SIG

So, I continue working on the PE in the goal of finishing the cockpit. I first tried for the pedals ( I don't know if it's the right English word). Quite small at 1/72 scale ! The first went quite well. I was surprise !

ISM Bomber SIG by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

But when I did the second one, with confidence, the vertical part where the foot rest goes, broke instantly !

So I don't have a choice to go when with the kit's one that aren't that nice. I tried to improve them by drilling the holes on the horizontal parts.

ISM Bomber SIG by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

ISM Bomber SIG by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

After that, in another session, I went on starting the weathering of the cockpit. I highlighted the raised areas with a lighter grey and painted some details.

ISM Bomber SIG by Francis Pare, sur Flickr
I'm not sure we see it quite well in the picture.

Then, not being sure in what order to do things since it's my first time with that much colored PE, I gloss coated everything with aqua gloss from AllClad. Put on the PE and did a few scratches with an even lighter gray and silver metallic.

ISM Bomber SIG by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

ISM Bomber SIG by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

So thats it ! the scratches aren't that good.. but I'm still satisfied with everything. When I look at pictures f the actual plane, I see that I'll have to paint a few details. And continue the weathering with a wash.... BUT WHAT COLOR ?!

on that dark of color... I'm not satisfied with the RLM66 of Vallejo. It's too dark for my taste. And put it on black primer....that doesn't help !! lol !and will add some dust. In pictures, it seems that the cockpits weren't that damage by used like American planes but were quite dusty.

Thank you for reading and comments

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Tue May 29, 2018 3:58 pm

Some solid modelling going on here

Looking good

InvalidUsername · Post by **InvalidUsername** » Wed May 30, 2018 12:20 am

This is coming along well! Your work and determination with 1/72 PE will always have my high praises!

A bit of a bummer about the PE breaking, I'm rather surprised that eduard done an entire pedal assembly in 1/72 for your Ju 88, where as for my 1/48 one, they only supply the foot part of the pedal and a couple of side bits

If you want to salvage some pedal PE detail, you could save the foot part of the pedals and glue it on to the plastic part, and even chop up the base assembly parts and stick them on to? Similar to whats been done on mine

Keep up the good work, it's coming along nicely

Garion77 · Post by **Garion77** » Wed May 30, 2018 1:15 am

InvalidUsername wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 12:20 am This is coming along well! Your work and determination with 1/72 PE will always have my high praises!

A bit of a bummer about the PE breaking, I'm rather surprised that eduard done an entire pedal assembly in 1/72 for your Ju 88, where as for my 1/48 one, they only supply the foot part of the pedal and a couple of side bits

If you want to salvage some pedal PE detail, you could save the foot part of the pedals and glue it on to the plastic part, and even chop up the base assembly parts and stick them on to? Similar to whats been done on mine

Keep up the good work, it's coming along nicely

I tought the same...
Thanks for the tip! I would have never tought about it
Here’s the preliminary résults! I like it !

I’m waiting to make sure thé glue is dry before bending the piece
Thanks for the tip

alextheblue · Post by **alextheblue** » Wed May 30, 2018 7:26 am

Nice weathering on that interior, it's always difficult on black, but you nailed it. Boy oh boy that PE is small!

great work!

Quax · Post by **Quax** » Wed May 30, 2018 7:51 am

amazing job with the pe Garion, some of those bits are tiny!

cheers

Paul

Stokesy44 · Post by **Stokesy44** » Wed May 30, 2018 9:24 am

WW2 German rudder pedals are what PE was invented for!

Great stuff

pourquoi61 · Post by **pourquoi61** » Wed May 30, 2018 9:45 pm

Very nice pe work.

InvalidUsername · Post by **InvalidUsername** » Wed May 30, 2018 10:37 pm

I tought the same...
Thanks for the tip! I would have never tought about it
Here’s the preliminary résults! I like it !

I’m waiting to make sure thé glue is dry before bending the piece
Thanks for the tip

Nice work!

Garion77 · Post by **Garion77** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 11:43 am

Good morning everyone,
wasn't able to do much since my last post. Too much work and didn't have my head in it with the new bad news with my dog.

I'm started to understand why some fellow modelers congratulate me with my patience of doing PE at 1/72 scale. I went on doing the belts last night thinking it would be easy...

My goodness ! it was not !! Just assembling them was a pain in the ar...

The components are so little as you can see in the picture...

Sans titre by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

Sans titre by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

After more than an hour of work I wasn't even able to finish them. And lost one part, and another one broke off and will have trouble gluing it back.

Sans titre by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

So not much interesting to show and say...boring post lol. I painted a few details that were missing but didn't take a picture of it.

My goal, again, for the second weekend in a row lol, is to finish the cockpit !

Post by **Tomcat64** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 1:34 pm

Great work on all that tiny PE - and nice save too.

The detail in the cockpit is looking really good so far.

Garion77 · Post by **Garion77** » Sat Jun 02, 2018 12:33 pm

Spend all yesterday evening working on my project. To much to do this weekend on other things. I first started on the damn belts. I wanted to finish those because they were a pain in the ars... the first time. I spent again more than hour on it to finish them !! Really to small to have to assemble them in many parts. I'm not that happy with the finished work but they still bring a nice touch to everything.

Sans titre by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

I had a lot of problems folding the ones on top of the seats because of the assembly of multiples pieces. And put to much CA glue ! That I'm starting to learn that less is better with CA and PE !! And to be patient for the glue to bond well ! Having that finally out of my way I went on to try finishing the cockpit. I had already painted some the details that were missing and added a black wash to add more contrast (no pictures of that). I assemble the pedals to the rest. Thanks for the tip from InvalidUserName to salvage the PE I had broken. Even if my assembly is far from good it is still better than the kit's one.

I was wondering a few days ago what color of wash to use on everything when I stumble on a video by PLASMO of a cockpit in RLM66...and he was using AK Paneliners...and since I had the set since I had bought for myself as a Christmas gift a bundle of products from AK

Sans titre by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

Sans titre by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

I used the same color as he did, Sand and Desert. I applied it almost everywhere

by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

After it dried, and remove the excess. And then had an idea and decided to give it a go... the pictures I saw of the interiors are generally in good condition. Not much used on the paints but where quite dusty it seems... So I tought I would apply Ultimate Light dirt wash on the top everything...

Sans titre by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

Sans titre by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

So my cockpit is almost finish. I realize while posting the pictures for this thread that I needed to remove a bit more of the paneliner. And that the quality of the pictures wasn't that good...sorry about that. I take the pictures with my iPhone and the lighting isn't that good in my work space. It looks better in real then on the pictures lol !! I'm pretty happy on how it's coming along with the skills and experience I have. I still have to tackle the remaining PE for the different levers. I was to tired last night to do that. And then my cockpit will finally be finish !!

Thanks for reading to the end. And if you have criticism feel free !

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sat Jun 02, 2018 2:20 pm

The work looks difficult and tedious, but you have kept going and made a great cockpit

It all looks fantastic to me

Willem · Post by **Willem** » Sat Jun 02, 2018 2:43 pm

No criticism from me. That cockpit is looking great. Good job with all of that PE

alextheblue · Post by **alextheblue** » Sat Jun 02, 2018 3:43 pm

Got to agree, it looks fantastic!

Nice work with the panel-liners and wash, the cockpit is going to look great once installed in the fuselage - well worth all your hard work.

pourquoi61 · Post by **pourquoi61** » Sat Jun 02, 2018 9:42 pm

I concur with the guy's opinions.

Way to small for my old eyes.

demarcation · Post by **demarcation** » Sat Jun 02, 2018 11:37 pm

Stunning cockpit!!

Brilliant work!!

Garion77 · Post by **Garion77** » Wed Jun 06, 2018 3:56 pm

Hi everyone
So not much to post this time not beeing in the mood lately for modeling.
I tested my patience again with the PE tackling the levers in the cockpit. At the end, all that time spent and cursing, was in My opinion worh nothing except getting more expérience. As you can see in the pictures, the y are really small.

Of the 7 straight levers, i broke one and lost 4. For thé angled ones. They were a bit easier to install. So I spread all of them to get a better look without respecting their locations.

They do bring a nice look but at the end to show at all when the cockpit is close.

After the cockpit was closed, it was time to glue the floor with the bombardier seat...major fit issue.

And i haven’t try yet to fit the canopy with everything !! A lot of work to come I think

Garion77 · Post by **Garion77** » Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:17 am

Hi all,
it's been quite a while since I posted something or took time to go trough what others are building. Had kind of a bad luck at home...a water pipe broke..so had some cleaning and repairing to do..on top of my dog that is starting to worry me a bit.. So the following is going to show what I did the last two weeks.

Having finish the cockpit, I went on assembling everything together and putting the plane itself together.

Sans titre by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

Sans titre by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

It fits well but a lot of gaps to fill...what I did a few days later, that is today. So it took a few sessions with Tamiya's putty and Mr. Surfacer. I also painted the wheels area that goes inside (forgot the English word for it) in Vallejo light gray. The instructions call for a olive green of sort.. but all the pictures I saw weren't that color. It's when I saw a documentary of the plane where they showed one and it look more like light gray. So went with that color !

I also primed a few pieces for the landing gears and spinners. This time I used a good one ! Ultimate 's grey primer

Sans titre by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

A few day ago I decided to work for the first time on resin ! Namely the exhaust, by Quickboost, because I wanted to assemble the engines and gluing them to rest of the planes. And add a problem !

And will have to start over... I think because of Vallejo primer

that is so bad...and I didn't left enough time to cure. When I put the wash on (Vallejo's

cheap one again !), and went to remove the excess, it remove all the paint in some areas. So I won't show the pictures.... I'll post that part of my build when I do them again.

Today, I went on assembling the bombs. And tested my patience again with the PE. But it was really worth it !! I think it looks awesome !!! And the bombs needed a filling session too...

Sans titre by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

As for my dog, still in good shape even if the the tumor as grown a bit

Sans titre by Francis Pare, sur Flickr

Hope everyone enjoyed and feel free to comment or criticize

Quax · Post by **Quax** » Tue Jun 19, 2018 7:26 am

thats a great job you are doing there Francis, this is going to look amazing with the paint on!

Paul

digger303 · Post by **digger303** » Tue Jun 19, 2018 8:36 am

Sorry I like the dog MORE

Post by **Tomcat64** » Tue Jun 19, 2018 8:49 am

Absolutely stunning work with all that PE and a lovely picture of your dog too