It occurred to me that having changed the engine from an air cooled BMW 801 to a liquid cooled Jumo 213A there ought to be a radiator or two somewhere on the airframe! 

So I found a duff Me 109G box with a few bits left in it, including both wings, and sawed the radiators off it, and they're now under the Bv 148's wings.

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You can't really see them , so I've ringed them in red.


And I've worked out how long the fuselage ought to be on the 'What looks right, is right' basis, sawed off the excess length and glued the tail turret in place. The die is now cast!

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Lots of fling, sanding and PSR to be done around that turret yet, but it looks how I wanted it to be.

    

 

Its amazing how better the pics look when viewed on laptop screen than a phone ...  

Looks quite good in grey with the yellow bitey bit.  

The wings are done and dusted now, all the PSR's finished and they're looking quite good, but they need the panel lines scribing and I HATE that, but if I don't it'll look like it was built by de Havilland!

The tail group is almost done, just a bit more PSR to go and that'll be that. The fuselage needs some last stage PSR and a few tweaks yet, but I've already painted the cockpit interior that all-over RLM 02 colour, just to test out the paint mix I tried, and it's OK, but gloss, darn it!

Quote from: PR19_Kit on September 02, 2023, 03:54:42 AM..., but I've already painted the cockpit interior that all-over RLM 02 colour, just to test out the paint mix I tried, and it's OK, but gloss, darn it!

That's what clear matt paint is for.

As I'll have to print some of the decals myself I'll need a 3 view of the aircraft to size them properly, and of course B & V never got around to making any drawings of the Bv 148, so I've had to.

This is what it SHOULD look like when it's done.

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That looks great Kit 👍
I'm getting all excited now and tings ☺️

Quote from: Old Wombat on August 31, 2023, 06:39:28 AMDarth Kit?

I knew Dave Prowse, and yes I know he didn't do the voice.

Quote from: PR19_Kit on September 02, 2023, 09:39:37 AMThis is what it SHOULD look like when it's done.

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It's looking very good Kit, but I have this vision of a special ground crew attachment running out with some props for the front end every time one comes into land. Human brain is a funny thing at times.

Looking textbook Luft46, very cool       

Quote from: NARSES2 on September 03, 2023, 04:04:11 AMIt's looking very good Kit, but I have this vision of a special ground crew attachment running out with some props for the front end every time one comes into land. Human brain is a funny thing at times.

With the engine where it is, aft of the mainwheels, and that hefty turret waaaaaay back there, I don't think there'd be too much of a problem. I hope so anyway.

The wings are about done, I've scribed all the panel lines, a right pain of a job, but it's done, and all the PSR is finished too. I'm almost ready to glue them in place, but......

The fuselage has no panel lines at all, and as it's a cylinder a lot of them will need to go AROUND the fuselage and I just know I'll make a hash of them.

What I need is some sort of guide to align the scribing tools, but nothing I have is hard enough of flexible enough. Any ideas?

Dymo label maker tape works for me. It's been talked about here.