Zenrat's Flying Circus

[PR19_Kit]

If ever there was a miss-named model manufacturer it was Supermodel.

AFAIK all their stuff came from Delta but they didn't do anything to the moulds, madness. I keep looking at my Delta MC-72 and putting it back into the box again!

[zenrat]

Dodgy kits but what a great logo.

[ericr]

Dodgy kits but what a great logo.

[zenrat]

I also have a Super Model Fiat Cr32 biplane and Cant Z1007 trimotor in the stash.

I've pulled out an 1/72 Airfix Beaufighter TF.X (old mould) from the stash (I seem to have 2 for some reason) and have started civilianising it (executive prop) by fairing over the gunners position, scribing a passenger door and drilling windows.
Cockpit canopy is a shocking fit so i've added plastic to the fuselage to bridge the gaps.  There is also no interior whatsoever so i'm adding a floor, cockpit sides, dash, bulkhead etc.
i'm toying with re-engineing it.  I've got a pair of resin B26 spec Double Wasps but i'm not sure if it's worth doing as they'll look similar to the Hercules' - just slightly smaller diameter.
A pair of Merlins from a Revell Lancaster are an option.

[zenrat]

[PR19_Kit]

What's that? A Beauliner? 

[zenrat]

As it's an Executive Prop maybe Beaustream?

[PR19_Kit]

Yeah, that works, but shouldn't it have winglets if that's the case? 

[NARSES2]

Nice work on the Beau

[Logan Hartke]

Looks like the one from The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. See the three windows over the wing?



Cheers,

Logan

[zenrat]

I can just see them.  Interesting.

[Logan Hartke]

Click on the picture and you can see it at a higher resolution. I remember when I first saw the movie thinking that a Beaufighter didn't have windows there in actuality, so when I saw yours it took me back.

Or, just watch the relevant clip from the movie here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ-8JIzjq_I

Cheers,

Logan

[zenrat]

Even zoomed in they are not too clear but you can see them in the film clip.
I had considered square windows but round are easier to make and i'm not sure how i'd go making square glazing with white glue.
I may have to find a 1/72 Ox for cargo.

Looks like they took an RAAF DAP Beaufighter as the basis of their CGI.

[NARSES2]

I had considered square windows but round are easier to make and i'm not sure how i'd go making square glazing with white glue.

Put the glue around all the edges and then drag it to the opposite side with a cocktail stick. It works on small windows

[zenrat]

I've done that on round windows but what I meant was I wasn't sure how it would go with the corners.
Anyway, structurally speaking round is better than square.