The Bv 148, Dr Vogt's 'conventional' version of the Bv 141 - DONE

[PR19_Kit]

Has the package arrived yet?

Oh yes, MUCHO thanks, just the job. 

[killnoizer]

The first level of PSR's been applied, and those wings surly needed it too! And I've sanded the fuselage and tail and the wings and sprayed the first primer coat, just 'cos it seemed a good idea. There's lots of PSR still to go, but it's looking pretty good so far.

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That looks really great , 

[Wardukw]

The first level of PSR's been applied, and those wings surly needed it too! And I've sanded the fuselage and tail and the wings and sprayed the first primer coat, just 'cos it seemed a good idea. There's lots of PSR still to go, but it's looking pretty good so far.

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Smooth as silk Kit 👌 😉
This is going to be outstanding when done.

[PR19_Kit]

I've got to fill that gap up first.

It's a fair amount of work to do on the extra fuselage bit that The Wooksta sent me. I've cut it to length, and filed off most of the wing fairings, but then I have to fill the holes and PSR it into submission before I glue it all together. It'll be a while yet, but the rest of it is in good shape and it should be all ready to paint once the gap is filled.

[Wardukw]

Trust me Kit...my eyes are well and truely locked onto this build 👍

[Dizzyfugu]

Cool. And what a huge beast!

[PR19_Kit]

Cool. And what a huge beast!

That's why it needs the Jumo 213. 

[PR19_Kit]

Lee's generous donation of an extra Bv 141 fuselage enabled me to make the Bv 148 somewhat longer (Kit's Rule #1 applies....) but it wasn't just a matter of gluing in onto the ned of the existing assembly, oh no.

The only part of the Bv 141 fuselage that's parallel sided and cylindrical is the part where the wings attach, and on the Airfix kit that has a hefty wing root fairing moulded on each side, so they had to come off. That meant 20 mins worth of hefty filing and lots of styrene dust on the floor, and it resulted in two wing root shaped holes, one on each side, which needed to be blanked off. Trying to cut blanks to fit those airfoil shapes is not easy, and it's a lot better to carve them into plain rectangles and chop up some styrene strip to suit, which is what I did.

Then there's the inevitable PSR of course, and finally I could glue the extra bit in place. It's too long now of course, but it's a lot easier to trim to length, bit by bit, than it is to re-glue some thin bits back on if It's too short, eh?

So here we are now, and I've got to tape the tail gun turret and tailplane/fin assembly in place and see how much I need to chop off to make it look right.

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[kerick]

Like a pencil with a cockpit! Cool!

[Gondor]

It looks as if you now have a Light-Sabre 

Gondor

[Rick Lowe]

Or a Sonic Screwdriver...

[Dizzyfugu]

It looks as if you now have a Light-Sabre 

Gondor

Darth PSR? 

[Old Wombat]

Darth Kit?

[PR19_Kit]

Darth Kit?

When I'm having an asthma attack I sound JUST like him!   

[Wardukw]

Like a pencil with a cockpit! Cool!

With a sharpener in the middle