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Gondor

#45
May 25, 2026, 05:54:13 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on May 25, 2026, 05:51:41 AMLike the interior colour  :thumbsup:

So, what crew members seat on the other seats ?

Political Commisars?
My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

DeeBob

#46
May 25, 2026, 07:05:17 AM
That interior colour is gorgeous! Leads me to picture the glorious men and women of the PDRV with big lapels and wide trousers legs and huge sunglasses smoking cigarettes in holders in the belly of the thing.
Perfect is the enemy of Finished. I presume. I've never achieved either.

zenrat

#47
May 26, 2026, 04:32:54 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on May 25, 2026, 05:51:41 AMLike the interior colour  :thumbsup: ...

The interior is Vallejo 70.808 Blue Green Matt.  My go to for Russian cockpit green.  And I am sure someone is now going to nit some picks and tell me that Russian cockpit green didn't become a thing until the fifties.  Only in real life mate.

Quote from: NARSES2 on May 25, 2026, 05:51:41 AM...So, what crew members seat on the other seats ?

Wikipaedia says crew of 11.  The kit has eight figures.  Pilot, co-pilot, nose gunner, mid upper gunner, two nacelle gunners, tail gunner, and a spare figure not used in this release.
If we nominate the spare figure as the bomb aimer (and put him in the seat in the nose  then that leaves three crew unallocated (and three spare seats).  So maybe navigator, radio operator, and yes, commissar.


I began gluing the fuselage halves today.  Back half first.  It's a mess of clamps, clothes pegs and tape but I think it's lined up OK (or it was when I went to work)...


Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.  Revelling in numptytism.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed, badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry.

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NARSES2

#48
May 26, 2026, 07:21:17 AM
Quote from: zenrat on May 26, 2026, 04:32:54 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on May 25, 2026, 05:51:41 AMLike the interior colour  :thumbsup: ...

The interior is Vallejo 70.808 Blue Green Matt.  My go to for Russian cockpit green.  And I am sure someone is now going to nit some picks and tell me that Russian cockpit green didn't become a thing until the fifties.  Only in real life mate.


Thanks  :thumbsup:

I must admit Soviet WWII interior colours are a minefield. I use White Ensign and they have at least 4 different shades for cockpits and wheel wells etc  :rolleyes:
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

zenrat

#49
May 27, 2026, 04:50:28 AM
So no-one will know if its "wrong"... ;)

I managed to get to the shed after work and glued the front of the fuselage.
Fred

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zenrat

#50
June 06, 2026, 03:18:53 AM
Fuselage is now glued completely and I am working on adding those clear parts which have to be in place and masked (I have a masking set) before painting.
Then the wings and tails can be attached and then masking and then PSR will commence.
Fred

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zenrat

#51
July 01, 2026, 04:27:58 AM
Got back to this today but realistically I am not going to finish by 7th.  Or even by 14th should a second extension be granted.   ;)
I haven't even got the wings on yet and then there will be PSR - albeit light as the fit is pretty good.

So, if you could move it please Chris.   To the Aircraft section.

 :thumbsup:
Fred

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NARSES2

#52
July 01, 2026, 05:35:56 AM
Moved as per request  :thumbsup:
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zenrat

#53
July 02, 2026, 03:57:54 AM
Thanks mate.
 :thumbsup:
Fred

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zenrat

#54
July 03, 2026, 04:49:34 AM
Printers!  They seem to have a mind of their own sometimes.
I'm trying to print the transfers for this build and I am struggling.  I've cut and pasted designs from previous sheets i've created and the colours are refusing to print as they look on the screen.  Everything is greyed down.  They are supposed to be yellow stars on a black circle with a blue surround and blue bars but instead I am getting Yellowey grey and bluey grey.
It is very frustrating.  Since I last printed these designs I have changed software as micro$oft wanted me to pay more money to install powerpoint onto a new laptop even though I would be stopping using it on the old one.  I am now using Libre Office which is free but obviously handles colour differently.
It's something to do with the draw function as if I print images downloaded from the interweb the colours are accurate.
I shall dig into the settings to see what I can find.  I've got time.  I haven't even got the wings on this thing yet.
Fred

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Weaver

#55
July 03, 2026, 01:37:53 PM
Quote from: NARSES2 on May 25, 2026, 05:51:41 AMLike the interior colour  :thumbsup:

So, what crew members seat on the other seats ?

That's the committee that decides who gets the six parachutes allocated by the latest five-year plan.
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

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 - Indiana Jones

zenrat

#56
July 04, 2026, 03:30:36 AM
Transfers are printed.
The printer was having a problem with the yellow parts of the designs I have drawn up).  It was as though it was shading them with black.
So, I redesigned the roundels to not include the yellow stars.  Backstory will be adjusted to explain (change to PDRV roundels requested by other nations involved in Op Downfall for clearer aircraft recognition.  Or something).
Fred

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zenrat

#57
July 05, 2026, 02:05:41 AM
Got to the bench today.  attached the cockpit canopy.  Fit needed to be adjusted by trimming the port mating surface.  The clear parts are moulded from softer than usual styrene.

Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.  Revelling in numptytism.

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zenrat

#58
July 06, 2026, 02:50:56 AM
Cockpit canopy consists of two pieces.  The windscreen and the rest.  Yesterday I glued on the rest.  Offering up the windscreen today it was obvious that it will need fettling to fit.
I have a masking set for this which I suspect I will be glad for (although I detest masking as I may have mentioned once or twice).
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.  Revelling in numptytism.

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Old Wombat

#59
July 06, 2026, 04:24:39 AM
Quote from: zenrat on July 06, 2026, 02:50:56 AM... (although I detest masking as I may have mentioned once or twice).

Have you?  :unsure:

I hadn't noticed!  :angel:  ;)
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