Flt. Lft. Rif Raf meets wetsellery

[wetsellery]

On janurary 8th I started this build :
 









 
 
It's a reissue of the old kit, the date on the plastic is still there :
 

 
Biggest problem is the canopy. I wil try to find a way to make it look a little better :


 
Here we go. The exhausts from the kit will be replaced by the ones from the old Hasegawa 1/32 Spit :




I want to display the canopy in the open position, the first cut has been made :




The cockpit will receive a lot of attention, I'm using Hasegawa parts as templates :



It will take a lot of work to fit the 1/32 cockpit in the fuselage, I started by adding the ribs and bulkheads :



This bulkhead will get some more details :



In order to fit the new instrument panel, I've modified the panel from the kit :



Out of the box, the cockpit has no detail :



The hatch has been cut out, the sidewall is a dryfit :



Just a bit more sanding an the exhausts of the left side are ready. Quite a difference with the original :



It took a lot of dryfitting to find the right spot for the cockpit parts. The sidewalls will get some extra details :



The floor will become a lot smaller to make it nearly invisible :



Added some more ribbing :



The radiators have been "boxed-in" :



Sincerely

Pascal

[bullardino]

You're spicing up that egg plane, aren't you?

[venom1]

I love it!

Cheers,

Sam

[wbill76]

Neat little egg plane...and it's getting a makeover too!

[armorguy]

This plane looks fun Pascal ! Do they have a HP Halifax bomber in their range ? That would be great too, building such a massive egg bomber !

[Deleted]

Looking to be a fun little build!

[fightnjoe]

neat project. love the added details.




joe

[wetsellery]

Long time no see.

Found this kit stashed away in a cupboard. This is were I left off about a year ago :




Painted and washed the interior, the fuselage looked like this :




But today I decided to have a go with my Dremel and did some cutting. Now the fuselage looks like this :



Took the tail down about 6 mm and removed the engine cowling.

It looks better now, but it will take some more work to fit everything together, especially the large gaps that I created.

Ah well, if it were easy it wouldn't be modelling

Sincerely

Pascal

[Leon]

This is looking way cool Pascal.Really looking forward to your next update.

[wbill76]

Nice to see this one pop back up again Pascal, the surgical alterations seem to have gone very smoothly!

[deafpanzer]

How cool! Always thought those kits were cool and funny. Please count me in... I got me a seat at fourth row but I can manage!