Still working with interior.
I finshed the interior. Let close the fuselage!!!
And closed.
A bit of putty is needed for better look.
Stay tuned.
Looking good Andrzej, impressive amount of ballast in the nose
Tim, there are only 5 M5 nuts and I think it could be not enough
I wanted to use lead weight but it didn’t fit properly and I replacet it by nuts.
Continouing.
I glued part C8 instead of lower gun turret. I added 2mm plastic rod for better fit.
I cut and glued additional gun blast shields at the front of the fuselage. I made them from 0,25mm plastic sheet and I took a template from 1/48 Accurate Miniatures B-25 C/D instruction.
Time to add gun packs.
Stay tuned
Continouing.
I reworked front glass panel. I cut part of this and replaced by rectangle 0,5mm sheet of plastic. Next I drilled 0,7mm holes for guns.
“Dirty Dora” had additional armour plate over the medium part of bombardier glass from the left side. I made a mistake and unfortunately I removed too many frames and I had to reconstruct them.
Now I’m waiting for gunsight which was in cockpit and then I will close all the front glass panels.
Some nice work you’re doing Andrzej.
I’m sure you have seen these pictures but for those that haven’t Here is Dirty Dora.
Something I hadn’t noticed before, but you can see that the guns are just slightly angled down both in the nose and the gun packs. Must remember that for my own build.
Littorio,
Yes, I saw all these pictures. And thanks for advice.
Sorry Andrzej a bit late for your build but have you seen these?
Yes. I saw this ballast but it’s hard to buy in Poland (probably only E-bay is an option)
Great work on “DD” so far, Andy!
Thanks Torsten.
Thank You all for positive comments.
Finally I bought gunsights and wheels. Now I can close the cockpit and nose part.
Airfix vs. Eduard wheels. Eduard won.
Stay tuned .
no contest, really
Absolutely no contest
I closed the front of the fuselage. I also added 10g lead weight to the bombardier’s compartment and now it is enough.
Moreover I glued the horizontal and vertical stabilizers.
Stay tuned .
The interior looks top shelf Andy! Good call on the tires and barrels. Much to look forward too.
H.G.
I glued all clear parts to the fuselage (exept clear tail cone which has to be reworked) and masked them using Montex masks.
And next alteration - “Dirty Dora” had flat windows in navigator compartment and parts G3 and G5 have to be replaced by parts F10 and F11.
I also added rear windows wind deflectors made from 0,25mm plastic sheet.
And finally I almost glued wings.
Now it’s time to glue engines.
Stay tuned