'Cranberry Sauce' A Festive Season EE Canberra build.

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That's looking really good so far mate 8-) . Still got to get mine out of the box as the dreaded Norovirus has it's claws in me at the moment, not nice :evil:
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Great looking cockpit.

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I'll get started on my B-57. It was in the model room cupboard- with all of my other Canberra's!.
(How late can I start before it's not classed as a Festive Season build? :lol: )
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This is my entry, the old Airfix B-57. I had one of these in my collection about twenty years ago but it fell from it's high shelf and as I tried not to step on it... I stepped on it!. :evil: . So this one will be all black with red markings rather than the one shown on the box.
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The seats in this one are armchair dimensions, although they fit the pilots well they are very wide!. Unfortunately I glued the pilots in them before taking a piccie to show. :roll:
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Some good progress on the cockpit.
I agree the fuselage 1/2's are very thick on the 1/48 kits.

Don't worry about the Festive season bit. Just make a start.

Looking forward to seeing B-57 commence.

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More done to my 1/48th B.2

The cockpit is finished and noseweight added.

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The navigator's window was fitted with superglue and flush polished.

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Then the fuselage was joined together and filled.

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Progress so far is lots of sub-assemblies.

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It should start to look like an aeroplane soon. :)
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What do you do when the nose weight drags it off the table, heading for the center of the earth ? Wow !
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jRatz wrote:What do you do when the nose weight drags it off the table, heading for the center of the earth ? Wow !

It advised 100g in the instructions. There's about 140-150 in there. I tried weighing a couple of lead strips and they only came to 80g so I thought I'd err on the side of caution. ;-)
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Looking good. I prefer this version to the one with the offset canopy.

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Clashcityrocker wrote:Looking good. I prefer this version to the one with the offset canopy.

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Very nice progress Daz. What did you use for weight?
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Old_Tonto wrote:Very nice progress Daz. What did you use for weight?
Roofing lead. Just some offcuts I had left over. 8-)
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The B.2 is all buttoned up and has wings and tailplanes attached.


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Also, the rear compartment roof widow has been polished back flush to the fuselage.
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That B2 is looking very nice indeed. I agree on the nose weight. It pays to have more than enough with canberras.

My PR9 is very nose heavy... about 75g in there which does the job in 1/72..

Speaking of which... I pushed on and finished her up today.

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All up an ok build the kit is ok but the panel lines are a bit 'heavy' for my tastes.. It doesn't need any panel wash..

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Looks good !
I'm not familiar with that scheme, is that "barley" over something? What paints did you use ?
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