Chip Battles a Fairey***Finished***

[Molly-new]

In between all the sanding I have assembled the fuselage:



After comparing it to a profile picture I realised that the nose is indeed way too short, and as I have modified the tail I may as well modify the nose.....



The nose was sliced off and 4mm of plastic sheet added. Whilst the nose was off I added a thin piece of plastic to represent the radiator and to prevent 'see through'.



The nose has been reattached and once fully dry will be filled and sanded to blend it all in.

[SteveC]

Nice job. It's turning into Pinocchio!

Regards,

Steve

[Molly-new]

Progress is slow but I have managed to get the nose blended in:



The pilot got a bit of a bashing whilst the sanding was being done so he will need touching up later.

Most of my time has been spent on sanding and shaping the new tail rudder:



I am quite pleased with how it has come out. Next task is to complete construction......

[SteveC]

That home made rudder is very impressive!

Regards,

Steve

[Molly-new]

Thanks Steve.

The construction has been completed, it has received a wash to remove all the sanding dust, just need to mask the navigation lights so I can spray on the undercoat to see how well it has all blended in.

[Molly-new]

Crikey, where has the time gone? Pesky real life getting in the way.

At last I have got a coat of primer on:



The underneath needs a bit of work prior to the top coat though:



Going to be a push to get this finished.

[MarkyM607]

Come on I've nearly done mine, and that's with all the extra work you made me do!

[fearless frankie]

There's always something far more satisfying about a build like this than a shake and bake with loads of aftermarket accessories , nice build

[Molly-new]

Come on I've nearly done mine, and that's with all the extra work you made me do!

With encouragement like that I had to get a move on, so on with a coat of green, followed by masking for the brown:



Brown applied and masking removed:



It has now had a coat of gloss varnish in preparation for the decals. I should get this done in time.

[SteveC]

That is looking really smart now.

Regards,


Steve

(Now, I'm no expert, but that nose looks way too big )

[Molly-new]

(Now, I'm no expert, but that nose looks way too big )

Cheeky

This morning I spent a quiet hour cutting painted tape and applying to the canopy:



This afternoon I managed to get some of the decals on:




Having printed off the serials for the side and tail I discovered that my spray can of varnish is empty. I will be making a mercy dash to the LMS to get a new can in the morning so could be finished on time.

[TobyC]

Nice work

[Molly-new]

Whilst fitting the canopy on I realised that the tail gunners seat is in the wrong position:



I will be posing the rear piece of canopy open so need to remove the seat and glue it in further forward.

I have also had a nightmare with the decals that I printed off. Having picked up a new can of varnish I went to apply a coat over the decals and this happened:



Someone appears to have placed a can of Acrylic Primer on the shelf labeled varnish. I will not be able to get another can now prior to going on holiday tomorrow so I will have to see what I can do with the kits decals:



I should be able to convert the 'F' into a 'T' easy enough, and try to paint in the missing part of the 'B'. I have some old Polish roundels that have been in the window bleaching out the yellow since I started the build as a back-up, I hope they don't disintegrate when they go in some water.

Nothing's ever easy is it?

[Purplethistle]

Fairey Battle - does what it says on the tin!

Keep the faith! having seen what you've done with it so far makes me believe you'll ace it

[Molly-new]

This is as finished as it can be after my decal dilemmas. The conversion went quite well, with Revel 43 Mittelgrau being a perfect match for painting in the bottom of the 'B'. I had to redo the center green due to my over exuberance with the grey but I think it will pass muster.

The Polish roundels behaved as decals should, but once removed from the backing sheet it was evident that it was only the red that had been printed. To overcome this I applied the decal to a white self adhesive envelope label, cut it out and stuck it on. Looks a bit bright at the moment so I may be tempted to give the whole thing a dark wash once I get the time.



All in all I am quite pleased with the way it came out, and doing the work to correct the nose and tail rudder was fun, if not totally necessary.