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Re: OT's Little Bee

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Front glass on that canopy looks like it's wearing sunglasses :)
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jRatz wrote:Front glass on that canopy looks like it's wearing sunglasses :)
Nose job? Cool shades?
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Somehow this build seems to keep inspiring friendly teasing. I do hope this is not felt as anything else :oops:
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No worries about that Rob. I'm going to give it a damn good thrashing. :lol:

As you can see from this image the canopy should blend in to the nose at the front.

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It does bulge out at the sides so at least that is correct. I feel an evening with Squadron green putty coming on.
I'll get there in the end and I do get a bigger sense of achievement from completing a kit like this over a 'Tamigawa' shake a box kit.

Although I might need to do one of those after this. :grin:
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I've just read through this thread and you must have the patience of a saint, OT. If it was me, this would have been in the bin days ago. Looking forward to the finished article.
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Don't hold your breath Kevan.
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Old_Tonto wrote:As you can see from this image the canopy should blend in to the nose at the front.
I'm curious, where was this picture taken? A Soviet transport plane and helicopter in the foreground isn't that odd, but the taxiing aircraft in the background appear to be a MiG-23, an early Harrier, a MiG-27 or ground attack 23, and an OV-10, in that sequence, and that's a strange lineup indeed.
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You have good eyes Rob, I hadn't noticed those. :lol:
I didn't take the picture but I'm pretty sure that it's the Luftwaffe Museum, Berlin-Gatow. They have every plane model ever used by the Luftwaffe, BDR & GDR.
Never been myself but it's on my bucket list.
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Just read through this. Been a bit of a drama but going to be so worth it.
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As others have remarked: Want one! Sort of cute subject, enough fight to make it interesting, what's not to like. Better yet, a pair showed up on Evilbay for £12 each, which is rather below my "silly money"threshold. Couldn't resist, of course :-D

They arrived today, and I'm having trouble resisting the urge to put one on the bench right now :roll:
May need to scrounge up some decals though..
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what a great looking kit of a splendid looking aeroplane
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Crikey, this build has seen its share of Blitzbau House disasters!! Great nose job OT, I've seen worse on famous people after expensive surgery so you might have a future there :ha:
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JamesPerrin wrote:Just read through this. Been a bit of a drama but going to be so worth it.
Definitely worth it James. Especially as she is now coming together:

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I wish I had read Splash's locomotive build earlier, I would of lit the interior. :lol:
bobblelink wrote:what a great looking kit of a splendid looking aeroplane
Agreed. Very cool. 8-) I want a real one, it would make a great chicken coop. :)
rob_van_riel wrote:As others have remarked: Want one! Sort of cute subject, enough fight to make it interesting, what's not to like. Better yet, a pair showed up on Evilbay for £12 each, which is rather below my "silly money"threshold. Couldn't resist, of course :-D

They arrived today, and I'm having trouble resisting the urge to put one on the bench right now :roll:
May need to scrounge up some decals though..

Good lad Rob. I can't see why you would want two though, you must be a masochist!
This link to scalemates https://www.scalemates.com/kits/146066- ... cart-an-14 is useful with some info on re-boxings & decal sheets.
A very good walkaround link too which I wish I had found earlier. :roll:
Here is a completed build of this kit but the guy vac formed his own canopy: http://www.airwingmodels.de/t1267f20-An ... odell.html

It's not the worst kit I've ever tackled by a long way. Anyone ever attempted a High Planes Mirage? :cry: :cry: :cry:
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Old_Tonto wrote:I can't see why you would want two though, you must be a masochist!
I am a bit, at least where scale models are concerned, but the reason for buying both is rather more down to earth: at that price and scarcity, and given the temperamentful nature of the little beasty, a spare seemed in order. There's not many mishaps I can't recover from, as long as I have an undamaged pattern to work with. If it turns out I don't need the second, I should be able to shift it, or if I take a real liking to the little machine, build that too.

Thanks for the link to the walkaround; somehow the penny hadn't dropped when checking Scalemates earlier.

I also found this picture of a rather less beat up interior: http://photos.wikimapia.org/p/00/02/03/54/41_big.jpg;

And some aircushion pictures here: http://toocatsoriginals.tumblr.com/post ... onov-an-14;
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As you have a spare Rob you could do one as the hover version. :lol:
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Old_Tonto wrote:As you have a spare Rob you could do one as the hover version. :lol:
Time will tell. Certainly not in the near future though.
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