EB's bench ramblings

[TeeELL]

That’s looking good EBF.

[Stuart]

Good progress on that Snipe EB

[RayS]

Nice work EB

[Early Bird Fan]

thanks all for the comments and continued support, still not as active in here or on the bench as i'd like to be...life keeps getting in the way at the moment.

I ran out of .3mm drill bits while finishing off the rigging holes on the snipe so can't get to painting it just yet. To keep the build juices flowing i decided to make a start on my Revell Ju88, it looked a well detailed and interesting build so here's where i'm at so far...

the obligatory box and sprue shots





As usual the build started with the cockpit, for a 1/72 kit it has some lovely details. I dry brushed a slightly lighter shade of the interior grey to create some colour variation and pick out some details which worked well.





I opted to use the kit decals for the seatbelts, i'd recently received my new combo of micro set and sol so it seemed a good opportunity to try them out. The fit of the mechanics into the tub was pretty painless.




I've also got the wings assembled and have used them as a jig to dry fit and build up the undercarriage legs.


Just need to finish painting the tail wheel and the fuselage assembly process can begin

[Ratch]

Should be interesting

[iggie]

Nice start on the Ju-88

[Lone Modeller]

Good start on the Ju 88. But er...where is the spare wing?

[VickersVandal]

The snipe is looking very fine, sir. Do you use full through holes for the rigging? I used to but the clean up drove me insane. I now drill partly into the wing so there is a locating/anchor point for the rigging line, then I cut it about 0.5mm over length so it sits in the hole at each end and there is some freedom to allow me to tension it.

[Early Bird Fan]

The snipe is looking very fine, sir. Do you use full through holes for the rigging? I used to but the clean up drove me insane. I now drill partly into the wing so there is a locating/anchor point for the rigging line, then I cut it about 0.5mm over length so it sits in the hole at each end and there is some freedom to allow me to tension it.

the last few models (including this one) i drilled all the way through, i stop painting the wing surfaces when there's one more coat to go then assemble it all including rigging. Then once rigging is complete i finish the paint job, that makes it feel more like i'm completing the model rather than doing touch ups. I have thought about not drilling all the way through but i'm paranoid about the rigging pulling out the holes

Had a bit of bench time today so have assembled a few things, engine and shroud is fitted to the snipe so the paint process can begin, also got the 88 largely assembled. There's a few small gaps that need filling on the 88, mainly in the wing root areas but for the most part it went together very nicely.

Just for LM i made sure the pics had the correct amount of wings in shot

[VickersVandal]

Just for LM i made sure the pics had the correct amount of wings in shot

For the record, I don't think I've ever once had a rigging line pull out of an anchor hole. When I bond to flat surfaces they regularly detach but they lock tight into the holes.

[Stuart]

Very cool!

[JamesPerrin]

Great detail in the cockpit.

[Lone Modeller]

Is that a Mistel variant?

[skypirate]

Lovely cockpit details!
Well done!

David

[Early Bird Fan]

thanks all for the comments, the paintwork on the Snipe i now 99% done, a couple of small bleeds but managed to scrape the worst of it off and will do any touch-ups at the end of the build. I added some dark earth to the olive drab to make it a bit browner, not sure if it really shows but it doesn't look horrendous so all good

Just need to paint the top surface of the upper wing and then the paint is all done...for now...