Blohm & Voss BV 155V-1

[urumomo]

I popped the canopy off and removed some material from the fuselage to improve the fit ,,, well , the canopy no longer sits with the right side high but the fit is still awful .
Now to repaint and reattach the canopy .

 

[BLT]

The tail-end of the fuselage has a little twist to it -- not very much and I'm not investing heat-energy and time into correcting it ,
But The tail kept looking totally wack while I've been working on it .

When I installed the horizontal stabilizers I aligned them as best I could considering how poorly they fit .
I aligned them along their leading edge and square with the tail even though that isn't exactly square with the wing since that grouping would be more visible .

Eh .
So another crazy .
The stabilizers are molded differently
Not only in their shape but the rake in the right elevator is more pronounced , between the inboard and outboard hinge-points . ---- that's the line my eyes kept seeing

One would think it a ertl kit...

And I thought those old Starwars kits where bad.

So satisfying tho, to beat the bad fit and make it look good. Great job on this.

 

[urumomo]

Thanks , maybe I'll be able to get to painting this weekend . .. maybe . Hopefully .

I'm going to order another couple of Special Hobby kits to see how they roll .
They offer a ton of examples at Scale Hobbyist :
https://www.scalehobbyist.com/catag...&ppp=48&sb=stocknumber&so=a&e=1&sc=72&man=SPH

 

[urumomo]

on the page :
" Please Note: Special Hobby models are limited run kits which consist of plastic, resin and metal parts. For intermediate to advanced modelers only, they will require extra work to build successfully. "
Yes . Yes they will .
LOL
https://www.scalehobbyist.com/catag...&ppp=48&sb=stocknumber&so=a&e=1&sc=72&man=SPH

 

[BLT]

Lot of special kits... I just stumbled on the Sunderland. I won't be ordering from cuz I'm in a different country. But lot cool kits.

I just realized that I can build flying boats now... I love those things, I get all teary-eyed thinking about the weathering!

 

[urumomo]

Indeed ,
Amphibians and flying boats are my favorite .
My dad flew in the Albatross , USAF 48-52 :

 

[BLT]

Dude... That is just cool. Those are really cool.

The Danish royal airforce used the Catalina up into the mid 80's I think...

I have a huge 1:48 cat from revell, that I newer got around to building...

Oh my... I actually forgot I had that one.

I think I know what my next build will be!

 

[urumomo]

 

[BLT]

Oh man
I can't wait to ser the buildthread on this one

 

[urumomo]

https://www.scalehobbyist.com/catag...rman-bv-141/HBB00081728/product.php?kw=BV-141


Do you love canopy masking ?
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[BLT]

Haha...

My uncle had that one... It was just crazy. In those days tho he just hand painted the canopy. I was just a kid so I didn't know any better. Must have been 40 years ago.

How time flies!

 

[urumomo]

Probably this old Airfix kit then : https://www.scalemates.com/kits/airfix-394-blohm-and-voss-bv141--130364
1971 release


At least that Hobby Boss kit is 1/48 . That canopy framing is so tiny at 1/72 .

I grew up building a lot of balsa , stick-framed planes since that's what my old man grew up building
Plastic kits too .

 

[cobraleader]

this is one weird designed aircraft ...

 

[Jim62]

Interesting aircraft.

 

[wjbrandel]

The video was interesting. I had never heard of the airplane until now.

 

[urumomo]

Maaan , I was coming home from a friend's yesterday evening and I hear a bunch of turbofan action approaching so I'm craning my head all around looking for where it is cuz it sounds right on top of me ,, , then Zooom , yep ,directly over my head -- barely scraping 500 feet , a C-130
Wasn't expecting that .
He was flying right along the road I was on so I got to watch him fly out of sight .
No loud booms or smoke columns afterwards so I assume he made it


So back to this thing ,
I bonded the canopy down using acrylic medium .
I don't like any of the acrylic putties , so I was counting on the canopy being dipped in " Future " and the joint with the fuselage filled with more plastic protecting the clear poly from the lacquer putty .

I pulled the masking to check on things , now to re-mask and clean it up .

Heh , looking different-bad now .
No problemO

 

[rastanz]

Nice patch work filling that void on the underside.

 

[BLT]

Oh man... You literally sculpted some of the fuselage to fit the canopy! Oh well same on my ch53 I guess.

Is Tamiya putty ur favorite? I've only used the Vallejo one... Which is fine, but it doesn't harden as much as I'd like.

 

[urumomo]

Yeah , the Vallejo acrylic putty , all the acrylic putties , can't harden like the lacquer putty .
I have a little bottle of the Vallejo and a tube of AK's - which is a polyurethane mix - for when I need to avoid the solvent in the Tamiya putty .
So far I prefer Tamiya's over all the ones I've used .

 

[BLT]

Thank you... I'll try the Tamiya next time.