boatman showtime 1/48th Phantom build hopefully with lights

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HI ALL well ive been sent this phantom kit by a very kind richard chappie off the old site to get my mojo back as not got a kit i want to do at the moment an hopein to try an light it up with 2mm leds but on closer inspection lookin at the wings its seems the makers have made the wings ends solid about 1mm thick an not in two bit so i can run my nav lights wires through so i may have a go at doin it but goin to be tricky as when burrin out the wing i dont want to go right through it so see how this goes but cant start on it proper yet as waiting for spray paint to come from my local model shop but for now some picceys AN UNTILL i get the paint from my local model shop this build is on hold
chrisb

the Box top

 

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SOME SPRUSES
the fusalarge

 

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AN HERE a shot of the underside of them wings an as can be seen the wing ends are solid about 1mm thick so goin to be a job to burr out a channel for the nav leds wires

 

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SO UNTILL i get the paints this model build is on hold
chrisb

 

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HI ALL well ive now got my paints an 2mm leds to now build this plane so i hope you guys enjoy this build an ive now just sprayed the wings an the wing nav lights all fitted in an now getting ready to solder on a tiny eletric plug to take the eletrics into the fusalarge will show some pics when i get a bit more done today
chrisb

 

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HI GUYS
well here are some pics to start off on the build an it show i have fitted in the wing nav light 2mm leds an they show up good an was a bit of a sruggle as to how thin the wing tip was but the green strb went in well

 

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AN to show no hangin wires out a shot of the wing from front veiw again the green strb nav light

 

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AN now for the port red nav light again i managed to burr out the solid wing tip an fit the red light an im pleased to say thing went good

 

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AN here now a pic of the RED flashin light A/C light fitted half way up the tail vertical an burrein out a channelll in the tail was makin me sweat as i dint want to go right through the tail section

 

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AN to show i did not melt the plastic or go right through the tail a shot here from the outside of the tail section with the red a/c light fitted an this will look better when its all togeather

 

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MORE pics to come as i build it
chrisb