K7 bluebird 1/43 scale build

[durangod]

Great project, thanks for sharing progress.

 

[Keith-7]

I added some more panel lines using the photos I took of the real Bluebird for reference.

 

[Keith-7]

I continued the engine cover lines down through the side strip panels as they should and also added the groove where the canopy slides open.

 

[durangod]

great lines, wish i could do that

 

[Keith-7]

I thought I was going to have to live with the way the front sponsons blended seamlessly into the nose section, but I couldn't.

I made these panels out of brass. It was a very tricky job, especially making the second panel, as that had to match the first.

 

[Keith-7]

Because it was impossible to make these panels in one piece, the plan was to make one end out of brass and use wire for the other end for the straight edge and hight of the panel and then fill in the middle with body filler.

 

[Keith-7]

The left side is finished and the right side has been filled, but the filler hasn't been shaped/sanded yet.

I'll know more when it's had a coat of primer, but so far it's looking like it's worked out ok.

 

[Keith-7]

A couple of natural light shots.
I will continue with it tomorrow, as I'm having a day off after making those brass panels

 

[durangod]

I suck at body work, that is really looking nice.

 

[Keith-7]

To make things even more awkward, I only just had enough brass to make the two panels. If the second one went wrong, I would have had to scrap the first one.
They are made from the sprue of a photo-etched sheet of 1/16 Tiger tank parts