SPA Modeler

Thanks guys! Appreciate the feedback!

I've finished the detail painting of the cockpit tub. Nothing added... just painted what's there. The molded detail is really sharp-edged so it makes painting so much easier.



The seat and foot pedals are glued into place. The one missing thing is the throttle lever, which I regrettably lost to the carpet monster. It was nicely detailed and I wanted to show it but it's gone and I'll have to scratch a replacement.




The intrument panel is temporarily placed onto the cockpit tub to check fit.



Double checking to see if the modified instrument panel mount puts the upper IP in the correct position.



Almost getting to the point where I can glue the fuselage halves together.

Oh wow. That's just incredible

I...I...I.... I have no words.

Thanks guys! I scratched up a replacement for the lost throttle.


The Quickboost 1/32 scale version of the Revi 16B gun sight with clear acetate sheet cut for the reflector glass. This, too, was lost to the carpet monster and I am forced to paint up another one.


I hollowed out the ends of the ammo chutes.


Here are the inner wing guns. These are perfectly fine, with the barrel ends hollowed out nicely. But... they have to be glued into place during wing construction. I prefer to add these at the end of the build.


So I fashioned some replacements using three different sizes of brass tubing (1.0mm, 1.2mm and 1.4mm).


So now I can slide the gun barrels into place from the outside. This will make painting them much easier and also reduce the potential for breaking the barrels off during construction.

The cockpit looks great John. And your mod to the wing guns was quite wise!

Stikpusher wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2023 11:00 pm The cockpit looks great John. And your mod to the wing guns was quite wise!

tempestjohnny wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 2:43 am

Stikpusher wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2023 11:00 pm The cockpit looks great John. And your mod to the wing guns was quite wise!

Thanks for the comments guys!

I'm ready to glue the fuselage halves together. The cockpit area has been painted in RLM 66 Dark Grey and the tail wheel area in RLM 02 Green Grey.


Because the engine and cowlings are separated from the rest of the fuselage, the main glue edges are on the rear fuselage. A clamp is used to make sure that the gun bulkhead butts up against the instrument panel coaming.


The cowling gun deck has been painted but not yet glued into place.


The MG17 cowling guns have been painted. I've lost the added wires so I'll have to add them after the guns are secured into position.




The Quickboost Revi 16B gunsight Version 2.



Due to the less than perfect fit, I am going to glue down the inner wing gun covers. It looks ok here but when the fuselage in place, it's difficult to seat all of the edges.


I'm sanding down the outer edges of the gun bulge to get them to sit better.


One of the negatives of this Border is the thickness of the airfoil sections. The vertical tail plane is much too thick in my eyes. Shaving down the antenna mast might help.

Or nip it off and scratch build one.