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Re: 1/72 Academy B-17F Memphis Belle
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 11:21 am
by Medicman71
Thanks guys but it's not as clean as it looks. Notice that the pics aren't close up right?

Re: 1/72 Academy B-17F Memphis Belle
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2020 5:35 pm
by KennyX
Well they look nice to me! You’re making solid progress. Bench time to de-stress.
Re: 1/72 Academy B-17F Memphis Belle
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 2:36 pm
by jkim
Medicman71 wrote:Thanks guys but it's not as clean as it looks. Notice that the pics aren't close up right?

I find a good debonder essential in taming any messy CA applications!

Re: 1/72 Academy B-17F Memphis Belle
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:00 am
by Medicman71

That and to "unglue" myself from things.
Re: 1/72 Academy B-17F Memphis Belle
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:09 am
by LyleW
ubetcha! grabbed the extra thin not the medium the other day. I had that stuff everywhere....good news is the seat is never coming loose from the chassis!
Re: 1/72 Academy B-17F Memphis Belle
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:36 am
by Medicman71
Re: 1/72 Academy B-17F Memphis Belle
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:58 am
by Medicman71
Has anyone done or tried PE cowling flaps? Not sure I want to attempt to do these or not.

Re: 1/72 Academy B-17F Memphis Belle
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 11:57 am
by jkim
At least they are connected. May not be too difficult to deal with. But before hacking off the existing flaps, I would check to see if the existing plastic could be acceptably thinned. And you don't really have to thin the flaps uniformly (which is very difficult). Just beveling the trailing edges and painting the inner surfaces in a dark color is enough to give the impression of thin flaps.
Re: 1/72 Academy B-17F Memphis Belle
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 12:17 pm
by Medicman71
Yeah that's what I was thinking would be the better (and easier) choice in this small scale.
Re: 1/72 Academy B-17F Memphis Belle
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 2:33 pm
by LyleW
If you do not use them, could you take an old cowling and practice?