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Re: SAAB B 17A In 1/48 Scale
« Reply #105 on: September 15, 2012, 11:02:21 PM »
Great!! :-clap
Can't wait to see more of this great scratchbuild!! :-clap :-clap

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Re: SAAB B 17A In 1/48 Scale
« Reply #106 on: September 16, 2012, 05:31:56 AM »
More cockpit elements are coming together. An interesting feature of the B 17 is that the seat sits in a cutout of the wing spar carry-through box. In essence, the pilot's seat was recessed into the wing box in order to give enough headroom. So...... more plastic sheet and measuring to replicate this part. This is one of the trickiest dimensions in the whole project--the spar must go through the cockpit at exactly the right place so that canopy, rollover bar, instrument panel, seat, etc. all line up properly when the whole model is assembled. Now that the spar is located the rest of the two cockpits will fall into place much more easily. The flat segment with two lightening holes in it will later be the mounting place for the rollover support bar.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_0722.jpg
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http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_0724.jpg
SAAB B 17A In 1/48 Scale


Also in this session the two lower windows in the gunner/radio compartment were located and rough-cut into the fuselage halves:
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_0719.jpg
SAAB B 17A In 1/48 Scale


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Re: SAAB B 17A In 1/48 Scale
« Reply #107 on: September 16, 2012, 06:00:45 AM »
:-ok Very interesting to watch mate ;)

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Re: SAAB B 17A In 1/48 Scale
« Reply #108 on: September 16, 2012, 11:30:16 AM »
+1 with Srecko! :)

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Re: SAAB B 17A In 1/48 Scale
« Reply #109 on: September 16, 2012, 03:28:07 PM »
 :-ok :-clap

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Re: SAAB B 17A In 1/48 Scale
« Reply #110 on: September 17, 2012, 04:23:50 AM »
Today was called "Filler Sunday". :-paper With the basic structure of the cockpit and bomb bay constructed it is time to remove the Corsair panel lines and smooth out the many modifications to the halves. Usually I'd wait until the parts were joined to do this, but there is so much to do on the interior that I decided it's best to get most of the bodywork done now.
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Re: SAAB B 17A In 1/48 Scale
« Reply #111 on: September 17, 2012, 05:34:24 AM »
Hope you will start shape assembly soon :)

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Re: SAAB B 17A In 1/48 Scale
« Reply #112 on: September 17, 2012, 12:19:21 PM »
As long as I don't divert my attention to new projects!

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Re: SAAB B 17A In 1/48 Scale
« Reply #113 on: September 17, 2012, 05:35:16 PM »
:-ok

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Re: SAAB B 17A In 1/48 Scale
« Reply #114 on: September 20, 2012, 04:09:31 AM »
A bit more work has been done on the fuselage, this time adding stringers and frames. After fitting these to both the bomb bay and cockpits I started adding some of the electrical panels and mounting brackets to the left side. Since the "rear seater" was both tail gunner and radio operator there is a quite a lot of equipment in his domain.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_0752_zpsee916727.jpg
SAAB B 17A In 1/48 Scale


Incidentally, this will probably be shunted off to the side again as I have been commissioned to build another F-106. ;)

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Re: SAAB B 17A In 1/48 Scale
« Reply #115 on: September 20, 2012, 06:39:52 AM »
Wonderful mate :-clap

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Re: SAAB B 17A In 1/48 Scale
« Reply #116 on: September 20, 2012, 05:24:25 PM »
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Re: SAAB B 17A In 1/48 Scale
« Reply #117 on: September 20, 2012, 07:03:42 PM »
Gooooooood joooob!!! :-clap :-clap

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Re: SAAB B 17A In 1/48 Scale
« Reply #118 on: September 24, 2012, 05:37:09 AM »
Very little time could be devoted to the B 17 this weekend--too much maintenance on our car! :-wall :-wall Once that was successfully completed I did have a couple of hours for some more SAAB interior work.

I've been saving back some unused PE frets for this project. There is part of a Verlinden 1/72 SBD fret, some extra parts from my Eduard I-16, a few bits of Eduard MiG 21, and most of an Eduard Brewster Buffalo set. I'd purposely kept these safely tucked away in anticipation of using some pieces here:
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_0761_zps31399c75.jpg
SAAB B 17A In 1/48 Scale


Not to be outdone, the spares box offered up some bits as well, including various small control quadrants from a variety of long-gone kits. There are pieces used from Monogram C-47 and B-25 as well as others. So.......after some thinking and planning, the pilot's left side panel is coming along fairly well. The rudder pedals are from the Buffalo set and there is a lot more on that fret that will find a way into this project. Also an armor plate seat back was fabricated from sheet styrene and attached to the spares-bin seat.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_0763_zpsf78c3090.jpg
SAAB B 17A In 1/48 Scale

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Re: SAAB B 17A In 1/48 Scale
« Reply #119 on: September 24, 2012, 07:18:02 AM »
Hope your car will run fast very soon and this work on kit is extra good!!!