**** DONE 1/48 DAP Beaufighter 21 A8-159 E-SK "Ginger Meggs" Heavy Hitters GB

[109ROAMING]

Great stuff mate

 

[vikingBerserker]

Nice!!

 

[Wayne Little]

Sweet mate!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Good work Pete and some nice photos as well

 

[B-17engineer]

Very nice

 

[ozhawk40]

Well thanks guys, I'm back into it after a few hectic weeks prior to Chrissy, so I hope you all had a good one.

Pic 1: I re-installed the trim tab actuators underneath the elevators using plastic card and copper wire.

Pic 2: Terry alerted me to the upper wing panels and this is a drawing found in the SAM publication of the Beaufighter X, the close equivalent of the DAP 21, for reference.

Pic 3: This is the Tamiya upper wing. You can see that panel lines are mostly all in the wrong places, according to the reference drawing, as well as being some anomalous bumps here and there! Panel re-scribing is not fun, so I'm choosing to leave these alone. I have blended in the rear wingtip recognition light, as the DAP 21 also only had the forward facing set.

Pic 4: Another drawing from the SAM publication that I used to confirm position of the underneath ID lights.

Pic 5: ID lights drilled out. After painting I will fill these with clear glue to simulate the lights.

Update done - over and out!

 

[Wayne Little]

Glad to see ya back mate....and modelling!

 

[ozhawk40]

Thanks Wayne - I have been keeping tabs on this group build, it seems theres been some great new entries too. Just before Christmas I was able to get hold of a book called "Beaufighters in the Pacific" by Neville Parnell, which is a great reference for Aussie Beau's. Had a few words on 93 Squadron, but also another pic of A8-159 which I'll post here.

This is a general view of the 93 Squadron dispersal at Labuan island. Space being limited, they were parked nose to tail. No chance of an enemy air raid by this time. SK-E middle background.

Cheers

Peter

 

[lesofprimus]

Great stuff Peter....

 

[Heinz]

Great work Peter, glad to see you back mate!

 

[Crimea_River]

I agree with you on the panel lines Peter. Not worth it in my opinion. Looking forward to more progress!

 

[ozhawk40]

Thanks Dan, Alex and CR. Won't be as long to the next update....I'm sure.

 

[Airframes]

Good work there Peter, like the trim tab actuators. I ignored the panel lines on my Tamiya beau too - can't really notice them anyway, unless there's a tree-hugging, carrott eating, politically correct, anorak wearing rivet counter around!

 

[rochie]

looks great Peter

 

[109ROAMING]

Sweet pics/progress Peter!

 

[Lucky13]

Looking great mate!

 

[A4K]

Great work Peter!

 

[ozhawk40]

Thanks guys, much appreciated.

 

[B-17engineer]

Wonderful Peter!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Just catching up here Pete and that's nice work mate