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Very nice work with what looks like some small and fiddly,etch 
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Another quick update. I have built the Gee indicator unit which sits behind the pilots seat. Eduard provide a replacement instrument facia for this comprising a coloured etch panel face, 2 tiny switches, a knob and a handle which replace the plastic instrument face part. Instead of filing off the raised detail on the Tamiya part I replaced it with a piece of plasticard of the same thickness. Pic 1 shows the 2 halves of the unit glued together with filler applied to the seam (but not yet sanded down) together with the kit panel and the replacement plasicard and Pic 2 shows the plastcard glued to the unit. Pic 3 shows the Eduard etch pieces and pic 4 shows them glued together. Pic 5 shows the completed unit with the decal applied. It was only on viewing the picture just now that I noticed the decal is slightly off centre and off horizontal. It just shows what the macro facility on the camera pics up as you can hardly notice this by eye. I will probably try to rectify this using micro sol now I know its there  . Graeme pemberg attached the following image(s):
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Very nice Graeme!! That Eduard part is light years ahead of the plastic kit part 
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That looks very nice indeed and some really nice detail. Happy Modelling
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Fabulous work with the upgrades Graeme and as has been said already, the 'Gee' apparatus is definitely much improved with the colour etch. I love the look of that screen with the green pulse lines, looks very realistic, but I would leave things as they are, even if they are slightly out of position or you may just make it worse in trying to rectify things?!
Super job, really enjoying this build - well done Graeme!!
Kev 
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I am building this at the moment to. the eduard etch is grate but not as much in it as usual, testament to the quality of Tamiyas offering Jase “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Thanks for looking in guys.
Kev, you are probably right, if I try and rectify the decal I would most likely end up tearing it.
Jase, I agree the kit doesn't require much in the way of enhancement but those Eduard parts do make a difference - up to now at least.
Graeme
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Hi Pemberg thought you might be interested in this... http://www.themodellingn...ito-fbmkvi-in.html#more
Jase “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Cheers Jase, very interesting. Some nice images of the Mossie in the link as well as the decals.
Graeme
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I have done a bit of work on the navigators armored seat back. Pic 1 shows the Tamiya part for the lower half of the back. Pic 2 shows the same part after the molded on instruments have been removed together with the Eduard replacement instrument parts. Pic 3 is of the full armored back with the instrument panel and view port masked off. Pick 4 shows the completed seat back after spraying and the Eduard parts attached. I have also started to assemble the Eduard fabric seat belts - the pilots seat belts are shown in Pic 5. The assembly of these certainly test your hand-eye coordination under a magnifying lamp. Graeme pemberg attached the following image(s):
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Very nice update. Its coming along well now. Happy Modelling
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The seat belts certainly look fiddlyand I can imagine the patience required to assemble them but boy do they look nice  Some more fantastic work on show
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Very nice Graeme, some neat and tidy work there and you're making good progress with this fabulous kit - well done!!
Kev
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Any update on this build?
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Hi, I have removed this project from the 'build of the year' as there is no way it will completed by the deadline. The build stalled as other projects took over but will be restarted shortly.
Graeme
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That's a shame Graeme, perhaps give some though to an entry for 2017 which gets underway on the 1st Jan
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I have finally got back to this build. I didn't realise how long it had been until I just came to post this update. I have now finished the cockpit tub and started on the inner fuselage halves. Pic 1 shows one of the Eduard etch foot pedals next to the plastic kit part - a definite improvement. Pics 2 & 3 show the cockpit with the seats fitted whilst Pics 4 & 5 show it with the instrument panels and nose machine guns fitted. All the panel faces are from the Eduard etch set. Pic 6 shows the right half of the front fuselage with its instrumentation fitted. That's it for now Graeme pemberg attached the following image(s):
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Lovely work Graeme, glad you are back on this again. Mark
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Markwarren wrote:Lovely work Graeme, glad you are back on this again. Mark Seconded I like the detail and can't wait to see more.
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Great update Graeme  have to say tamiya really no how to make their kits excellent regards Phil COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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