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Beriev Be-6 (Trumpeter 1/72)

Been busy with family this past week over Christmas but I did get a bit done on this:

added some internal supports for the new resin engines

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Drilled out the air vents and scoops

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drilled out the landing lights and filled a hole on the starboard wing that wasn't in any ref pics I looked at

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And just have a bit of sanding to complete and the wings should be ready!

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phantom II said:
Sherman 18 said:
Nice work! (y)

Now I need to find some half round drill bits :facepalm
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Let me know when you find some . I've been looking for some square ones for some time myself. :rotf

Cheers, Christian B)
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Half round?

https://www.mscdirect.com/browse/tn/Holemaking/Drilling-Drill-Bits/Metalworking-Multipurpose-Drill-Bits/Half-Round-Spade-Drill-Bits?navid=12106187

I think that's been a point of ribbing in the past...pointing back now. :D
 
I've been poking along on this and am trying to get things finished up before Wednesday of this week. That's the completion day for this challenge build at my club.

I've been taking pics and will post them later this week!

stay tuned! :popcorn
 
Heavens Eagle said:
I hear the sound of the Jeopardy tune. :D
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That was quite accurate Paul!! I did get it finished on time (just) and we had our little contest. I didn't win but came in 4th.

Anyway, here are the pics!

I removed the rudder and replaced it with a home made one that looked more accurate

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One of my reference photos showed the plane had landing lights in the wings so I added those

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Also, I think I mentioned, Trumpeter must have copied this model off the Be-6 they have preserved with turbo prop engines. This kit has the radials but they left the exhausts for the turbo props! I added the vents that should be there.

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The modified nacelles with the Vector engines

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The landing lights (made these from finger nail details)

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Looking better!

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Painting!!!

Pre-shading!

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Painting the boots!

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I tried to do some different shading in the paint to give it a used/weathered look.

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All the tape pieces I used several times in the painting process!

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Painting the exhausts

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Exhausts on the nacelles

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modulation of the paint

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undersides, I forgot to mention that the fit of this kit is so good that I was able to paint the wings separately from the body and then attach them (might have noticed that from the images!)

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gloss coat

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stickers! I used a few of the kit decals, which were good but a little fragile, and some from an old Accurate Miniatures IL-2 kit

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props on

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weathering the exhausts!

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One mistake I made with this kit (noticed after I finished), the little exhaust on the port side near the back (seen in this image) isn't supposed to be there (keep an eye out Gary when you build yours!!).

the one directly above the rudder

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It must have been added with the Chinese turbo prop version because it wasn't on the reference pics I saw or the surviving one in Russia.

Wish I had noticed sooner!! :bang head
 
I like it Warren . It looks much better than all the box art i've seen.

I suspect the engines look strange because they were trying to keep them out of the sea spray .

Saying that it's Russian will explain a lot of things :rotf

Cheers, Christian
 
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