Aichi B7A2 Grace By Sword Model

[phantom II]

Looking good Christian,

That sailor talk must be working if you're beating it into submission! Keep it up!

Well it is a Navy airplane but I don't know bad words in Japanese .

Actually not as bad as my original though. The marking bit goes a long ways . I did forget make a new sprue piece .

Tomorrow, I'll clean off the clear bits and soak them in Future . :drinks

 

[randy_ditton]

Hi Christian,

Always fun to watch you beat these little fellows into submission



Randy

 

[phantom II]

Thanks Randy . Guess I've been fighting with them a long time but it's fun to have a good one now and then

Cheers , Christian B)

 

[jknaus]

Looking good Chris. Heck of a fight its putting up.
James

 

[phantom II]

Hi guys and thank you for the warm fuzzies !

This will most likely on the Grace for a while. The cockpit is done and the transparencies are drying.

As you can see , antennae has been made and installed . Seat belts front and back.

and some instruments for the bombardier :drinks

Gonna park it for a while so tha I can work on the other builds. Cheers, Christian

 

[moon puppy]

 

[phantom II]

Tiny update . Started attaching the canopy pieces since I'm waiting on goodies for the Dinah.

Maybe more progress tomorrow

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[jknaus]

That looks very cool. I'd do one in 1/32 if they came out. Looking at the wing to fuse fit the tab doesnt seem like enough. Will it hold up alright do you think once its joined?
James

 

[phantom II]

Well, that's a perfectly good question . There's a very limited amount of plastic in the fuselage for pinning .

I guess I'll have to make sure I have a good mating surface between the wings and fuselage . Hope it'll melt sufficiently .

If not, I'll just have to come up with a plan B.

Thanks for looking in

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[Dusan]

Beautiful work Chris! B) Love the details on the spiner...

All the best!
Dusan.

 

[phantom II]

Thanks Dusan. I feel sure there will be more battering . :fencing

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[moon puppy]

Batter Up!

 

[Phil]

Looking great there Chris, waiting for the ''home run!''

 

[phantom II]

Thank you everyone ! This one is sitting while I work on the Dinah but tonight while some paint cures I'll post a small update to this beast.

The wings went on pretty well but even with my best efforts I still wound up with this nasty gap on the right wing

But soon I overcame that when on the way to the garage it broke off my paint stick and took a spiral toward the floor.
Fortunately my past soccer experience saved it from a brutal landing. Minus a tail plane.

Repaired , I primed it . Now it sits waiting for more paint .

Thanks for looking.

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[SA Dave]

Oh Yeah

 

[jugjunkie]

Looking excellent Christian, good fix on that prop.

 

[moon puppy]

Nice save Chris!

 

[Iron Mike]

Kick save and a beauty!

Here's a couple of Grace to lift the morale.

I wondered where that loud burst of curses I heard yesterday came from. :laugh: Carry on!

 

[SA Dave]

I wondered where that loud burst of curses I heard yesterday came from. :laugh

 

[phantom II]

Nice save Chris!

Thanks guy . Lucky to have saved it . This is a heavy model for it's size.

This is the second time I've had this problem with a Jap plane in this part of the house.

I need to look into the Boiling Springs triangle and figure out the gravity surge.

Not all was lost in last year's George disaster . Pieces are being used for the Dinah paint test .

Cheers, Christian B)