Subject: Re: Post On May 19 Turkish Rememberance Day of Atatürk
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 23:03:32 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again 
for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

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Work like you don't need the money.
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Subject: Post On May 19 Turkish Rememberance Day of Atatürk

> "1/48 Bristol Beaufighter Mk.X "
> by "Ceki Erginbas"
> --------------------
> Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo
> 01.jpg here
>      Greetings to all ARC readers from Ceki Erginbas
> . I was saving this article for a special day. And
> "May 19  Turkish Rememberance day of Atatürk and
> youth day" was apropriate for it.  I will try to share
> with you the building steps of my Bristol Beaufighter
> Mk.X which has won the first place for diorama
> category in the 20.th Ýstanbul Aviation Museum
> Plastic Model  Contest. There are lots of pictures
> included, so it may be seperated into 2 or 3 parts.
>    Here is the photo of the Aircraft i build.
> Bristol Beaufighter NT850 MB-T, in 236 Squadron with
> D-Day invasion stripes.
>
>  PIC 02
>
>      Kit I used is from Tamiya. It is a wonderful kit
> with usual Tamiya quality. But i wanted to add some
> scratch build details to this model so i started with
> the cockpit.
>   I used this photo as a referance for some scratch
> build detailing.
>
> PIC03
>
> 1-I added the device that i dont know what it is from
> sprue and copper wire
> 2-I added the arm  from stretched sprue with  Super
> glue at the tip
> 3-Added the levers  with  thin copper wire.
> I also added  the photo-etch seatbelts from Eduard's
> RAF seatbelt set.
>
> PIC04
> PIC05
>
> I wanted to add details at the back of the cockpit,
> inside the aircraft, but i wasn't sure of which
> devices was inside, and the where they were locate. So
> i used some referance photos, som photos of the resin
> detail sets, and most  of all my imagination. Since
> when the model is complete, only  very little portion
> of those detials can be seen, so i added them to give
> a busy, feeling inside the aircraft.
> Plastic  poker cards, copper wire, sprue parts, and
> plastic hoses from Tamiya Motorcycle kits were used
> for the details.
>
> PIC06
> PIC07
>
> I also cut the rear cupola to display it in open
> position. Then masked the clear parts usin Bare Metal
> Foil.
> I wanted to display the elevators in an angular
> position.  So i cut the kit parts, seperating the
> elevators.  When you cut the elevators, which is
> consicted of two separate parts, you make them
> unstable. So you have to fill something betwen the
> parts to  make them stable.  I used again plastic
> poker cards for this purpose  fillin theg void. Then
> used putty to smooth the surfaces.
>
> PIC08
>
> The actuating arm  detail of the kit is not ver good.
> So i cut them out, sanded and smoothed the surface and
> added  sractch build actuating arms made of  plastic
> cards, and stretched sprue. After all the work tail
> was looking like this
>
> PIC09
>
> Then I did something realy mad, and decided to  build
> the flaps in opened position.  For this purpouse i
> first cut out the flaps from the kit pieces. Since the
> parts from the kit was too thick for this scale, i
> replaced them with  again plastic card pieces.
>
> PIC10
>
> Wings  in the kit are given as a 3 piece assebly. So
> when you cut out the flaps, large wings becomes really
> unstable. So you should again fill the inside of the
> wings with a dense material. Plastic card was again
> really helpful in this step. With some  visual and
> metric measurements, i build the necessary support for
> the wing assembly.
>
> PIC11
> PIC12
>
> Lots of test fitting in this point is a must. Since
> the weight of the wings can cause some porblems in the
> following steps.
> Later the edges were covered all over with putty and
> sanded to obtain a smooth surface.
> Inside of the Beaufighter flaps was looking like
> this.
>
> PIC13
>
> I again used plastic poker cards to  build the  little
> triangular elements. First I made some measurements,
> then seperated the plastic card into triangles in the
> desired shape and proportions, using  a pen. Then
> with the Tamiya decal scissors, which is a very nice
> tool, i cut the parts, and then drilled them with a
> 1mm hand drill. At last fixed them inside the wing
> using super glue.  I have to admit that this is not
> the perfect application for the impatient modellers
> out there. &#61514; It took about 2 days to complete
> these parts.  Flaps were build similarly.
>
> PIC14
> PIC15
>
> At last i checked the overall clenness of the build
> by spraying interior green. The result was better than
> i expected.
>
> PIC16
>
> There's a piece called the aerial fairlead at the
> bottom of the aircraft, which was a nice detil to add.
>
> PIC17
>
> I used  q-tips and some hose from Motorcycle kits to
> build it.
>
> PIC18
>
> At last the model was ready for the paintjob.
>
> PIC19
>
> Next part is coming in 15-20 minutes
>
>
>
>
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