RAF BE.2c (1/72, Airfix)

[Der Phönix]

in God's Own Scale which is all the more interesting. Looking at the photos I could easily have thought that this was 1/32.

Przemo,

I am trying to catch up here after just returning from abroad.  This is superb work indeed and you are to be commended.

May I also add that I am always quite tickled when I see someone refer to one scale, or another, as being that in which the Creator, Himself, chooses to build models.

Regardless of whence your Guidance comes, I look forward to watching the completion of this diminutive gem...but I hope you will not be tempted to try and complete it in seven days.

Best regards,
DP

[Ernie]

Truly remarkable work, Przemo, but no less than I've come to expect from your talented hands!
Cheers,
Bud

My thoughts exactly, Prezmo.  Excellent work on the wings/struts.  Well done, my friend.

Cheers,
Ernie

[RAGIII]

Great work on the strut locations Przemo!
RAGIII

[Des]

Very nice work on the wings and struts, the engine is also looking very good.

Des.

[IanB]

Nice improvements on the engine, Prez.
I have a couple of resin engines for the BE2 and may well use one when I come to build mine... but the kit one does appear to be pretty good - particularly by Airfix standards!
 Thanks for the heads-up on the strut locations too, that is very handy to know!

Ian

[Monty]

Ooh, Some lovely work there, Przemo! This is shaping up beautifully... I love your very fine detailing... That engine is already looking very good... Regards, Marc

[ALBATROS1234]

eduard has released a photoetch set for this and the e.iii

[andonio64]

... Przemol I really love the work you are doing on this kit... 

[PrzemoL]

Thank you everybody for watching and cheering! :-)

eduard has released a photoetch set for this and the e.iii

I have just looked through their instruction sheet. It seems that they designed the PE elements to fit the kit. Given the horrendous thickness of the cockpit side walls in the Airfix kit the interior bits will probably be too small for the scale. On the other hands the exterior bits like fittings, control horns, etc. would be welcome. (I plan to add these bits to my model using a lot of spare PE bits I have from my previous builds or from scratch)

[markleecarter]

Beautiful work Prezmol!

I have the Eduard PE for this, and yes, some of the interior stuff won't fit but you could still use the seats, control stick and fuel tank parts. (and external stuff of course) I'm not sure what the etiquette is regarding linking to other forums but I have a build going on another modelling forum that I can point to if it's allowed.

[PrzemoL]

Beautiful work Prezmol!

I have the Eduard PE for this, and yes, some of the interior stuff won't fit but you could still use the seats, control stick and fuel tank parts. (and external stuff of course) I'm not sure what the etiquette is regarding linking to other forums but I have a build going on another modelling forum that I can point to if it's allowed.

And why not show this build here, too?

[markleecarter]

And why not show this build here, too?

Done! Although my build is going at a considerably slower pace than yours.

[PrzemoL]

And why not show this build here, too?

Done! Although my build is going at a considerably slower pace than yours.

Great! And it is not racing, accuracy over speed :-)

[PrzemoL]

Some more progress.

The engine lower cowling with the firewall is attached - some filling and sanding was necessary, especially between its halves. Also the rim of the cowling was treated with a sharp knife to thin down the walls.



The engine tentatively placed to check the fit and the overall impression. That overcowl provided in the kit has a correct dimension and shape, only itsthickness was too large. But some work with sandpaper brought it to an acceptable (for me at least) outlook.




I took some care of missing valve rockers for the engine. A thin wire pieces plus some spare parts left in a PE fret (turnbuckles!!!) put together are to form these bits, which will be partly visible aside the engine upper cowl.




The tail skid support had a nasty pin to embed it in the fuselage bottom and the struts were too thick. Again some surgery to remove the pin and embed it into the massive socket, some sandpaper work on the thick struts, removing the flash, sanding of the fuselage bottom and marking the points for the front struts by some delicate drilling brough this section to a layout acceptable for the scale and ready to paint.




Also the undercarriage was inacceptable in the kit version. The angle between the legs had to be corrected by some delicate bending. The front legs do protrude from side fairings completely neglected in the kit. I added them from pieces of Contrail aerofoil plastic sections. Also these legs themselves had too short section with the aerofoil profile - again Contrail pieces were useful. There is still some sanding and trimming necessary, when the CA glue cures. The rear legs seem to have the correct length and correct layout of aerofoil fragments which do not reach the mounting points in the fuselage.
Additionally, the sockets in the fuselage to accept the u/c legs were too large and on the top of this the rear ones were some 2mm too far to the rear - they should in reality coincide with the rear wing spar nd not be located behind it. I cut the pins from the u/c legs, glued them into the sockets, filled the gaps and sanded everything flush...

[Ernie]

Very good work on the undercarriage, Przemo.  Your improvements will really
help this model, my friend.

Cheers,
Ernie