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Awesome modelling Dan - this is turning into a masterpiece! Chris
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Hi Chris & thanks - the foil was off Ferrero Rocher chocolates & has a fine texture to it - I just stuck the wrapper to the sticky side of some aluminum tape to give it a bit of strength & cut it into belt width strips - the tail fold is a big question mark at the momentš¤- I'll get back to it next week sometime. Chris
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Today I thought I would finish off the troop seat by adding the seat belts and the chocolate wrapper/aluminium foil idea worked ok - I added squares of plastic strip along with some etched buckle ends - finished off with a coat of paint - they will now disappear inside the main cabin! I forgot to add that somewhere along the way I added some 5thou sheet to represent the sheet plywood flooring in the main cabin. I spent a few hours studying the photos of a folded Wessex tail trying to work out the shape of the hinges -next step was working out how to make the hinge for the folding tail - I was going to fabricate it from three pieces but in the end decided to make it from one piece of thick brass strip - the shape was then marked out & sawn & filed into a rough approximation of the top main fuselage hinge - slots were cut where the hinges go - the photos below show the progress so far - still needs plenty of work - it will be quite strong if it works out. Chris
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Thanks Martian, your SH34 & Tracker are amongst my favourite builds here on BM - lovely, neat work & all scratch built! Chris
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Hi Alan - I hadn't got that far in planning the hinges but you have started me thinking & initial thoughts are it would have to be cobbled up out of brass to give it the strength to cope with unintended fumbling - I have some Albion Alloys 1.8mm od square brass tube that may be the starting point with hinge brackets soldered up from bits of scrap brass - as far as the drive gears for the tail rotor I was thinking about those packets of mixed watch gears you can buy online. Chris
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I managed to get back to the Wessex after a week off - the first thing I thought I would try was the window surrounds & used 5thou plastic sheet as per heloman1's method on the Green Parrot build - also glued the bottom fuselage panel to the port fuselage half with some plastic square tube packing the area between the floor & fuselage bottom. I drilled out the windows and filed them to match the window opening adding some stretched sprue to look like the rubber seal around the window glass. When fitting the window glass to the starboard side I scrapped the area where the window glass seats with a modelling chisel to try & make it sit further out. I then started adding various bits & pieces around the fuselage sides like hendies fuel fillers & cabin doorstop & scratchbuilt defueling outlet drain & cut outs for the cockpit steps. Next, I decided on scratch building the folded tail unit using the kit part as I thought the hollow kit parts would give me a better rendition after the various sections were cut away where the mess covers the openings. I carefully cut off the tail unit & cut out those various openings in the tail - still have to cut out the top rear of the starboard tail half as per the port one - if it doesn't work out, I still have the Rotorcraft folded tail to fall back on. I shaped a section of plastic card to close off the rear of the main fuselage - I will then detail this area with strip, rod etc & then do the same on the matching tail part. I have ordered @hendies latest resin detail set for the Wesssex cockpit & cut away the kit consoles in preparation for them. I am also experimenting with seat belts and stuck some chocolate wrapper to some adhesive aluminium tape which I then cut into a thin strip to see how it looks. The wrapper has a fine texture to it which may be ok under a coat of paint- the texture could possibly be further subdued by burnishing with a toothpick - will see how it goes. . That's it until next time Chris
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Solan Goose= Fairey Gannet AS.1/AS.4. Airfix 1/48.
CJP replied to Spookytooth's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
Looks very smart with that blue & white spinner Chris -
ICM 1/32 Gloster Gladiator MkII
CJP replied to pacificmustang's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Thanks Bruce - they are very nice & he is working on seats & consoles for the cockpit now so I'm planning on incorporating those too. Chris -
ICM 1/32 Gloster Gladiator MkII
CJP replied to pacificmustang's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Very nice Gladiator, the rigging looks perfect. Chris -
Looking good CC - that RAN scheme really suits the Sea Fury Chris
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British Airways Fairey Rotodyne! Red Tail Delight!
CJP replied to woody37's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
Looks really smart in the BA scheme. Chris -
Your damaged Lynx is looking seriously good - is a bomb-damaged deck diorama in the works? - nice to see the superb little Wasp again. Chris
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Solan Goose= Fairey Gannet AS.1/AS.4. Airfix 1/48.
CJP replied to Spookytooth's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
Looks perfect now Simon. Chris