dwh Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 After nearly 7 weeks work and much conversion work, latest build Gloster Whittle jet. Very pleased with finished result. Fuselage as most people know was far too large for wings, so I had to cut it into 8 pieces and reduce length by 1/2inch to get it as near as possible the scale size. Rebuit it, filled it and the result is as shown. Scratchbuilt new nose leg, new undercarriage doors, changed tail contour, detailed cockpit, added camera housing on wing and lower fuelage Markings are for the first recorded flight, so are slightly different to most pics seen. Derek 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith in the uk Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Very nice job of a very old kit i never knew it had so many shape issues 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 That's come out really well! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Some specialist surgery has gone here! You've done a lovely job on the old girl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredsopwith Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Excellent job! Plenty of potential left in these old classics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Looks just right for the first flight - I researched it all for this GB thread: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/17497-chematic-pioneer/ Now I'm a volunteer at Jet Age Museum, where we have this 1/1 scale replica http://www.jetagemuseum.org/Aircraft/GlosterE2839.aspx painted for the first flight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Really like this, I have one of these in the stash, hope it turns out like yours Cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Sweeeet! I had one of these eons ago. Thanks for the nostalgia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 That,s a superb little build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwh Posted January 1, 2015 Author Share Posted January 1, 2015 Thanks for the comments guys, after all the work involved it was worth it to add this to the collection. Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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