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1/32nd scale Avro Shackleton - scratchbuild project


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12 hours ago, limeypilot said:

Great to see more progress Tom, I suppose we're going to have to wait again for more until after Telford!

 

Ian

I doubt I'll get much more done this coming week, but I've got the bit between my teeth again the moment so you never know!

11 hours ago, Max Headroom said:

That rudder in your hand really brings home the scale of this.....behemoth.

 

Still in awe at your skill, determination and execution!

 

Trevor 

Thanks, Trevor  - hopefully the picture of it on the kitchen table (and the fact it barely fits on it!) give a sense of size, too!

 

12 hours ago, perdu said:

I will be round as soon as I can Tom, wouldn't miss it for the world

 

Lovely work on the ...

 

Well

 

All of it really but the rudders are especially brilliant

 

I saw the white cut outs and the round bits at the front and was thinking "Oh no he is going to hinge the centre part as well as the mass balance centres"

 

Dohh

 

OK call me stupid, I know you wouldn't make such a mistake

 

Just that I know I might have  :(

I'll look forward to seeing you next weekend, then!

 

The rudder hinges were the trickiest part - getting them to fit snugly to the fins themselves was a challenge but as will all things like this, measure thrice, cut once!

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21 hours ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said:

Still awesome, just as it has been for months (years?)!

 

 

She'll be celebrating her 2nd birthday in January!

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Marvelous.

 

And I use the American spelling cos I mean it most particularly in the American dictionary sense of:

 

1. causing wonder; surprising, astonishing, or extraordinary

2. so extraordinary as to be improbableincredible, or miraculous
 
(Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition)
 
 
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I just got back from Ottawa where I got to see the Lancaster in the Canada Aviation and Space Museum.  The Lanc is huge!  And the Shack is even bigger??  WOW!!!

 

Very impressive work on the rudders.  Done to perfect effect!  I hope you have a safe trip to Telford!!

 

Cheers,

 

PR

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On 09/02/2018 at 2:00 AM, k5054nz said:

I was about to ask on the B-52 thread but figured I'll only distract from the subject there: is all well with the Shack? Did I miss something?

 

On 09/02/2018 at 3:19 AM, Learstang said:

Yes, indeed Tom - we want more Shackletony goodness!

 

Best Regards,

 

Jason

 

Sorry to disappoint, chaps, but there's been no progress since the last update which was pre-Telford. 

 

I'm at the point where I've got to make the flightdeck and forward fuselage interior, and to be honest I hate working on cockpits so I keep putting off making a start. 

 

I was looking at it again just this afternoon so may well start cutting some plastic soon - it'll be when the mood takes though. 

 

All the best,

 

Tom. 

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  • 4 months later...

THAT IS BLOOMING AWESOME.

i envy people that have the patience to make things like that.

:gobsmacked:well done:thumbsup:

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2 hours ago, SA80A2AR said:

THAT IS BLOOMING AWESOME.

i envy people that have the patience to make things like that.

:gobsmacked:well done:thumbsup:

Many thanks - much appreciated.

 

Patience has worn a bit thin with this one of late and it's in storage currently. I've made a very tentative start on scratch-building the pilots' seats but no further progress. It'll get its turn again soon enough, but I'm knee-deep in a 1/48th B-52 project at the moment so this is on the back-burner for the time being... until I get bored of the B-52 that is!

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54 minutes ago, tomprobert said:

but I'm knee-deep in a 1/48th B-52 project at the moment

WOT?!

 

Sorry, but you don’t just drop a remark like that here without a teensy weensy notice by others🤯

 

we need piccies!

 

Trevor

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15 hours ago, SA80A2AR said:

how big is that bestie then??  have u got a thred on BM for it or not??

 

15 hours ago, Max Headroom said:

WOT?!

 

Sorry, but you don’t just drop a remark like that here without a teensy weensy notice by others🤯

 

we need piccies!

 

Trevor

I have a build thread running here:

 

Progress is pretty slow but I've got the summer holidays ahead of me now so hopefully things will speed up a little.

 

Tom

 

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Glad to see you back Tom !

You have all my admiration !! Splendid modelling !!

I think that all the superlatives have been used here, so I just second it all !

Congratulations !! :partytime:

And I used to follow the 2 B-52's too… Awesome work...

A 1/32 Stirling ?? That sound GRRREEEAAATTT !!

Sincerely.

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