Davek72 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 (edited) I know I received this for an Christmas present last year but I can't for the life of me remember when I started building this and why I stopped. Anyway when I was going through the stash recently I rediscovered this: http:// http:// http:// http:// I have come away for New Year and negotiated some car space and time to try and move this on. The first session was this afternoon which I will post in a short while. All comments very welcome. Cheers Dave Edited December 28, 2016 by Davek72 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davek72 Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 (edited) And this is where I have got to after a couple of hours 😀 http:// http:// Cheers Dave Edited December 28, 2016 by Davek72 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davek72 Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 And another one... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz23 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 I recently finished one of these, fun build of a great aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davek72 Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 2 hours ago, Blitz23 said: I recently finished one of these, fun build of a great aircraft. Cheer Blitz am enjoying moving this one forward. Concerned I may have just discovered a fit issue (my fault I am sure) just now but will wait till tomorrow to decide. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz23 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 2 hours ago, Davek72 said: Cheer Blitz am enjoying moving this one forward. Concerned I may have just discovered a fit issue (my fault I am sure) just now but will wait till tomorrow to decide. Yeah that's the one negative I found, was that the cockpit is a tight fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davek72 Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 Getting there slowly.... 22 hours ago, Blitz23 said: Yeah that's the one negative I found, was that the cockpit is a tight fit. Glad i am not the only one 😀 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Nice work Martin H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davek72 Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 7 hours ago, Grandboof said: Nice work Martin H Cheers Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Beema Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Good start. It is a good model. I built two in 2015, and they came out ok. The kits fit well and reward a careful build. Good luck with you build.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davek72 Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 15 hours ago, Grey Beema said: Good start. It is a good model. I built two in 2015, and they came out ok. The kits fit well and reward a careful build. Good luck with you build.. Cheers Gary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prenton Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Dave - like many of the others, I started this also in 2016. However, I only got as far as you NOW have, with the wings on (I opened only one of the two gun ports). Since then, I got diverted onto other things...and I don't have time to finish it at the moment, so I will be watching the rest of your build with some interest. Yes, the cockpit is a tight fit - I had to scrape away the paint from all connecting surfaces, and just used Tamiya extra thin, very sparingly, and it worked...... Good luck with the build. Philip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davek72 Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 On 03/01/2017 at 4:03 PM, Prenton said: Dave - like many of the others, I started this also in 2016. However, I only got as far as you NOW have, with the wings on (I opened only one of the two gun ports). Since then, I got diverted onto other things...and I don't have time to finish it at the moment, so I will be watching the rest of your build with some interest. Yes, the cockpit is a tight fit - I had to scrape away the paint from all connecting surfaces, and just used Tamiya extra thin, very sparingly, and it worked...... Good luck with the build. Philip Cheers Philip It has been a pain at times but we are getting there. Thank you for your advice and support. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davek72 Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 OK confession time. I think I have made a mistake...which is leading me to the conclusion that this one is going in the bin. Everything came together nicely over New Year but I haven't had a chance to do anything more until this weekend. At this point I did a little bit of painting only to notice that the wings and horizontal stabiliser on the tail are at at odd angles to each other. See below. My first thought was the obvious one of you stupid idiot you didn't alight everything when you stuck them on. But I am sure I did. Oddly the wings appear at the right angles to the fuselage and the horizontal stabilisers appear at the right angles to the tail. Close inspection suggests that the tail is not at the right angle to the front half of the fuselage which to my mind suggests a warp in the fuselage which I assume came about because of how I put it together. All thoughts welcome. Yours slightly annoyed. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Hi Dave I'm really sorry to see what has happened. I have come across this a couple of times before. I bought an Airfix Stirling and the front of the fuselage was badly deformed still in its plastic bag so badly manufactured. The other was a heller Arado 196 amongst a job lot I bought off evilBay. These had been kept in an airing cupboard and the heat had distorted the parts. Where was the Hurricane stored ? The potential fix might be to try warming with a hairdryer or heat gun and apply a gentle twist in the opposite direction. Given all the work you have done it would be gutting to scrap it at this stage. kind regards Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davek72 Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 Hi Pat Thanks for the post. The kit was stored in my home office and I don't think would have overheated but it s a good thought. I will try there hairdryer approach but at this moment I am pushing it off to the side of the workbench grrrrr Cheers Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Worth saving Hang in there Martin H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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