canberra kid Posted April 15, 2017 Author Share Posted April 15, 2017 33 minutes ago, Cookenbacher said: Those are fantastic John, the 'B' even looks to be from the 4677th. Thanks for posting them. I'll find out what years he served, I'm guessing it was very late sixties until the early seventies. It is a 4677th bird Cookie John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted April 16, 2017 Author Share Posted April 16, 2017 I've now attached some plastic card "wings" to bridge the gap between the side consoles and the fuselage sides, these will need trimming back to fit, I've also added the Airfix rear bulkhead also to fill the gap. John 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted April 16, 2017 Author Share Posted April 16, 2017 A bit more progress, The cockpit now fits. John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonnell Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Hello,John - She's coming along well.I've enjoyed a little 'Fettle Therapy' myself today. 😉👍 All the very best,Paul. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 19 hours ago, mcdonnell said: Hello,John - She's coming along well.I've enjoyed a little 'Fettle Therapy' myself today. 😉👍 All the very best,Paul. Thanks Paul, I'm still waiting to reach the tipping point, but it can't be far off now! John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonnell Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 10 minutes ago, canberra kid said: Thanks Paul, I'm still waiting to reach the tipping point, but it can't be far off now! John You're welcome,John.You're on finals with her now,I guess.The scribing work looks spot on under the grey primer too.Most admirable! 😉👍 All the very best,Paul. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 4 hours ago, mcdonnell said: You're welcome,John.You're on finals with her now,I guess.The scribing work looks spot on under the grey primer too.Most admirable! 😉👍 All the very best,Paul. It's kind of you to say Paul, the panel lines do make it look a lot better I must say. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted April 22, 2017 Author Share Posted April 22, 2017 Due to the fact that the main wheel well ended up with a double thickness of wall where it joins the fuselage, this was due to the resin bay having the end wall and the kit wing also having an end wall, in reality there should be non as the fuselage side forms that end of the bay, I've decided to cut out that part of the wing. I have also removed the location tab as the upper half of the wing overhung the bottom by quite a lot. This will aide the strength of the joint, I will add a new spare. John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted April 22, 2017 Author Share Posted April 22, 2017 More wing work, the wheel well's in the FROG wing are set more toward the wing leading edge than those of the Airfix kit, this means I'm going to do a bit of adjustment. The red marks are where the FROG well falls the yellow the Airfix. The next problem with the FROG Airfix mix is the FROG wing is much deeper than the Airfix one, this results in quite a deep trench to fill, I've lined up the top edge as best I can meaning the worst of the filling will be on the underside. A much easier job was cutting the wing tip to take the Italeri Navigation lights, Hurra! one more bit of the Italeri kit I can use! John 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 That's some fine surgery John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted April 22, 2017 Author Share Posted April 22, 2017 Thanks Cookie, that's about it for the hard work now, I think/hope! John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 As Cookie says, like peering over the surgeon's shoulder during an operation John. Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonnell Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Hello,John - Great progress and a great job coming together well. 😉👍 All the very best,Paul. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 14 hours ago, TheBaron said: As Cookie says, like peering over the surgeon's shoulder during an operation John. Tony Thanks Tony, I don't think you'd like the state of my operating theatre if you saw it though :-) John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 2 hours ago, canberra kid said: I don't think you'd like the state of my operating theatre if you saw it though If your bench looks like a shipwreck site and the floor is awash with debris I would feel very much at home. Conversely, if it's as spotless as an electronics clean-room, then I shall feel an irredeemable slob. Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 16 hours ago, mcdonnell said: Hello,John - Great progress and a great job coming together well. 😉👍 All the very best,Paul. Thanks Paul @mcdonnell, I hope to get a bit of paint on the cockpit tub today John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 6 hours ago, TheBaron said: If your bench looks like a shipwreck site and the floor is awash with debris I would feel very much at home. Conversely, if it's as spotless as an electronics clean-room, then I shall feel an irredeemable slob. Tony In that case Tony you'd be right at home in my work shop! John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted April 29, 2017 Author Share Posted April 29, 2017 Almost set for join up of the fuselage to nose, all being well, this will be the last BIG job! Although the camera nose is white metal and quite heavy I've added a wee bit more nose weight, just in case! John 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Docking Procedure... Commence .... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted April 29, 2017 Author Share Posted April 29, 2017 Contact! John 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted April 29, 2017 Author Share Posted April 29, 2017 As a matter of interest, the parts count so far is, of the 36 parts used in the build so far they break down as Airfix 11 Italeri 9 Me 6 FROG 4 C-Scale 2 Pavla 2 CMK 2 John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted April 29, 2017 Author Share Posted April 29, 2017 Round one of the green stuff, John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Inspiring stuff John, the Italeri nose seems to match up just fine at that point (well ahead of the bomb bay). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonnell Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Hello,John - Grand job and she really is coming together now. 😉👍 All the very best,Paul. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted April 30, 2017 Author Share Posted April 30, 2017 11 hours ago, Cookenbacher said: Inspiring stuff John, the Italeri nose seems to match up just fine at that point (well ahead of the bomb bay). Thanks Cookie, the Italeri now is a bit wider than the Airfix fuselage, but not too bad. 11 hours ago, mcdonnell said: Hello,John - Grand job and she really is coming together now. 😉👍 All the very best,Paul. Thanks Paul! John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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