woody37 Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Hi Bill, Yes, I agree, the clear bits make for unpleasant stages in modelling, but when done right, have a big impact on the final outcome. come to think of it, they have the same effect when done wrong The hand is mending nicely although sick of these cold and flu bouts going round, had two of them this month so hoping to start the new year illness free. So far its not looking good for that, but there's a few hours left yet!! Yes, I'm hoping to have the Manchester at Huddy along with the Lincoln if we have a table big enough. Once the paint goes on, it will come together rather quickly and the turrets are pretty much done so only the undercarriage left to do on the bitty side 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 Got a bit more done today, although progress was slow due to Roscoe wanting some attention....OK, so he's forgiven The clear bits are all fitted now and its masked, next stop, the paint shop 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Who's a good boy, Roscoe!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Looking good Neil, a happy New Year to you... Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Looking good Neil, Like the cockpit very much. I noticed that the flight engineers seat sits quite high against the fuselage side, with hindsight mine is too low and must be repositioned. Good for motivation, I had neglected my build for too long and I plan to do some more work on the 1/32 Manchester as of this evening. Keep up the good work. Cheers Cees 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gondor44 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 How about the Fallcon Set 40 as a replacement for your shortage of a Lancaster canopy? Gondor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 9 hours ago, heloman1 said: Looking good Neil, a happy New Year to you... Colin Happy new to you mate too, hope you had a pleasant time round that side of the world? 5 hours ago, Cees Broere said: Looking good Neil, Like the cockpit very much. I noticed that the flight engineers seat sits quite high against the fuselage side, with hindsight mine is too low and must be repositioned. Good for motivation, I had neglected my build for too long and I plan to do some more work on the 1/32 Manchester as of this evening. Keep up the good work. Cheers Cees I’ve seen a lancaster photo that has a bench there rather than a chair with a back on. Whether that was a later feature or not I don’t know. Could it be that the Manchester also had a bench type chair (with no back on?) i went to look at yours over Christmas but couldn’t get on the website, is it down? Look forwards to seeing some progress on yours 4 hours ago, Gondor44 said: How about the Fallcon Set 40 as a replacement for your shortage of a Lancaster canopy? Gondor That’s an option but some later kits have a painted canopy included. If this is as well as the unpainted one, hopefully there should be a few knocking around. I try to avoid vac canopies unless the original isn’t good enough as there are a faff to handle normally! cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Ah heck Neil, post the little guy to me and I'll give him a bit of attention instead The model, ah yes the model, it's the reason some of us pop in at times Looking very good now, that canopy masking is a job and a half isn't it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Canopy masking looks immaculate! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 13 hours ago, perdu said: Ah heck Neil, post the little guy to me and I'll give him a bit of attention instead The model, ah yes the model, it's the reason some of us pop in at times Looking very good now, that canopy masking is a job and a half isn't it I’d bring him to one of the shows, but not sure there would be much left on the tables by the end of the day. Imagine Rod Hull with emu, that’s what our house is like normally 😅 12 hours ago, AdrianMF said: Canopy masking looks immaculate! Eduard masks to the rescue, it makes for such a pleasurable experience compared to cutting your own! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Hi Neil, Hadn't posted an update on LSM in ages, as promised I did some work on the rudder balance weights yesterday evening. Will post an update soon. Cheers Cees 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 Started to get the paint down now. The DE/DG is on and I've just finished masking up ready to apply the night black The decals are coming from Xtradecal and Ventura generic sets To get the wavy demarcation line, I rolled a thick piece of blutac and used a razor saw handle to press the waves in 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 That's looking really great, the Blu Tac looks really neat and even, should look the biz with the night black on. Cheers Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 2 hours ago, spitfire said: That's looking really great, the Blu Tac looks really neat and even, should look the biz with the night black on. Cheers Dennis Thanks Dennis. The black base is on now but I'll be adding some lighter tones to replicate panel deflections like I did with the Blackbird 72 scale one. Delicate handling is required at the moment until I can get some Kleer on to toughen the paint job up. Looking much more like a Manchester now with all that black! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Nice progress Neil, this coming saturday I will be active during one of the regular IPMS SIG RAF/USAAF modelling afternoons so the Manchester will once more benefit from it. Cees 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted January 27, 2018 Author Share Posted January 27, 2018 On 23/01/2018 at 1:20 PM, Cees Broere said: Nice progress Neil, this coming saturday I will be active during one of the regular IPMS SIG RAF/USAAF modelling afternoons so the Manchester will once more benefit from it. Cees Looking forwards to seeing it in the flesh...well resin sometime! Managed to get the main colours and decals on this week, just got some stencils to do before it gets matted down and weathered... Not far to go now 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(ex)Sgtrafman Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 I likey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Looks grand Cheers Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Hi! I've just found this thread but wow, am I glad I did! Superb stuff!! I love the wavy idea with the blu-tac. 😍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 What's the score Neil? Huddy? Cant wait to see her, gorgeous old girl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbofan Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Do you spray or brush your Kleer Neil? Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 That looks the nuts! I love the subtle stressed skin effect you've managed to get on the upper fuselage and wings - it looks great. Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Wow Neil, Very nice, after your weathering techniques have been applied this will surely be one of your best. I actually built the throttle box pedestal last Saturday, took me 4 hours for such a small part. The model itself is actually 3D printed high quality plastic (thankfully not resin). Cees 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 On 27/01/2018 at 5:24 PM, perdu said: What's the score Neil? Huddy? Cant wait to see her, gorgeous old girl All being well Bill, yes Huddy On 27/01/2018 at 6:36 PM, Turbofan said: Do you spray or brush your Kleer Neil? Ian Good question, both! I had some issues spraying so over did the fuselage with a brush and it went on much better. 2 hours ago, Cees Broere said: Wow Neil, Very nice, after your weathering techniques have been applied this will surely be one of your best. I actually built the throttle box pedestal last Saturday, took me 4 hours for such a small part. The model itself is actually 3D printed high quality plastic (thankfully not resin). Cees Ah, I thought it was resin. Hope to see some progress pics soon cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Fantastic progress. That color is really looking sharp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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