pheonix Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 You have made a good job of the torpedo recess on the DT 2. The finish on the Ripon looks good too. There is a close similarity with the Shark which I can see now - an interesting family of aircraft. P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 The Ripon looks excellent. Great work on the DT2 as well. Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 18, 2017 Author Share Posted November 18, 2017 The preserved Ripon is one with AS Pather engine. The propeller details like red colour of band i will adopt to mine Ripon. Cheers J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 Hi Jerzy, Nice work on the rigging. A very useful tip with the sprue glued on the end – I may need that kind of help later! Regards, David 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 19, 2017 Author Share Posted November 19, 2017 3 hours ago, Dazey said: Nice work on the rigging. A very useful tip with the sprue glued on the end – I may need that kind of help later! Thank you David. I invented this trick lat winter, when I met static electricity problem doing Ardpol Douglases (O-39E or O2MC) - the resin kits which were charging more strongly than styrene ones would. However I found another advatage of this method very soon, while building (and re-shaping) in this spring Polikarpov R-Z by SH (thread was on Work in Progress). I made a mistake and I have to cut two cables and move them about 1 cm on side. Due to elastic nature of E-Z I have found that I can cut it, drill a new hole and use such "needle" to extend the lenght just for a while before final glueing. The E-Z was at end more streched but I did not need to re-work riging: in case of R-Z from single a hole three cables were going (also this my wrongly positioned) so if I would have to cut on second end it will end in very massive re-riging... Cheers J-W 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 19, 2017 Author Share Posted November 19, 2017 Hi, Report from what happend during week-end. MF 11 Hoever: I glued floats . I gave some puty on junction to make it later sharpen from bottom and smoother on top: I started work on exhaust pipes. Two parts of collector are visible behind engine I've used Revell Lancaster decal for set belts Douglas DT 2 I made resin copy of Fokker CVD propeller and doubled it for 4-blades prop (the diameter is Ok within uncertainty of calculation from photo) Engine has 28 camshaft rods added (as in case of Hoever was). As you see engine is drilled out to make prop rotable. It was then painted and mounted The floats were glued in positions: The oil coller for both AS Panther engines (DT2 and MF11) I will copy from cooler of LF Fokker CVD (Norwegian, AS PAnther) Here it is immersed in silica Blackburn Ripon Detailing includes ledder, paddles, anchor, bomb racks and pehaps also bombs themselves (German deep charges I think) I started from ledder and paddles Here ledder after some cleaning on position As you see decals were appaied Some more viewes: A close up into cockpit Cheers J-W 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pheonix Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Two first class models in the making here Jerzy. I particularly like the Finnish markings - so nice to see these lesser air force machines represented. P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Great progress on all three models! The Ripon looks excellent with the decals on Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 Many thanks, Jaime. I am just back home from work - the eveving can bring some progress on deteiling: gunner infrastructure, bomb racks, windshield, anchor... cheers J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 22, 2017 Author Share Posted November 22, 2017 Some results of Ripon detiling Bomb racks (meanwhile I tried to soft decals, therefore some looks not OK) Navi lamp (drop of resin glue, to be painted ) and pitot on strut Anchor with rope and paddle Ledder Windscreen, gunsight and petrol pipe (left from windscreen, from bottom of tank and along the strut) MG (under construction) To be cont J-W 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Great detailing! How did you do the bomb racks? Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 22, 2017 Author Share Posted November 22, 2017 13 minutes ago, jrlx said: Great detailing! How did you do the bomb racks? Thanks! I glued each one from 6 pieces of stretched sprue: two long, two short and two bound. On a flat piece of silicon I glued with Tamiya low viscosity glue vertical short pieces between two long stretched sprues. After cementing I was adding two bounded on top. I hope it recalls what should be Cheers J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Thanks for the explanation, Jerzy. They look great, as if made of metal. Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pheonix Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 I think that those bomb racks look just fine - better in fact than what you get in many kits! P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Seconded! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 24, 2017 Author Share Posted November 24, 2017 Hi, Many thanks, Gents for comments. Next detail - MG. I took MG from old KP Letov 328 (a bit modified). Rest is scratch (from streched sprue and plastic tool for tea mixing ) to be cont. Cheers J-W 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Good job with the MG! Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pheonix Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 That looks as good as the bomb racks. Excellent additional details. P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 25, 2017 Author Share Posted November 25, 2017 I have finished Ripon. 4 takes goes to Gallery, 12 to RFI Still progress reports on DT2 and Hoever will be continued here Cheers Jerzy-Wojtek 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Congratulations, Jerzy! The Ripon looks excellent! Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 I always enjoy your WiPs J-W and this one is no exception, I missed the beginning but am thoroughly up to speed now. Nice use of plastic coffee stirrers; everywhere I go now has wooden stirrers, I must find a café that uses plastic ones. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pheonix Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 That is one very fine model. I wold never have guessed that it is a vacform. Wonderful detail and a very interesting build thread. Looking forward to seeing the other one finished. P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 25, 2017 Author Share Posted November 25, 2017 Many thanks Jaime, Beard and Phoenix! I appreciete. This is I think 13th (or 12th?) vacu form I did in my live. The Broplan set is nicely done, in hard plastic, surface details almost does not need to be corrected. In my sheets I have only to sharp edges of tank on upper wing. I have some ten Broplan kits in stash - I have to made them soon, since all are of very unique and tasty beasts. RFI with more photos is here Cheers J-W 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Excellent work, Jerzy. You wouldn't know it's a vac form! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 Gents, many thanks for comment on Ripon. Appreciated I continued work on Hoever MF 11 (small progress on floats and DT 2. The upper wing of Douglas on position: Riging on half-way To be continued Cheers J-W 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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