Paramedic Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Nice to see such an old, cool Matchbox kit getting done by a master. I had no idea it was their first kit BTW, cool! And well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Lovely work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike romeo Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Love what you're doing here!  Regards  Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 I'm not going to go over the top Tomo  Its just blurry brilliant mate  W O W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Wow! Â Inspiring! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Although I came to this master class late, I would like to sit in  1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 What everybody else says. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 I am absolutely in awe of the job you have done on the cockpit. If I wore a hat, it would be off! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Smashing work, really like it Glynn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirTenzan Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 This is simply brilliant work, you sir are indeed a master modeller! I am humbled to see a sow's ear turned into such a silk purse! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Furyoso!  A colossally enjoyable catch-up over the morning oolong just now Tomo - completely engrossing in the attention to detail you've put into that!  I'll unpack me sandwiches and watch from a flooding chair if I may?    1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 You really did a fantastic scratch job to this cosckpit! It really looks a biggers cale!!! Great stuff!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz23 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Awesome work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Looking brilliant  Love the detail and finish  Keep it up Cheers   1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Such a beauty. Watching with great interest. Patrik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abat Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Beautiful work. Not only do you know it’s there ... you’ve got the pictures to prove it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Amazing job on the cockpit, that IP is something else. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Ridiculously good Tomo. Â A little work of art. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanicity Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Absolutely superb stuff Tom, wonderful to see another Matchbox fettler at work, and I'm very envious of your results with such a tiny bit of construction! If you're after a slightly easier suggestion for future rudder pedal heel boards, the ribbed black plastic on the top and bottom edges of multi-CD boxes works a treat! Â Phil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Tomo brought this to t'club this afternoon and let me hold it  Blimey you forget how tiny it is, until you actually hold it in trembling mitts  Outstanding Tom, this is bound to be a winner baby  1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 11 hours ago, perdu said: Blimey you forget how tiny it is, until you actually hold it in trembling mitts  I've been back and had another look at the piccies of the painted cockpit unit.  I decided it's preternaturally neat and so felt disinclined to believe in the truth of its existence..............................but seeing as you've held it Bill I guess I must.   1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Har har, you have to believe it mate  Microminiature genius, that lad  Can't wait to see his Lannycaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted October 16, 2017 Author Share Posted October 16, 2017 On ‎10‎/‎9‎/‎2017 at 3:42 PM, Vulcanicity said: Absolutely superb stuff Tom, wonderful to see another Matchbox fettler at work, and I'm very envious of your results with such a tiny bit of construction! If you're after a slightly easier suggestion for future rudder pedal heel boards, the ribbed black plastic on the top and bottom edges of multi-CD boxes works a treat!  Phil Thanks. I did see that technique on your splendid Stranraer build, and a good technique it is too.  11 hours ago, Fritag said:  I've been back and had another look at the piccies of the painted cockpit unit.  I decided it's preternaturally neat and so felt disinclined to believe in the truth of its existence..............................but seeing as you've held it Bill I guess I must.   Thanks Steve. Bill has touched it as you know, so I'm hoping for some of his Wasp magic to have impregnated the Fury DNA. That it would be nice to have on hand some Fritag Acme etch home brew.  Anyroad with the pit innards sorted I finally zipped up the fuselage. Nice fit, just a few blobs of gloop here and there. After curing I started tidying it up a little, but also made a start on cleaning up the wings.   As I noted above, and others who have built this kit, the ribbing on the wings is outrageously overscale. To be expected on a kit this age, and fair dues in this game we expect to have to do some sanding. Unfortunately on other areas of the wing this is where the tooling shows its age:    ot quite the look I’m after. First up I re-scribed the ailerons (well when I say re-scribed, I mean scribed as 40 odd years have taken its toll on this tooling), and began to add the hinges via gloop.   Then it was a case of sand sand sand and more blinkin’ sand. I didn’t want to remove the ribs completely though. Also I scribed out some hinges, scribed the centre section of the upper wing which is separate and contains the fuel tanks, opened up the two handholds, drilled out all the rigging holes with a 0.2mm drill (yep I busted a few drills), and drilled location holes for the aerials – the original offering had two little blobs of plastic which were in the wrong place (fair play to Matchbox though for attempting to reproduce them, and I’m sure 40 years ago they’d have been in better nick).   With that done I added the aileron cranks and actuators – they sit on a little disc which I punched out of take-away tin foil. This is approximately the look I’m after:   Here’s my offering. Should be able to blag it with a bit of primer and paint.    Here’s the underside centre section, an improvement on the original offering.   And a before and after of the wings:    Next up is to get the bottom wing glued on, front cowling and cabane struts, finish off sanding the fuselage, repair the cabane struts that I will invariably bust off…   21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 "Should be able to blag it..."  Well you gotta laff in'tya?  Blooming lovely work ALREADY Tomo, truly great mate☺ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Excellent work so far, may it continue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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