825 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 I'm going to go for it. A speed dance equivalent of two Kingfishers. This is the first, a Lindberg boxing procured somwhere I know where not. Found amongst the loft insulation a count of days ago. It did cost £10 though. It's basic, but OK, the plastic is like post multiple colour Matchbox, a kind of silvery shade. There are a small number of sink marks and there are holes for both the undercarriage and floats. Also the cockpits are minimalistic with weird seats. No gun ring or control column the wings are moulded inone piece upper and lower parts that threads through the fuselage as does the tailplane. The instructions are seriously but rather fetchingly old fashioned and the transfers don't look great but I'll not be using them.. The Airfix kit will be another thread Here we are all in the comforting sturdy box. I will refrain from asking Mr Revell to see how good these old fashioned boxes are. Sprue Instructions, transfers and the transparencies. You can see the transfers look suspect, even at this early stage. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Hi 825! Welcome again to the GB with your second entry! It's a great choice and I wish you the best of look to finish it before the deadline! Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjwomack Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 2nd and 3rd builds at that! I salute you, here am I pottering along with a sporting chance of completing 1 and you're coming back in the water for more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Looks like a bit of fun Will be watching Martin H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 I have done a bit of work but no photos yet, some painting and a bit of sanding. Along with some filling of a few sink holes and the slot in the float for the stand. I was was going to do one of these, with the other being for the Airfix version. But, I saw this one in the Warpaint book, along with some information on the aircraft and the armed merchantman it was on. Apart from part of the serial I have all the necessary transfers, as well as black and red strip for walkways and warnings. If there's any copyright issues let me know and I'll take the picture down and look for another. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 Info on the Warpaint book, which is an excellent read as well a very good reference source can be found here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Nice schemes. Good to know you've already started working on the build. Looking forward to the first pictures! Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted December 25, 2017 Author Share Posted December 25, 2017 Here's the work from this morning. Some holes filled and sanded down, a few pieces glued together, primarily the float. And some paint on. One of the prop blades was broken and had the be reglued into place, but looks OK. I was going to make it completely OOB But the seat in the rear cockpit is so wrong. It looks like an early ejector seat, absolutely no resemblance to a Scarff ring and no gun. The former I can make from plastic strip and the latter can be source from the spares box. There's one lurking in an Airfix Avenger boxing somewhere. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Time to go to bed 825 or you will frighten Santa away Cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 And you, Pat? I am going... J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Good progress! Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 Progress over the past few days. Fuselage closed up, cowling on, a fair bit of filling and sanding. Though to be fair much of that was filling in the holes for the wheeeld undercart and the stand. Rear cockpit inserted and tailplane on. As aforementioned the TAG or observer's seat was a weird looking almost rudimentary elector seat. So it was replaced by a ring of plastic strip to make a rough representation of a Scarff ring. The strip was taped around a pencil, then boiling water poured over it before sticking it under that cold tap. It was then trimmed to size in situ. The underside showing the filled holes. The model has cleverly engineered wings which the fuselage sides should be threaded onto, fitted around and then glued closed. This is brilliant for fixing dihedral, avoiding seams at the fuselage/wing joins and gives great strength. I discovered that they should be fixed in before closing the fuselage up, so had to trim off the locating points and squeeze the wings and tail planes through. But I think I got away with it in the end. And here we are at the end of today. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 The engine isn't bad for something that I think is the best part of 50 years old. Matt black with an aluminium dry brushing And the main float has been assembled, filled, sanded and started to get some paint. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 On 25/12/2017 at 12:51 AM, JOCKNEY said: Time to go to bed 825 or you will frighten Santa away Cheers Pat Didn't quite realise how late it was when I posted these Pat. It did not seem to cause any issues with Santa though. Amongst the things around the tree in the morning were a bottle of malt, some sloe gin and believe it or not Real Ale chocolate truffles. There was also a promise of an Airfix Phantom FGR 1 in the post. Apparently even Santa has to wait when Hannants are out of stock! On 25/12/2017 at 1:14 AM, jrlx said: Good progress! Cheers Jaime Thanks Jaime. It is a rather nice kit despite its age and simplicity. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Excellent progress, taking shape beautifully! It seems it'll be ready in time for the deadline Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 Some tidying up and a bit more paint on. Needs another few coats to cover up filling and sanding work but moving on. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Looking good! Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 The pilot's seat isn't great so a quick upgrade with Tamiya tape seat belts and a control column from wire. Still not great but a bit of an improvement 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Good scratch building! Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 On 28/12/2017 at 12:13 AM, 825 said: Didn't quite realise how late it was when I posted these Pat. It did not seem to cause any issues with Santa though. Amongst the things around the tree in the morning were a bottle of malt, some sloe gin and believe it or not Real Ale chocolate truffles. There was also a promise of an Airfix Phantom FGR 1 in the post. Apparently even Santa has to wait when Hannants are out of stock! Thanks Jaime. It is a rather nice kit despite its age and simplicity. May I be nosy and ask what the Malt was ? As I used to live on Islay, I have you could say a passing interest in Malts cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted January 4, 2018 Author Share Posted January 4, 2018 On 02/01/2018 at 5:25 PM, JOCKNEY said: May I be nosy and ask what the Malt was ? As I used to live on Islay, I have you could say a passing interest in Malts cheers Pat Of course, it's Glenfiddich IPA Experiment. It's one of their craft malts which is finished in IPA beer casks. Haven't tasted it yet as working through some others presently. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted January 4, 2018 Author Share Posted January 4, 2018 Airframe complete and just a little bit of touching up required Canopies masked. Will put them on today, let them get fixed and start painting tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Coming along nicely! Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted January 5, 2018 Author Share Posted January 5, 2018 Canopies and main float on. The canopies seem a little on the large side and there's a bit of overhang on the rear compartment but I'll live with it. Can't be seen at the moment but I scavenged a machine gun from an Airfix Avenger, which wasn't going to be used anyway, and glued it to the Scarff ring. Painting finished and some transfers on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Good and fast progress! Good job with the decals! Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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