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... and I used yours to help see how the undercarriage went together. Many thanks The instructions baffled me a bit there. It must be just a quick sprint up the M1 for you kapam (I aim to get to the air museum sooner rather than later)

Thanks Chris The wings were interesting! Each has two pins with two adjacent holes on the fuselage. How difficult is that? Must have had a senior moment as it took me an age to sort and to get the dihedral right. Pinback

Hi Further to @bigbadbadge 's lovely Pawnee here is one straight from the KP box. As Chris has said, the kit is missing a few things including additional bracing on the wing struts. Pinback

Wonderful Particularly the canopy!

Very nice! Coincidentally, I'm adding markings to mine this morning but it wont be a patch on yours 🙄. Pinback

Wow! The parts look stunning

It most certainly is ! Thanks for posting

Yep- Show it who's the boss! Really looking forward to your build

Yep -If its not giving you joy at the moment its good to park it - I have few projects that have been "rescheduled" (Will love to see it when its finished though!) Pinback

Thanks for posting - its a great museum for pottering around

That's a delightful tidy build Steve!

Noice!

Thanks for posting - those power lines are giving me the heebie-jeebies!

Very nice! Lovely finish. (I've just noticed your On work bench and you have a VW Beetle - Would love to see that when its completed!)

Its looking really good Patrik!

Love it!

Thanks Peter for your posts . They were a huge help. I hope the DH9 comes out well . The falcons have flown. Might have to do another WIP next year when the nest is re occupied Thanks for your support Chris!

Thanks for the link to Meccano Magazine!

... and very nice they are too! They helped inspire me to kick mine off . (I wasn't brave enough to add the tailplane cable lines like you have - maybe later ) Its a two way thing! The WIP really helped push me along. The encouragement and help was amazing. I think If I had not done the WIP I would still be faffing around at an early stage.

Hi - This is a conversion from the 1/72 Frog/Novo Wallace kit- Work in Progress link below if interested . Big thanks to everyone who supported especially @Ed Russell of Red Roo Models for donating the markings and @Magpie22 for the advise and photos. Really appreciated. Subject was A5 -12 of the RAAF when based at Point Cook in the latter stages of her service. This photo courtesy of the Australian War Memorial

Hi - Well I actually sort of completed it before Xmas. I wanted to add a little more rigging to the front and control lines to the tail but that may be a step too far at the present time. Thank you everyone for your support - its really appreciated. Special thanks to @Ed Russell of Red Roo Models who donated the markings (I will use the Scarff ring!) and @Magpie22 for the advice and photos. I will post shortly on the RFI. The undercarriage took a bit of time - the jig was definitely needed. This is how she turned out. ...and now, to keep my mojo going, I need to do something completely different...

Magnifico!

More progress on the Wapiti and peregrine falcons. I have started rigging the Wapiti. There are various methods of rigging. This is the way I am comfortable with. For me rigging should should be a bit subtle in 1/72 so I use invisible thread. That's just me. The holes were drilled at the very start of the build at the angles to which the thread meets the wing. Now its time to make sure all the holes are clear and not gummed up with paint. There are over 50 holes to check. The black shoe box top on the right is used to lay the batches of invisible thread on prior to gluing. It means I can actually see them otherwise the threads are very hard to see. (I'm blind as a bat so every little helps ) The threads were first superglued to the lower wing holes and then threaded through the corresponding upper wing holes. Clothes pegs were used to add tension when the glue had dried and superglue was then applied to the corresponding upper wing hole. Capillary action took the glue through. I do the gluing from the underside to keep the more viewed topside as clean as possible. Its not as huge a task as it looks. Superglue dries quickly. I glued in batched of four and once you get a rhythm up you soon get through it. Here is how it looks now. The excess thread will be trimmed right back, the holes carefully filled and then a coat of paint applied. There is no excess glue showing topside. (and not much underside either!). I have also attached the scratchbuilt wind driven generator. Rudder stripes have been painted so its nice to see a bit more colour The peregrines flew early Friday morning. There are now five (mum and dad and three females) flying around in the vicinity of Collins Street right in the centre of Melbourne. The young will eventually drift away once they get confident at hunting for themselves. Watch out pigeons. This is the last youngster having one last practice and then launching off for the first time. Here we go! In my wings I trust! Yikes! Stay safe Pinback

Hi some screenshots taken a short time ago- I am surprised all three have survived so far. The chicks are at the North end of the ledge and one of the parents is sunning it on the south end. I think they all will be gone shortly. Yep @dogsbody its bird poo! Hi @Putty Animal Quite possibly. If it was a bird of prey I suppose they may have just dropped it in error. There is a You Tube shot of a pigeon laden peregrine here misjudging its landing and hitting the side of the building. Pilot error! They have certainly got through a lot of pigeons (There is progress on the Wapiti - cabane struts fitted last night - no picky though!)

Hi - More progress on the Wapiti. the upper decking and struts were repainted (thanks for the advice @Magpie22), a scratchbuilt tripod bracket added to the port side of the fuselage that will hold a wind driven generator the upper wing has been fitted Upper wing fitting gives me the wobblies when looking at two bay biplanes. Rigging biplanes? No problem. Two bay biplane wing fitting (alongside using yellow paint)? Spawn of Satan. For starters I cut out some clear plastic to roughly the upper wing size. I then marked with a compass where the strut attachment points should be with it placed on the underside of the upper wing and its edge aligned with the wing leading edge. The marks were then drilled through and highlighted with marker pen. My eyesight is not what it used to be🙄 I usually muck things up at this point. The struts have a top and a bottom. To prevent any faffing around at the gluing stage these were laid out with the right orientation. The struts were glued to the lower wing and the clear plastic template used to align them. The clear plastic makes it fairly easy to do however the template was too cumbersome in one piece so was cut into two, one for each wing. I will deal with the fuselage cabane struts later. Four struts can be adjusted with one hand and you know they will match the upper wing attachment points together. You just need to make sure the two wings align. The plan and your Mk 1 eyeball should ensure that... hopefully. The glue was left to dry overnight... The next day the upper wing went on with minimum fuss. I was a bit gobsmacked. Other progress- I have started scratchbuilding the wind driven generator and oil cooler (on the peg). I have also marked a piece of wood so it forms a jig for the undercarriage. The little box lower right is for minute bits such as upperwing lights (attached to masking tape so they don't go flying when it gets opened). I was originally aiming to finish this by Christmas but then thought I would aim for finishing before the three peregrine falcon chicks took flight. No chance. This shot was taken a couple of hours ago. All three are still alive (the third is asleep at the back). This ledge is over 30 stories up and they aren't in the least bit fazed. They are nearly fully moulted so I think Christmas is the better date to aim for.🙂. Stay safe. Pinback