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@Space Ranger All of the projections certainly look a bit flat Earthy. I did a Dymaxion globe with the pathways of early human migration (estimated based on mitochondrial DNA) and to be honest it made a lot more sense of why and how early people got around when you see the Earth's landmasses as one extended chain of islands surrounded by a sea

Freedom is still a stretch. After an hour I erratic wavering is where I’m at on the proficiency learning curve

I errr... I may have gotten distracted from aviation and been playing with geometry for a little while so there have been digressions into model making in both paper and wood and Digressions aside I may have come into possession of a nice new 6-axis mouse for 3D modelling (my bank account blames @TheBaron for leading me astray) and that led me back to Fusion 360 and some aircraft again. So... wings and a tailplane got added to the SR.187 and Still a great deal of work to do (even just to get used to using the new mouse and interacting with the software) but at least it looks halfway like a plane now

Have the same kit so will be following to pick up advice/pitfalls to avoid Have a sheet of serials if, once you’ve settled on your final scheme, you fancy a swap of serials for some unused chunks of the decal sheet?

... or all of the above in a flypast for the 1977 silver jubilee?

Nothing like running it constantly for helping get used to the quirks and snags. Still regularly a pain in the bahookie (like this morning when it took an hour of faff to get started and running) but getting there

'That is really amazing.' he said. 'That really is truly amazing. That is so amazingly amazing I think I'd like to steal it.' Zaphod Beeblebrox, Galactic President (former title holder of Universe's most unlikely president, now a distant 2nd place)

Could certainly do lost resin casting - print the model, set into moulding sand and then pour hot metal in. Investment cast of a brass or other metal gorgeous sea vixen. Nice bonnet ornament for the Baronial Vehicle?

Dang it! There isn't a LOVE response available so I've had to click "like" That looks brilliant, well done!

Some progress on that front, it looks like with a collaboration in the works I'll be able to run a batch of these off on a resin printer allowing a lot more detail from the start of July onwards so will do a revision or two and some more detail and be able to offer these and the others to folks.

Thanks, I've been thoroughly enjoying your design/build (and at the same time thanking my lucky stars that the drawings I'm working from let me work in relatively simple shapes) - I'm pondering one of those CAD mice now to be able to play even easier

Another test run needed so that means another chunk but this time in EasyJet orange. I’m sure Stelios would be glad to have a Fairey Large instead of a 737 in the fleet? Looks rather jolly in these colours, almost a shame to prime and paint it in drabber hues. So... ideas for a finish please. Aluminium, Interceptor grey or Grey/Green camo (or the EE Lightning solid green)?

Glad you're feeling on a better keel (and seeing this finished is a pleasant bonus)

Looking forward to seeing this emerge from the goo. Take care

A solid effort. Looking forward to seeing how it turns out with more time to lavish on it

Does she have a name?

Thanks, there was a LOT of improvising this morning. Didn't have a wide enough set of red/white/blue tail stripes so those had to be done as discrete sections. The whole thing came very close to a test flight from an upstairs window (which hasn't happened since about 1981 when I was but a child and hadn't quite grasped the non-flying nature of some models)

Thanks mods, now that I’ve got mine out of the way I can peruse everyone else’s threads at my leisure (extra thanks to @JOCKNEY who saved me from throwing in the towel prematurely)

WANT! p.s. lovely work

to be fair to the printer that is just how he looks these days. Time gets to us all

Novo 1/72 Gloster Javelin with a bit of nose fettling to represent(ish) XH897 at Duxford Kit and scheme weren’t great blitz build choices but happyish that it looks vaguely Javelin-like. Serials on the intake are the wrong size along with many other compromises you’ll no doubt spot. Nose was lengthened with some plastic card, tip pitot and camera window added from spares box, decals cobbled together from the spares folder

I’ve already set the tanks and missiles aside for reuse elsewhere. The flash I’m saving in A4 sized sections as 0.5mm styrene sheet Any-hoo, she’s as finished as she’s likely to get today so off to the gallery

Buoyed by having a day more to finish than I had expected here is as I left it last night I gave the kit decals a go to see if they were at all salvageable but as @JOCKNEY correctly predicted... Time to root through the spares and see if I can make them up

Woah, forgot to check the rules - you’re right. I can finish it off tomorrow, thanks!

Yeah, in hindsight it was much the wrong kit. Flash, brittle plastic and the needing to fettle umpteen bits and pieces is really playing havoc with both the building pace and mojo Here is it as it stands right now. Some paint touch-ups, clean up wheels, paint them and the bay doors, fit the wheels and doors, do decals and clear coat. Nope, not going to get that list done tonight so I’m going to go and tidy the kitchen, lock up the shed and call this one an honourable blitz GB attempt but fail Will finish her off properly taking my time over it