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  1. Thanks, Pat. This build is putting up my beer bill...! I decided to re-do all the undercarriage wheel well lips as they were all a bit rough - still depends how closely you look at them. I had pared away some of the profile to allow the front wheels to rotate up into the nose wheel bay but that may have allowed some light out. Also, despite agonising over it, there is no way I'll be able to have the main wheels retracting so the VC10 is just going to be wheels down. Also had a look at the fuselage around where the stand clips in so following on from @MrB17's experience, I'll strengthen that area. I also spent a fair bit of time working out how to have the nose landing lights illuminated and ended up with a couple of straight lengths of clear sprue shaped to sit in the back of the holes I drilled in the nose and protruding through the front bulkhead to hopefully pick up some light from the steady bulb. There are now some edges to the cockpit window frame which should stop that glass falling in at the wrong moment. We are just about ready to finish off the internal painting and get onto the fuselage outside painting and transfers - step 2 of the Instructions!
  2. Your B17 is looking magnificent, Jeff - heavy metal indeed! That's a Top Tip on the stand - this made me look at how the VC10 sits on the big blue stand provided and the fuselage plastic does seem pretty flexible where the stand clips in. I'll do a bit of strengthening there too. Thanks! All the best. Mike.
  3. Oops, I’m getting a bit over excited there - no pressure to do the Beaufreighter during this GB, of course, as there is no connection to a Frog mould (from what I can see on Scalemates). As has happened many times before to me, it’s an aircraft and a kit manufacturer that I’ve never heard of until now!
  4. I knew it! Plenty time to build both kits in this GB, guys….Dave might need some time off work!
  5. Good on you, guys! Where are all the kits you bought at the nearest LMS? I'm hoping to meet up with @JOCKNEY sometime this year but we won't have to travel as far to do that! Keep the banter coming! All the best, Mike.
  6. Lovely work, Pete, a very impressive final result and a very enjoyable build to watch. If you get some of the aircraft magazines, you will see a 6-page article title 'Five Miles High' on the first flight over Everest right at the back of the latest 'FlyPast'. I found it a fascinating read and great to have a 1/72 version from you to reference. All the best. Mike
  7. Matt, a lovely end result, though, and I see from other previous threads on the same kit, the dodgy undercarriage has also been mentioned by others. It looks like wingtip light transparencies were provided on the clear sprue for this kit so no struggling with them required. However, with a nom de guerre of 'Back in the Saddle', I'm confident you will pop back up immediately and launch into your next build with renewed enthusiasm! All the best, Mike.
  8. BM, I built the kit basically OOB in 2021 - a very quick build but the kit performed well and was a joy for me, see link below. I didn't check any dimensional accuracy just in case I disappeared down a rabbit hole! Worth considering...
  9. I took a break from the Frog VC10 and got the camouflage painted on the Frog Mossie MK. IV. This followed the layout in the Frog scheme and looked a good match to the reference pics for 105 Squadron. Just prop tips in yellow and a bit of heat staining on the exhaust stubs to be done as well as the canopy and front end perspex framework of course, doing it the long way with one direction at a time. The main canopy is supplied in two halves (why?) and it had been assembled but gave way under the strain of masking. However, the Airfix Mossie MK VI had not done with me yet as I had spotted that the Frog Mossie had elevator trim tab actuators on the starboard upper and port under surfaces. This was a bit confusing at first but reference pics supported this odd arrangement and so I had to backfit some to the Airfix kit.
  10. Pat, I’m not going to be the one to suggest a Google search for a ‘model kit shop’ in Tenerife…..
  11. Good plan but you’ve got all that sunbathing to do followed by Cocktail Hour! The paint will dry quickly, though. Good luck! Regards, Mike.
  12. Great work, Rob. Well done on keeping the energy going to add the detail. You can only go so far though given the limitations of the actual moulding. That old plastic seems to be taking it well. Best of luck for the rest. Regards, Mike.
  13. I like the way this Gannet is shaping up - keep all the detail coming! From what I remember building this as a boy, the wingspan is surprisingly large. Great work. Regards, Mike
  14. Super build, Dave. The detailing adds so much to the normal 'smooth' look of the old Frog kits. The belly tank addition makes it very interesting - I must read up on Attackers (and watch that film!) Regards, Mike.
  15. Thanks Dave, still enjoyable, so far! I'll be tidying up the 'steps' put in the main gear wells but I wondered if the undercarriage would fold away? The kit doesn't actually say that the main gear legs are supposed to retract (Instructions say to omit them if building wheels up) but they do rotate in the mounts inside the wings. However, they rotate in so far then hit the underside of the wing roots which are not cut away. Also, the wheel bogies do not line up with the centres of the wheel wells and this may be because the legs are at their loaded/compressed length - working oleo struts might mean we could have the undercarriage retracting but I think this may be a dream too far! The wheel bogies are supposed to drop down noticeably at the back while unloaded/in the air to facilitate a smooth landing but again have been molded in the loaded/on the ground position. There is a bit of clean up of flash required on the t-tail stabiliser and elevators and the engine assemblies will need a fair bit of filling and resculpting at the back end. The 'beaver tail' piece between the engines looks to be at a slightly smaller scale!
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