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    1/48 Canberra PR.9

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

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    13 hours ago, AliGauld said:

    Looking good, Q

    I'm enjoying watching this come together.

    Thanks Alistair - when I started it I was hoping for a quick build for a change!

     

    2 hours ago, bigbadbadge said:

    The laugh was for the stalking people and panto not the model. Like that.

    The model is looking good looking forward to seeing the Nav position develope further, should look awesome  when done.

    Great work

    Thank you Chris - not much to report on build progress so I had to add some local news.....

     

    58 minutes ago, canberra kid said:

    Looking good, the CMK set helps with making the black hole look busy, I don't know what they used for reference, but it's all a bit 1980's in there, the same goes for the drivers office. but it's streets ahead of the kit bits. I'm going to have to move the day/night indicators when I build my XH135, I've not decided yet if I'm going with everything open or net yet, if I do I'll be scratch building rather than going down the CMK route. Just a heads up, if you need any info let me know as my web site is no more as free webs sold the web side of thing on and my web site didn't get migrated. When time allows, I'll find a new host and rebuild it.

    Thanks again John - I don't think my skills are really up to this - probably bitten off more than I can chew, but if it stretches me then that must be a good thing....eh?

     

    Grateful thanks for all the encouragement folks.

     

    Q  :dunce:

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    1/48 Canberra PR.9

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted

    Chapter 3

     

    In Which Quack begs Forgiveness for his Slow Progress and blames the Stalking Season

     

    Forgive me dear modelling colleagues - I started this project in June and this is only my 3rd progress update....  :worry:

     

    But I've got an excuse!! :P

     

    Here on the bonnie Estates surrounding Quack Towers, we rely on the stalking season for much of our annual revenue.  Our season is astonishingly expensive, ridiculously exclusive and only accessible by personal invitation.

    Bankers with an income greater than the GDP of most countries are invited to the Estate for a spot of stalking and receive the traditional local hospitality of cold showers, Michelin grade meals consisting almost entirely of porridge (with salt, naturally) and the promise of exclusive stalking on the Estate.

    We drive the lucky few to the high slopes of Beinn nan Tunnagan.........................and stalk them :wicked:

    Honestly, it's hugely popular with the villagers who all join in with great enthusiasm - it sometimes even dissuades them from their usual torch-lit, pitchfork-wielding gatherings for the persecution of Quack.

    The Bankers are of course issued with their very own Sauer Pantera chambered for .300 Win Mag, so they can shoot back - much more sporting than stalking deer.

     

    Anyhoo - enough of the excuses - what's been happening with the Canberra I hear you ask............:D

     

     

     

    :blink:

     

     

    oh, right, nobody asked....:undecided:

     

    Well, truth be told - there's not a lot of progress.

     

    As you may have gathered from earlier posts    (pay attention at the back! :fight:)    I'm trying to build a PR.9 with an open Nav / Sensor operator's position in the nose - making it...........well.........errrrrrrrrrr visible!

     

    End of career pics show a rather prominent equipment rack at the port side of the nose opening.

    I've helpfully labelled it "This Bit"

     

    53369671247_8ee0ef2efc_c.jpg34 by Dr. Quack, on Flickr

     

    "This Bit" isn't represented in the CMK resin set, but it's quite a visible Bit so I'd like to put "This Bit" in my model....with me so far??  :blink:

     

    Naturally the CMK resin is designed around the Airfix mouldings which are, rather unfortunately......a bit off.

    The Airfix plastic has the rectangular Nav window (poor Nav can't see anything out of it so they called it the Day / Night indicator ) in the wrong position - it should be a couple of mm lower.

    If I scratch build an equipment rack and put it in the correct position, it'll completely cover the window!

     

    Maybe this'll help...

     

    53094826504_b60d0c2dc5_c.jpg30a by Dr. Quack, on Flickr

     

     

    The only fix I can see is to move the window.........ok for some, but a bit scary for incompetents like Quack :analintruder:

     

    Oh well, I'll probably think of something - nothing ventured nothing gained / messed up.

    Perhaps the Christmas Elves will magically arrive and sort it all out .......

     

    In other breaking news - the Nav forward panel has been opened up to give the poor guy some leg room, and the nose interior base coated...

     

    53027514605_84e7034a3d_c.jpg21 by Dr. Quack, on Flickr

     

    53095098093_a54c37522b_c.jpg25 by Dr. Quack, on Flickr

     

    ....and the nose sensor window blanked off ready for the addition of a replacement lens or a drop of Kristal Klear (the kit part is laughably undersized and drops right through the hole!)

     

    53094613181_b307550a11_c.jpg24 by Dr. Quack, on Flickr

     

    ..........and some other stuff got done......

     

    53095097943_047cc6d7c9_c.jpg26 by Dr. Quack, on Flickr

     

    53095007435_78d4d01797_c.jpg27 by Dr. Quack, on Flickr

     

    53095137473_66717d8599_c.jpg28 by Dr. Quack, on Flickr

     

     

    so, all in all. not a very interesting progress report - sorry folks!

     

    Meantime I'm off to oversee the Villagers 2023 Panto production.

    This year its a new version of "The Wizard of Oz", which we're calling "The Gizzard of Oz", and I must say, the Villagers and I have been bonding well over it.

     

    The Tin Woodcutter is shaping up to be a most convincing serial Axe-Murderer (we're running out of extras - any volunteers??))

    The Scarecrow finds a new purpose in life as a firelighter, and the Cowardly Lion reconnects with his predator ancestry (spoiler alert - Toto doesn't make it!)

    Oh how the local kids love it!

     

    That's it for now...

     

    Keep calm, and mangle plastic.

     

    Q  :dunce:

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