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  1. Redshift
    Wonderful!
  2. Redshift
    A wise man once said "measure twice, cut once", but he clearly wasn't a modeller. I manage to measure occasionally, cut often and repent at leisure.
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    Very true. Guess I've just got mid-project doldrums, and I've also been looking at too many of @Moa's outstanding scratch-built weird and wonderful creations. There's also an Avro 504K somewhere that's coming together rather well too!
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    Lots of activity, but not much to show for it. I did several hours keyhole surgery to scrape out the cockpit, but I'm not overly happy with it as its a bit rough and ready. Also tried making raised ribs then completely abandoned them as being, well, rubbish. Here is the current state of play, starting to come together, but not quite as good as I'd hoped.
  5. Redshift
    Absolutely super! Can we have a separate dedicated Moa sub forum? I would subscribe and Follow.
  6. Redshift
    Hmm... soldering a frame and making aerofoils from plasticard. Interesting. I feel my next build brewing...
  7. Redshift
    Its starting to look quite a lot like an aeroplane. I'm keen to see how the cockpit goes, I want to pinch some ideas!
  8. Redshift
    Nearly got all the parts made, just need to sort some undercarriage, a load of struts and the cockpit, then its time to nail it all together.
  9. Redshift
    Not balsa, stacked rings of 5mm ply. Even a flat wing can give me trouble, I joined them with 1mm brass bar, but drilling the holes accurately was challenging. Next, what to do about the cockpit, and how mad to go with detail given that it is hidden under the wing.
  10. Redshift
    Latest fettlings
  11. Redshift
    Sorry Steve, it was God's Own Country (northern England division) a.k.a North Yorkshire. Very pretty, but not as pretty as the pictures I've seen of NZ. Think I can avoid the dreaded plastic for now, plywood to the rescue.
  12. Redshift
    And I have lathe envy now!
  13. Redshift
    I think I may be there with the engine, especially as its mostly hidden under the nose cowling. Had to make a new prop as the old one broke, and manged to clone the vickers gun. Need to think about the cowling next, it may mean using plastic (shudder).
  14. Redshift
    Excellent, good to see the avro work back in progress. Had any thoughts about modelling the engine yet, or are you taking the easy (if better detailed) route by buying a resin one?
  15. Redshift
    Right, back from a very restful sojourn to God's Own Country and back to "work". I've been trying to come up with a way of modelling a 9 cylinder rotary, but my geometry keeps failing, so to get back into the swing of things some miniguns. Well, mini- Vickers, not miniguns, but you know what I mean.
  16. Redshift
    1/32
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    Welcome omce again my friends to the show that never ends. This months lesson in wood fondling will be a demo of how to find a camel in a plank. Specifically, uncovering the sopwith camel that is hiding inside the offcuts of my spitfire build. Step 1, plans and bits Part B, Hercule Poirot's moustache: iii, carefully measure the fuselage Four, get distracted during planing and take too much off, plus the top of my finger. Grrrrr More anon when the bleeding stops. Nick
  18. Redshift
    Superb! Absolutely first class
  19. Redshift
    Thanks Steve Nope, all bodging is on full display! I am now at the stage of having to try to ignore the mistakes and be pleased with the result, which is quite difficult. The next one will be better, then the next, and the one after that... Nick
  20. Redshift
    Coo, its a big old beast. I've got some snaps of the one in the Pima Air & Space museum if you're interested. It makes a B52 and a Super Guppy look small!
  21. Redshift
    Thanks, definitely from plans! I found aerofred and the-blueprints.com very useful for drawings
  22. Redshift
    Thanks. I was in two minds about painting it, but the Commandant (Home Forces) said that a wooden sculpture.would be allowed in the living room but a painted up war machine has to stay in the study. Also, if it was too well painted it wouldn't be obvious it was wood! Maybe the next one...
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    Thats ok steve, I'm impressed by your all round skills in any medium. Keep up the good work!
  24. Redshift
    Very very nice, excellent use of contrasting woods.
  25. Redshift
    Here's my own interpretation of an early mark spitfire, notionally a mk1 and notionally 1/32 scale hand carved from basswood, walnut and oak and varnish finished. I did it as an experiment to give me something to do in my spare time, and to see if I could make something I'd be happy to put on display. There is rather a lot of artistic license being used e.g. I chickened out of gouging out the wheel wells or cutting control surfaces, so it is more spitfiresque than a finescale reproduction, however it was fun, satisfying and I'm happy with the result. Thank you all for your interest, see you for the next one.
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