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    WW2 RAF/FAA/RAAF, my family, red wine, running

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  1. Dunny
    Thanks J-W - 1998 is a while ago but still a lovely job!
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    Tony, It is very true, as I have found to my cost when printing ship hulls (delamination of a finish-painted model being the result 😡). Fortunately the wing is open ended so there should be no issues with drainage, Cheers, Roger
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    Thanks very much Chris. I've just kicked off a test print of the wing, which is rather exciting! Cheers, Roger
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    Hi All, Another brief update on the wing. @Jeff G got me thinking about the wing construction, and rather than using the kit parts for the internal ribs I decided that they could be integral to the wing, so the whole single piece component slips onto the kit wing spars. I've therefore come up with this arrangement: I need to measure the spacing between the two spars, and also create span-wise location troughs for them - the rib arrangement may well need to be tweaked to accommodate the spars. I'll then just add rib & stringer detail to the internal wing upper surface, and we should be good to go. Getting closer to a test print, which will just be to test the fit of the wings onto the spars & fuselage before I start on panel lines etc. Thanks for looking, Roger
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    Hi All, A little progress on the FN4 rear turret (which was enhanced immensely by information very kindly provided by @Walter Lindekens - thanks Walter!): I've yet to model the glazing, but will get this on another test print this weekend. In other news, I've bitten the bullet on the propeller blades and made the profiles more scale friendly, so I shall reprint those tomorrow too. I'm not a million miles away from having a wing ready to test print, which is rather exciting! Thanks for looking, Roger
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    I shall give it a try David - thank you Thanks Cees - the profile is accurate to the schematic I am using (which of course could be incorrect!) I'll see if I can modify the profiles used to give a more pronounced curve...
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    Alistair, Underside stencils looking good - coming along nicely! Cheers, Roger
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    Thanks very much Alistair - I may even get to butcher some plastic soon...
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    Hi All, Last update for the day, with the results of the test print. It's a bit of a mixed bag, but much to be happy about. Here's the main wheel: @Heather Kay it's a perfect fit on the oleo, and will I suspect hold the model without glue 🤩. The turret is frankly a thing of beauty: The eagle-eyed among you may note the lack of transparency - fear not, I am just testing fit, which is perfect. And then the downside. The prop blades printed with a section of the trailing edge missing, even though I'd beefed up the radius (clearly not enough): On the upside the fit of the spinner on the hub is good, although I might open up the location hole a tad. @Heather Kay and @TeeELL will get revised files to you in the morning, Thanks for looking, Roger
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    Hi All, A few details added - here's the landing lights. I did start to copy the under wing version from the Lanc, but just thought I'd check the position using photos and sure enough noticed that they were on the leading edge: I then started to add detail to the flap aperture ('flaperture'?): That's as far as I've got today. My test print has just finished and rather frustratingly the propeller blades still have a chunk missing from the trailing edge. Perhaps I need to beef them up even more... Thanks for looking, Roger
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    What's that? You'd like to see the Vulture mounted onto the wing? Why of course: I'm working on the flap aperture and other cutouts before I hollow the wing, so may do another quick update later, Thanks for looking, Roger
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    Thanks very much Murray - I'm inordinately excited by the impending finish of the test print to see how well it came out! You are most kind Jeff - thank you. I am planning to use the kit wing spars and undercarriage bay ribs thus: Although thinking about it I am trying to get away with a single-piece wing so I might rethink the ribs and integrate them into the nacelle somehow. Thanks for tripping the thought process!
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    Hi All, Well it wasn't going to go away, so I eventually had to put on my big boy pants and tackle the mainplane. Here's the basic form which took a bit of tweaking: Here's the corresponding front view: Now I'm satisfied with that I shall start to carve the shape up - fuselage profile at the root, wing tip light cavities, adding oil cooler and other things before I split the wing - at least I've made a start. I'm also eagerly awaiting the finish of my test print of the revised wheels, propeller blades and turret components! Thanks for looking, Roger
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    Neil, Crikey - you could stop there and it would look marvellous! Perhaps not the correct scheme, but it sure does look good, Cheers, Roger
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    Alistair, Lovely work on the Phantom, and good to see that you're also being drawn into the maritime way (arrrrr), Cheers, Roger
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