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Mirage IIIO 1/32, Scratchbuild
621Andy replied to Bandsaw Steve's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
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If this goes on the S.O.D. you'll be hunted down by a Posse and have your hands nailed to the workbench😅 We've followed so long to see the end result(and how you achieve it!) your life won't be worth living if you give up now! As ever, utterly mind-blowing attention to detail and quality of work😍 That ladder alone is worth its own thread😆
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The Battle of Britain in real life and on film.
621Andy replied to munnst's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
I've been pondering doing one of the TallMantz B-25s too...Interesting! -
Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter [Heller 1/48]
621Andy replied to Rémi's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/search?registration=D-FROH&date_taken=&information=&tag_fields=[] I think your green is a little bright🤫, bit otherwise a very nice build of one of my favourite aircraft! -
Avro Manchester Bomber Instrument Panel 1:1
621Andy replied to alzictorini's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
Just stumbled across this amazing build😍 Stunning work! -
Mirage IIIO 1/32, Scratchbuild
621Andy replied to Bandsaw Steve's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
Welcome back! Great update...just don't leave it so long until the next one😆- 468 replies
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Sud Aviation SE 313 Alouette II/Lama on floats
621Andy replied to AlexN's topic in Flying boats and Floatplanes GB
Is it finished yet🤫😋😁- 49 replies
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Thanks! Indeed, it's an amazing labour of love he's constructed!
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Next up was the fuselage itself which needs detaching from the frame and all the little zits sanding down. There's also a very fine diagonal stripy pattern to the surface which needs sanding back. This apparently is unavoidable in the 3D printing process but isn't really that noticeable. The surface also has the shape of the fuselage stringers and fabric moulded into it so you have to be careful not to remove this whilst sanding. There are two bulkheads/frames to be added, one behind each seat. The rear one fits into the pylon and has to be pre drilled with a 0.6mm(!) drill for the rigging pins to fit through. The front one goes between the seats and also houses the rudder boxes that shield the rear pilots pedals from the front pilots backside. The slight problem on mine is that this piece is missing! Tim however is kindly sending me a replacement FOC. There's no rush as far as I'm concerned as I'm off in my summer travels again tomorrow morning! My kit was MSN.01 so I think there were one or two packaging issue wit the first batch but Tim assures me that these have been sorted and every kit now ordered is printed to order and will be complete. Anyway, I fitted the rear bulkhead and had to use a tiny amount of filler on the gap between the bulkhead and the fuselage edges. I suspect this is down to my (lack of) skills with the superglue than any fault in the moulding itself. The insides of the cockpit are painted RAF cockpit green. My version is a Tamiya colour but I can't remember which number! Incidentally I bought the Hataka RAF trainer aircraft colour set to do the external scheme. There is one correction to the cockpit colour(being corrected now by Tim) in that the green only extends up to the shoulder strap holes in the rear bulkhead. Individual aircraft seem to differ in the exact position of the delineation; Here are two examples. The first is WT877 which seems to change at the base line of the holes: Whereas XE793 looks to stop at the height of the cockpit sidewalls🤫 I've done mine as per 877... Today, (my last day before heading off to France again) I managed to get some paint on the seats and internal walls, and also get some paint and decals on the instrument panels... I also got the cockpit placards in too. I can't remember whether there were one or two vertical placards on the sidewall: There was certainly one with the weight and balance calculations and speeds on and possibly another one, but that may only be on the civvy versions with the BGA limitations🤔 There was also CBSITCB in Dymo tape on the panel too, but Tim hasn't included that😁 I've done a trial fitting of the seat bases to the fuselage and have discovered the only flaw so far; the rear of the underside piece appears to be a couple of mil too long which will be easy to fix with a bit of filing, but otherwise the rest seems to be a very nice fit. The instrument panels come with decals for the alti, ASI and Cosim(but are a bit too small to get the green and red pellets on😋). There're even cable release knobs🙂 I made a bit of a mess of the front panel altimeter but the rest have come out OK. I'll redo it with one of the spares included on the decal sheet at some point. Tim suggests a blob of gloss varnish on the dials ro depict the glass dial faces. So frustratingly this is as far as things will progress until at least October probably... Hopefully it'll inspire someone else to build one and I can learn from their mistakes when I recommence😆 More news as and when...
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