Fozzy

So now that it is skinned I had to think of a way how I could put the surface detail on.Obviously I could't scribe it!! We are not talking Panel lines here as the real aircraft was doped linen at the bottom end where I have covered it in tissue, no its just removeable panels built on the fuselage frame. Well after some thought I came up with the idea of using.......................paper!!I thought if I cut up small strips of paper and then just glued them into position it might look alright! heres some pics,................I think I can get away with it ,what do you think? Next time I post I'll show you how I covered the wings...............Cheers..Fozzy

8. The dope has to be applied now but before you start there is a precaution you must take...........wear a mask as the fumes are powerfull and you can get as high as a Coot!!..........needless to say I don't wear a mask Brush it on straight from the can with a paint brush as quickly as possible as it dries really quickly.and imediatly dry it with a hair dryer.You will find that it dries very hard and taught.If you find any blemishes when you have finished then you can gently rub down with fine emery cloth. Thats it job done,here is the Lysanders Fuselage done..............

7. Proceed to put the next strip on in the same method cutting off the excess tissue on the ends as you go,untill you have covered all of the Fuselage..

5. With a clean brush,gently brush some clean water over the tissue you have just applied.This is the part that you think ..exactly!!! The tissue looks all wrinkled but it won't be for long!! 6. Grab the Hairdryer and blow the hot air over the crinkled mess and it will make it go taught!

3. Paste the diluted PVA glue onto the Stringers where the strip of Tissue will be going........ 4. Carefully place the tissue strip onto the glued Stringers smoothing out as you go and trying to pull as taught as possible without ripping the tissue..

...You'll also need your wifes Hairdryer...unless you own one ,and some water. 1. First mix up a little PVA glue with water so that it is the same consistancy as milk. 2. Cut strips of tissue with your scissors no wider than the distance between each Stringer on the Fuselage!mmm difficult to explain but there will be photos you can see!!

Thanks a lot Deon So maybe today I can get this thread up to date so that I can start working on the Lysander again. I covered the Fuselage with tissue first and then went onto the wings. This next section is for those of you who never have tissued and doped a model before,for those of you who have then skip all this These are the materials you need Some Clear Shrinking Dope and some PVA glue.... ..........and some Tissue(not the tissue you blow your nose on! )This you get from any craft shop.......

Simple as me old son Congratulations .....go to the top of the class

Well thats it for today.Tomorrow I will post how I covered the fuselage and wings with tissue and dope.When that is done I will be up to date and things will slow down a bit as I havnt consructed anything else Chau for now Fozzy

Here they are ,in place unpainted. I made a couple of cockpit lights out of plastic and wired them up to make it look more realistic....... ...and here is the whole frame work painted..............

The next photo shows you how I made the actual wing attachment bars.They were made out of plastic sprue with small holes drilled into the ends and then pieces of cut metal garden twine super glued into the holes.The idea is when it comes to the dreaded fixing of the wings,the metal prongs will bury themselfs into the Balsa wing roots....................well thats the plan and I'm sticking to it

All the rest of the constructed framework then was fixed into place,making sure everything was level!

....have you guessed yet? dead simple isn't it. The next photo shows you the front part of the frame work already installed and painted.This is because I had to wrap the Pilots seat belts around the frame.You can also see in this photo some more small detail added to the (Plywood..... Campbell ) Map Table.Sad isnt it ....I glued some pretend pencils in a container and pretend elastic to hold the maps in place!....

Once they set I took them off the template card.Now I am not trying to teach grandma how to suck eggs but for those of you who don't know this simple trick...listen in!!...note the rivets on the frame work?...how did I do that?.....not telling you.

Hi again all The next part of this build is a bit tricky (allthough it dosn't look it)because I have to scratch build the frame work that will hold the wings in place.So the frame work as on the real aircraft has to be placed exactly right and must be tough enough to take the wieght of the wings,so does this model!.I made a quick template for the frame work on a piece of card and then pinned and glued the structure together using cut plastic.

Thanks for your input Jake but I must put you right on one thing!!As I said at the beginning of this build I started building this Lysander about last June I think and just kept a record of the build as I went along,as it happens I am nearly up to date and then the post will slow down a bit!!Christ I wish I was that fast then maybe I could finish this bloody thing! Cheers Foz

Cheers Campbell.I have always had patience when its something I really want to do,but ask me to mow the lawn then Ive had it straight away!!as for skill ....we all got it mate,I have plenty of time on my hands to nurture those skills because I took early retirement.,you see I'm a boring fart because all I do all day is make models! I'm also a lucky b###### because it dosn't bother Mrs Fozzy!!!

The Magazine canisters were painted first and then placed onto the Carousel,see below.......... Time for my dinner! Will post more afterwards

..........and here we have the Gun painted. Here is the last picture..........

The mags were made from plastic with strips cut from a beer can for the handles!!

The first thing I did was to cut the shape of the main parts of the gun out of scrap plastic,then glued them all together.The Gun barrell was made out of Garden Twine and the gun sights were made from fuse wire.............heres the pics before painting

Thanks Hazza So now that I seemed have fixed the picture problem we can get on with this build! I needed to Scratch Build the Machine Gun next so after checking the Internet for reference material I found some good pictures of the Vickers K Machine gun that was used in the back of a Lysander.So heres a couple of pics of my favourite scrap boxes,the contents I used to build the Machine gun......

Hi Yes it seems that I have fixed the prob with photobucket for the time being by using a different server,so its on with this build!!

Hi Mate Its sooooooooooooooo boring that Ive got a thread on my problems with PB in Site help and support!Suffice to say that it just dosnt bloody work!! and wheres your hat?