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Of course James "when it's teatime in Americky, it's breakfast over here"🎵

A light hearted remark in a post on Hendie's Valar Otter build led me to check out the rather amazing electric seaplanes being introduced in Canada by Harbour Air the floatplane operators in Vancouver. On opening a Googling I found this Wow, look at that truck, it's a little wonder and oh yes there's an aeroplane too for fun. As it happens I've had an Airfix dHC2-Beaver in my 'collection' awaiting the right chance to get out of its box, this looked like such a chance. So I began [it is possible that you may think I will be forgetting builds already in stagnation but they are held up for other reasons, my Sea Kings and Canberras for instance are awaiting repairs to my airbrushes, bad cleaning led to the airbrushes failing to paint but they should soon be back in business and I'll be able to get them finished] The Airfix Beaver is covered in Airfix style rivets whilst the real Beaver looks smooth skinned unless you are very close in, like so OK here's to tradition, the box Let it be noted that the box art shows a suitably smooth airframe, nice picture Airfix Inside This photo doesnt really show the warty nature of the kit, never mind I am going to get started now Amongst all the really fun fun I anticipate will be making decals for the model, luckily the aircraft is well pictured from many angles so taking images away to copy into decal sheet is likely to be a decent fit with my abilities. A test shot on ordinary paper That works I think. Back later maybe.

*I drawed a sketch Rough in 'badger's' terminology but it seems quite obvious your modelling is Hendie quality, the kit? Less so! Yes it is on the back of a sheet of surplus electroBadger research

It looks to me that Trevor is exactly right, all the fuselage in the main photo and your model are proportionally 'bang on' but the wing leading edge is in front of the proper alignment. A few minutes with a file on the front of the fuselage should surely correct the issue

Reasonably? You should be cock a hoop over what is yet another Fritag tour de force, its lovely Steve You two have a great hollybob mate

So they'll likely be hunting drop bears etc. With Fiona's talented camera actually. Mind you, now he knows...

Mattlow's suggestion is really worth thinking about before you commit the checkers to plastic Looking V.G so far.

Southern hemisphere Wintertime... Do they ski?

Blimey. Its fighting you all the way isn't it, I had high hopes for this little baby from Freightdog, being one of the thronging hordes that were constantly besieging Freightdog's door during its gestation period. I think I will be staying loyal to Airfix, although the work involved was interesting... For all that it is fighting you it is obvious that you are beating it, well done James.

Oh yes?] Seems unlikely to me. OOB? Not a viable concept is/was it Keep on keeping on so we can enjoy it all please. And have a good 'un and try not to molest too many poor innocent nesting seabirds huh? (He cant be skiing this week surely...)

Now he tells me Makes it sound easy don't he? Those windows, I love them mate. Gorjussss!

As usual nothing happening here, probably...

Andy tells me this section has all you need me old alien

I have it on good, (Impeccable I'd say) authority that all you need to know for this is contained within the BM archives here Happy tentacles make for happy Martians I understand

And of course

Ah yes, I'm glad you asked Martian. Obviously everyone else must cope the same way as me, here for instance is my store of part grown Wessex models awaiting the strike from some of those Inspiratiogranulation particles sleeting though the galaxy. A Frog Wessex kit box with 'some' in, awaiting attention. Not all precious Frog kits obvs and to be honest I'm not sure whether there's three or four in there...

And if someone could 'do' the Electric Beaver, that would be nice... Fabulous prop method, I wonder if it would work on the oddball shape of the said Beaver

No Colin I like these curved ones but the ones I've given up on are the Swann-Morton number 3 which have a wicked forward sickle shape, happy to whip off any appendage.

Yup, well worth it

Suddenly We are ready for detailing stuff, prior to Giorgioing

Fabulous work, now to get them to make it a tad smaller for 1/72 scale. And yes I see those wonderful droop-stoppers, top pair of photos right hand side half way down. We are not...

Ah, there it is Now I can get the fuselage closed up

ie run away, run away...

Eyes Tom, never look mate. Thereby lies madness, minus Suggs I vow too. I have finally got a configuration I like for the SH-3A's undercarriage Going to stick at that But Not this one, yet but I do have a better take on it now, this week might see some pinking Which reminds me Would you kindly hunt around under the bench or behind your waste bin for one of these No not the whole thing but the instrument panel, as you can see the crippled one has its I.P but the SH-3A seems to have mislaid it, maybe 'kitspace' has it in somebody else's den... If you find it gizza shout please. Ciao

Hate away Steve, nevertheless that is another 'Friday Triumph' Radiator pipe? Shucks it made me go back to see whether my Airfix Hurri had one, Phew relax there was one in the kit...