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  1. Thanks all, your very kind Making slow progress with the foiling but hope to post some more photos soon. Cheers Doc
  2. Thanks guys, Rob the Sabre looks real nice and foiling work very neat. As we are blessed with some sunshine today I thought a few pics outside might show off the shine a little more. I'm making slow progress foiling toward the rear of the fuselage, leaving panels joining wings etc to be completed when it all comes together. A few dodgy rivet lines but I can live with that, trying to following the reference pics I have as close as possible. Also using some conformable white vinyl from work for the nose, this stuff is used for applying to vehicles and is very flexible almost like a thick cling film. Just cut a piece slightly larger than you need and stretch over the nose then trim the excess. The Gooney I'm building has had a few different paint schemes some with a white nose and some without, but I will go for the white version as stretching foil over the nose would be a recipe for disaster. Someone pointed out that the foiling looks too shiny but as you can see the full size one certainly isn't matt or dull so I'm happy with the finish. More soon...... Doc
  3. Sergey, glad you like it so far. I have added more foiling to the port side today; The foil does have a brushed grain effect as Sergey has pointed out, so far I have only used the vertical grain on the cockpit door. The door's handle has been removed as I will be scratch building one later. First problem encountered today as I opened a new roll of foil and found it to be more shiny than the previous roll and adhesive much more sticky. This causes lines on the foil as it's removed from the backing which has to be removed by burnishing with cotton buds. More soon... Doc
  4. Thanks Woody, Yes that's why I picked a paint scheme with a mostly metal finish. Although saying that most of the underside is white. Cheers Doc
  5. Managed to get some more modelling time in today and got over my first potential stumbling block, foiling the cockpit area. It seems not much has changed but I wasn't happy with some of the panels so they have been replaced. The cockpit glass has been installed along with 2 blanking panels on top of the cockpit area. Still some of this foiling requires rivet detail adding (...ahem only having seen the photos closeup ), but the curves of the cockpit caused less headaches for this flexible foil which was a bonus. Before closing the cockpit I added an additional instrument dial as per my refs, not sure what it is compass maybe? Anyhow I will continue foiling the rest of the fus and hopefully post some pics as I go. Cheers Doc
  6. Thanks guys Well progress is being made with the Gooney Bird. Having had MANY attempts using raised rivet detail embossed on the reverse of the foil I have had to throw in the towel. Although more accurate in theory my attempts at adding the raised rivets just looked too exaggerated and toy like. So I have taken the lead from Pierre and used his example of adding recessed rivet detail, not strictly accurate but in this scale I think looks much neater. Searching for reference photos of rivet detail it seems many airframes have different rivet layouts and I can only go from the few reference photos I have for the bird I am building. This includes adding 4 extra windows, 2 near the tail and 2 up front. Glazing taken from an old CD case. As this kit is based on a WWII C-47 Skytrain it still had the opening for the top radome above the cockpit and unfortunately the aircraft I am modelling is without the dome. So this had to be filled and sanded down flush and will be finished with an additional foil plate later. I have still to add the cockpit glass but thought I would make a start on the foiling. More soon Doc
  7. Got to hand it to you boss, that is a beautiful rendition of the MB5. Cheers Doc
  8. OK installation of tail lights before I can close the fuselage commences. This entailed ripping out the makeshift wiring I had installed previously and replacing with parts from the new light kit:- The tail nav light uses a small section of Fibre Optic, the end of which was passed over a flame to 'mushroom' the end. This was then polished to give the best light throughput. The small section of foil is to cut down the stray light from the side of the FO. Checking and testing as I go:- Flashing red beacon gives exactly the right effect. A fairing will be added for the tail strobe after the fus' is closed. Just have to fix the pilots in with harnesses and close the fuselage...... More soon Doc
  9. Hi Wayne, The company is called dynamicscalemodeling.com and offer a range of sets for various kits. Quite like the smoke coming from the working A-10 gattling! Made to order. Cheers Doc
  10. Hi, back again, So this build was put to one side whilst I waited the electronic gubbins to arrive from the US, postie delivered these on Friday:- I can now start again with this build, the intention was to add led's at a later stage to enable work to continue with the fuselage. Having taken advice the nav lights will be installed prior to assembly so I can test in situ before everything gets glued. Here is a video of the test bed in operation LINKY . The kit includes the 2 motors with sound, nav lights for tail and wing, landing lights for both wings and the flashing red beacon for the top of the tail. Cheers Doc
  11. Well this is a blast from the past Mike, great to see you making progress with it. My 1/32 version is still a mere dream but I will get around to it one day (famous last words) I will be following this one closely. Cheers Doc
  12. Ahhh Mr Parker chimes in, I wondered how long that would take! Good to see you are still scanning the board David. The foil used being much thicker than kitchen foil does keep the indentations very well. I feel that using a thinner foil the rivet detail would just get flattened with handling. One downside only being able to use one side of the foil and although the bird I'm modelling is shiney in the most part I will have to wire wool certain panels to matt them down before I add the rivets. As you know I have used many different foiling finishes and hope this one should give the results I'm after. Unfortunately this build will be shelved for a few weeks as I've now ordered the electronic gubbins from the States, made to order it's estimated to be with me in 3 weeks. In the meantime I will busy myself casting various bits rudder, engines etc and make a start on the Trumpeter C-47 Skytrain. That will be whole different story and different thread. Stay tooned. Doc
  13. Small update; As the official fuselage closing ceremony draws near a few little jobs need to be taken care of. The first being the wiring for the tail light and red acb on the vertical stab needs to be installed to enable fitting of the LED's at a later date when everything is closed up. Easy routing of the wires under the cargo floor, the only headache thinning the vertical stab enough to allow 2 meaty wires (smallest I could find lying around!) This leaves the wires for me to solder the LED's later and push back into the beast. Also a few shots of the pilot's windows installed, in fact seeing these photos I can see the faces still need some work. One looks asleep and the other constipated! More soon. Doc
  14. Al, The foil I am using is a roll of self adhesive auto foil from Halfords, it's much thicker than other foils which has the benefit of keeping the foil indents even during handling. About a fiver for 10m of the stuff. The real headache will come on compound curves and having to trace accurately on the reverse of the foil, something you just wouldn't get with indented rivets. I will post some pics of the process later in the build. Cheers Doc
  15. Thx all, especially Mike & John for removing my gag! Regarding the cowls thanks for the heads up gp17, I've not tried them. I will be using Aires resin engines for both builds anyway so I'm sure more fit problems will arise. For those who don't know one of the issues with the Trumpeter C-47 having wrong shaped engine cowls, straight instead of tapered. Also the props I can do a straight swap as I need the later 'paddle' type props for this build. I've heard worrying reports of the Trumpeter prop blades being different lengths, might cause problems when they get spun up! Working on drilling out the tail for lighting and added both pilot windows in the open position, photo's later. Cheers Doc
  16. Thanks Andy & Stephen, I have got an Eduard etch set for the cockpit but in all honesty with only the pilots head visible through the glass I will leave the superdetailing for the Trumpeter C-47 I am building next. Concentrating on closing the fuselage asap so I can make a start on the foiling. The tail will need a faired red light added later but for now I will thread wires through for this and the light at the rear to be attached at a later date. Cheers Doc
  17. Hi, Next up altering the glazing, the kit parts have raised circular marks which will have to be removed. I first removed most of the marks with a scalpel then progressively finer sanding sticks and micromesh, finishing with 2 coats of Future to seal and add shine back. Next up a quick look at the reference photos show an additional smaller window at the rear of the starboard side:- This was drilled out and an appropriate clear piece added:- Next I need to remove the rudder which I will duplicate from resin to replace the inaccurate Trumpeter version for that kit. After 20 mins and a scalpel shaped dent in my finger:- My first attempt at the foiling technique I will be using on the whole model, this is the tail wheel bay. Using self adhesive foil I am using the rivet tool on the reverse to produce 'raised rivets', this is then applied to the model. More soon. Doc
  18. Hi, So first on the hit list, the pilots. The Revell Skytrain kit comes with 3 standing pilot figures which will soon see the knife..... From these 3 figures it is possible to make 2 seated pilots:- As part of the update I have to add headsets to the figures, not much will actually get seen in the office apart from the pilot's heads. Both pilot's windows will be open enabling the pilot's hand to rest on the window frame:- Cargo and net have also been added but none of this will be visible in the finished model. The cargo door has been glued in place partly to give a clean line to the fuselage but mostly because this model will be motorized with lighting and ready for takeoff. Cheers Doc
  19. Hi, Been a while since I have posted any modelling projects on BM but thankfully got the building bug back again. Wanting another BMF project and ever since Pierre posted his beautiful DC-3 build on ARC, I have wanted to try my hand at one of these workhorses. Having picked up a 1/48 Revell kit at a show recently I searched for a subject to base my model on, something real shiney! I came across a photo of an operational AVIAC C-47 based in Honduras :- Although rigged for passenger transport I'm sure at some stage it's used for cargo, and that is what I intend building. The Revell kit does have some inaccuracies, but then so does Trumpeters latest 1/48 C-47. Picked up the Trumpy kit from Hannants at the Telford show and now I can swap and change parts which will make life easier. Biggest difference between the 2 kits is raised detail on the older Revell kit and recessed rivet detail on the Trumpy offering (what else). I hope to add 'raised' rivet detail to the surface if practical so will be basing the build on the Revell kit. Cheers Doc
  20. Hi, Already posted this in the 'wanted' section but just in case you missed it;- I'm after the later style 'paddle' props for a 1/48 C-47/DC-3 as a straight swap for the earlier versions I have in the Revell kit I'm building. If anyone has the 1/48 Trumpeter C-47 in their stash it might be a good addition as the kit contains the wrong style props in the box. I'm building a recent DC-3/C-47 which is why I need the later style prop. Any help appreciated. Cheers Doc
  21. Looking good Oz, Got one of these in the stash so I will be keeping notes..... Looking forward to seeing the topcoat on. Cheers Doc
  22. As usual an awesome build Peri, only just caught this one but I will be following this closely from now on! It is a real art and skill converting bits of wire, tape and plastic into an accurate reproduction in miniature, I applaud you for not going down the 'resin off the shelf' route. Look forward to more Doc Al, Hiroboy have a nice punch set for only £7.99 that I'm tempted with HERE Doc
  23. Fantastic builds Glenn, I like all of them and paint finishes are superb. Thanks for sharing. Doc
  24. Looking good HC and your right an iconic machine. Bazzers mount should look good alongside Roberts bike. Cheers Doc
  25. Tidy work my friend, great finish. Doc
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