Jessica Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 With two weeks to go, I start a third project. Well, restart. Recepping from where I threw it into the Tudor thread, here's the Welsh HP Hermes. It's already started, but I believe that it falls within the "not too started" portion of the rules. If it doesn't, I'll still finish it just because. Here's the kit in its beginning state So the first thing that has to happen is to glue the major resin parts. This one's going to be another filler monster, so I'd better get started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pte1643 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Gorgeous looking aircraft, the Hermes. Certainly on my "Favourites List". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 like your fifties britcrafts don't you.... good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 They have character. Besides I like to confuse people. "Wait, that's not a DC-6..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murdo Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 I did mention the term "putty monster", didn't I? The first coat of primer is drying, and then we shall see what we shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 (edited) So now we see where more putty will be needed. Edited December 19, 2012 by Jessica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 You go Jessica. I enjoyed your Tudor build & this old job is one of my favourite Brit passenger planes. I always thought them wonderfully well proportioned. Pity they didn't do better, I reckon they deserved to. Watching keenly. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted December 25, 2012 Author Share Posted December 25, 2012 Now some white primer graces the upper fuselage. I still have a bit of filling to do on the wing roots and that nasty gap between the wings on the underside which is still resisting all efforts at smoothing it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 (edited) With the gloss white on the uppers, the camera reveals that I didn't get the leading edge of the fin properly glued, and that the white paint ran in places. Luckily those places will be silver, but I'm going to have to carefully polish off those runs before I can do more painting. The fin will be easier to correct, since that will get a nice black de-icing boot. Edited December 27, 2012 by Jessica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Looking good! Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted December 28, 2012 Author Share Posted December 28, 2012 While the site was down I got the basic colours on. Now for some touching up and the decals can go on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted December 28, 2012 Author Share Posted December 28, 2012 And now some of the decals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 Getting nearer to being finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antony Robertson Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Blimey, quite a production line you've got going! Another cracking build though. Antony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 And done. See? Not a DC-6 Hermes and Tudor And finally a group build group portrait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Nice Jessica, really nice. Thanks for putting up the comparison pictures too. Very interesting to see how close to size & configuration to the DC6 they were, I've long wondered why they didn't do better. Was it a too heavy airframe or what? Super models whatever the case. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 The first production aircraft were overweight due to the use of Hastings components, but that was cured by the time the Hermes IV was introduced. I think its largest flaw was that only 29 were built, as compared to 704 DC6s. Douglas was able to exploit economies of scale that Handley-Page simply couldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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