Marty Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Incredible work..! Loving this post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 Hi Fozzy, it's great to see you back at the worktable and this crazy project. The pictures of the broken down cockpit section are heartbreaking ... Be assured that I won't miss the end of this story, just like most of the others following your thread. Good luck, keep your patience, and think of Telford. Jürgen Cheers Jurgen......your right that this is a crazy project and yes it was heartbreaking having to redo the cockpit walls...but it just had to be done else there would be more problems further on!! Crikey, can't believe how you just ripped that apart, brave move, but we have faith in you I'm glad someone has Woody!! Incredible work..! Loving this post Thanks Marty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 Hi to all hope everyone is fine and happily modelling away!! Okay........so after the nightmare of the last post I have managed to get the control columns finished and installed! I am pleased that I took the time to adjust the cockpit walls as now the control columns sit in their place nicely . Here are the columns painted and ready to be installed.............................. The little canvas boots on the bottom of the sticks were a bit of a pain to replicate....I decided to use some stretchy tissue...here they are in the process of being made............................ Next up was the rudder trim tab wheel and the locking handles.....of course I forgot to drill out the holes for the locking handles to sit in ...should have done that ages ago when I was constructing the floors ...so it took longer than it should have done because I was trying not to smash everything else in the drills path!!...I managed to get the holes drilled and built the wheel and handles out of scrap plastic.................... So here is a shot of the parts built ............................... So here we have a few shots/angles of the control columns...WARNING....photo heavy!! ..... I have to say that I am very pleased with the way it is looking in the cockpit so far......when I have signed off here I am going to start on the pilot/co pilot seats and frames. Thanks guys for taking the time to have a nose at this nutty project!! bye for now Fozzy 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusty one Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Don't thank us you fool...thank you for sharing your incredible skills!!:-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 As ever when I look into this place I get this feeling of awe I can almost hear her engines ( I KNOW, WHAT ENGINES? ) rumbling before take off Simply does NOT look like modelling by any definitions I can imagine love this art work Fozzy b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 Thanks a lot chaps...appreciate it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Fab. I was wondering how the Boeing emblems on the wheel hubs would turn out. Very nice indeed. Never doubted it. Still waiting for that shot with the 109 though! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Incredible stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanja #66 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Kinda freaky what you can do, Fozzy... But in the best way possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathasatail Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Bloody good work there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Just amazing Fozzy, damn amazing. Simon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Any more updates? Please?? Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Just incredible! Looks like the real thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 I was scrolling down trying to find the model pictures under all the reference pictures. You certainly had me fooled! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted October 19, 2014 Author Share Posted October 19, 2014 Hi every one...thanks a lot for all your comments ..I have been away for a short break in Istanbul (just up the road from me!)...I have a small update that I will post tomorrow with a bit of luck Cheers Fozzy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathasatail Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 (edited) Hi every one...thanks a lot for all your comments ..I have been away for a short break in Istanbul (just up the road from me!)...I have a small update that I will post tomorrow with a bit of luck Cheers Fozzy We have missed you Also you inspired me to do a scratchbuilt Vulcan cockpit (link in signature if you want) and I will start tomorrow on a side project of a space shuttle cockpit which I think is a bit more squarer looking than everything else and easier to do Keep up the good work sire! Sam Edited October 19, 2014 by cathasatail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 Thanks Sam.....and yes ..keep up the good work with your Vulcan cockpit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) Afternoon everyone! Okay then...I have managed to scratch build the seat frames for the time being...the actual seats will be built and fitted later this week....with a bit of luck of course After studying the real seat frames I got some scrap plastic together and had a go....................... Edited October 20, 2014 by Fozzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logical Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Loving this thread. If only I could build anything even remotely close to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) Looks heaps better with some colour on!!.................... I have placed them temporarily in the cockpit to see how they looked.....here are they are................... Edited October 20, 2014 by Fozzy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) Here are some shots with the top of the fuselage in place................... I am now going to light my gas burner to anneal a coca cola can to make it easier to mould the seats....well that's the plan...it might not work of course!! ...we shall see! See you on the next post Thanks for looking in Fozzy Edited October 20, 2014 by Fozzy 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 He's doing it again! Stop posting photos of the real thing!!! Seriously... awesome work on those seat frames, so convincing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 He's doing it again! Stop posting photos of the real thing!!! Seriously... awesome work on those seat frames, so convincing! Cheers Kallisti...will be posting the seats very soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusty one Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 This is ridiculously good fozzy...I just feel like I could take a seat and play pilots!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 Hi Haven't posted for a while because here in Bulgaria there has been terrible storms and floods which un fortunately caught me out whilst taking my Wife to the Airport.....I got trapped in the floods and my car broke down in the middle of no where! The wife was not impressed as we missed the flight!...so I have been away from the office and fixing the car etc!! However.....I got to get to the bench in the last couple of days and so............... Time for another update! I managed to get the bucket seats finished. I started to anneal a coca cola can and got cutting and shaping when I stopped and decided that it would be a lot easier to make the seats out of plastic card !!............here they are................ I took a few photo's of them on the frames........................ I just had to see what they looked like in the cockpit post continues .................................. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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