JWM Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 (edited) Hi, Next scratch from my shelf - Percival Petrel Q6 from Royal Flight, Egipt (Cair) 1944 (1/72). This is a free hand work (or sculpture as you want) except engines which basicly comes from DH 88 Comet from Frog/Novo (but they are reshaped following drawings of course). So it looks like this: I started like this: Regards Jerzy-Wojtek Edited August 21, 2017 by JWM Switch to Flickr 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy wood Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Is that the DH88 fuselage which has been cut and widened as well? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 WOW! That is some build! Thanks for sharing this, I'm sure it was a lot of work, but the end result is excellent, and there won't be many people with one of these on their shelf! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 (edited) More details about scratch: the main rear part of fuselage is as I remeber from PZL 37 Los (Polish kit). I remember that DH88 was in consideration but was too flat from the bottom. Rudder is from a Spitfire (probably) and horizontal stablizers basicaly came from Frog/Novo P47 (as I guest now - I just took found some suitable in the spare part boxes), but they are strongly reshaped, there is a piece of KZ Prostejov Avia 534 in the vertical tail, nose is widered K45 Revell pieces, wings were cut from spare one from Italeri Do-217 (remais from doing K2 version - but it was mistake rather I should use original or resin copies of Percival Proctor Frog/Novo and just add central part, it will save a lot of work) There is a lot of Humbrol body putty there anyway Curved windscreen glasses are cut from laboratory Petry dishies, about 6 cm diameter. The curtains inside are made of teflon hydraulic tape.... Cheers Jerzy-Wojtek Edited August 22, 2014 by JWM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimpy Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Brilliantly built. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggers Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Now this is good old fashioned modelling. A spares box special with plenty of filler thrown in. Tell you what Jerzy,you've certainly caught the look of the Petrel there,she's a beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 very nice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Great work. Seen a few photos of the Petrel in some old books, always thought it looked rather nice and would make an attractive kit. You've shown that it does! Cheers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 An excellent piece of work which portrays one of my favourite aircraft well. Someone I know built a beautiful 1/5 scale electric flying model a few years ago, which is one of the best RC models I have ever seen, and utterly convincing in flight http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1953242 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 Thanks you all for a warm words... Nevertheless - I've just seen this 1/5 scale machine and she is really something! The 1/72 scale model is just like a bee, compared to an eagle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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