Old Man Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 Those exhausts came out nicely, OM! Nice job on the retracting arms on the radiator, also. Regards, Jason Glad you like it, Sir. Laborious but simple, like most of my efforts.... The rams horn exhausts look great. I have no idea why they were designed that way. Apparently they were prone to exploding in flight - very reassuring! Regards, Adrian Thank you, Sir. I believe the purpose was exhaust dampening for night operations; no glare to blind the pilot and little glow to guide searchlights or guns. And yes, un-burnt fuel vapors could collect in the hollows and go bang. I recall reading speed improved by about 5 mph when they were removed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Jephcott Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 She looks beautiful! I hope that you manage to get it completed before the deadline... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 (edited) This is done, at least for GB deadline purposes. It is not yet on its stand, and pictures show a little touching up needed where finish had to be repaired, but I will not be able to get on the bench before Wednesday next, so.... Here are some pictures from the last push.... These were taken just before getting the upper wing on last evening. Late last night, before starting to rig in earnest, with scratched cabanes in. I should have realized I was getting into trouble when I noticed after putting on the upper wing that I had omitted the sighting rod.... Today after doing the cabane rigging I noticed the interplane struts were out of whack, with one leaning out more than the other. Had to take the upper wing off, re-do some locating holes, and did some damage to the finish. Without this, I might have brought the thing in to full completion, stand and all, but it cost over two hours.... At any rate, here is the thing as it is.... A few patches need a bit more attention; color matches but not sheen, and a bit of Future will rectify that. I expect we can get better pictures, with touch-ups, next week. No sun here today, either.... Ah, well. Some days you bite the bear, some days the bear bites you. Edited January 4, 2015 by Old Man 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Excellent job as-is, Old Man! I'd like to get at least one of my Hart variants done someday; I've about a baker's dozen (maybe more). Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 That looks lovely. I like the contrast between silver dope and polished metal, and the casual crew poses look great. Adding a top wing and rigging under time pressure is not good for the blood pressure... Regards, Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 A very fine looking "thing" old man, I'll be looking forward to seeing to completely finished "thing" in its full glory. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Very nice indeed OM, lovely job! Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Looks very nice, makes me want to get on with a Fury I have in the stash. Great work All the bestChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Great job,.....I just knew that this one would be good and I like the figures too, especially the gunner, Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 Thank you very much, Gentlemen. I appreciate your kind words very much. We finally had a sunny day here, and here are a couple of proper photographs of the old girl.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Lovely, OM! It looks like you got the few rough spots sorted out. Excellent work! Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 That is quite lovely OM, its come out beautifully, I'd be chuffed all to heck if it was mine. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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