tonyot Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Looking great Adrian, keep up the great work, Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 My book just arrived! Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Where can one get this book from? Other than the £75 offer on Amazon that is! Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Nice work Adrian. I do love the inter-war aircraft, they're either extremely graceful and pretty or pig ugly- not much in between, but this us one of the good lookers! Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted September 18, 2015 Author Share Posted September 18, 2015 (edited) Thank you all for the encouragement! Chris, I will certainly post it on the Frog forum, along with my Swordfish and some others. Martin, I picked up my copy of the book (somewhat loved!) for a song on EBay. Duxford is sold out this weekend, so I will be making some progress on this instead :-( Regards, Adrian Edited September 18, 2015 by AdrianMF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 I tried Amazon first but they wouldn't ship it to Canada for some reason. I ordered it through http://www.abebooks.co.uk/ but got it from http://www.prosperosbooksva.com/ form the £ 24.56, shipping included. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Thanks Guys, I think I have tracked a copy down. Martin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moaning dolphin Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Excellent work Adrian, she is looking mighty fine! Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share Posted September 21, 2015 (edited) Hello again,I have indeed been inching forward, with a slight diversion to build an Italeri SE5A (here).So the big problem is how to get the centre section in place. Before I cut off the self-aligning tabs provided by Frog, I used them to make some brass struts of the right length for the front of the centre section. Now that I have simple holes and bent wire, I can measure the distance between the two folding points with a piece of bent wire: I can then use that as a jig in the centre section to get the right spacing at the back: While that was drying, I continued with the engine. I have extended the propeller shaft with a pin and some brass tubing, with some aluminium tube to turn in. I've also drilled a large hole in the back of the engine because my original hole was misaligned. I can wedge and glue the aluminium tube in place to get a true running propeller. I've painted the distinctive push rods on the front of the engine - a bit different to Frog's rendering! And I couldn't resist plugging it all together to see what it will look like: It doesn't look too bad, although I chose wings folded to hide a multitude of misalignments... Thanks for looking, Adrian Edited September 21, 2015 by AdrianMF 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 To me, carrier-bourne aircraft always look better with wings folded so, whether that's hiding a multitude of sins or not, it looks great to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 I see no reason to modify my opinion that this is going to look really cool when finished, heck, it looks really cool now! Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Electric Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Looks amazing Adrian! I have a couple of these hidden away - one of which is in a most fetching shade of vivid blue plastic. Watching with interest. Incidentally, did you know that when the kit was released it was considered by many at Lines brothers to have been over-engineered with too many parts... A real classic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanicity Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Just rad this through, what a great thread! This is going to be the first one of these I've seen done I think, and you're setting the bar pretty high! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share Posted September 22, 2015 Thanks chaps... Incidentally, did you know that when the kit was released it was considered by many at Lines brothers to have been over-engineered with too many parts... I read that in the Frog book by Richard Lines and Leif Heilstrom - both the Shark and the Swordfish are difficult to re-pack in the box, they have so many parts! The Shark was also one of the first Frog Penguin kits produced in 1936, alongside the Gladiator and Fury. Regards, Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Nice job on the wing fold! I hope mine looks as good.... Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Thanks chaps... I read that in the Frog book by Richard Lines and Leif Heilstrom - both the Shark and the Swordfish are difficult to re-pack in the box, they have so many parts! The Shark was also one of the first Frog Penguin kits produced in 1936, alongside the Gladiator and Fury. Regards, Adrian Not so sure about the Shark re repacking, but maybe the Eastern Express box is bigger than the original Frog box, I know the Swordfish is a real act to get the lid back onto. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted September 27, 2015 Author Share Posted September 27, 2015 Hello again, The kit decals looked pretty good but on closer inspection they were not to be. The roundels (whose blue rings looked a bit narrow) turned out to be far too big for the wings: The aircraft number was far too small: The nearest I had to hand was some Letraset 7mm Helvetica. The FAA font is very square and quite narrow. I have some Woodland Scenics White "Condensed Gothic" in a variety of sizes - this is closer but has no numbers! A quick scour of Hannants told me that nothing else would get significantly closer (not that I was going to wait, anyway), so I was off with my Xtradecal/Modeldecal inter-war roundels, the Letraset, the kit serial numbers and some spares for the "W/T" stencils. So all ready to be glued together: And before I stuck it together, just a tantalising glimpse of how it could have been if I had thought it through when I started three years ago. Next time, I promise! I did the rigging from stretched sprue, coloured silver with a permanent marker. I tightened the stretched sprue after the glue had dried by bringing a heated screwdriver blade close to (but not touching!!) the wire. After a bit of wafting the blade around, the wire suddenly tightens. Marvellous but a bit worrying. So I've added all the bits and bobs, and I'm calling it done: More pictures in RFI. Thanks for looking, Adrian 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Awesome! is the word think is needed to describe this build. Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Nice one Adrian,...looks great! Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Fantastic Adrian, another classic brought in to the not so new century 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Splendid; got to love those interwar FAA schemes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 What a beauty! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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