Martian Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 You jammy bugger! Martian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Nice work on the underside - your engineering obviously passed out inspection NO rework required! Looking forward to seeing this in paint Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moaning dolphin Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Absolutely smashing work on this Bill, glad to see the deceptive wasp is mightier than she looks. Things may have looked rudimentary in the past but they were tough and made to last! I'd like to see a merlin suffer the same fate and survive! Looking forward to seeing a bit of paint being splashed around. Bob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdave22014 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 6.0,6.0,6.0,6.0,6.0,6.0. A perfect score and the crowd go wild! WE knew this was a fantastic plastic representation of the real thing, but who knew he could get the damn thing to fly and land as well? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Sure is reaching that stage where all of the hard work starts to show. I can't wait to see it RFI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 That work looks superb and so intricate, be a shame to lose it under paint in a way! Glad to hear the Wasp survived a near death experience! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) Cheers chaps, I only have a few little greebs to put on , the little brackets under the rear suspender winglets and the Chirper and pivot Most of the thicker pipes that normally got painted during service are in now so I now need to make the little pair of applique windows for the nose Then I'm going to put on a VERY thin coat of Compucolor2 RAF BG Then another, it is so thin it will coat beautifully I do have RAF BG in Sovereign paint but at this stage I'll stick with the Compucolor because I know it better This is not a model I'd be happy dunking in Dettol if it became the shape of a pear Paint on tomorrow possibly. 😀 I'll be adding the flotation gear separately Edited February 24, 2017 by perdu 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders154 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I am going to miss this build when its finished. I have learnt a lot along the way. Rodders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 I have a question for the most erudite members of this esteemed board I mentioned above that I intend adding the little Chirper under the nose, can anyone advise if Wasp's can was the same size as the canister on the Sea King or Wessex? Airfixs Sea King has a chirper that works out nearly twice the size of my estimated greebly, something has to be wrong and thats usually me THERE WILL NOW BE A SHORT INTERMISSION.... music plays... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moaning dolphin Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) Are we talking the "Can 'O' beans" arrangement that hangs underneath? If so I believe it is the same size, the only difference is that it has a couple of bracing rods to keep it from being bent. If its not I don't think in this scale it will matter too much. Bob Edited February 24, 2017 by moaning dolphin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 Won't matter! Oh Bob everything matters but yes sir thank you, that's the kiddie It looks like I'll need to make three the same size, there's Wopsie and the HAS3 Wessex and it seems the 'Airfix Old Sea King' needs one the right size too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAMP man Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I know nothing of greebbies, cans of beans, etcetera etcetera, all I know is that I have not removed my CM and every one I've dropped,, and i've dropped a high percentage, has only served to fatten the begger! This one must have butter on the castors. Always liked the warspie ever since watching Warship back in the day, looking forward to seeing it in the flesh. Regards Strickers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 buttered castors sounds proper risky to me Strickers Anyway Todays (oops look at the time) Yesterdays conundrum "can you see what it is yet?" Yes it is to make these The single flotation shell will be used to make these Now I have the pieces I will make only one more set of emergency use only further halves They trim down nicely after a session on the wet'n'dry used dry Which it seems has set Mrs P off on a tirade "why don't you make up your kits instead of models no kit maker wants to make?" Possibly no answer to that is there? Oh well, since there is no glib response ripping off my tongue I'll resort to the old... just because I made a new casting of the modifed nose from which I intend press moulding the new nose windows Ought to be fine I reckon We'll see... Well that is it for now More when I exit the dog house IF 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAMP man Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I would refer the lovely lady to the last episode of the first series of Destectorists and the tale of the cacti. Might not get out out of said domicile but at least should raise a smile. Nice castorating As always Regards Strickers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 3 hours ago, perdu said: Which it seems has set Mrs P off on a tirade "why don't you make up your kits instead of models no kit maker wants to make?" Possibly no answer to that is there? Oh well, since there is no glib response ripping off my tongue I'll resort to the old... just because The glib phrase you were looking for was "Because no kit maker makes the kits I want to make!". Try it out if you dare! Martian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Woof woof! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 (edited) 22 hours ago, perdu said: I have a question for the most erudite members of this esteemed board I mentioned above that I intend adding the little Chirper under the nose, can anyone advise if Wasp's can was the same size as the canister on the Sea King or Wessex? Airfixs Sea King has a chirper that works out nearly twice the size of my estimated greebly, something has to be wrong and thats usually me Assuming you mean the I-band transponder, then it is certainly not a small and delicate item: Without having actually measured it, I'd say it's definitely the same size as the Wessex 3 / Sea King (and indeed Lynx) jobber. It's the same piece of kit, after all. I fully expect your rendition to be able to fold, just like the real thing... Nice flot bags! Edited February 25, 2017 by Ex-FAAWAFU 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 Thank you for those Crisp, they and the info you imparted will allow me to get close I think I checked the transponders Airfix supply with their new Sea King (Moulded on the fuselage half, what's going to happen there then? ) and their naval Lynx so I am going with 0.073" diameter on the Wasp I have this little Lynx which someone else started and ran out of love for, seats were roughly glued to the cockpit/cabin floor unit then removed it seems in a hurry Rotor blades partly assembled then abandoned generally begging for a bit of love so my further nauticality has had a fresh new course set I will be S1ing a Buccaneer next but before my Phantom I am heading towards the Lynx, mentally That should take a while huh (And there are later shapes for Lynxes arent there, mmm......And a Wessex HAS3 to finish) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 You don't need to sleep, do you? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 (edited) Sadly I do but there's so much to do instead. I want Wopsie safely out of the way and the S1 underway whilst I tidy up the Wessex Time flies for us old b*ggers. Edited February 25, 2017 by perdu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Canopy tinting, crash landing, casting...I miss a few posts and it's mayhem in the Wasp's Nest! Actually that might make a good name for a pub? You can see the Latin motto over the bar by the yard of ale : 'perdu ad astra'... Classy patient work there landlord. Tony 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I like your cast greeblies, is that plasticine, super stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share Posted February 28, 2017 The bar's open! Yes Hewy plasticene, I muck it up a bit/lot with dirty hands, let old paint get on it all so it doesn't get too attached to the former buck Then roll it flat enough to use for casting with and impress the buck in far enough to get full definition Seems ok for small items that might get lost inside a dollop of casting latex Anyway All thoughts of comfort zones have now left the building... I needed 0.015" rodding to make the frames that attach the floats to the jury rig frame over the cabin roof It seems you CAN get 0.015" plastic rod from Plastruct It seems also that I cannot get it from my local model shop and I dislike getting 'staples' from the 'bay because if I don't buy locally this year I may not even have the local guy next year However when we (Birmingham IPMS) had our show last July I did buy a sliding tubes set in nickel silver from a man selling Albion alloys gear The very thinnest tube in the pack measures in at yes, fifteen thou so I have been using stuff I'm not very good with to get to here This is superglued with the eighty pence tube from my local shop (Lidl didnt have any in...) into fifteen thou drilled holes on the jury frame I'm a bit chuffed with this so far A gratuitous one showing some of the rods wires and gubbinses that will mostly vanish under RAF BG soon (Oh god let it be soon please) The rear strut picks up off the upper edge of the rotor pylon so I drilled the upper location holes to give me a chance at seeing if its worth pursuing this beast any further I think so The rear struts here will later be set to fit on the top of the float units, 'as per' but for now I am glad they let me get sight of the floats in situ - ish Which seem to sit nicely between the forks of the front frames look, it sits level, hip hip... Looks fair from aft too, I reckon Next production task will be fitting out the floats with assembly brackets,switchery and inflator canisters etcetera -ish And assembling the rear frames, there's about half a dozen more to get made up for the rear frames The main legs are twenty thou plastic rod, you can see the upper float framing needed to be very obviously thinner The difference shows up quite clearly in photographs so nickel it had to be night all b 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Bill, one word - stupendous...!! And for good measure, one or two more - amazing, astounding, astonishing, extraordinary, remarkable, wonderful, phenomenal, staggering, breathtaking...!! This is some of the finest modelling in the one true scale I think I've yet seen! Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 That floatation gear is looking marvellous! Martian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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