AndrewE Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 After a fairly quick build I finished these two today. The kits are typical short run injection moulded kits, a bit rough round the edges, rather chunky and lacking in detail but the decals are good and canopies clear so with a bit of work they can produce god results. The cockpits have enough detail for 1/72 especially if you do not want to open the canopies, the only item I added were some Tamiya tape seatbelts. On the exterior I added the wingtip lights, pitot tubes, brake cables and engine detail (just to the part visible through the opening in the fuselage. Decals are from the box for the Canadian Armed Forces version representing a machine from the Primary Flight School at CFB Borden, Ontario, in the mid 1960's. For the RAF version I used decals from S&M Models RAF trainer sheet to finish it as s machine from Cambridge University Squadron 1n 1959. 49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Two great looking Chipmunks. They are both very eye-catching. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorby Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Great looking pair. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon382 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Great looking Chippies!!! Brings back some very pleasent memories from my time in the RAF air traffic at Abingdon working with 6AEF. None of the pilots under 60 yrs old and all as mad as a box of frogs! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Very nice. The Canadian canopy looks much more modern. Flew in these as a Cadet too, Filton and Abingdon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedders Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Blimey that was quick, Really pleased to see how these new kits build up, AS I'm keen to invest in a couple of these myself. You've done a great job on both, particularly (for me) the sliver machine. Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithjs Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 (edited) I was hoping to pick up one of these at Abingdon tomorrow. However not that it's your fault and they're lovely builds...but where on earth did the massive centre canopy frame (front and back) come from on the silver one...? It's certainly not on any Chippie I've ever seen? They're a much thinner simple metal strip no wider than about an inch... Edited May 13, 2017 by keithjs spelling 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberraman Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Blimey I didn't know the AZ Chippies had been released. A great looking pair and well worth the wait for a decent new IM Chipmunk. Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Two fine looking Chipmunks there, your yellow paintwork is excellent, we all know the perils of yellow! The markings on the silver Chippie are just the ticket, nice and colourful and they catch the eye. Gary 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Great pair - like them both. Cheers, Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Nice builds . But as mentioned above, those frames to front and rear of canopy on the T.10 should NOT be there. The front one is actually on the inside and not attached to the one piece curved windshield as can be seen in the pics by keithjs above. Also, again not your fault, the red(dayglo?)panel on the fin is too deep forcing the Canadian flag and serial to be place lower down and on to the fuselage fillet to fin area. And whats with the legend " Famous British Trainer" They originate in Canada!! Its just that a large quantity were built over here but still designated DHC! Have got two of these on order but now feel disappointed by what I have seen. Maybe I'll use my spare Airfix ones instead . At least they were right. Just hope Airfix will re do their kit sometime to go with their lovely Gnat, JP.4 and Vampire. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phone Phixer Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Nice couple of Chippies. Another to have flown in them as an ATC cadet, memories!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Alfonso Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Hi Andrew!!!! Congratulations for the two wonderful builds!!! This pair look wonderful and the quality of your build excels in them. I will be looking for the Canadian box as this one has also the Lebanon markings to make one that way. Also will look for the kit to watch what AZ can offer ober the Airfix kit as have a good quantity of them in my stash to build. Or will wait if they released also other variant markings as the Uruguayan and portuguese birds together with a Continental engine to make the other Portuguese peculiar version they have some in use. Thank you very much for sharing. Cheers, Luis Alfonso 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tausugAir Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Both subjects exhibit finest modeling work!! But, I am biased towards anything metal or silver aircraft... Thanks for sharing.. Regards Farouk (tausugAir) HARIBON Decal 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwitrogg Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 The kit itself doesn't seem to get good grades but you get top marks from me for your builds and finish. I prefer the silver one From another ex-ATC back seater. Cheers Gaz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatFlyHalf Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Lovely little aircraft. Lots of fun. Like them.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearmatt Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Very nice pair of Chippies. To what I can see, these AZ birds do look quite similar to the old Airfix kit, just without the rivets and a few engraved panel lines. Cheers b. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin1967 Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Lovely builds of the AZ 1/72 Chippies - Well done. Mine are on the way from the big H and I am looking forward to building them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Blievers Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Quote And whats with the legend " Famous British Trainer" They originate in Canada!! Its just that a large quantity were built over here but still designated DHC! First off, but for the huge potential order from the UK, I strongly suspect the Canadian Chipmunk program would have finished with the 60th DHC-1A (it wasn't exactly a huge commercial success at that stage). Secondly, the UK (and Portuguese) built Chipmunks are VERY different airframes than the Canadian DHC-1B - they might look the same but they're not. Different sub-systems, different gauge metal panels etc etc. So yes, I think it's very fair to call it a "British Trainer". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewE Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 On 13/05/2017 at 7:10 PM, keithjs said: I was hoping to pick up one of these at Abingdon tomorrow. However not that it's your fault and they're lovely builds...but where on earth did the massive centre canopy frame (front and back) come from on the silver one...? It's certainly not on any Chippie I've ever seen? They're a much thinner simple metal strip no wider than about an inch... Thanks for all the comments everyone. I cannot believe I did not spot the extra canopy framing myself. I may not know much about the aircraft but I had enough pictures to be able to notice the error. Trying to build them too quickly probably. Anyway having had the error in the kit pointed out I decided that I would have to do something about it so last night I spent half an hour with a new scalpel blade, various grades of Micromesh and a coat of Klear and managed to remove just about all trace of the offending framing. Not perfect but much better than it was. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithjs Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 That's much better Andrew. Did you take it off or do it in situ? Nice to know it's easily fixable too.Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewE Posted May 17, 2017 Author Share Posted May 17, 2017 8 hours ago, keithjs said: That's much better Andrew. Did you take it off or do it in situ? Nice to know it's easily fixable too.Well done. All done in situ. Always a risk of making the mistake even worse but thankfully it is back on the shelf and not in the bin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Excellent pair of Chipmunks! Marvellous work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielwood5 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 These look great, top work. I'm just building mine now and can I ask if you had to do any work to get the nose/engine to fit on the fuselage? The nose section on mine is much bigger than the fuselage and it looks like I'll have to sand away a few millimetres to get a cross section that matches! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewE Posted May 19, 2017 Author Share Posted May 19, 2017 7 hours ago, danielwood5 said: These look great, top work. I'm just building mine now and can I ask if you had to do any work to get the nose/engine to fit on the fuselage? The nose section on mine is much bigger than the fuselage and it looks like I'll have to sand away a few millimetres to get a cross section that matches! Yes, I had forgotten about. The cowling is supposed to be wider than the fuselage on the sides which was fine but it was also taller tan the fuselage so I had to remove some form the top and bottom. Annoying but it did not take long to correct. I think it was less than 1mm I had to remove from the top and bottom. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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