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Hello dears,

The Roc mojo is not exhausted yet :evil_laugh::evil_laugh:

It look better now

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Little by little, bit by bit...

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More to come soon, I also spend some times on the engine cowling

Hope that you will have a pretty nice modelling time !

Sincerely.

CC

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I made a bunch of tabs along the wing joins.  And built the outer wing to the lower wing inboard section.  Then added the upper inboard section of the wing with the gap against the fuselage.  It's easier to fill that gap than the gap between the wing sections...  

 

There is a bunch of photos on my Build thread...

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Hello Dears,

Obviously, I did'nt forget my magnificent lady...

Sanding is almost right here too, so I worked on the engine !

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And then detailling the open turret ! More fun to come !!

Stay tuned !

Take care guys and have fun.

Sincerely.

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Nice to see this underway again. I must get mine out again when life lets me get a bit of bench time. Having to keep rushing up to Oxford over the last ten days is beginning to cramp my style.

 

Grumpy of Mars 👽

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Rushing to Oxford… Mmmh not funny at all !

Hey take care Dear Alien !

Best wishes from the nasty corner on Venus !

Sincerely.

CC

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I replaced the air intake trumpet thingies with a piece of plastic tube shaft from a cotton bud.  I dipped the end of the tube in boiling water then pushed and wiggled a large diameter scriber in to flare out the size required.  I think it offered a large improvement over the solid kit version..

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Ahem !!

The wings did'nt have the same profile… Why did'nt I noticed it earlier ??

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Perhaps, Have been over enthusiastic when I thined it down ??

But No Alas

The advantage of having 2 kits on the go...

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Same problem on the same wing for the other kit… :bangin:

Which one is the good one ???

I will have a look for a plan ...:bangin:

Time to look Fry and Laurie once again...

Have a good modelling time, Dear BM Gentlemen..

Sincerely.

CC

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Well at least you know that it was not your mistake! I would have thought that a little bit of filing and card would sort that out.... but then I do not have that on my desk at the moment....

 

Good luck with a solution - I know that you will find one.

 

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Hello Dears,

Still I'm guessing about the shape of the wings :tumble::tumble:

I look at all the pics I can find but I cannot make my mind...

Perhaps @Grey Beema  or our Dear Alien can give an advice…

 

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The left side one seem more logical BUT ???

Otherwise, the Perseus is now done, it look good to me

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Oh and a great step forward… No more steps on the undersides !!:yahoo:

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Still a bit of filling and scribing !!

And the first of the mythical bird will go to the painting booth !!

Thank for havin' a look at my builds !!

Take care and happy modelling !

Sincerely.

CC

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18 hours ago, Martian Hale said:

The port wing looks the more accurate to me.

 

Martian 👽

Thank you Dear Grand admiral of the galactic fleet !!

11 hours ago, TheBaron said:

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Any help CC?

Sure it help the angle is really visible !! Thank you Dear Baron !

 

10 hours ago, Grey Beema said:

Not sure if these help, but they might..

 

 

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Here is a plane view picture whilst doing my Skua build (gonna have to do a second one)...

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Any use?

 

 

 

The angle is a bit smooth on both the plan and your pic, Thank you Grey !

Soooo, some surgery ahead, what is annoying is that the 2 Roc kit suffer from the same

Dear Martian, Have a look at your own Roc, just to see if they both have the same glitch 🤔

It look like none of the wing are right... one is too accentuated and the other one is barely straight...

Here's the plan, hope that it will work...

I'll start to work on the wings of my second Roc, may be creating a plug or a template to rectify it

I'll try to use the plan of the wing from Grey, printing and scaling it up

My second Roc will have her wings folded, indeed, they are not glued yet, 't will be easier to work on these...

That's what I like in BM, infos are flowing continuously !!

I really thank you 8

Sincerely.

CC

There will be not much progress in the next days, evening work week !! then 13 days off :cheers:

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Hello Dears,

Here we go, my hols are about finished but I suffer from a loss of power....

But I worked on the Grey's plan on an A4 paper sheet must be reduced to 67%

And here's the result !

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None of the wings are right... So I took a great breath and a pencil !

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And then SCHIRC....

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One is done, still I must thin the trailing edge !

Then the second Roc !

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And with the trailing edge thinned well, we've got this !

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Then I had to fix a family problem...

My first son gave some of his ancient toys to his brother, including a 1/48 Spitfire Mk XIV....

With markings of the 112th Sqdn... Plane number Y.... Do you see the problem ??

When friends of Nicolas came home, it was "Hey look a GAY Spitfire !!!"

So I used decals from my spare box... No more realistic but no more bantering about his Spitfire ....

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Ok dears, tomorrow will be my last day off, I resume working with 4 evening work days ...:raincloud::raincloud::raincloud:

Have a great modelling time !

Sincerely.

CC

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Hello Dears,

Now that the wing problem is sorted, Back at the sanding of tha beast !!

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Now, she look good to me, now the other side...

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And the putty clad belly, then I need to polish her since this one will be painted Aluminium dope, or High:rofl2: Speed:rofl2:Silver

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I will not put the hook on now since, looking at the pic, the hook is tied to the jack..

She is now nearing the painting booth !

Some engraving to do firstly !

I also worked on the internals of the second Roc but Nothing Worth a pic at all !

Have a very good modelling time and take care !!

Sincerely.

CC

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1 hour ago, Martian Hale said:

I'm thinking that the AA Roc would make a good entry in the aircraft diorama class at Telford.

 

Martian 👽

May be but in 2019....

And I never tried any type of contest, I Don't like it :whistle:

But who know ! Pierre will come with his bombers !

Wait, 2 Rocs on the Telford tables ?? Interesting contest, Let's go Dear ETI !!

May be, it will be a first in Telford, 2 Rocs side by side and 2 funny use of it… The idea grew more and more exciting !! :rofl2:

Sincerely.

CC

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I can understand about the Comp being a bit of a turn off these days but I'll strike a deal. You get your Rocs finished in time for next year and I will finish my floatplane Roc finished as well. Then there will be three Rocs at the show.

 

Martian 👽

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11 hours ago, Martian Hale said:

I can understand about the Comp being a bit of a turn off these days but I'll strike a deal. You get your Rocs finished in time for next year and I will finish my floatplane Roc finished as well. Then there will be three Rocs at the show.

 

Martian 👽

Gotcha ! 

Let's make it, just for the fun of it, my bet that the judge would never have seen that.... 3 1/48 Rocs together !!

But for my own sanity, I'll consider that this is just a show !

One must say that our Dear Alien has some good ideas !

No pressure CC no pressure !! This would just be a show!

That will be a Premiere for me

Sincerely.

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Ahaaa ! They're back in our corner !!

Now this tool is far better than SCIRCH

May be @CedB will have one on his Bench

Grinding, plastic, resin quickly and clean !!

 

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 Have a great modelling time ! I'm off to work !!

Sincerely.

CC

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Don't know how I missed this thread but I've caught now. So, where are we with these Rocs then? I was trying to count often of CC includes a beer but I lost count :rofl:.

I've a 1/72 Roc in the stash but after seeing a Roc on floats, looks like I need to acquire another Roc! 

 

Stuart

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1 hour ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said:

That must be one hell of a large beaver

 

 

 

[F’narr, before someone else says it!]

Hello Crisp,

Astonishing is'nt it, and that's an oak !! Tamed beaver, the best tool for any modeller !!

1 hour ago, Courageous said:

Don't know how I missed this thread but I've caught now. So, where are we with these Rocs then? I was trying to count often of CC includes a beer but I lost count :rofl:.

I've a 1/72 Roc in the stash but after seeing a Roc on floats, looks like I need to acquire another Roc! 

 

Stuart

Hello Stuart,

Blackburn's sanctuary here !! Come on and join the fray !!

a Floatplane target tug, an AAA battery jacked up and the 3rd one with folded wings.

Let's make SMW 2019 a Roc frenzy !!

I'll now repair the structures lines lost in the puttysanding battle, meanwhile working on the turrets !

And then painting !!

High speed :rofl2: silver for that first one !!

Beer ?? That's also a kind of an appetizer for SMW 2019 !

And a morale booster too in this case :cheers:

 

Thanks for the support and the kind words !!

Sincerely.

CC

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