CJP Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Fabulous result Christer A - great co-operation by all concerned CJP 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Yes, looks very nice! Håkan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 What a catch up. 🤩 I saw this a while ago Christer but it’s taken me a whole journey back from Bath today to read all Six and a bit pages. I have one of these in the stash too and have been looking forward to reading this thread as I know your work is always top drawer. The build so far has been stunning and what a terrible stroke of luck losing the wing parts. 😫 Bill and Crisps help in getting the new parts built is everything I love about BM ❤️ what a show af faith for like minded friends. Bravo to you guys. I’ll stay up to date now. Looking forward to seeing what goes on next. fair winds sir. John.😀 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 On 14/06/2018 at 21:58, CJP said: Fabulous result Christer A - great co-operation by all concerned CJP I couldn't have put it better myself! Martian 👽 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 Thanks for all your support and kind words guys! I cannot agree more about this community, it's really something extra. John, calling my builds top drawer stuff? That makes me grow quite a few cm taller actually! The Vixen will get a lot more love once I finish my PBJ-1J, but vacation is only 3 weeks away and hopefully all modelling will get extra attention, unless the family insists on going to the beach, or small cafés on the countryside etc. You never know! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Have a great holiday Remember the times of family fun are what you need most And no struggles with crappy broken cars at all I'm glad you can use the pieces, I have kept the last mould blocks just in case of... I'm sure I'm speaking for Crisp as well as myself! A community like ours is good because it is us being ourselves Always happy to help and if it means rising to a bit of a challenge I get as much out of it as whoever is being helped Fun baby, Telford approaches now I'm back from Le Mans 😨 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Hands Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Hello. Excellent work Christer. This thread has been an excellent read. It is so pleasing to see kindness and cooperation given so easily. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Great result with the outer wings, well done all! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 Hello everyone! With no official end to the current heatwave and lots of attention to Canadair CL-415 and their adventures in the northern part of Sweden, I've managed to do a little more on the Mighty Sea Vixen. I found that I need to do some surgery to the resin wings, due to some nasty bubbles My idea was to take the leading edge from the extra wing, since that was bubble free and just attach it to the better one. Just a slight cut here... And plug the hole with some plastic That should take care of the worst sinkholes. I also needed to fabricat some new hinges for the ailerons All in all, the wings are starting to get a seal of approval, and appears to fit with the upper wings. Let's shoot some primer to see how it looks. Not too bad actually! The left one is more or less ready to install now, but the right one will need some more work. Let's see if I can scribe those little round access hatches back or not... 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 brilliant Christer, sorting this nicely 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Very nice work with the wing, Christer! Looks great! Håkan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunzo Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Just a little side issue to all this casting- for a model railway project I've been playing with some Axsom Epolam 2017 epoxy resin sold for embedding clear casting. My results are full set at paper thickness, zero bubbles (due to longish pot life?) and excellent dimensional reproduction with glass clarity. The only caveat being that very thin sections may take 2-3 days to fully cure, even in our current heatwave. Resin courtesy North East Fibreglass in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Hello Christer ! Wow, and another kit saved ! You did great as our friends here have done too ! BM is really a great community ! Another FAA bird who is nearing the painting booth ! Can't wait to see her finished. So far, I resisted to open my own boxes.... Sincerely. CC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Excellent to see the Vixen making real progress again after all this time. Yum yum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Its all downhill from here! Martian of the Famous Last Words 👽 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Christer if you need me to make another wing panel I still have the latex mould I just do not fancy trying to do both at once again, that was not enjoyable (But 'one-at-a-time' will be fine now I know how to control myself) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 (edited) Thanks everyone! Bill, I thank you extra much for the offer, but I'll make do with what I have. In worst case I'll just lose the access hatches and I can live with that, or shop around for suitable tools to sort it out ☺️ Edited July 30, 2018 by Christer A 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Oh oh, tool urge alert Somebody lock up Ced and Tony whilst we work out how to cut oval templates in thin 'shim' brass It ought to be possible to trace the hatches on paper then transfer them onto a sheet of metal to be drilled out and filed smooth If my memory serves me well there are only a couple of shapes needed, must get a look at the offcuts later when I become Billdamodaller instead of Bill the dinner eater 😨 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted September 21, 2018 Author Share Posted September 21, 2018 I FINALLY took the plunge and glued in the outer upper wings, and joined the left under one. Still some more sanding to do on the other one and quite a few panel lines to scribe back. But on the flip side, I got the Vulcan intakes filled and sanded to and acceptable level! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted May 2, 2019 Author Share Posted May 2, 2019 Sea Vixen, Sea Vixen, Sea Vixen.... In order to lift the mojo a bit higher, I decided to test a new thing. Adding fasteners to the small inspection hatches on the under side. I figured that the underside would have the most of them and started to mark the spots with a pen. This is strictly by the rule of cool, and probably have no bearing on the actual locations or functions but I needed to do something. It didn't turn out half bad , but I started to use an awl after I had broken my 0,3mm drill. Fortunately the 0,4mm drill was still in one piece ad a lot sturdier. I finally have a primer coat on the entire under surface. There are quite a few places where filler is needed, but that's probably my fault all. For the weapons, I'll go for rockets, jut because it looks meaner, and I can't be bothered to paint up those Firestreaks. These should be decalled and fitted on their pylons as soons as the pylons and tanks are painted properly (and have some fasteners added!) In the meantime, I got sort of a commission paint job to do. It's a 3D printed character from the PC game Undertale, printed on our 3D printer at work for a colleague of mine . Should be interesting! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Nice to see you back again Christer, Fox looking good 10/10 Do you get to choose the colours for the little skullman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted May 2, 2019 Author Share Posted May 2, 2019 Thanks! It feels good to finally get moving again on the big Vixen. Skullman is called Sans , and should be painted like this. I might need some bone-white paint though, which could also work a bit for the Vixen... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Great to see the Vixen moving again and you have done a good job with Perdu's wing castings to salvage the build CJP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 How's this coming along then, Christer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 It's kinda stuck in the sand/fill/scribe-phase and has been so for the last 14 months. It doesn't help that the next phase, with the painting of the white underside is very scary. But I think that with a bottle of Gunze C311 it can be bested, and then building a white finish om top of that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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