Courageous Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 What they said. Lovely bit of work with the i/p. Good work. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Nice work on the cockpit. The profile picture that you posted has very strong echoes of the Fulmar and Firefly - the family resemblance is beginning to show! Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 That interior looks better and better with every update Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAMP man Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 As I have run out of superlatives, I am going to revert back to datum appreciation comments ,so that I can work up to final crescendo. internals are Good Box On Strickers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 That interior is shaping up to be the dog's danglies! Martian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedders Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Really enjoying this build - the correctional stuff you've done is plastic surgery at its absolute best. Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalbert Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Any update on this,am getting withdrawal symptoms ☺ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 (edited) 15 hours ago, fatalbert said: Any update on this,am getting withdrawal symptoms ☺ Sorry, but there isn't I'm afraid. Worse than that, I'm currently in Dallas training for a new job (Embraer 145 type rating, then an instructor course) and will be here until at least early April, then I relocate to Abu Dhabi and will be in a hotel for about 3 months while my stuff is shipped over! Consequently I can't see me getting any more modeling time in for at least that long...... I'll pop in when I can to make a nuisance of myself though! Ian Edited March 13, 2018 by limeypilot 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalbert Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 58 minutes ago, limeypilot said: Sorry, but there isn't I'm afraid. Worse than that, I'm currently in Dallas training for a new job (Embraer 145 type rating, then an instructor course) and will be here until at least early April, then I relocate to Abu Dhabi and will be in a hotel for about 3 months while my stuff is shipped over! Consequently I can't see me getting any more modeling time in for at least that long...... I'll pop in when I can to make a nuisance of myself though! Ian Good luck on your course Ian,☺ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Good luck with the courses Ian and I hope the move goes well. Embraer 145 training, 3 months in a hotel, Abu Dhabi... sounds like you have some fun ahead! Do the BA crews still 'hang out' in the Hilton bar? (He said, thinking back to when dinosaurs roamed the Earth) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Best of luck with the training, the Battle and He111 will wait until your relocation is completed. Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAMP man Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 (edited) I suppose the clue was in the Moniker, not that I'm jealous or anything, sat here waiting to send out the gritters. Texas then the Gulf, I must have shot a robin! All the best Box On Strickers Edited March 13, 2018 by HAMP man Manners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 I'm going to miss this , still, something to look forward to. Good luck with the job. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 Thanks all. I think I've dodged a bullet with the timing too, as I live on Cape Cod which is currently being battered by a huge storm. Anyone in the NE USA going through Skylar, stay safe! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 20 hours ago, limeypilot said: Embraer 145 type rating As we have to give the whole post a like Ian, I have to clarify it was actually for the above, & not the lack of modelling! That is a lovely looking jet and I'm not in the least bit jealous of you getting to fly it, nope, not at all I'm not! Good luck with all the training & the relocation - couldn't get much more of a difference in climate, could you...?! Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted April 25, 2018 Author Share Posted April 25, 2018 (edited) Hi folks! I'm back home (at least for a short while) and so am trying to make the most of the opportunity to get some more done on this one. I spent yesterday fiddling around with ridiculously small PE seatbelts, and eventually got them all done. Today the seats were fitted, along with last bits of internal detail (the flap and seat adjustment levers). Here's a last look at the internals. I could add more, but I don't feel the need to go over the top, it looks busy enough for my taste so that will do it! The radiator (ok, a piece of scrap plastic rod painted black) was added and the fuselage was closed up. She now looks like this. That's it for today. Tomorrow I'll start cleaning it all up. I have a feeling I may be some time......... Ian Edited April 25, 2018 by limeypilot 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Ah, welcome back Ian, just pick up where you left off, I'm sure the other fellows will be along shortly Cheers, Stew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Nice belts Ian, they compliment that lovely interior well. Good job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Pits are looking good. Well the hell did all those emoji come from! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 5 minutes ago, Courageous said: Well the hell did all those emoji come from! Forum upgrade, Mike's post here. HTH 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Nice to see this back on the go. Fuselage looks great all closed up Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Nice to see you back home Ian!!! now you can stop biting your fingernails!!!🐿️😛 Great work on those seats!!! Well done! Anyway, don't spend all your time modelling; get a travelling tool-kit ready for the next time you have to go somewhere else, so in the future we won't have to wait so long for an update!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive_t Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Looks great Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Hi Ian I have just caught up with this build, aren't you going to miss rigging and woodwork effects ? Seriously it looks the business. I built this kit as a nipper, I always remember it was so much bigger than I expected. I thought it would be Hurricane or Defiant sized ! Already looking forward to the next instalment cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 (edited) On 4/26/2018 at 3:32 PM, massimo said: Nice to see you back home Ian!!! now you can stop biting your fingernails!!!🐿️😛 Great work on those seats!!! Well done! Anyway, don't spend all your time modelling; get a travelling tool-kit ready for the next time you have to go somewhere else, so in the future we won't have to wait so long for an update!!! Thanks Massimo, although I'm not sure how long it will be for. I got home on Sunday evening and on Monday received an email saying it had been decided that I would finish the training I was going to do in Abu Dhabi, in Dallas. So I have to go back! No chance on stopping the nail biting I'm afraid. Quiting smoking was a piece of cake in comparison! On 4/26/2018 at 5:03 PM, JOCKNEY said: Hi Ian I have just caught up with this build, aren't you going to miss rigging and woodwork effects ? Seriously it looks the business. I built this kit as a nipper, I always remember it was so much bigger than I expected. I thought it would be Hurricane or Defiant sized ! Already looking forward to the next instalment cheers Pat Thanks Pat! It's bigger than I expected too! Next installment coming right up...... Well, after leaving it all trussed up overnight, I took pity on it today and have made a start on tidying it all up. Here's what the underside looked like...pretty horrible! I'd already thinned that area dangerously thin, so thought the best plan of attack to even it up would be to add a skin of .010" card to level it all up, then sand it down to blend in the edges. First with the card added... You'll also notice that the nose has been added. Reprofiling that correctly took up a lot of time, and some glue goo was added to a couple of areas both on the nose, and other joints to increase their strength and enable rescribing later. After the nose job was complete, and I'd sanded down the skin on the underside, I added some PPP to the joints to make sure they are all ok. That will be dealt with tomorrow. Last job for today was to add a couple of brass pins in the wheel wells for the gear to attach to. My plan is to add the gear at the end, so I don't knock it off. But I needed to make it strong, so I've added the pins. The gear will be made up from brass/ally tube and rod, and attached to the cross piece which will be plastic "I" bar, a little oversized but I couldn't find any smaller than 1.5mm. One side of the bar will be filed to shape to give the mounting lugs for the lateral braces, the other, when all has been attached to it, will be epoxied to the brass pins. Should hold up! That's it for this evening. Oh look, beer thirty! 'Night all! Ian Edited May 3, 2018 by limeypilot 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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