Thom216 Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 15 hours ago, brianthemodeller said: Have you considered approaching one of the bigger museums - Duxford or Cosford? With the quality of this build I am sure they would jump at the chance to display it? Have to agree with this suggestion. Either a museum or RAF base would probably love to have that for a display piece (esp if it's in RAF colors...😜) Or just do what we would all love to do, and have an entire room dedicated to our hobby. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 Hey chaps....thanks a lot for your kind words of encouragement! I have thought about asking one of the Museums if they are interested in displaying this for me...rather than the whole thing just put in the cupboard (a large cupboard!!) for the dust to settle on it!. First of all I have to finish it which as I said will take a while longer and then I have to really think about the display aspect as I have mentioned and then I will approach one of the Museums to see if anyone is interested. Talking of Museums...has anyone heard of the V1 WEAPONS MUSEUM....which is somewhere is Essex?...many years ago I was commissioned to scratch build many pieces for dioramas ...years and years of my work went into the Museum but the owner (real nice guy)...passed away and I moved away to Bulgaria and I am not sure whether the Museum ever opened or if it exists any more!....let me know if anyone know's of it's existence....I'd love to visit it again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 I'd have guessed the old spy camera size 4mm would be right but there might be issues with the transport sprocket size... Tune in here for more fabulous fotos from Fozzy Truly fabulous miniaturisation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Hmm, not heard of that one Fozzy. I was wondering, in terms of museums, of the 100th bomb group museum at Thorpe Abbotts- lovely little museum with the control tower & a couple of buildings, but always nice to visit and beautifully maintained. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 17 minutes ago, bar side said: Hmm, not heard of that one Fozzy. I was wondering, in terms of museums, of the 100th bomb group museum at Thorpe Abbotts- lovely little museum with the control tower & a couple of buildings, but always nice to visit and beautifully maintained. Cheers!...I'll have to look into that Museum when I'm next over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 7 minutes ago, Fozzy said: Cheers!...I'll have to look into that Museum when I'm next over! My pic of the tower from last year. The glasshouses. On the top has a map of the field and they play a loop of engine drone that makes you keep looking up to see what is coming in! No runways left but you do get the feel of the place 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 6 minutes ago, bar side said: My pic of the tower from last year. The glasshouses. On the top has a map of the field and they play a loop of engine drone that makes you keep looking up to see what is coming in! No runways left but you do get the feel of the place Looks fabulous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 (edited) Good afternoon to you all! It's me back to bother you once again!! My last post showed that I had finished the camera pit and so it was on to completing the radio room floor and the floor area that houses the ball turret. So we will start of with the constructing photos I took of the floor area behind the radio room bulk head..... The big hole will be for the ball turret!...eventually! Here you can see the Azimuth gear ring for operating the 360 degree turret swivel....this took some time and patience as I made it out of scores of very small cut pieces of wire....aaaaggghh! ...and here is the walk way for the ball turret. The next few photos are of the area painted ..... So now it was back to the radio room floor that had to be finished off. You will see that I have made the hatch for the camera pit which I will display open to show the pit ...as not many people know of the area!!....the wooden floor boards put in place (lots of carpentry in the B17....less weight!)...and the walkways.I also put in a couple of hand cranks on the bottom of the forward bulkhead which were for the adjusting of heat in the cabin.....as far as I'm aware! What I wanted to do now was have a look at the initial fit for the ball turret. A few adjustments here and there and she slotted into position......this is just a dry fit as later on I have to do a lot more work on the top of the turret. You can also see in the last photo that I have shown the scale by putting my coffee cup next to it!..... So that's the lower half completed at long last. I am now going to start on the upper half the radio room but I haven't got long before I depart from my office for a couple of months for the Christmas period. I will try and get another post ready but not sure of the time I have. In the meantime I do hope you are all enjoying preparing for Christmas....not sure if I am!!...Bah Humbug! Cheers for taking a peek! Fozzy Edited December 11, 2018 by Fozzy 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 (edited) A few photos would not load for some reason......working on it! Lets see if this works!! Finishing off the radio room floor..... Unbelievable!!...doesn't work!.....I will give it another go tomorrow! ...any ideas why just 6 photos wont load? Edited December 11, 2018 by Fozzy 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdave22014 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Outstanding work as always Fozzy. Can't believe you made that ring with chopped up bits of wire! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Looks great Fozzy - looking forward to seeing the completed parts so far together. The wood finish looks spot on - real wood with a fine grain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I do get that occasionally Fozzy, just come back later and we are usually good to go Quite like your turret in fact, s'mazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 Thanks guys! You were right Bill...some of the photos have re appeared....same story as this time last year!...this site doesn't like the falling snow I'm sure! Here are the last few photos that didn't make the post..... 2 hours ago, bar side said: Looks great Fozzy - looking forward to seeing the completed parts so far together. The wood finish looks spot on - real wood with a fine grain? No not real wood Bar Side I'm afraid!....I sort of cheated with using my old trick of gluing wood sample prints from B+Q!! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 This site is beginning to get unusable!.......do hope its sorted it self out by tomorrow!!☹️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 3 minutes ago, Fozzy said: No not real wood Bar Side I'm afraid!....I sort of cheated with using my old trick of gluing wood sample prints from B+Q!! Excellent! Looks right & ingenious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 That radio room is looking gorgeous. Love the wood effect and the open hatch. The ball fits in perfectly and everything is just really looking the part! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 More superb, realistic work Fozzy - that gear ring would have tested anyone's patience. Amazing stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Totally irrelevant bird visitor but I am testing using my postimage set here Seems to be OK on this, I wonder if you are having a cache clearing issue I spent an hour in Brum city centre having issues with phone attended to expertly by a 'guru' and she taught me plenty of useful things to consider Hope you can post what you want ASAP Fozzy cos the B17 is growing even perfecter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Not at all Looks like a site problem after all I'll pop over and add mine to Fozzy's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 ??? Blearghhh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 Good day chaps........ TESTING TESTING 123.......... Nout to do with the B17 but thought I'd give posting photos a go today!! Could we be back to normal???....I chuffin hope so! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 (edited) Yep seems ok!....for now! Don't mind my rambling!....getting as bad as Perdu! Edited December 12, 2018 by Fozzy 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
224 Peter Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Looks like it.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Thanks for persevering with the pics, it would be a shame not to have seen them all as she really is looking very smart now it's all starting to come together. Enjoy your stay back in Blighty and Happy Christmas! Ian Ps don't worry about our Bill waffling on to himself, at least it shows he's still semi compos mentis! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairystick Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Well, this looks like a bit of fun!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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