canberra kid Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) This is a project that means a lot to me on two levels, first the subject WJ636, she is the first "Live" Canberra I ever got access to and started a long association with 100 Sqn, and secondly the kit, which was started by a very good and sadly missed friend from Belgium, Edmondo. He started to build this not long before he was diagnosed with lung cancer and got as far as building the wings and some on the cockpit detail, before he was forced to give up. So I've decided to finish what he started and build her as Charly X-Ray, 100 Sqn's unofficial flagship. As I said Edmond had already built the wings so all I've had to do so far is drill a hole where the pylons for the Rushton winches will hang and add the skin strengthening on the upper wing where the spigot for the pylon fastens. I've used very thin self adhesive "Vinyl wrap" for this. and the same around the two cabin windows more work on the fuselage, this time adding from left to right the secondary nose window, the three colour downward identification lights, and the aft white ident light. John Edited March 24, 2018 by canberra kid getting it right thanks to Wez 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Sorry to hear about your friend John. Yes you are right to continue this build for him. That being said .. May I sit in ? A Canberra built by canberra kid shouldnt be missed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Loos like a fine tribute to your friend. Martian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 3 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Sorry to hear about your friend John. Yes you are right to continue this build for him. That being said .. May I sit in ? A Canberra built by canberra kid shouldnt be missed. More than welcome my friend, and thank you. I hope I can do it justice for him. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Martian Hale said: Loos like a fine tribute to your friend. Martian Thanks Martian, I'm sure he'll be following my progress from a far. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) John, Really interested in this thread and will be following with interest, love the subject, love the colour scheme (gotta love a Tatty Ton Canberra)... ...just one thing, can you edit the title, a hart is a deer whereas I think you mean heart strings. I feel shamefaced for bringing this up but I am sat in pedants' corner Sorry... Edited March 24, 2018 by Wez 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Nice tribute to your friend I'll follow along too if you don't mind Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Wez said: John, Really interested in this thread and will be following with interest, love the subject, love the colour scheme (gotta love a Tatty Ton Canberra)... ...just one thing, can you edit the title, a hart is a deer whereas I think you mean heart strings. I feel shamefaced for bringing this up but I am sat in pedants' corner Sorry... Thanks Wez, and good to have you along too, if you had asked me to spell a the name of a deer I'd have had no idea, so thnks, dyslexia is a wonderful thing, now if someone can tell me how to edit it I will John 1 hour ago, Hamden said: Nice tribute to your friend I'll follow along too if you don't mind Roger Good to see you here too Roger John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 Got it, thanks again for the head's up Wez! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 This will be a fine tribute to your friend. Following with great interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 19 hours ago, cngaero said: This will be a fine tribute to your friend. Following with great interest. Good to have you along Chris! Not done any modeling on her today, it's been a day of looking at what needs doing with the CA panel detail, some will need deleting. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Sorry to hear about your friend. I am confident that the end result will be a fitting tribute. I'll just take a seat at the back if that's ok? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Budge up, guys. I edited a title once, john, but I'm blowed if I can remember what I did 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 23 hours ago, Scimitar said: Sorry to hear about your friend. I am confident that the end result will be a fitting tribute. I'll just take a seat at the back if that's ok? Thanks Richard, you're more than welcome John 22 hours ago, rob Lyttle said: Budge up, guys. I edited a title once, john, but I'm blowed if I can remember what I did I think I've got it Rob, I remember how after a while thinking about it. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 I've done a bit more work on the wings today, the filler around the nacelles has been rubbed down and I've had a look at the panel lines to sort out which ones need adding and which need removing, over all it's not too bad. As you will see from the following photo the red lines are the ones that need removing and the yellow are the ones to add. The underside of the wing is much better with only one of each. I've also added 4 new exhaust vents to the front of the nacelle as they are too small as marked on the kit, I've used the same rap filb as I used on the top of the wing. John 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 59 minutes ago, canberra kid said: I've used the same rap filb What is it again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 (edited) 45 minutes ago, rob Lyttle said: What is it again? Sorry Rob, I should have made it clearer. It's a self adhesive film that is used for customising cars and vans and applying graphics to van's cars and even aircraft. Anyway, I "rescued" quite a big bit from work that was left over from a job I was working on. It's very thin, strong and very sticky. John Edited March 31, 2018 by canberra kid spel chek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 fine work there as usual John, very worthy for your friend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive_t Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 I shall follow as well, if I may. Not normally one for jets, but the tribute to your friend is certainly a worthy notion. Good luck with it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 On 31/03/2018 at 6:23 PM, 71chally said: fine work there as usual John, very worthy for your friend. Thanks James, it's nice to do a relatively easy straightforward one for a change, the hard part will be the paint work. On 31/03/2018 at 6:41 PM, clive_t said: I shall follow as well, if I may. Not normally one for jets, but the tribute to your friend is certainly a worthy notion. Good luck with it Thanks Clive, you more than welcome. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 That's all the re-scribing done, next job will be the wing tip Nav lights then that's the majority of the wing sorted. John 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Looking good John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted April 7, 2018 Author Share Posted April 7, 2018 11 hours ago, Julien said: Looking good John. Thanks Julien! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Cracking work as usual John! BTW are they B.2 wing skin diagrams in your last shot, I don't think that I've seen them before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Eagle eyes is here So am I Tom, joining the others in respect for what you are doing for a friend Film panelling is a technique I've found useful too, subtle and really there all in one go I'm by the bar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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