Martin Ford Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 I like how you are getting on, John. I love the wicker chair, the colour is perfect. It might be a bit down the line but have you given any thought to the piece of rigging, front and centre through the "bullet"? I've done a minimal amount of rigging on a few builds but I can't get my head round that piece, it's as if you need some sort of levitation spell. Am looking forward to how your build unfolds, All the best, Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 On 4/19/2018 at 18:11, Martin Ford said: I like how you are getting on, John. I love the wicker chair, the colour is perfect. It might be a bit down the line but have you given any thought to the piece of rigging, front and centre through the "bullet"? I've done a minimal amount of rigging on a few builds but I can't get my head round that piece, it's as if you need some sort of levitation spell. Am looking forward to how your build unfolds, All the best, Martin I've seen other builds where the modeller drills a small hole through the "bullet", this sounds OK to me its just going to be how to drill the holes? holding it steady will be a challenge I'm sure but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it rgds John(shortCummins) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Er, what's the 'bullet'? Can we have some pictures please chaps, with arrows and things? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted April 25, 2018 Author Share Posted April 25, 2018 14 hours ago, CedB said: Er, what's the 'bullet'? Can we have some pictures please chaps, with arrows and things? this is a photo from the WnW "walk around" that shows the 'bullet' 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Ah, thanks John. So it's a connector for the rigging, presumably allowing tensioning and different 'angles of the dangles'... For me (and future builders) here's a link to the walkaround - the one above is in the 'colour photos' section. I've also just noticed the colour difference in the tapes joins of the linen. Challenging... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted April 25, 2018 Author Share Posted April 25, 2018 Somehow I managed to stuff-up one of the dial decals, not sure how I managed that?, anywho, I replaced the ‘white faced’ decal with a ‘black’ faced one. The instrument panel, magazines, engine plate and carburettor air induction pipes sub-assembly control column, rudder bar, floor boards(foot rests) and bent undershield wicker seat and petrol(fuel) tank-sub assembly I’ve added ‘fuel spills’ to the petrol tank adding the PE safety belt the belts were ‘folded’ after annealing and then given a coat of UMP black primer once the primer had dried they were given a coat of Tamiya XF-57 buff the buckles were then picked out with vallejo model air steel 71.065 the strap was masked with Maskol for the leather part and sprayed with Tamiya XF-52 flat earth after an hour or so the Maskol was removed and the rope attachments were also painted XF-52 both belts were given a coat of aquagloss and then I used Tamiya panel liner dark brown to highlight the stitching and also dirty the belts the belts were then super glued to the seat Next I will be rigging the cockpit fuselage. until next time as always, any suggestions or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Nice work John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 1 hour ago, CedB said: Nice work John Thanks CedB this is a really nice kit, I'm still not sure about the scale, I'm far more comfortable with 1/48, I can see me buying more WnW kits or maybe the Tamiya 1/32 Spitfire just to try and get used to the scale (thats my excuse and I'm sticking to it) rgds John(shortCummins) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted April 27, 2018 Author Share Posted April 27, 2018 rigging the fuselage frames, WnW have a really useful “walk around” page… http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/productdetail?productid=3157&cat=2 one of the photos… …shows turnbuckles, in order to replicate these I’ve used albion Alloys 1/48 turnbuckle which are 0.4mm (outside diameter) 0.25mm (inside diameter) x 3mm (length) here I’ve threaded one of them with fine EZLine the first one attached all attached here against a white background ‘dry-fitted’ against the side of the fuselage the completed other side Next up I’ll be bolting the cockpit sub-assemblies together. until next time as always, any suggestions or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Very nice John, those turn buckles look very good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 9 hours ago, CedB said: Very nice John, those turn buckles look very good I'm pleased with them, they were a bugger to thread so I'm glad they worked out rgds John(shortCummins0 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 I love watching these WnW kits being built. I'd like to do one but I'm afraid they are out of my modelling budget and way beyond my ability to do justice to! Andrew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipthepilot Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 The wood effect is looking really nice, can't wait to see this build come together. A WNW kit is definitely a future build for me so it is always interesting to see how other people put these together and how they approach making plastic look like wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 5 hours ago, Andwil said: I love watching these WnW kits being built. I'd like to do one but I'm afraid they are out of my modelling budget and way beyond my ability to do justice to! Andrew I would like to say i agree with everything Andrew said. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 The last time I did any work on this was April 2018!, where did that time go? I’ve no idea why I put this build “on the shelf” however its about time I dusted the cobwebs off and got back to it! After an hour or so reacquainting myself with this wonderful kit I decided that there are a couple of things I can do to enhance the cockpit, nothing major just (hopefully) some subtile wear and tear and accumulated dust and dirt. So I broke out some MrWeathering multi grey/brown and multi black to add dust and dirt to the harness, fuel tank and foot rests… I added some AK gauzy agent to the instrument glass… The cockpit subassembly nailed together… Next up I’ll be adding the machine-guns and closing the fuselage. until next time as always, any suggestions or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europapete Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 You mean 4 years on the shelf didn't accumulate enough dust weathering ?? Regards, Pete ps, great build so far 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 The machine-guns were given a base coat of MRP-149 gunmetal, then dry-brushed with MrMetalColor MC212 iron and then attached to the cockpit… …fitted to the subassembly… Next up I’ll be closing the fuselage. until next time as always, any suggestions or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 The cockpit subassembly was first fixed to one side of the fuselage… …both fuselage halves were then glued together with the aid of a bit of clampage, it was quite a fight to get them to join… …clampage removed… Unfortunately, the underside seam wouldn’t stay together, so I used superglue, clamped them together and left them overnight… …the superglue was then scraped and sanded to remove the excess, however, this left several “pits” and scrapes so I decided to run some sprue-goo over the seam… I’m going to let the sprue-goo cure for, at least, 48 hours before I attempt to smooth the join. While I’m waiting for the sprue-goo to cure I’ll be turning my attention to the Clerget engine. until next time as always, any suggestions or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 My favourite paints are MRP, so I got hold of dome MRP-LPB fine surface primer, my favourite primer is MrSurfacer 1500 however at different times I’ve struggled to get some so I thought the MRP version might be a good substitute? Engine components sprayed with MRP-LPB, push rods, cylinders and induction pipes. MRP-476 steel was used for the cylinders MRP-488 matt aluminium for the induction pipes. MRP-479 aluminium for the push rods. MrWeathering color multi black and greyish brown was used to dirty the engine parts. The components nailed together… …and the ignition wires added Next up I’ll be looking at the wheels whilst I’m still waiting for the sprue-goo to fully cure. until next time as always, any suggestions or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 That's one very nice engine, John, and it's nice to see this coming off the shelf of doom James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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