Robert Stuart Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Hmm, this may be a tad ambitious ... The kit ... Not shown are two round contrail rods, and a small, really small, sheet of clear plastic. No decals, and no guns or bombs - none of these were in the kit. And the instructions ... Looking at the photo of the instructions, I've just realised that something I thought was an alternative tail skid is really the break. Planned changes: I'll see about replacing the engine, either scavaging from another kit, or scratch-building the thing. The fin/rudder and tailplane/elevators will probably be replaced with plasticard, which is easier to work than smoothing a flat-plate vacform cut out p.s. I'll have to work out a solution for the wing root spars - plastic studs just will not be strong enough. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Impressive build 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted July 26, 2018 Author Share Posted July 26, 2018 Thanks @Corsairfoxfouruncle - but it isn't started yet I've (sort of) priomised @Ted that I'll add crew to this ... well, maybe. I have an H/P 400 in the stash, IIRC that has crew, so maybe they will change nationality ... if they are not ovesized for the role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Definitely one to watch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 I'll be watching this with interest. AW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Nice! I have a couple of these in the stash so I'll follow along to see how it goes. Brass rod for the spars! Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 5 hours ago, limeypilot said: Nice! I have a couple of these in the stash so I'll follow along to see how it goes. Brass rod for the spars! Ian Thanks Ian, that's a better solution than the one I was thinking of ... piano wire (I hate cutting piano wire) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted July 28, 2018 Author Share Posted July 28, 2018 Better get on with it then Marking out - I outlined the parts I want to concentrate on first. Then roughly cut them out. By separating them, there's less risk of a slip of the knife ruining another part. Then closer cut, to reduce the amount of sanding I'll have to do later. The pliers help break the plastic away from detailed parts, like the scolloping on the trailing edge here. They also aid with breaking very narrow sheets of plastic. The kit of separated parts: Some parts will be easier to work with on the 'sprue' - the wheels and fuel tanks will benifit from filling before cutting them away. That was the easy bit - there is a lot of sanding to do ... 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristol boy Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 looks interesting, scrape with a scalpel to start with finish by sanding. Working on a Libra Scout, soon to appear here! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 On 28/07/2018 at 20:51, bristol boy said: Working on a Libra Scout, soon to appear here! That looks like a nice kit @bristol boy, I have one with just four pieces cut from the plastic - stalled because I wanted to build a 'C' (yes, the obvious one), and my kit is a 'D'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Watching this one with interest. AW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted August 1, 2018 Author Share Posted August 1, 2018 I've had the day to do some sanding (actully grinding out on wet-n-dry paper, used wet) ... Looking at that photo, there's a little more to do on the port wing trailing edges. The right aileron wants some TLC too. Change of plan, the sanding went so well, I decided to use the kit fin and tailplane after all. Browsing around big H's website, as one does, I came across Orion Figures WWI pilots (formerly by Dark Dream Studio), who are, I believe, winging their way to me ... 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Looking good Robert. The Albatri were certainly attractive aeroplanes. AW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Great work so far Robert. It all looks so clean and tidy in the photos, but I'm guessing that it was probably rather messy along away 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted August 2, 2018 Author Share Posted August 2, 2018 My pilots have arrived, not too bad This photo does them no justice with too much camera shake on my part. There are better images on the plastic soldier review pages : http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=539 Mine are red-brown (or were before I gave them a dusting of white primer). I've also given the inside of the 'pit a squirt of white primer - not that anybody can see any difference with the plastic. (The engine area is painted black under that masking tape.) I've finally thrown some glue at this thing ... The 'pit - observer in front (left) pilot at the back (right) 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Very nice start Robert, good luck with the build. You are a braver man than me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 That's a great figure set. I love Plastic Soldier Review. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 Thanks @Ozzy, though I'd find Cpl Butcher challenging myself. 17 hours ago, Ted said: That's a great figure set. I love Plastic Soldier Review. It looks like a cracker, especially in this scale (and you did set me a task ) - and yes, find that site useful, especially for the near 1/72 scales. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 On 8/3/2018 at 4:50 AM, Robert Stuart said: My pilots have arrived, not too bad Looks like a whole squadron will share your plane Nice progress with your build. Using black paint along the edges would give you more contrast and make sanding down easier. But it looks you mastered the process well with your method. Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 Thanks Peter 3 minutes ago, Basilisk said: Looks like a whole squadron will share your plane Well, they are a mix of pilots and ground crew from four different nations - plus one visitor I used grey marker since it is (should be) easier to hide later than black. But you are right, black would have shown up better, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Excellent progress Robert. I have never been tempted by a vacform kit so I will be interested to follow your progress. Good luck! Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Glued to this one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 Work on the 'pit progresses The inside of the cowl will be black, to hide the lack of detail there. The yellow paint is Williamsburg oil (Yellow Ochre domestic {i.e. from the US})- a brand I've been aware of for some time, though this tube was a freebie from Jacksons. Being high quality oil paint, it is, of course, taking its time drying. The tags you see in the fuselage will help with joining the halves. By interlocking them I hope they'll help the fuselage line up properly - not an issue with this kit, but some vac-forms have fuselage alignment problems. No tags in the cockpit area nor at the top of the cowl there are things happening in these spaces. The engine I've pinched from an Eduard DV that has resolutely resisted building. Hmm - I need to take another look at those pipes 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted August 8, 2018 Author Share Posted August 8, 2018 Started opening up the cockpit and engine holes ... Which should allow the engine to fit ... And the pilot board his 'plane 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Looking good Robert. Good idea with the plasticard tabs to aid fuselage alignment, I had to do the same with my Roden injected Fokker DVII! AW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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