Terry1954 Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Nice progress on this John. Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA80A2AR Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 big wing!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 more like a hugely massive wing! how much of your house have you used on this project? it is always nice to see a master at work epic work👍 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted November 25, 2018 Author Share Posted November 25, 2018 20 hours ago, TheBaron said: I'm pretty sure you could break up some doll's house furniture for that John, after all, you've got form at magicking domestic fittings into aircraft... Beautiful patient work as always! I've had a good look around Tony, but it turns out 1930's houses have very little to offer in the way of cockpit fittings! so it looks like I'm going have to go to plan B John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted November 25, 2018 Author Share Posted November 25, 2018 3 hours ago, Terry1954 said: Nice progress on this John. Terry Thanks Terry! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted November 25, 2018 Author Share Posted November 25, 2018 2 hours ago, SA80A2AR said: big wing!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 more like a hugely massive wing! how much of your house have you used on this project? it is always nice to see a master at work epic work👍 Thank you, It is big! I keep catching myself looking at and thing, hell, that's big! It's amazing what everyday objects can be pressed into the service of a higher cause John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey-1980 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Just catching up with this inbetween moving stuff fromone house to another. Great progress there John. I can see your dilemma regarding to cockpit. Ithink you've got the right balance with the sun shades and the upgraded bang seats too. Looking forward to seeing more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 8, 2018 Author Share Posted December 8, 2018 On 12/7/2018 at 12:22 PM, Mikey-1980 said: Just catching up with this inbetween moving stuff fromone house to another. Great progress there John. I can see your dilemma regarding to cockpit. Ithink you've got the right balance with the sun shades and the upgraded bang seats too. Looking forward to seeing more. Thanks Mikey, I did have a rethink on the cockpit and went for the CMK resin, I'll do a full update soon. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 (edited) Well, this is the CMK cockpit it's a big improvement on the Airfix offering, I've not gone to town with the painting as I suspect very little will be seen, It fits well I've got the tail fin fixed in place too, it'll soon be time to look at the vortex generators, I'll need to do a bit of planning for them still though. John Edited December 10, 2018 by canberra kid 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share Posted December 15, 2018 I've topped up the filler on the fuselage and at the base of the fin, Whilst that was drying I did a bit of work on the undercarriage, I'm using my own B.57 wheels which have been kindly cast by my fellow SIG man Gary. Pouring blocks removed from wheels and cleaned up. The main doors have been worked on too, I've cut the channels for the wheel door mounted landing lights. John 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 22, 2018 Author Share Posted December 22, 2018 A milestone reached today, the wings are now attached, she will need a lot of filling to make up the difference in wing chord still. I've also added the upper fuselage equipment hatch which is unique the the RB.57F A comparison photo of the 1/72 scale Mack2 RB.57F and my 1/48 build John 10 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 26, 2018 Author Share Posted December 26, 2018 I don't think you can really tell until you see her in the flesh just how big she is! The magic of milliput! I've filled the gap, it looks much better now. John 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Very interesting project. And some good tips to my Mach2 project, that I hope to start some day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 John, She's getting closer and closer all the time- looking good! Hoping you and the Missus had a safe and happy holiday...it was 21 degrees C here in sunny south central Texas yesterday- go figure! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Lookin good... Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA80A2AR Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 nice one. hope you had a happy Christmas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 21 hours ago, Vesa Jussila said: Very interesting project. And some good tips to my Mach2 project, that I hope to start some day. Thanks Vesa, it's been a good test of my skill's but I'm enjoying the process and it will be nice to have a big long wing in the stable. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 20 hours ago, 72modeler said: John, She's getting closer and closer all the time- looking good! Hoping you and the Missus had a safe and happy holiday...it was 21 degrees C here in sunny south central Texas yesterday- go figure! Mike Thanks Mike, she's moving along, I would get more done if it was 21c, here at the moment it's a rather cool 5c very dull and overcast and not ideal for modeling! I hope you and her self had a good Christmas, and all the best for 2019! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 1 hour ago, heloman1 said: Lookin good... Colin Thanks Colin! she's heading in the right direction John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 14 minutes ago, SA80A2AR said: nice one. hope you had a happy Christmas Thanks you, and a happy Christmas to you and all the best for 2019 John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 I've now added the very large intakes under the nacelles, this is the first ruff shape before I start to clean them up, I've also given her a blast over with the grey primer to see which areas need more work, quite a lot is the answer, but that is what I was expecting. John 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Looking good in primer. You obviously have a lens with a good depth of field to get it all in focus. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 That is some expanse of aircraft you have there now John! A most pleasurable - not to mention educational - catchup on progess. Lovely stuff to behold. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 2 hours ago, Biggles87 said: Looking good in primer. You obviously have a lens with a good depth of field to get it all in focus. John Thanks John, it's costing me a small fortune in can's of primer! As for the photo, I can't claim any credit for the depth of field, I use a little point and shoot Cannon which takes all the guess work out of such things, the technology in such cameras no doubt came from the systems used on such aircraft. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 34 minutes ago, TheBaron said: That is some expanse of aircraft you have there now John! A most pleasurable - not to mention educational - catchup on progess. Lovely stuff to behold. Thanks Tony, she is big, when I have to put a model on the floor to get it all in on a photo, that's big in my book! If it's oppen I'm off shopping today for some more green stuff, I'm going to need it! John 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Just caught up with your progress John. It’ll never win a beauty award in that configuration but it’s a superb conversion. Those engine redesigns alone are a work of art let alone the wing mods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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