CedB Posted December 29, 2018 Author Share Posted December 29, 2018 On 28/12/2018 at 16:10, Beard said: No rush Ced, you're only on page 17! 😊 Thanks Simon Hopefully things will progress faster now, with fewer sausages. 19 hours ago, hendie said: but we're running out of sausages fast! it will be interesting to see how you get on with these Ced. I also purchased the windscreen, but decided against the bomb bay as I fancy having a bash at that myself Well, that didn't last long… having a go at the bomb bay? Well within your talents 18 hours ago, bbudde said: Here again and what do I see, Ced? Aftermarket parts. I thought it should be oob 17 pages before. Oob now only for sausages and chicken nuggets again? Never mind, we will all have fun with that, I think [snip photo] Ps: Parts look fine and I hope you and all others had a great christmas, Ced. Cheers Thanks Ben. Christmas with the family - what could be better? Answers on a postcard… 18 hours ago, giemme said: Lots of goodies there, Ced It's actually time to resume work, isn't it? Ciao It is Giorgio, work will be resumed below 16 hours ago, Kirk said: Is "sausage-free January" a thing now, do you reckon? I hope so Kirk, but I doubt it… 9 hours ago, Biggles87 said: Er, shouldn't that be weapons bay? 😁 I hope you and all the other viewers had a great Christmas. John Weapons bay, of course. Thanks John 8 hours ago, bigbadbadge said: Hi Ced Oooooo the windscreen correction looks a bit nice. I will have to get me one of those. Hope you and your viewers had a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all. Chris Thanks Chris - more views of the windscreen below 8 hours ago, Steve Coombs said: Excellent! None of this rot-weiss or rot-gelb nonsense. Frohes Neues und einen guten Rutsch! 7 hours ago, bbudde said: Danke! Oh I like Currywurst Pommes Majo (Manta Teller), but that's just classic. Dir auch einen guten Rutsch und ein gutes neues Jahr. Grüße Benedikt. Oh well, I tried. No chance of going sausage free with these German residents around… I was a bit worried about removing the windscreen from the block but it's well connected and after the first saw cut snicked away so the rest was cut with a blade: Here it is compared to the kit part: The instructions say to insert a 0.020" shim in the fuselage top to correct the width: … but the shape looks great. Next step is to insert the windows. Initially I started sawing off the parts to maintain the angle on the lip: … but then realised they don't effect the fit: … so I clipped the rest off with the sharp sprue cutters and stuck them in with some Araldite Crystal: The protruding windows (part #13F) only fitted when the ports were opened up a bit with a scalpel but the others clicked beautifully into place and they're nice and flush on the outside: That's it for today. Thanks for looking 19 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 5 minutes ago, CedB said: Weapons bay, of course. I can't say I remember ever hearing it referred to as a weapons bay. It was always bomb bay to us - maybe the lineys or armourers called it something different. 7 minutes ago, CedB said: Araldite Crystal now there's something new (to me anyway). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 16 minutes ago, hendie said: now there's something new (to me anyway) Yippee Ive got that and Hendie hasnt Yippee! Ced I suggest there is some width to add so might be a good idea to do what Ali suggests, just around the front of the fuselage 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Wow, Ced done so modeling. No sausages of blocked pipes, come to that a new car... Looking good to go there mate. Mince pie anyone? Simon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_ Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Indeed. Some modelling has occurred. Screens look good. Did anyone else get a bit distracted over Christmas lunch when the pigs in blankets were dished out? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 (edited) We had the last of our pigs in blankets for lunch yesterday with fried eggs. Damn, I should have taken a picture, it's not January yet. The windows look good. John Edited December 30, 2018 by Biggles87 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Coombs Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 14 hours ago, CedB said: Oh well, I tried. No chance of going sausage free with these German residents around… Perhaps the wurst thing to befall this thread... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 (edited) 14 hours ago, Steve Coombs said: Perhaps the wurst thing to befall this thread... .... yep, poor Wurst inflicted guy, I have to say. (What a loss. The diet kings on TV reality couldn't rescue him. Even the professional Wurst doctor on RT*2 failed. What a mess!) So a short news break: "A guy of a big town in the southwest of England tried to build a model airplane, but his thread was infected and assaulted by a new an never known virus named "Wurst"! If anyone except Mr. B has any hints to stop and defeat that, please notify Mrs. B." Edited December 30, 2018 by bbudde 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 On 12/29/2018 at 5:25 PM, perdu said: Ced I suggest there is some width to add so might be a good idea to do what Ali suggests, just around the front of the fuselage I agree with Bill there Ced, and it might be just the angle of the pic, but it looks like it'll need more than a shim in the fuselage top to get a good fit. Good luck with it! K 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 7 minutes ago, keefr22 said: I agree with Bill there Ced, and it might be just the angle of the pic, but it looks like it'll need more than a shim in the fuselage top to get a good fit. Good luck with it! So the fuselage is still open . Clear part on, how it should be and plastic inbetween till it fit's. Nose to the aft. Would be my choice. Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gondor44 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 The shim of plastic card to be inserted "at the top of the fuselage" is not to go where you have put it. It's supposed to be between the two fuselage half's above and just behind the cockpit canopy. Gondor 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Gondor44 said: The shim of plastic card to be inserted "at the top of the fuselage" is not to go where you have put it. It's supposed to be between the two fuselage half's above and just behind the cockpit canopy. Gondor I'm sure, it has to be widen up on the top fuselage, but the nose would not fit either, I think. So my thought was to stretch it up also on the nose a bit. You have to stretch it behind the cockpit anyway, but the pressure will be less on that then. Edited December 31, 2018 by bbudde 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 Happy New Year all! I hope you had a good evening and here's to a happy and prosperous 2019! We walked to a nearby pub/restaurant and were treated to one of our local characters playing 'Scotland the Brave' on his bagpipes while everyone sang 'Auld Lang Syne'. He's English. Very eccentric, but he's part of the character of the area. Castleated house and all. Yes, he'd been fuelled up. 10 pints apparently. No I didn't match him. More Nimrod to come but I'll bet it won't be later in the morning... 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 HNY CED! ATB 4 2019. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 1 hour ago, TheBaron said: HNY CED! ATB 4 2019. Ditto 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Thirded K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Happy new year Ced. Switched over nicely and relaxed.No big parties anymore for me as I'm obviously too old now for these kind of things and I don't want to wreck the whole next day. Cheers 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Me too. HNY everyone. John 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 Thanks chaps! As expected I was a little hungover on NY's day and then yesterday had to drive to the airport to pick up daughter #2 and boyfriend. More celebrations. I have been test fitting the windscreen over and over again and pondering… with any luck I may decide tomorrow 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 OK, brace yourselves, I've actually done some modelling! I know! First this year. Nothing too taxing but at least I'm back in the saddle. What I needed to do was make this: … more like this: (Thanks to Howard Mason on Prime Portal) Out with the dividers, measure the size of the hole and mark the new position: The sharp eyed amongst you may notice that the position I've chosen means I can saw down the existing hole. Result! It may not be accurate (I think it is) but hey, easy start to the year eh? A few careful cuts with the nano-saw, several pings and Anglo-Saxon outbursts later and the removed bits have been glued into the 'old hole' (fnaar!): Flickr After a bit of tidying that'll do (pig) 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Now that was how I had considered doing it Looks as if I might have been right Happy New Modelling Ced 👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 Thanks Bill - great minds eh? It did occur to me that not all BMers are old enough to remember 'Babe': A 1995 (how old??!!) film about a pig that gets trained to be a sheepdog, er, sheeppig. Cute film. With a moral, I guess, that you can do anything, and be anything, if you try hard enough. Sickening. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 8 minutes ago, CedB said: Thanks Bill - great minds eh? It did occur to me that not all BMers are old enough to remember 'Babe': A 1995 (how old??!!) film about a pig that gets trained to be a sheepdog, er, sheeppig. Cute film. With a moral, I guess, that you can do anything, and be anything, if you try hard enough. Sickening. Are we back on the sausage subject? 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 7 minutes ago, Spaceman said: Are we back on the sausage subject? Sadly so, it seems 😂 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Nice surgery Ced, well done! Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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