Avro Anson, civil conversion of Airfix 1/72 kit, second model

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

1 hour ago, limeypilot said:

So THAT'S what you meant by "football antenna"! I couldn't for the life of me figure that one out!

 

Ian

Rugby antenna?

Shakespearean Dramatic Teardrop DF Loop Fairing?

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

The interior starts, with parts of the photoetched sheet and scratchbuilt ones:

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

Primer applied:

[rob Lyttle]

See, @limeypilot.....

A football antenna! 

 

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

Some priming and interior painting:

 

The oil coolers are next. Fiddly little buggers:

 

[CedB]

Nice seats and coolers - impressive!  

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

1 hour ago, CedB said:

Nice seats and coolers - impressive!  

Three of the seats and the coolers belong to the Flightpath phootetched set, as you know.

I use photoetched sets and parts sometimes, but for example making the styrene seats took me half the time the metal parts did.

This is not true for every modeler, but in some cases it is for me.

 

 

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

New transparencies are measured, cut and fitted to the corresponding openings.
i am not sure what would I do regarding the windshield, using the kit's transparency which has issues, or go for the P.E. arrangement with its own quirks, hence the lateral windows that extend to the very front.

This presents a problem, since the triangular front part is curved/angled inwards, and the clear plastic would have none of it. If I use the front triangle, I may have to score and crack it to cover the said angle, being sure to match a P.E. vertical frame bit.

Nothing seems to go like snapping the fingers in this particular area.

May be I will make a wood master to vac the topmost part of the front glazing (provided, but to use with an oop Aeroclub part), since the front panels are included.

But I may take the safest route after all. We'll see.

 

 

The door and aft windows:

 

The roof windows:

[72modeler]

On 7/29/2019 at 11:08 AM, Moa said:

Shakespearean Dramatic Teardrop DF Loop Fairing?

OK, now yer just showing off! Seriously, it's all looking good!

Mike

[Brandy]

20 hours ago, rob Lyttle said:

See, @limeypilot.....

A football antenna! 

 

But that's the same shape at both ends! Besides, it's actually just a small rugby ball. Footballs are spherical so they can be kicked! 😉

Edited July 31, 2019 by limeypilot

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

52 minutes ago, limeypilot said:

Footballs are spherical so they can be kicked! 😉

Well, that's in the civilized world, not in the medieval lands that favor gallons, inches and feet. 

[Brandy]

We were uncivilized way before you, too!

 

Ian

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

Correction of blemishes continues on the wings, inst. panel elements are painted black, the interior assemblies are given a base color:

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

A NACA circular on the type, for those interested:

https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279573/m2/1/high_res_d/19930090516.pdf

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

The P.E. set includes the wing lights frame, the corresponding section is cut off:

 

Section excised. The lenses are home-made:

 

New L.G. parts required for this plane:

[rob Lyttle]

6 hours ago, limeypilot said:

that's the same shape at both ends! 

That's how they start when the antenna is new. It's the 300mph airstream that wears them away at the front and they end up like that. 

 

That pdf document is a good read. 

Plywood covered wings.... I hadn't figured on that. Are you just smoothing everything off for that? 

It looks like they have moulded ribs on the wings 

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

2 hours ago, rob Lyttle said:

Plywood covered wings.... I hadn't figured on that. Are you just smoothing everything off for that? 

It looks like they have moulded ribs on the wings 

 

I have sanded off all the ribbing detail on both Ansons, the previous one -completed days ago- and this one.

Photos as you go back to the beginning of the build.

Now, pupil Lyttle, write100 times on the blackboard:

"I have to read the posts thoroughly"

[rob Lyttle]

Oh yeah I remember........ 💡🌧️🌥️⛅🌤️

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

The interior is almost ready to be assembled, but first I have to determine if I would use the P.E. set arrangement for the front of the glazing or the kit's, and if the latter, chop the front section of the lateral framing:

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

I decided to cut off a section of side windows to negotiate the curving of the structure, gluing first the aft part to the fuselage (the acrylic is about the thickness of the kit's plastic):

 

I may install the remaining front sections -angled, or replace them with the same clear film I plan to use for the windshield. We'll see how it goes:

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

The internal structure P.E. frames are put in place:

 

 The external frames are just laid over (loose, no glue) to appreciate the effect:

[rob Lyttle]

I get the idea now. 

That's looking convincing and worthwhile 

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

The interior is glued to one side and let to dry with the other side is just momentarily clamped together, not glued, to secure a good positioning:

 

I found this glue among my supplies, tried it, it glues nothing to nothing, no matter what plastic you try to glue. Anyone familiar with this type of glue?

Am I doing something wrong? Having bought it in the first place, for example?:

[Courageous]

That framing looks excellent.

I know nothing of your glue.

 

Stuart

[CedB]

Seconded - lovely work.

 

CA does have a limited life and there's a thread about it here: