Courageous Posted December 4, 2019 Author Share Posted December 4, 2019 Clamps off and all is revealed... Sorry the pic quality but I think you can still make out the horrid seam that needs to be eradicated and how small the cockpit 'hole' is. In reality,their was a fold out door, much like what a Spitfire has, which would've exposed a little more cockpit but just wasn't worth the effort. Progressively worse was this hole at the tail end, about 3mm diameter... ...and worse still was this 'crater'. And some of the weaponry that will/ might be needed (hopefully not the hammer). Stuart 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Argh, Personally I’d use the hammer to destroy the evidence then carve myself a nice new fuselage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 There's a certain fascination with this to see what can be created from such humble beginnings. I reckon it will be good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzemeister Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Looking good! The hammer can always be used as a brace, and as a weight if things need to be held in a certain position. Even if just to put some fear into the kit to behave. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Must have missed the start of this one Stuart, but caught up now. An impressive subject, and clearly not a Sabre! This one looks like quite a challenge but you are clearly getting stuck in. Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 On 12/4/2019 at 5:08 AM, Courageous said: Clamps off and all is revealed... Think of yourself as a psychoanalyst and the Dujin kit as a patient. What is being revealed is the subconscious of the kit. It's not pretty, granted, but it's the first step to the cure. Call what you see now "an Air Bubble Complex", and a "Mismatch Syndrome". Doctor Stuart, we are confident the patient will survive. And, of course, we concur. Cheers 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 Slow progress, very slow. Getting there with the seams but I'm not happy with... ...the exhaust ports. More molding issues in that the ports should exit backwards and not to the sides. It should look like this. My idea is to remove these stubs and replace them with tiny stubs of 0.6mm dia micro tubing. Just remind me why I chose this scale? Stuart 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Hi Stuart, Yes, I can see why you want to replace them, I'm sure you can improve what's there. 4 minutes ago, Courageous said: Just remind me why I chose this scale? The one true scale? (I'm not entirely sure I believe that, though it is my favourite). Get more kits on the shelf? The Challenge! Keeps us amused (especially this build!) Cheers! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Funny looking at the bulge above the exhaust on the real thing, if you were to model it’s is most people would think it was a chunk of stray filler. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 2 hours ago, Courageous said: My idea is to remove these stubs and replace them with tiny stubs of 0.6mm dia micro tubing. Just remind me why I chose this scale? Stuart Your fix seems reasonable and practical, plus will help with detail painting later on. You have chosen the sacred scale because you are a discerning modeler, that doesn't run away from challenge and adventure. You belong to the circle of the Seventysecondatti, that preserve the art and lore of modelling. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 4 hours ago, Courageous said: Slow progress, very slow. Welcome at last to the sacred pace of the one true scalpers! 🤣🤣🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 4 hours ago, Courageous said: Slow progress, very slow. Don't worry, it's just the winter torpor, otherwise known as MHS (Modeler Hibernation Syndrome). Pulse is reduced to 10 heartbeats a minute, one inhalation and exhalation in the same period, and one part glued per day, sometimes per week. Modelers are known to go to their kit stashes, avariciously collected hoarded during the year, and contemplate the boxes for days at a time, in a catatonic-like state. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted December 13, 2019 Author Share Posted December 13, 2019 Kit moulded exhaust removed and a little trench made in the fuselage. Exhaust ports made from 0.6mm brass tubing and CA'd together. Sorry for image. Tubing exhaust is placed into its trench. All I've got to do now is repeat it on the other side. Stuart 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc72 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Nice work so far and a daunting task! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Great work on the pipes. Have you ever considered producing miniature organs? 😄 Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 5 hours ago, Courageous said: Exhaust ports made from 0.6mm brass tubing and CA'd together. Excellent solution, well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 22 minutes ago, Terry1954 said: Have you ever considered producing miniature organs? If so, Stuart, you may be up for a Calliope diorama prop for your models! https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235053506-jordan-highway-miniatures-1921-ford-calliope-187/ May the Muse Styrene bless those aftermarket metal micro-tubes! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted December 13, 2019 Author Share Posted December 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Moa said: prop for your models Something I currently thinking about but not very forthcoming. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 I just now realized why they are called tuned exhaust systems! Mike 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share Posted December 18, 2019 A bit more done... Panel lines repaired, I hate scribing, happy with that...at the moment. With a little fettling, the wings were fitted using copious amounts of CA. Tomorrow, hopefully I'll get the Milliput out to fill all those canyons. Stuart 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 There ought to be a BM award for this type of build! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 Little update... Milliput in, sanded and primed, now for the underside. Milliput in, sanded and primed but is in need of a little more refinement and then it's onto the back end. Stuart 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Looking a bit tidier now Stuart, as I thought it would. But what tiny wings! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 31 minutes ago, Johnson said: But what tiny wings! Cheers Charlie. The back wings are even smaller, no locating lugs and not much thickness to fit strengthening pins... Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Courageous said: The back wings are even smaller, no locating lugs and not much thickness to fit strengthening pins... In a similar situation I 'held' the part with blue tac, a jig would work better if possible, then brushed cryo glue and left it to set. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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