canberra kid Posted December 17, 2019 Author Share Posted December 17, 2019 A bit of work done on the gun pack, and photos are few and far between, also I don't have the AP for the Gun Pack but I've scraped enough info together from the B(I)6 and minor repairs AP's to give it a reasonable stab. This photo shows the floor of the pack, the front part is a deceptively complex shape which has given me some problems in working out, but I think I’ve got it pinned down. John 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 Good progress on the gun pack over the last day or two, the major construction part is done, still a lot of details to add but it's starting to look a lot more like, like a container ship that is! John 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Another good day with the gun pack, not too much more to do on it now before I move on to the transport frame for display. John 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 A bit of painting and weathering. John 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Great work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey-1980 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Looking great there! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 That’s looking marvellous John, beautiful workmanship. Now you need a really good Canberra kit to do it justice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 23 hours ago, exdraken said: Great work! Thanks, glad you like it. 23 hours ago, Mikey-1980 said: Looking great there! Thanks Mikey, I hope I can keep up my enthusiasm. 23 hours ago, stever219 said: That’s looking marvellous John, beautiful workmanship. Now you need a really good Canberra kit to do it justice. Thanks Steve, I agree about a new Canberra kit, but I really can't see it happening in my lifetime,so I'll just have to keep plugging away at the Airfix kit. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey-1980 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Every faith amigo! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Hi John Well, you know how this pans out, I turn up late ( as per), throw apologies your way like beers at a Christmas party and congratulate you on a fine ongoing build. Nice to see you back in the commanders chair and giving another Canberra masterclass, it was nice to catch up with you at Telford and see more of your Canberra Air Force. I have not yet started the Canberra I spoke about to you, I have the small task of 3 Sea King 'copters' to finish yet but this does allow more research time. Happy New Year by the way. I am now strapped in for the ride.... Gary 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey-1980 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Hi John, I'm pretty sure you have this image anyways, but I stumbled across this on Instagram last night...thought you may be interested? _20200102_205643 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 22 hours ago, Mikey-1980 said: Every faith amigo! no pressure then 🙂 21 hours ago, Head in the clouds. said: Hi John Well, you know how this pans out, I turn up late ( as per), throw apologies your way like beers at a Christmas party and congratulate you on a fine ongoing build. Nice to see you back in the commanders chair and giving another Canberra masterclass, it was nice to catch up with you at Telford and see more of your Canberra Air Force. I have not yet started the Canberra I spoke about to you, I have the small task of 3 Sea King 'copters' to finish yet but this does allow more research time. Happy New Year by the way. I am now strapped in for the ride.... Gary Hi Gary good to have you along, it's never too late, especially as I've not really got stuck in yet. It was good to catch up, it's one of the few chances we get to put faces to names. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Thanks Mikey, I have seen it before, but it a photo well worth looking at again! The RB.57D is definitely one of my fav's the one in the photo was a one off in an already small and very unique group of aeroplane's John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Always good to see your long span RB57's John, they look incredible and were/are marvellous aeroplanes, that long wing just makes look almost futuristic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 This looks very smart, what size are the guns? 20mm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey-1980 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 I thought it looked familiar when I saw it. 😂 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 39 minutes ago, phildagreek said: This looks very smart, what size are the guns? 20mm? Thanks Phil, yes 20mm x 4 John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted January 4, 2020 Author Share Posted January 4, 2020 Today's task, the Gunpack servicing stand, this is what I'll be using to display the pack on, like the photo @71chally James posted on page 3. I've gone for copper wire as this is the most readily available material for me at the moment. The first task was to cut some lengths of wire to approximately the correct lengths, the wire I'm using is some multi core Electrical Earth wire which is made up of a number of twisted strands, the twists need to be straightened out, so the first job it to 'anneal' the copper. The first photo is the components on my soldering block ready to be heated. This next photo shows the first three components to be soldered. I tend to avoid Lead solder if I can as I'm not a big fan, it does have it's uses but when I can I use 9 ct easy gold solder, this makes for a much stronger and neater joint, and I'm used to it! The next shot. all five of the cross members are now solderd, the are two diagonal parts to add, but I'll fix them with CA glue later along with various plastic card itunes. Now that's done, the next step is to bend the frame into an arch, to get a nice even curve I bent the wire over my sizing mandrel, this way I could also make sure the two ends were the same size (Z+2) The next phase was to add the two large parts where the gunpack is connected to the frame, I used two parts from an old light fitting cut down for this, they are perhaps a bit over scale but needs must, as they say. They were soldered to the frame, I'll drill them out later so I can pass a some wire through to attach the gunpack. And lastly to give an idea of scale, here it is with a 1/48 scale Mr. John 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted January 4, 2020 Author Share Posted January 4, 2020 23 hours ago, Head in the clouds. said: Always good to see your long span RB57's John, they look incredible and were/are marvellous aeroplanes, that long wing just makes look almost futuristic. Hi Gary, if they weren't such a pain to convert I'd definitely have a few more, the wings aren't so much of an issue as the engines. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 THe cross members are now in place, tomorrow I'll start on a bit of detailing. John 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 Thanks to the 1/72 Airfix GR.1 and GR.3 Harrier for donating the wheels, the service stand is now finished, I just need to fix the gun pack to it now. John 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 That's a lovely bit of scratch building on the service stand! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 That gun pack and service stand will supplement the kit beautifully John, it will add so much more to the display of the finished model. Nice work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 17 hours ago, rob Lyttle said: That's a lovely bit of scratch building on the service stand! Thanks Rob, I enjoyed the build. 5 hours ago, Head in the clouds. said: That gun pack and service stand will supplement the kit beautifully John, it will add so much more to the display of the finished model. Nice work. Thanks HitC, With the gun pack and bombs arranged around the aircraft it should give a good idea of the role equipment. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 I still have some more details to add to both the Gun pack and stand but it's just about done now. I just need two small cars and a South African, then I can move onto the bomb bay. John 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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