fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 Restroom in progress: toilet (I added a lid), sink (I made the tap and added a mirror), and on the other fuselage side the magnificent, irreplaceable, glorious toilet roll: 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 Ready to close now: 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Such nice work on that interior. I hope it can be seen through doors and windows, it really deserves to be visible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 7 minutes ago, Bengalensis said: Such nice work on that interior. I hope it can be seen through doors and windows, it really deserves to be visible. It will be very, very difficult to see anything from where you are. Unless you have superpowers. 👀 👓 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 The fuselage sides are united: The skin of the fuselage top (that comes as a separate part) is glued on. The fit of all these parts was good: 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 Now a general view: The vac canopy is a bit thin, but of good transparency, and of near perfect fit if you are careful trimming it bit by little bit. I will be gluing a support flange where it seats, to add strength. The panes are flat enough, but their number, the thinness and flimsiness, could make masking challenging. As you can see in the photo above, two canopies are provided, an excellent decision on part of Planet: 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 I like the tiled effect on the toilet floor: very classy! You ought to write a book Claudio; "Airline Toilets Down The Ages". It would be a sure fire best seller. Martian 👽 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 10 hours ago, Moa said: I made the tap A 1/72 tap...bonkers! Now you've got all closed up, you'd better get the electricians in and fix those lights, how are we going to see all the exquisite work. Stuart 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 10 hours ago, Courageous said: A 1/72 tap...bonkers! Now you've got all closed up, you'd better get the electricians in and fix those lights, how are we going to see all the exquisite work. Stuart Can you imagine how difficult is for me to prepare 1/72 tea for them? I can barely see the teabags, and the ham slices for the sandwiches are so thin! I have to use the most powerful magnifiers and the pointier of tweezers. Demanding little sods, but unfortunately necessary. A budget in toilet roll, I tell you. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Moa said: Can you imagine how difficult is for me to prepare 1/72 tea for them? I can barely see the teabags, and the ham slices for the sandwiches are so thin! I have to use the most powerful magnifiers and the pointier of tweezers. Demanding little sods, but unfortunately necessary. A budget in toilet roll, I tell you. And there's the follow up title for you Claudio, "Aviation Bog Roll Since 1919" (An Illustrated Guide). You'd clean up on that one! * Martian 👽 (Literary agent to the Galaxy since this lunchtime) *Pun most definitely intended. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 19 hours ago, Martian Hale said: And there's the follow up title for you Claudio, "Aviation Bog Roll Since 1919" (An Illustrated Guide). You'd clean up on that one! * Too late, I believe it was published a few years back by Karl's brother, "Skid". Ian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 6 minutes ago, limeypilot said: Too late, I believe it was published a few years back by Karl's brother, "Skid". Ian Was his surname Mark, as in @general melchett's battle y-fronts? Curious of Mars 👽 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Marx, dear Martian. Sorry obviously too subtle! Ian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 The windows are masked and the openings stuffed to proceed with the second stage of puttying/sanding and priming: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 You may remember that the wings arrived bent, so they had to undergo the hot water treatment. I was preparing them now for eventually gluing them to the fuselage, when I noticed that those cheeky-monkey wings had sprang back to their default warped state. So back to the Turkish Bath it was. I hope this stubbornness doesn't repeat, and that a month after completion of the model I am not looking back at warped wings again. One of the many delights of resin: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 4 hours ago, limeypilot said: Marx, dear Martian. Sorry obviously too subtle! Ian No, just my dodgy Earth spelling. 16 minutes ago, Moa said: You may remember that the wings arrived bent, so they had to undergo the hot water treatment. I was preparing them now for eventually gluing them to the fuselage, when I noticed that those cheeky-monkey wings had sprang back to their default warped state. So back to the Turkish Bath it was. I hope this stubbornness doesn't repeat, and that a month after completion of the model I am not looking back at warped wings again. One of the many delights of resin: And one of the reasons I prefer a vacform every time. Is it possible that the mater used first time was not hot enough? Martian 👽 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 The fin has no locating device, therefore a metal pin is inserted. The position of the tail struts (unmarked in the part, unlike the stab) is established and drilled: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 11 minutes ago, Martian Hale said: Is it possible that the mater used first time was not hot enough? I lack the Martian technological know-how to alter and manipulate matter. I think you run in this forum with an unsportsmanlike advantage. 13 minutes ago, Martian Hale said: And one of the reasons I prefer a vacform every time. I am an equal-opportunity builder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 16 minutes ago, Martian Hale said: was not hot enough? Will boiling do for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, Moa said: I lack the Martian technological know-how to alter and manipulate matter. I think you run in this forum with an unsportsmanlike advantage. Well, we did mean water, see the reply to Limeypilot. Martian 👽 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, Moa said: Will boiling do for you? Then that is very unusual. I now see why you are concerned. Martian 👽 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 21 minutes ago, Martian Hale said: Then that is very unusual. I now see why you are concerned. Martian 👽 Lava will be the next step. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 14 hours ago, Moa said: Lava will be the next step. Casting replacement parts in lava, now there's out of the box thinking for you! Quick, someone go and get those nice men in white coats while I try and keep Claudio from getting too excited. Martian 👽 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeronut Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 On 2/21/2020 at 7:17 PM, Moa said: Lava will be the next step. Carve replacements out of pumice, it’s lighter than resin. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 12 minutes ago, Aeronut said: Carve replacements out of pumice, it’s lighter than resin. Not too far from the truth. Urk Flintstone, the famous paleolithic modeler, used to carve his models from stone. At the London Natural History Museum you can see his X/XXth scale (numbers where not invented yet) Pterodactyl Mark II. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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