RichieW Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Just caught up with the last update Fozzy. The end must be near now and after 10 years you must be just about knackered with it! Well worth the effort from where I'm sitting. I can't help but wonder what the next project will be. Richie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Walter E Kurtz Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 8 hours ago, Fozzy said: Cheers!....and what a great idea!...I love the Hawker Hart!....would look great in a larger scale....looking forward to seeing it!😃 Welcome Mate! Every time I come to look at your post I am truly impressed! The Hart is a great looking plane, especially in the doped Silver interwar colouring. It's a big model already so maybe double it ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted July 9, 2021 Author Share Posted July 9, 2021 (edited) Hi to all! I have been busy in the last week or so trying to get this project moving on to completion...even though I have had a few distractions like mowing oceans of grass in my garden and keeping the Tax man off me! However I did manage to start on what will be the very last of the interior detail of this fuselage.....and that is the waist gunners positions. I haven't done a lot but every little helps to get me closer to the end!...as I believe Mr Tesco's would say!...although it has got absolutely nothing to do with him! I started by cutting all the pieces of wire to represent the rounds that will go into the ammunition boxes (you can see the top layer in the box if you're wondering why I would do that!😉) The boxes were made out of plastic card and the rounds were placed in the top..... After painting them this is what they look like.... After looking at a few hundred photos I checked to see what equipment was needed for both gunners . ...oxygen bottles....oxygen regulators and their indicators...flying suit heater units ...intercom boxes...bail out alarm bell and a matchstick!!!😆 The bottles were made from Milliput...which I always find difficult to use for some reason!...the rest was made from plastic and wire.....just to let you know I didn't scratch build the matchstick! The last 4 photos show the equipment in place.... That's all folks! Next up will be plexiglass and guns! Thanks for taking a peek Cheers Fozzy Edited July 9, 2021 by Fozzy 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherry268 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Sure I've said it once but I will say it again just in case Absolutely stunning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 I just caught up Fozzy. Absolutely stunning work. Following with great interest. Serkan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LorenSharp Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 With that last pic Fozzy, I'd be hard pressed not to believe that not an actual rear B-17 gunners station. Absolutely stunning! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 More brilliant work, Fozzy. I love that last shot, looking down the fuselage, so realistic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted July 9, 2021 Author Share Posted July 9, 2021 Thanks guys!😃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieW Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Awe inspiring, those views inside the fuselage are just incredible. All from bits and bobs and a great deal of skill!👏👏👏 Richie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Stunned into absolution! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 I know I've said this before, but it's worth saying again. Every time I look at these in-fuselage shots I have to ask myself is this a model or a photograph inside the real aircraft. Absolutely stunning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 (edited) Hi all! Another few weeks have passed and time for another post!....done quite a bit so it will be a big post! I have finished both waist guns except for the ammunition belt which I will have to think about as it won't be easy! First off I had to make the swivel mechanism that holds the gun in the perspex....so this first photo shows the wooden stick I will use!....just thought you might like to see the stick!!!! After sawing a piece off and drilling a hole and sanding....this is how it looked.... Next photo shows the 2 plates that the swivel mechanisms are bolted to... here we have if glued to one of the window frames.... The next photo shows a dry run of the fitting of the MG....and looking at it I must remember to take the sight post off the end of the barrel as that's for the MGs without the compensating sights on! I rummaged through my collection of clear plastic packaging and found a suitable piece to make the perspex for both windows apertures. I already half built the guns a few weeks back and now it was time to finish them off.... ....and here they are completed .... I had to do a little research on the K-13 Sperry Compensating sights that I wanted to add to these guns....so after searching the internet and gathering the photos together I started out on the sights... The sights took me a week to make as they are tiny and quite complicated but got there in the end....here are both the guns with the sights attached and all painted and ready to fit into the fuselage...... I glued both guns onto their mounts through the perspex and added a little more detail ..like the control cables (that I haven't a clue what they actually operate.....something to do with.... adjusting ...something!!) .... Any how here they are in the fuselage...... Going to have to rack my brains now for a solution on how to make the ammunition belts bend and twist from the ammo boxes to the guns.....so see you next year! All the best and thanks for looking in! Fozzy Edited July 25, 2021 by Fozzy 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony C Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Can't think of anthing to say beyond 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Absolutely phenomenal!😲 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Your scratch built guns just get better & better. Cracking result as ever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano353 Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Looks awesome so when you've finished it your next project is gonna have to be building a hangar to put it in. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Those guns are works of art in themselves. Amazing skills on show here, Fozzy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Only one thing to say, Pull back the cocking handle and let fly! Fabulous as always! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthemodeller Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Sublime! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 (edited) Thanks guys!.....Build a hangar for it!!🙄 Edited July 25, 2021 by Fozzy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieW Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Definitely an update worth waiting for, that is some miraculous work on those waist guns! Richie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthemodeller Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Fozzy said: Thanks guys!.....Build a hangar for it!!🙄 Only if you build the wings… 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted July 26, 2021 Author Share Posted July 26, 2021 10 hours ago, brianthemodeller said: Only if you build the wings… Ha ha!😆....you just couldn't resist could you!😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 A hangar in your scale Fozzy. Might be a challenge! This is my 1/48 Type C card mock up. Yes that is my garage door behind for scale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted July 26, 2021 Author Share Posted July 26, 2021 14 minutes ago, bar side said: A hangar in your scale Fozzy. Might be a challenge! This is my 1/48 Type C card mock up. Yes that is my garage door behind for scale Very impressive! ....I wouldn't have enough room to build one for my B17 !...let alone display it!😲 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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