CJP Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Your B17 build has been a superb journey Fozzy - fabulous build CJP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Oh the fun of it Fozzy. Looking like good progress though. Stay safe. Simon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochen Barett Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 On 13/05/2020 at 12:06, Fozzy said: Hi there everyone ... I eventually opened the box ( with a hang mans noose at the ready ) to see what damaged was caused!........absolutely no damage at all!....phew! what a relief! ......I will be trying that experiment again at a later date ...this time being even more brutal! Here is the box with the front section packed in....with the lid off of course....... .. ... Have you considered a concept of "double boxing"? An inner box with halfways rigid supports for your gem and an outer box containing that inner box and some rather soft and flexible cushoning is my suggestion for "mailing" delicate large objects. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Jochen Barett said: Have you considered a concept of "double boxing"? An inner box with halfways rigid supports for your gem and an outer box containing that inner box and some rather soft and flexible cushoning is my suggestion for "mailing" delicate large objects. Hi Jochen.....yes I have considered that Idea and may well place an outer box on her.....all depends if it will fit into the suitcase that I have for the aircraft hold!...cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Beautifully done tail bubble Fozzy, never had a moment's doubt that you would 'get it in one'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 7 minutes ago, perdu said: Beautifully done tail bubble Fozzy, never had a moment's doubt that you would 'get it in one'. Cheers Bill!...it was somewhat easier this time as I didn't have to worry about the plastic fogging as it will be painted any way! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 I am not concerned that the next bit will be that glasshouse either, I find when scratchbuilding the 'eye' becomes the best measuring tool for such structures. Looking forrards to that one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthemodeller Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 (edited) I’ve just spent two days trying to put a timber deck (McD’s bestest coffee stirrers) onto a 1:50 scale artic trailer... my efforts at woodwork have: a. given me an even better appreciation of the quality of your work and b. reminded me why I build plastic models! Oh, and the moulding is pretty good too - I will be trying that on my next build. Edited May 30, 2020 by brianthemodeller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted June 14, 2020 Author Share Posted June 14, 2020 Hi guys I have just about managed to finish the basic construction of the rear fuselage and tail section with just a few details to add at a later stage. So after this post I can get on with working on all the internal detail! So first up I had to think about how I was going to go about making the structure of the Cheyenne rear turret. After measuring up for scale from photos I got a sheet of plastic card and put together the frame work. I won't be glazing the turret or fixing it in place until all the internal detail in the turret is complete...this is because I will never get my fingers in there to do anything!.....so here is the Cheyenne turret frame work..... After fixing some sort of band of plastic around the aperture so that the frame would have something to adhere to I placed the turret in position to see what it looked like......I am happy with the out come as I thought it would give me no end of problems considering I had no scale plans to go by. Here it is in place..... So it was back to the tail section. I decided to skin this section now in preparation of spraying. Most of this B17G Fuddy Duddy I am depicting is bare metal except for the tail section where there is a splash of yellow. So first up was to mark the rivet lines with pen.... The material I am using to skin the tail is quite simply sticky back silver paper which is thinner than the aluminum skin I will and have been using for the bare metal sections.You can see in this next photo that after I traced a template the rivets were punched by my handy rivet maker tool (a safety pin inserted into a piece of plastic sprue!....no expense spared!) and its ready to be glued to the tail section.... ...and here is the tail unit skinned..... The next job was to sand down all the formers making way for all the internal detail that I will be starting on soon....this was done on both top and bottom of the fuselage half's Using some of my collection of yogurt pot plastic tubs cut to shape!.. I started on covering the internal floors and side walls... The last 3 photos are of some of the detail to the rudder... eg...the trim tab rod connection and the rudder connection fittings to the tail section... That's it for now guys. Next up is making the ribs for the floors and side walls on the lower half of the fuselage and possibly spraying the tail unit....so until then stay safe! Cheers Martin 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 I seem to have somehow missed your work on the rudder and tail turret back in May. But today's catch up has been worth it. Very impressive, as always. I've also learnt how the Cheyenne turret differs from the original. I knew it existed. obviously, but had never seen it pointed out. So thanks for that. I'm looking forward to you next posts. And, BTW, did you realise that this is the first time you signed off as Martin, rather than Fozzy? Whichever, Stay safe. Pete 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Once again, some nice work on display. Modelling is a great way to learn how things were built. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 It'll do, I suppose! Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted June 14, 2020 Author Share Posted June 14, 2020 Thanks guys! 2 hours ago, Pete in Lincs said: I'm looking forward to you next posts. And, BTW, did you realise that this is the first time you signed off as Martin, rather than Fozzy? Whichever, Stay safe. Pete So I did Pete!.....well spotted!...got distracted I suppose!...Fozzy! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthemodeller Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 21 hours ago, Fozzy said: So I did Pete!.....well spotted!...got distracted I suppose!...Fozzy! I thought his post had been infiltrated by a certain extra-terrestrial! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 3 hours ago, brianthemodeller said: I thought his post had been infiltrated by a certain extra-terrestrial! Feasible... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 I too had missed the May bit, but delighted to see this fantastic display of talented yoghurt lunacy back in production! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 15 minutes ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: yoghurt lunacy Or should that be Yoghurt Pottyness? 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Oooooh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 Morning fellow modelers! I have been doing the laborious task of making up the entire interior with all the ribs etc!....this was only achievable by listening to all my favorite bands on my player ...taking the occasional paracetamol when my head started to ache from staring at hundreds of little pieces of plastic!!....and having the time on my hands to get through it!!..........still needs must and all that! I'm so pleased that this phase is over because from now on the build becomes more interesting ....and hopefully for you guys as well!.......so here are the photos of all my effort! First I glued strips of plastic onto the yogurt pot walls representing the vertical ribs ...and then I had to cut hundreds of pieces of plastic representing the horizontal ribs.... so that I could glue them between the vertical ribs .....this sounds as boring as it was! So here we go then!............. .....a week later it was time to spray the base interior green! PHEW!................. I decided to prepare the balsa wood fuselage for skinning with the aluminum sheets ,which I will do at a later stage...(it also strengthens the fuselage)......so to that end I covered the fuselage with tissue glued on with PVC glue and then brushed on shrinking dope. Now its as tough as old boots and I am as high as a kite!🪁 This afternoon I will have a go at preparing the riveting on the dorsal fin and then maybe spray it tomorrow! Probably one more post to go for a while as I'm off to see my wife in UK....due to this Pandemic I have been stuck here in Bulgaria and haven't seen her since last March! See you on the next post! Cheers Fozzy 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 That must have tested your patience. Mine wouldn’t have been as straight I doubt. Very nice result as ever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieW Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 What a mad, brilliant, genius, bonkers project! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 One day, this will sit on the high altar of the Modellers temple, and mere mortals will come in pilgrimage to stare at it. Then they will go home, and in years to come they will tell their bright eyed grandchildren in hushed and reverend tones how they once saw Fozzy's B17... 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Oh boy this is fantastic and like others have pointed out your cockpit and interior looks so realistic . The workmanship is astounding. You were very brave to kick it around in the box too. Fantastic work fella and I hope you can get to see your wife soon. Amazing stuff. All the best Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Some very lovely work! Your dedication with the ribbing is inspirational. And possibly due to not seeing the Mrs. in so long... Hope you have a great reunion! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Very good looking interior ribbing sir. Patience of Jobe I think. Have a lovely time with the other half. Simon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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