trickyrich Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 sorry I just couldn't help myself!!! 😆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted August 7, 2020 Author Share Posted August 7, 2020 6 hours ago, trickyrich said: sorry I just couldn't help myself!!! 😆 Now be honest Rich, you could help yourself but you just didn't want to! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 bet that tune will be stuck in your head for ages now! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted August 7, 2020 Author Share Posted August 7, 2020 5 minutes ago, trickyrich said: bet that tune will be stuck in your head for ages now! I'm sure doing things like that to innocent modellers is against the Geneva convention. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 I’m sure running around in budgie smugglers armed with tissues is against the Geneva convention too! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 10 hours ago, Hockeyboy76 said: I’m sure running around in budgie smugglers armed with tissues is against the Geneva convention too! so for everyone's sake will you please stop doing that!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Your banana is looking rather smashing Craig, just been catching up with you rather nice progress 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 7 hours ago, Romeo Alpha Yankee said: Your banana is looking rather smashing Craig, just been catching up with you rather nice progress Thanks Ray, I'm hoping to get back to her very soon as I have nearly finished another project. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 11 hours ago, trickyrich said: so for everyone's sake will you please stop doing that!!! As I have said previously, you lead me astray. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted August 10, 2020 Author Share Posted August 10, 2020 The banana is back! I have finished my other build so I am now able to give my poor neglected banana the attention that it deserves. As I mentioned earlier the upper and lower fuselage seams have been giving me a bit of grief and simply refuse to stick firmly together no matter what I use, but I have got them to a state where I can live with them and have to push on or the poor old 'nana will never get finished. I have rescribed the badly mismatched panel lines on the top and bottom (ha ha I said bottom!), and then re-joined the fuselage again and have removed the metallic paint back to a panel line as there was no way I could re-spray it and not have an obvious step and I believe the one I want to build has the top of the fuselage in white anyway. The main canopy was then masked (took ages!) and fitted to the fuselage, I say "fitted" but it really fits where it touches, doesn't conform to the contours of the lower fuselage and has a nice gap on each side where it should meet up too, oh joy. I now have the task of trying to fill this gap without damaging the metallic paint, should be fun! Anyway thats more than enough waffle here are some pics starting with general top and bottom (he he I said it again!) shots; Then the side with the smaller gap. Followed by the side with the not so small gap. You can also see where the bottom of the fuselage to canopy joint is less than spectacular, and here is another shot of it from below; In contrast the top of the canopy fits perfectly, go figure! At this point I am wondering why I bothered painting the metal first as there will be nothing left of it by the time I have sorted out the joints, oh the joys of modelling. Nothing for it but to reach for the PPP and pray for the best, I have already decided that the undersides will have to just be the best I can get them, as nobody will be touching my banana and turning upside down. There should be enough double entendres in there to keep certain members sniggering for a while! Thanks for looking in and as usual all comments and criticisms are gratefully received. Craig. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Nobody deserves to see your bottom crack filled Craig! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted August 10, 2020 Author Share Posted August 10, 2020 Or otherwise! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 35 minutes ago, Hockeyboy76 said: Nobody deserves to see your bottom crack filled Craig! MAAAAATRON! Great so far Craig 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted August 10, 2020 Author Share Posted August 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Valkyrie said: Great so far Craig Thanks Val, plenty of time for it all to go pear shaped yet! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 13 hours ago, modelling minion said: Thanks Val, plenty of time for it all to go pear shaped yet! What is your fascination with odd shaped fruits? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted August 11, 2020 Author Share Posted August 11, 2020 That would be telling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Hi Craig. Hope you are well. Good to see more progress on this one although it does look as if it's fighting you all the way!! I'm sure you'll be able to knock it into shape! Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted August 11, 2020 Author Share Posted August 11, 2020 3 hours ago, PlaStix said: Hi Craig. Hope you are well. Good to see more progress on this one although it does look as if it's fighting you all the way!! I'm sure you'll be able to knock it into shape! Kind regards, Stix Hi Stix, yes we're all okay thanks, a bit on the hot and sweaty side but okay otherwise, I hope that you and yours are all okay too. To be honest the banana is winning at the moment, her continued refusal to remain glued together (yes the fuselage has opened up again!) combined with the heat has drained me of the will to continue today, hopefully I will get some done soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 A bit of bad luck with the fuselage and canopy, but I am sure that you will prevail. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 10 hours ago, modelling minion said: Hi Stix, yes we're all okay thanks, a bit on the hot and sweaty side but okay otherwise, I hope that you and yours are all okay too. To be honest the banana is winning at the moment, her continued refusal to remain glued together (yes the fuselage has opened up again!) combined with the heat has drained me of the will to continue today, hopefully I will get some done soon. Hope you can sort the ‘banana split’ craig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whirly Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Hi Craig, nice progress on the banana, a pity for how it is fighting you: I built one many years ago and it was a pleasant experience. If I remember well I had a small problem with the front u/c location: it should be in line with the transition from the metal to the perspex cabin, while Italeri put it a little back. Maybe I'm wrong, but please check it: it wouldn't be easy to repair after applying a metal livery! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 Cheers guys, I will get there but nit until I stop melting in this heat! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 yes if you had read the last post out of text it could have been taken form a "men's" magazine form the 70's!! Keep this up and you'll be made an honorary Queenslander, commonly referred to as "Banana Benders"! (my home state) ..so I am now able to give my poor neglected banana the attention that it deserves. As I mentioned earlier the upper and lower fuselage seams have been giving me a bit of grief and simply refuse to stick firmly together no matter what I use, but I have got them to a state where I can live with them and have to push on or the poor old 'nana will never get finished. and then... ....I say "fitted" but it really fits where it touches, doesn't conform to the contours of the lower fuselage and has a nice gap on each side where it should meet up too, oh joy. I now have the task of trying to fill this gap without damaging the...... and finally...... Nothing for it but to reach for the PPP and pray for the best, I have already decided that the undersides will have to just be the best I can get them, as nobody will be touching my banana and turning upside down. ...though it maybe I just has a smutty mind! All that aside, it does look good, though some of those joins will be a bit difficult to sort out. Maybe on a better fitting model the paint first would have been ok. But it's ok, you still have 10 days to finish this before your other duties are required!!!! Now I'm off to see what other smut I can find hidden in posts! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Oh no, help us all, @trickyrich is ruining people’s threads(nothing new there to be fair!) and turning himself into an agony aunt in the process. I can see it now..... Dear Aunty Budgie Smuggler from down under............ Back to the real thread, maybe it’s the excessive heat that has made your banana go limp Craig... Hope you manage to sort it soon dude. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 2 hours ago, Hockeyboy76 said: Oh no, help us all, @trickyrich is ruining people’s threads(nothing new there to be fair!) and turning himself into an agony aunt in the process. I can see it now..... Dear Aunty Budgie Smuggler from down under............ Back to the real thread, maybe it’s the excessive heat that has made your banana go limp Craig..... Hope you manage to sort it soon dude. He’s got me into the double entendres too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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