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[bigbadbadge]

Hi all

Seat made and painted in humbrol metal cote polished aluminium and a Milliput cushion. The seat is just resting in place to gauge Seatbelt length.

 

Seat belts under construction,  these are the lap belts so far.

 

 

Thanks for looking in

Chris

[AliGauld]

Nicely done.

Serious eye strain inbound?

 

Cheers,

Alistair

[Dunny]

Lovely work Chris!

[RichieW]

This is coming on a treat Chris, those lap belts are going to be fantastic. Looks like you're having a lot of fun detailing this kit. I'm certainly enjoying seeing it take shape.

 

Richie

[bigbadbadge]

1 hour ago, AliGauld said:

Nicely done.

Serious eye strain inbound?

 

Cheers,

Alistair

Thanks Alistair.  Crikey, your not wrong there.

 

57 minutes ago, Dunny said:

Lovely work Chris!

Thanks Roger, very kind fella .

 

8 minutes ago, RichieW said:

This is coming on a treat Chris, those lap belts are going to be fantastic. Looks like you're having a lot of fun detailing this kit. I'm certainly enjoying seeing it take shape.

 

Richie

Thanks Richie,  very kind.  I am enjoying it  I have to say,  nearly ready to button up. 

 

Tamiya Masking tape covered the PE bits

 

 

Painted

 

I have decided to do the earlier style lap belts 

 

Very pleased with this so far, just the joystick to go in, then close up.

 

Thanks for looking in

Chris

 

[bigbadbadge]

Cockpit finished, wahoo, very pleased with this.

 

 

Fuselage is now buttoned up and the lower wing fettled ready to fit.  I have had to use CA and Talc to fill parts of the fuselage and will rescribe the panel lines as yhe raised ones were destroyed when joints sanded. I will finish tidying up later and move onto the wing hopefully. 

Thanks for looking in

Chris

 

[AliGauld]

8 minutes ago, bigbadbadge said:

very pleased with this.

As you should be.

 

Cheers,

Alistair

[bigbadbadge]

33 minutes ago, AliGauld said:

As you should be.

 

Cheers,

Alistair

Thanks Alistair 

Chris

[RichieW]

Terrific work on the interior Chris, you have every right to be pleased with your work.

 

Richie

[bigbadbadge]

1 hour ago, RichieW said:

Terrific work on the interior Chris, you have every right to be pleased with your work.

 

Richie

Thanks Richie  that means a lot fella after your amazing work on your scout, thanks

Chris

[bigbadbadge]

Hi all

 

Panel lines removed using my home made micro chisel.  Rivets retained and panel lines rescribed, lower wing on and fuselage struts fettled and added.

I can't seem to put this one down 

 

 

Thanks for looking in

Chris

[Dunny]

Looking lovely Chris - good to see that all that work in the cockpit will still be visible,

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

[bigbadbadge]

7 hours ago, Dunny said:

Looking lovely Chris - good to see that all that work in the cockpit will still be visible,

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

Thanks Roger,very kind fella and very much appreciated , yes it's quite a wide appeture. 

Chris

[bigbadbadge]

Hi all

Not much progress as I had a night off last night but did get the upoer wing cleaned up after work yesterday  and assembled. 

Here it is on my home made high tech jig

 

 

And here it is dry fitted to the model

 

 

Not too bad at all.  It is sitting square too so pleased with this.

The rigging holes are already present just got to do some control cable holes at the rear end and the tailplane  can be assembled and the air frame can then be painted.  Really enjoying this old  kit,  I also have the Bulldog, Gladiator and Fury too.

 

Thanks for looking in

Chris

[Dunny]

Nice work Chris - jig is probably stretching it a bit 🤣

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

[bigbadbadge]

13 minutes ago, Dunny said:

Nice work Chris - jig is probably stretching it a bit 🤣

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

😄 Yes I think you are right there Roger .  Thanks fella.

Chris

[AliGauld]

Nicely done. Jig works for me but then I though Heath Robinson was a brilliant Engineer.

 

Cheers,

Alistair

[bigbadbadge]

 

4 minutes ago, AliGauld said:

Nicely done. Jig works for me but then I though Heat Robison was a brilliant Engineer.

 

Cheers,

Alistair

Thanks Alistair , yes very  Heath Robinson , I do have a wooden jig but it has a half finished Camel on it, so the home made version it is !!! 

Chris

[bigbadbadge]

Hi all

 

Some further work, undercarriage legs and struts cleaned up and assembled.  Had a short shot front stay on the Port side so used brass tubes and a bit of plastic rod to sort out 

 

 

 

That's it for today, I am off for a kip.

 

Thanks for looking 

Chris

 

 

[Dunny]

Good rectification work there Chris - a fiddly looking assembly too!

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

[bigbadbadge]

7 hours ago, Dunny said:

Good rectification work there Chris - a fiddly looking assembly too!

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

Thanks Roger,  yes bloomin fiddly and that was almost my whole modelling session last Night!!!

Chris 

[AliGauld]

Nice recovery.

 

Cheers,

Alistair

[bigbadbadge]

50 minutes ago, AliGauld said:

Nice recovery.

 

Cheers,

Alistair

 

Thanks Alistair 

Chris

[Team Aer Lingus]

Outstanding work so far Chris very impressive keep up the good work  mate 

 

thanks for sharing 

 

Eamonn

[bigbadbadge]

2 hours ago, Team Aer Lingus said:

Outstanding work so far Chris very impressive keep up the good work  mate 

 

thanks for sharing 

 

Eamonn

Thanks Eamonn,  very kind of you fella, I am enjoying these. 

Chris