JOCKNEY Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Great stuff JR Your rescribing is incredibly neat and tidy, I do admire your patience I would be far too impatient and would be gluing stuff together right left and centre ! Look forward to seeing the next installment Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Great skill and patience in evidence here The act of rescribing will add a lot to the overall appearance of your finished model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted April 16, 2022 Author Share Posted April 16, 2022 Hi everyone, despite Life's anti-modelling attitude, I am reaching the end of the wings' improvements (well, at least I think they are...). I have marked (on both sides) the position of the supports for the fabric covering of both flaps and ailerons. Now all I need to do is glue some thin lengths of stretched sprue over the pencil marks. Then will come the reshaping of the wing tips and the fairing of the wheel wells. I realize that I knew very little about the Hampden; this is a fascinating and steep learning curve. Have fun. JR 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted April 17, 2022 Author Share Posted April 17, 2022 (edited) Following the marking of all the stringers, I decided to try something that would be quicker and possibly more even than stretched sprue. I am using 0.5 mm wide plastic strips. Once dry I will trim the extra length and then sandpaper the strips to reduce both their thickness and width. If I am happy with the final result, I will carry on. If not I will remove everything and go back to plan A and the thin stretched sprue! I really hope I am happy with it... Here is a photo of the work in progress: JR Edited April 17, 2022 by jean 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Best of good luck with this experiment JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted April 18, 2022 Author Share Posted April 18, 2022 (edited) Hi everyone, here is the result of my attempt to transform the moving wing surfaces from metal covered (as suggested by Saint Airfix) to fabric covered (as they should be). After a serious sand papering of the plastic strips I glued and a coat of primer, I am not unhappy with the result. It is possibly still exaggerated and I need to sand everything down a bit more, but once that is done and after a couple of coats of paints, it should be acceptable. Definitely better than the plethora of rivets initially displayed! I will treat the ailerons with thin stretched sprue and then I will be able to compare in situ which method works best. Here is a photo: I will need as well to pass a scriber in the panel lines to clean them up, and be careful not to break the landing gear that has to be fitted at this point, unfortunately. Have fun! JR Edited April 18, 2022 by jean 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Looks terrific JR Cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted April 28, 2022 Author Share Posted April 28, 2022 Hi everyone, the wing elements have been glued, including the ailerons where I have used stretched sprue to represent the structure. Not bad, but the stretched sprue should be even thinner. The fit of the parts is not the best, and I realized too late that there is too big a gap between aileron and wing... So I may have to removee the ailerrons and reglue then right against the wing, and then I will have to remove a fraction of the trailing edge to bring everything level! The never ending story! Here is a photo of the wing: Keep having fun! JR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted May 1, 2022 Author Share Posted May 1, 2022 I eventually did what I threatened to do: I removed the ailerons and re-glued them flush with the wings and trimmed the trailing edge so that everything would align. I looks much better that way, or so I think... I tackled as well the wing tips, far too rounded in view of the photos I have looked at. So a good sandpapering did the trick and then I notched the two wing tips lights. Because I was a bit too overenthusiastic with the forward one, I glues a shim of plastic card, since then filed to the wing profile. Last, I started on the wheel wells, building sides to avoid the usual cavernous look. Front and rear of the wells to follow. This is ridiculously slow progress, but I always said that if one day I were to build a Hampden, I would not rush it. So I am happy! Have fun. JR 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Great stuff JR All this additional detail will be really worth it in the end. Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Very impressive improvements JR, using just basic materials 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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