Pin Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 The subject speaks for itself. Beautiful CMR kit of S.23 and old Contrail Maia S.21 vacform. I have already built Mercury so Maia awaits! WIP and more pics: Chances that I will complete these two in time are negligible but I usually use GBs to start kits, not to finish them Content of the boxes: I have cut the fuselage and wings to perform some measurements and accuracy assessments S.23 is slightly longer, as expected It also should have wider wingspan Fit is OK for vacform Kit drawing measurement gives a correct span of 480 mm that roughly matches 114 feet in 1/72 But .... Some 9 mm are lost on each side. Where? 1. Wingtip is about 5mm too short Another 4 mm are lost at wing root I haven't measured S.23 yet, but it seems to me the wingspan should be slightly wider too I don't like the nose, cockpit should be moved ~10 mm astern. I am not sure about the wing, need more careful studying but it may need to be moved astern too. All the cabin windows are way off 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Should be a splendid subject, I will watch with interest Does anybody mould a Short G Class - now that would be a spectacular build, particularly in RAF service with 2 x 4 gun BP upper turrets? Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin W Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Whatan excellent subject. This should be an epic model and will be one of the biggest and most British things ever. I hope you can complete this during the Group build. I searched for your mercury build article but cannot find any. Can you post a link or some more pictures of her. Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 2 hours ago, Colin W said: I searched for your mercury build article but cannot find any. Can you post a link or some more pictures of her. Colin, the link is in the very first message, just click on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Fabulous choices Alexey Will you be staying 'full hull', or water-lining them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 4 hours ago, CliffB said: Will you be staying 'full hull', or water-lining them? These are planes, not ships. Even waterlined ships seem somewhat castrated to me 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 Added two inserts to increase wingspan to match the scale Panel lines are drawn according to photos. Moved windows but some proportions are off and cannot be fixed without major surgery Strips of transparent plastic, sanded smooth and polished Copied engines, props and cowlings from S.23 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Great stuff Alexey Cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Monster work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Nice to see an S23 in progress. Interesting to see it next to the S21 - it seems bizarre to me that Shorts designed a whole new aeroplane to act as a launcher for the Mercury. I have a home made S23 vac sitting on my printer waiting for me to pick it up again, but I will watch yours instead for now! Regards, Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 I think an Empire would have had trouble getting off the ground with a fully loaded Mercury on top. A bigger wing and more powerful(?) engines would make a lot of difference. Oops. Water, of course. Change to "getting into the air", Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarLos Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 (edited) I will follow your build with interest. I also have the Maya (the Aircraft in Miniature version, with thicker black plastic) and the CMR Empire to make. The Maya have the parts already cut and sanded, if I remember well. May be its time to bring it closer to the work bench. Carlos Edited May 29, 2022 by CarLos typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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