drdjp11 Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 (edited) I thought it might be fun to do one of the DH-88 Comets from the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race, but then I thought, why not do all three? Three Airfix kits later (two the classic red G-ACSS and one the green G-ACSR) and one set of decals for the Black Magic G-ACSP and I'll be off to the races as soon as a couple of other GBs make some headway. Just posting a marker for now, but I should be able to get some basic construction underway soon. Edited October 15, 2022 by drdjp11 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Welcome along the Black and Green are my favorites. Looking forward to seeing how these progress. Too bad Ive never seen one this side of the pond. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdjp11 Posted October 5, 2022 Author Share Posted October 5, 2022 41 minutes ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Welcome along the Black and Green are my favorites. Looking forward to seeing how these progress. Too bad Ive never seen one this side of the pond. I got to see G-ACSS at Shuttleworth a few years ago... Too bad I was going for dramatic shots and not modelling detail. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 They are Beautifully sleek aircraft, I wonder what its like to fly in one ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 4 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: They are Beautifully sleek aircraft, I wonder what its like to fly in one ? Cramped and uncomfortable probably AW 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 The Dh88 is a lovely looking aircraft, as are all Dh aircraft to be fair, so seeing these three take shape will be worth a watch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 I've a number in the stash, so this'll be interesting to watch unfold. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 A great idea to build the full set . Those Airfix kits are hard work though! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdjp11 Posted October 7, 2022 Author Share Posted October 7, 2022 (edited) On 10/5/2022 at 11:17 PM, CliffB said: A great idea to build the full set . Those Airfix kits are hard work though! No kidding. That's 1957 tooling for you... Some examples: One piece wing, ejector pin marks in the middle of the lower surface: Two lovely nacelles to build (with no locating pins, for good measure): Just a little bit of cleanup around the edges: And, of course, the most fantastic cockpit detail ever! (Maybe I should get the Edouard PE set?) Edited October 7, 2022 by drdjp11 6 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeepboy Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 If ever there was a kit for Airfix to update this is it...and the Supermatine S6 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdjp11 Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 Initial construction and some clean up. Roughly half way there with this kit... 🤣 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Ooooooo will follow with interest as have the Heritage kit in the stash. Great start, are you opening up the cockpit on one ? Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdjp11 Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 7 hours ago, bigbadbadge said: Ooooooo will follow with interest as have the Heritage kit in the stash. Great start, are you opening up the cockpit on one ? Chris Well, as I progress, the awfulness of the kit becomes ever more apparent. The nacelle fronts are a mess - there isn't a real round hole for the prop and the wheel wells are short shot and/or misaligned. Still, all fixable to a degree. I will definitely not be opening up a cockpit. I have three of the Frog kits (actually a Frog, Novo and Air Lines, all the same moulds), and a Mikro Mir 1/48 scale with PE and masks, so I'll save any real work for those when the time comes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdjp11 Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 (edited) OK, with the Cutlass out of the way in the Classic Revellogram build, back to Comets. The Airfix kit is truly awful, so I'm not going to embellish them much, but here we go. Here's the first one on the way: And the second and third: The second red one will end up black, while the grey plastic will be the green one. Edited November 16, 2022 by drdjp11 Typo 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdjp11 Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 Three pretty Comets, all in a row. Checking seams with primer. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 I'm glad to see you continuing with this project. Getting smooth joints will help show the lines of these beautiful machines and their colour-schemes to great advantage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdjp11 Posted November 20, 2022 Author Share Posted November 20, 2022 Getting all three Comets up to the same stage, almost. The bad side of the assembly as all the gaps. The good side is that they're easy to fill and sand because there's zero surface detail to worry about. Here they are all lined up: The left two just have the nacelles pushed into place. I also decided the props are way too flimsy and the nacelles too irregular to worry about spinning props, so the props will go on last. And just in case you don't believe how awful the nacelle fronts are, here they all are: 2 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 Crikey those nacelle fronts are truly awful, good luck with sorting those. Great progress on all three models though , those graceful lines look lovely. Chris 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Ouch ! Those nacelles and molds have seen better days haven't they ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdjp11 Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 17 minutes ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Ouch ! Those nacelles and molds have seen better days haven't they ? Plus - no location pins! Believe it or not the nacelles are aligned very well, so the front view is truly just random short-shotting/mold deterioration. In addition, the intakes on the real thing look like this: So we'll see how much we can make it look like that... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdjp11 Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 And here's one nacelle front stuffed with 2 part epoxy putty. A little overnight hardening and they'll all be ready for some fine tuning. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Looks like they're putting up a fight! Great to see you fighting back though, much better 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Ouch! There's a kit clearly past its sell-by-date but you're doing well to make them look decent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdjp11 Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 (edited) Filling and re-priming just to see how it's coming along. Edited November 22, 2022 by drdjp11 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Things are looking much better on the nacelle front . When I built mine, I relied on judicious positioning of the prop blades to hide the crime scenes! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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