giemme Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 2 hours ago, Fritag said: So that’s the cockpit masking more or less sorted then Brilliantly so! Ciao 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 2 hours ago, Dave Slowbuild said: My impression is that both those masks will be easily extracted by a simple manual intervention to affect a disassembly from the kit parts. Fine work. Makes me wish I had thought of that. But of course these are a brilliant innovative way of utilising the finest of new tech. Lead on McDuff. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr91 Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 6 hours ago, perdu said: Makes me wish I had thought of that. But of course these are a brilliant innovative way of utilising the finest of new tech. Lead on McDuff. Me too. Why use one word when five will do? Prolixity rules!! By the way, great work Steve! Rob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Steve, Now that is next level - masking plugs I ask you! I was happy to make do with a rolled piece of paper for my turret mask - once again I feel rather inadequate now! 🤣 Cheers, Roger 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Holy moley!!! What did I miss? Fantastic work Steve. The cockpit is painted to perfection and I’m so impressed by those little rolled up targets it’s untrue. The fit of the fuselage parts is amazing, you make it look so effortless and a printed plug to boot. Jeeez it’s a master class on masterclasses. 👏👏👏👏👏 The ‘oliday looks ok too. 😉 🤩🚴♀️🚴🏻 I’ll try and keep abreast of things from now on. Johnny 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyL Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Steve, as discussed a couple of images for you. The rudder is from a MkI but with the narrow trim tab. The II had a wider tab. Plus there's the undercarriage leg for reference showing the connection points on the doors, and the wheel brush. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH1969 Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Just enough info to model from nice. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Thought I'd better log in and make comment! Still on the first Prime minister on this one Steve 🤣 Seriously, you've become a dab hand on the CAD and 3D printing, it's a pleasure to watch and see something unique. If you decide to give up Lawing (🤪) there's a niche in the cottage industry for you waiting! Cheers Neil 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted May 26 Author Share Posted May 26 (edited) On 5/24/2023 at 10:46 PM, Dave Slowbuild said: we took the train down to Corrour, climbed a Munro from there, then a great meal back at the tea room before the return train. One of the best day’s walking we’ve ever had! One of our fellow breakfasteers at the tearoom at Corrour told us that there were 3 munro’s that could best be accessed by taking the train to Corrour; dunno whether that’s true - but it’s certainly true it’s a spectacular launch point for some fine highlands walking. So, Dave - back to Corrour for the other 2? 11 hours ago, AndyL said: Steve, as discussed a couple of images for you. Thanks Andy. What Andy tactfully hasn’t said, is that he also told me that the Defiant Mk II, and hence the TT Mk I, had a deeper profile radiator fairing than the Mk I in in case I wasn’t aware of it (I wasn’t); and in doing so he saved me from the mistake I was just about to make by gluing the kit radiator on… Thanks again Andy. So going back to the plans, I worked out that at 1/48 scale the radiator is a good 2mm deeper at it’s deepest point and 4mm longer. So noticeably different then Time to see if I’ve still got any traditional modeling skills. Take one over-slim and short radiator - and scribe a cut line: Cut; then insert a 2mm spacer. Lashings of TET to weld it together. Carve and sand and then add some plastic card front and back to add length (I only had 1mm thick plastic card so had to do the process twice). Again, lashings of TET plus a bit of compression to try and get a good solid gap-free weld: More carving and sanding and it’s more or less done. Tiny bit of final shaping still to do. Seems pretty smooth, but primer will no doubt find a few surface flaws. Need to enlarge the kit radiator faces n’all - shouldn’t be a problem. Bit of proper modeling. Edited May 26 by Fritag typo 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Very nicely done on that radiator housing, Steve James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Slowbuild Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 44 minutes ago, Fritag said: One of our fellow breakfasteers at the tearoom at Corrour told us that there were 3 munro’s that could best be accessed by taking the train to Corrour; dunno whether that’s true - but it’s certainly true it’s a spectacular launch point for some fine highlands walking. So, Dave - back to Corrour for the other 2? Well now I like a challenge! I don’t have my Munro reference books to hands (doing “a Fritag” at the moment, ie away on holiday) but from memory I think there were one or two others to be climbed from there. Mind you, I’m not as walking fit as I was…. I’m recently retired though, so no excuses for not getting back into it! Since you mentioned Corrour I’ve been day dreaming of going back there, and the Highlands in general. Wonderful place. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 58 minutes ago, Fritag said: Bit of proper modeling. Proper modelling indeed, very good to see you haven't lost the skill Steve, and yet still no sign of Bill's @perdu's SIHRSC at all 🍺🍺 Good save too! Terry 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieW Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 2 hours ago, Fritag said: Bit of proper modeling. Very much so, beautifully executed too. There's a bit of everything going on in this build. A heck of a lot of skill and downright cleverness too! Richie 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 A bit of lovely proper modelling Steve, nice. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 22 minutes ago, perdu said: A bit of lovely proper modelling Steve, nice. It's true. And with elegance. Also, elegantly postponing the paint job, but there's time till September.... Ciao 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 dish cloths, plugs, and now brushes. Are we making a model here or tidying up the scullery? 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted May 29 Author Share Posted May 29 (edited) On 5/27/2023 at 1:29 PM, hendie said: Are we making a model here or tidying up the scullery? On a bank holiday weekend, definitely the latter; just one of the multitudinous chores to keep one away from the modellers bench So I diffidently present some minimal progress. We're off for a cycle ride along a section of the Leeds-Liverpool canal shortly so I'd better be brief.... Plans and photo's show that the rear of the enlarged Mk II-style radiator housing angled back towards the fuselage quite noticeably, so mine needed sanding to the correct angle. I usually make up a sanding jig from plastic card and self-adhesive sand paper to get a neat job. But It's just so much easier to use Fusion and the Printer for such tasks now. So one sanding jig was rapidly produced (it's way quicker to do the CAD than it is to measure, cut and glue the plastic card - and the printing time don't really count seeing as you're not really involved...) : And the rear of the radiator sanded to the correct profile: And the radiator housing was finished off by modifying the radiator flap cut-out and the radiator faces: I think a good coat of halfords filler-primer on the housing will be the next step, to show and hopefully fill, any little contour defects; and that'll be it done. The only other task i've had time for this weekend is to modify the shape of the trim tab on the rudder from the narrow version of the Mk I to the enlarged version of the Mk II/TT Mk I. A simple enough task of filling with sproo-goo and rescribing, but the sort of task I find annoyingly time consuming to achieve neatly. Anyways - that's probably the sum total of my bank holiday progress.... Edited May 29 by Fritag 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH1969 Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 11 minutes ago, Fritag said: On a bank holiday weekend, definitely the latter; just one of the multitudinous chores to keep one away from the modellers bench So I diffidently present some minimal progress. We're off for a cycle ride along a section of the Leeds-Liverpool canal shortly so I'd better be brief.... Plans and photo's show that the rear of the enlarged Mk II-style radiator housing angled back towards the fuselage quite noticeably, so mine needed sanding to the correct angle. I usually make up a sanding jig from plastic card and self-adhesive sand paper to get a neat job. But It's just so much easier to use Fusion and the Printer for such tasks now. So one sanding jig was rapidly produced (it's way quicker to do the CAD than it is to measure, cut and glue the plastic card - and the printing time don't really count seeing as you're not really involved...) : And the rear of the radiator sanded to the correct profile: And the radiator housing was finished off by modifying the radiator flap cut-out and the radiator faces: I think a good coat of halfords filler-primer on the housing will be the next step, to show and hopefully fill, any little contour defects; and that'll be it done. The only other task i've had time for this weekend is to modify the shape of the trim tab on the rudder from the narrow version of the Mk I to the enlarged version of the Mk II/TT Mk I. A simple enough task of filling with sproo-goo and rescribing, but the sort of task I find annoyingly time consuming to do achieve neatly. Anyways - that's probably the sum total of my bank holiday progress.... Great sanding jig Steve but it does surprise me that you aren't 3D modelling the rudder frame and then covering it in tissue paper and Banana Oil it would be on par with the rest of the build for ATD then. 🤣 Great work anyway. Pete 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 A 3D printed sanding jig.... amazing.... The more traditional filling and sanding looks impeccable too! Ciao 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Wonderful job Steve, And thank for sharing the hol's pics... I get up there once, on my way to Achnacary house and Castle Commando with my old man.... Great place for hiking.... And Pheeewww, I'll rather say old fashioned modelling about the radiator... Because your entire job is proper modeling.... I'm reassured.... Dinosaurs like me still have a future Great job anyway... I'm impressed !! Sincerely CC PS. Masking plugs... or masking with far better style than my usual cardboard thingies 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieW Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 I like that printed sanding jig very much, well it has worked too. I'm sure most can identify with long weekends meaning limited modelling time. I'm certain everybody can identify with old fashioned sanding and filling being annoyingly time consuming too. Richie 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Certainly getting your money's worth out of that printer! Great stuff Steve, that radiator housing looks fantastic. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 More ingenious uses for the 3D printing malarky. Love the sanding jig idea, a sort of high tech meets traditional skills type of thing. My own Fusion education has re-commenced of late with the arrival of one of my many offspring Justin, who is over from Canada for a couple of months. Justin does 3D stuff and graphical rendering for a living, so Dad is getting some one to one free tutorials. I've shown him your work, and .............. he's most impressed! Terry 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 I wonder what else in lurking inside that brown bottle of grey goo. Only time will tell... exciting though, innit? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH1969 Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Do you have something to for the rear of the fearing at the wing root of your new nose? Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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