Radleigh Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Ahh brilliant, just having a few troubles with my An-24, the windows are a right sucker so I'm looking at the option above! Thanks mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Ogilvie Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 If fairly closed off to rear side (lack of ventilation) and you're concerned about fogging from the vapors you can apply the cyanoacrylate bit by bit (like tack welds) using a cocktail stick - or coat the inside face of the transparency with a smear of neat washing up liquid if you're able to rinse the inside afterwards. Hope that makes sense? Iain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Ogilvie Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 OK - pictures at the weekend - or it didn't happen - right? Fuselage glasings sanded and polished - check Outer tailplane sections bonded in place - check Tail feather root fairings added and blended - check Wings - minor blemishes filled and prepped - check Wing tips resin filled - and upward line under wingtips added - check Wing tips cut back to allow for tip tanks - check Pattern for front of tip tank - completed and ready to mould Weekend jobs - continue with interior details and nose gear bay - plus make start on engine nacelle wing fairings. Pix to follow - promise - but have some momentum rolling again having spent about 10 hours on her in last 5 days... Iain 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 how are you going to do the wheels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Ogilvie Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 That had me stumped for a long time... Nose wheels - based on those for a Corsair - mainwheels based on B-25/B-17 (none of which were available when I started ). Edit - I lied - P-61 wheel rims are correct diameter at 20" according to my refs... Legs are soldered brass tubing for strength - this is going to be *heavy*. Iain 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 My favourite build IS BACK!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Ogilvie Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 Thanks mate - no pressure then! Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basket Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Hi ! Happy to see you back with this amazing scratch build ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Nose wheels - based on those for a Corsair - mainwheels based on B-25/B-17 (none of which were available when I started ). Plastic kits had only just become available when you started! Martin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Finally, an update! Now you're on a roll again, keep it going! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Urrah! The Connie has risen from the dead (says he who never finishes a model)! Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 OK - pictures at the weekend - or it didn't happen - right? Fuselage glasings sanded and polished - check Outer tailplane sections bonded in place - check Tail feather root fairings added and blended - check Wings - minor blemishes filled and prepped - check Wing tips resin filled - and upward line under wingtips added - check Wing tips cut back to allow for tip tanks - check Pattern for front of tip tank - completed and ready to mould Weekend jobs - continue with interior details and nose gear bay - plus make start on engine nacelle wing fairings. Pix to follow - promise - but have some momentum rolling again having spent about 10 hours on her in last 5 days... Iain Sounds like it will be finished next week then, fantastic Iain!! Now stop faffing and get them progress picture posted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Plastic kits had only just become available when you started! Martin They was still carving them out of wood, wasn't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Took less time to build the pyramids Iain (says he who has a certain Buccaneer amongst other things to finish). Look forward to seeing some progress shots. PM inbound re something else too, so tin hat on ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Took less time to build the pyramids Iain Weighs about as much, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I'd forgotten the General's Buccaneer (thus proving the point he was making, rather). Let him who is without shelf (cough *Barra* cough *cuda*) cast the first white metal stone (as it ought to say in the Bible, but doesn't quite) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Ogilvie Posted June 27, 2015 Author Share Posted June 27, 2015 Might have guessed - it's you lot in the cheap seats again... Any more outbursts and I'll have you all escorted from the Coliseum theatre! But please keep the banter coming - it does spur me on in my quest - erm, I think... Plastic kits had only just become available when you started! Martin I suspect Pontius hadn't even thought of becoming a 'Pilot' when this was started Martin! (Old one's are, well, old - and the spelling's different - I know...) Took less time to build the pyramids Iain (says he who has a certain Buccaneer amongst other things to finish). Look forward to seeing some progress shots. PM inbound re something else too, so tin hat on ! Best fighting tin hat on Sir! Now - just cooking a late breakfast - sausage, bacon, scrambled egg - and then I'm back out on the patio 'production line'... But I am once more filled with a mighty resolve to finish Connie and win the greatest victory since the Winchester flower arranging team beat Harrow by 12 sore bottoms to one! Photos later - promise... Iain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 It's baaaaaaacccccckkkkkk!!!!!!! K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Cheap seats !!...by thunder man I paid threppence ha'penny and one 'special favour' for this seat and I'm not relinquishing it for no man.....flower arranging medals and sore bottoms notwithstanding ! So you're going to finish Connie eh, well good luck with that I hear tell from the ranks that she can put up a fair account of herself and substantially weaken your mighty resolve.....but with an iron will and some black puddin' you can overcome, I'll send 'fluffer' Darling round to get you in the mood.. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Ogilvie Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Delay on images - ran out of filler primer late afternoon yesterday and had to do 40 mile round-trip to nearest Halfords - that'll teach me to pay more attention to supplies! OK - fuselage glazing...As previously mentioned - all polished back - 240/400/600/800/1200/1500 wet and dry - followed by Micromesh - followed by BareMetal Plastic Polish.I little tidying on inside to be done - but pretty well there.Glazings areas larger than they need to be - correct size circular masks will be used when fuselage joined. Back in a mo...Iain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Ogilvie Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Wings... Doesn't look like much work - but probably 15 - 20 hours of sanding and fettling here - and still some re-shaping at the tips needed. Important thing is surfaces are now pretty smooth/contiguous. Next step for these is to make a start on the nacelle fairings. Surface detail will be added later - using the overlapped panels technique I was playing with on a Revell Spitfire last year - with access panels scribed. Just thankful that most of the laborious work now behind me on these... Back in another mo... Iain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Ogilvie Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Connie's very important Tail Feathers... Outer fins and tailplane tips added and seen here being blended in. Some tweaks still needed - but getting there. Central fin will be added after tailplane has been mounted to the assembled fuselage. I'm probably overdoing it - but aim is for a final result that doesn't look like it's a vac/scratch build... Stay tuned! Iain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Great to see the latest images Iain! She'll be finished for Telford* I'm sure!!!! *SMW 2025 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Ogilvie Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Yeah yeah, gotta love a comedian! Tip tanks... Have finished turning up the patterns on the lathe and these have now been polished ready to go into rubber this afternoon. Like everything on this project, they're a fair size, but I'm quite pleased with the shapes at present. We'll see what they look like once cast and assembled. Back again shortly - and before 2025 Mark! Iain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Ogilvie Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Weather is pretty poor today - British summer - grey cloud and rain - so the patio, ahem, 'production hall' not available for large stuff. So - indoors it is - and hopefully an opportunity to do some more work here: That's about if for this batch of 'progress' - there may be more later depending upon how the rest of the day pans out. Iain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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