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So nice to see this still moving forward Iain. 

Durjng my tine away from modelling and BM it has alwyas stuck with me and i often found myself thinking how you and it were doing. 

Stunning stuff , its imcredible to see it next to one of the HK forts . 

 

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Hi gang - thanks for chipping in everyone - it's the banter that keeps me going - I think...

 

Probably another update tomorrow - deffo on a bit of a roll - so I should embrace the enthusiasm I have - while it lasts!

 

Working on her at the mo - getting wings ready to bond - all gettIng a bit scary - and BiG.

 

Iain

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Lots more progress - with wings fitted and bonded with another 2 Oz of 30 min Epoxy - excellent stuff!

 

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Need to adjust the mounts for the tip tanks - a little nose high at the mo - but easily fixed!

 

Have fun!

 

Iain

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Hi all,

 

Connie seemed to go down well at Telford - and sparked a lot of interesting conversations, including with Mirek at HpH who's still planning a 1:32 Constellation in the future - in civil airliner guise.

 

Was great to see Tom's Shack up close and personal - we were thinking that it would be nice to display them together - as two Cold War AEW icons - at some point in the future. Always good to chat to Tom - I really like his 'can do' attitude to modelling...

 

Where do we go from here on the project?

 

Well - I have some other projects I really have to crack on with now (commissions and mag articles) - so Connie will get put to one side over the next month. To be fair - I'm looking forward to having a break from sanding dust!

 

Over Christmas I'll finish the fuselage shaping and add the nacelles.

 

Then - get back to drawing up some etch in CorelDRAW. The bulkhead detail on Peter's Firefly project has inspired me to draw up interiors for the gear bays, flap housings and, possibly, flaps themselves for photo-etching - and Peter (Airscale), being the really lovely guy he is, has offered to vet the artwork prior to it going to the etchers (I have 25 odd years experience with CorelDRAW - but I've never had anything etched and want to ensure what I get done isn't a failure because there was something wrong with the output).

 

Plan after that is to try and draw up the cowling panels in Rhino (or similar) for printing - and Tim Perry has already given me a lot of help, training and advice in this area...

 

But she is, as so many said over the weekend, looking like a Connie now - at looooooooooooooong last!  :)

 

As Oddball would say - so many positive waves...

 

*woof*

 

I'll try and post some updated photos of her as she now is at the weekend.

 

Iain

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I'm looking forward to seeing the design of the R-3350 powerplant installation.... complete with the scabbed-on "armour plate" to handle the exhaust from the "Parts Recovery Turbines", LOL.

 

-d-

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With some nice weather - and a little spare time:

 

Fill - sand - fill some more - sand - fill again - sand...

 

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Followed by another rinse cycle...

 

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You get the picture...

 

Iain

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Excellent job on the Connie! Nothing like sanding,sanding, and more sanding.of course once done you've discovered "oh more sanding!" But in the end it makes it all worth it!

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