baldrick Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Impressed!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius at Home Posted January 15, 2010 Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 Detached the rudder halves from the tail, filled the "wide" end with laminated plastic card, sanded to shape and scribed the trim tab. Also constructed an insert with the hinge tabs for the part of the tail that is still attached to the fuselage. Darius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius at Home Posted January 16, 2010 Author Share Posted January 16, 2010 Completed the inner "lining" of the port fuselage half today and constructed the rear cargo doors. Darius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Some nice scratchbuilding in evidence there Darius... keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 'o' probe Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Fantastic the patience you must have is beyond words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius at Home Posted January 17, 2010 Author Share Posted January 17, 2010 Built the bulkeads for the port rear fuselage and "trimmed" the rear opening edges. Darius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Extensive and intensive work there Darius and will be worth all the effort in such a large scale. Take it you have a big house!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 House? He must live in an aircraft hangar! I agree though awesome work! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dahut Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Some beeyootius engineering, Darius. Words hardly do justice. I'm curious - what is your occupation in "real life?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius at Home Posted January 18, 2010 Author Share Posted January 18, 2010 Some beeyootius engineering, Darius. Words hardly do justice. I'm curious - what is your occupation in "real life?" As you probably suspected I am an engineer by profession - civil/structural. Darius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dahut Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Well, Im not surprised. Nice work, again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius at Home Posted January 19, 2010 Author Share Posted January 19, 2010 Got some paint onto the port fusleage interior and printed the decal sheet. I will be modelling C-133A tail no. 40143 "State of Delaware" of the 1067th ATW(MATS) as stationed at Dover AFB in the late 1950s. Darius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo33 Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Wow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troffa Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Heck of a build, heck of a subject! can't wait to see the finished beasty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius at Home Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 Added some details to the interior- the large duct is made from old coathanger wire sprayed with Halfords red primer. darius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius at Home Posted January 24, 2010 Author Share Posted January 24, 2010 Marked out the cockpit windows. Looks like the nose joint is a bit on the skew!!! Cut out the starboard windows - will re check the port window mark-out later before cutting them out - better safe than sorry. Instead of using the complete clear(ish) vac formed forwrd top fuselage that came with the kit I intend to glaze each window individually. I have now glued the cockpit interior and forward cargo floor into the starboard fuselage. Just some details to add to the rear starboard and the rear floor and then I should be ready to glue the fuelage halves together. Darius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perry Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Fantastic work thus far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 I am very envious, I especially like all the scratch built interior, I sense though that you may be a professional model maker on the side as well as being an Engineer (Calculator gives it away as well). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamS Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 This is really good stuff! It's almost going to be a shame to glue the two halves together and hide all that detail and work! Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Calculator gives it away as well I have a calulator on my workbench too (velcroed to the wall for easy access ), but that doesn't make me a professional model maker! Seriously good work on the scratchbuilt interior Darius... very impressive. Could I make one comment on the painting though? If that were me, I'd give it a squirt of matt varnish before sealing it up forever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius at Home Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 I am very envious, I especially like all the scratch built interior, I sense though that you may be a professional model maker on the side as well as being an Engineer (Calculator gives it away as well). Thanks Kev. I am not a professional modeller, although I have had a few requests to do paid commission work and make models for a US model making company - all of which I have turned down. I make models for fun and relaxation only. I have made the odd model for friends for no fee... Darius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius at Home Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 Could I make one comment on the painting though? If that were me, I'd give it a squirt of matt varnish before sealing it up forever Thanks Mike, good point - I have a large can of matt varnish (good value buy from a fantasy wargaming site - that unfortunately still send me emails to buy drawfs and trolls) that I intend to use once the Halfords paint has had a few days to cure - gives a Ford Granada vinyl hard top finish if you spray the matt too soon. darius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Thanks Mike, good point - I have a large can of matt varnish (good value buy from a fantasy wargaming site - that unfortunately still send me emails to buy drawfs and trolls) that I intend to use once the Halfords paint has had a few days to cure - gives a Ford Granada vinyl hard top finish if you spray the matt too soon. darius Smashin'! I think it'll look even better then. Have you any plans for some cargo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius at Home Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 Smashin'! I think it'll look even better then. Have you any plans for some cargo? I have a 1:48 Mach 2 Thor Missile kit in the stash that would be appropriate for an Atlantic seabord based C-133, but being a Mach 2 kit it will probably be harder to build than the C-133... I would also need to scratch build a missile trailer - doable but not by the 28th February. Still if there were to be a month's extension... Darius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Shouldn't be a problem for a man of your skills! Plus, you can always "slip it in" later, once the build is out of the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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