SirBlueHenry Posted July 27, 2016 Author Share Posted July 27, 2016 very good reference shot for fuselage and fin/rudder MikeC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBlueHenry Posted July 27, 2016 Author Share Posted July 27, 2016 MikeC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBlueHenry Posted July 28, 2016 Author Share Posted July 28, 2016 Bit more work on the fuselage sides. Cut the rudder free on 1 side so far. Also cut away the fuselage undersurface where the wing fits in as i will be doing a better wing / fuselage join than what the kit provides Slight bit of work on cowlings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBlueHenry Posted July 28, 2016 Author Share Posted July 28, 2016 MikeC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBlueHenry Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 MikeC and Joel_W 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBlueHenry Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 A bit more work trimming out and preparing parts. This sure takes a bit of effort even to get to the point where you have clean parts. But I am starting to like the project. I like the challenge of building in the internal structure to give these flimsy parts some rigidity. A bit closer to building an actual aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Vacu form is always a challenge, but you get kits that no one else has ! Great progress so far !! Vaughn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBlueHenry Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 Question for the audience. Do I rebuild the fin or not. I could get it to be about the right thickness by the way i assemble the halves, but the base of the fin as moulded in the fuselage is too wide. Do we just live with this and move on? Is it worth the time to change? Will anyone notice or care? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I'd say Yes, rebuild it. Somebody looking at the assembled uncorrected plane may not be able to specifically point to it and say "That's not looking good" but there'll be a sense of something not quite right. It's like thinning edges to a scale thickness on undercarriage doors for instance, not instantly noticeable nor appreciated but just adds to the overall look of the model. Max PS Is this "kit" easily available or were you lucky in picking one up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBlueHenry Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 Just pot luck, and I have no idea of their general availability as I never look at vacforms, just found the auction on our local site by accident. Heres what the chap has still up for grabs. if you want the batch - give a shout and i can buy them for you and ship to you if you transfer funds for me http://www.trademe.co.nz/toys-models/models/aircraft/1_48/auction-1133485747.htm of course ive already nabbed the Harvards - but if you cant find one - i will send you the other one I have. But have a look on ebay as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBlueHenry Posted August 3, 2016 Author Share Posted August 3, 2016 Went scrounging and scavenging through my other Harvards in progress and found one kit which I could scavenge a lot of stuff from, so now i have just about everything required. In case anyone watching this building hadn't realised. You still need just about an entire Monogram/Revell 1/48 kit to be able to build this. The vacform is just a set of conversion parts. The pictures of the wing with Centre section built in is what i have done for one of my other builds and will do on this vacform build as well. In other words - the cockpit floor is the upper surface of the wing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBlueHenry Posted August 3, 2016 Author Share Posted August 3, 2016 I have decided to add Monogram ailerons, and im thinking I will use the monogram cowling unless I can fix the glaring problem with the vacform cowling in that the trailing edge curves back inwards - heaven knows why. I agree with max - I will slice off the fin and see what I can do. The rudder itself is also way too thick but this will simply have to be corrected during assembly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 SBH, that's a very kind offer but I'd feel rather guilty if you surrendered one of your Harvards, they're pretty rare by the looks of it. I'm hoping to make a Mk I, this one in particular: I very much like what you're doing so far, it's a good combination of IM and vac. Max MikeC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBlueHenry Posted August 3, 2016 Author Share Posted August 3, 2016 Well let me know if you dont find one. I'll keep this one here. I doubt I will build 2. There's enough plastic in the world for everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBlueHenry Posted August 3, 2016 Author Share Posted August 3, 2016 Ok now I'm a bit confused. The ailerons are not the same as the monogram kit. Not just a little. Significantly different. Cross referencing to "T-6 In Action", the BC-1 top view shows an aileron that is exactly the same as the top view of the later T-6s, but yet the top view of the image I posted in this thread on 29 July seems to show a more squared aileron which matches the vacform kit. Now I have no idea whats what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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