Pascal Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 You make it look so easy Peter. It's very difficult to line up the bulkheads and to insert the brass rods, but you did it perfectly. The thing for me about your projects, is that it motivates me to take my modelling to a higher level. Sincerely Pascal daHeld and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted October 17, 2017 Author Share Posted October 17, 2017 evening folks Peter, You make it look so easy -- I might give this "scratch" building a try. Nah...who am I kidding.. You must try it Shaka - it is pretty straightforward but you need to 'break the ice' and give it a go to find that out.. it opens up a new world where you are only bound by imagination & problem solving rather than kit manufacturer, price and never ending wishlists ! Great progress already, Peter!Just a word of warning from something I experienced with my Shackleton project... when you sand the P38 the friction heats the surface up enough to cause the plastic below to expand. When cooled, it then retracts but leaves 'ghost' outlines of the plastic strips which become visible after a day or two.You then have to refill and the process starts all over again... The solution is to use gallons of cold water whilst you're sanding, and this then keeps the heat from any friction to an absolute minimum.The smaller blemishes can easily be filled with Halfords' filler primer too - this has worked wonders for me in the past.Looking forward to more.Tom That is a great tip Tom, and if I was painting the surface I would definately do that - as it is the structure is just a base for the metal skinning so it just needs to be pretty smooth rather than flawless Peter, do you intend to lay thin sheet plastic over the rest of the fuselage, and then the litho on top of that, or is the litho going directly onto the plastic bulkhead/former/P38 amalgam? -d- Hi David - all will be revealed in about 20 seconds..... You make it look so easy Peter.It's very difficult to line up the bulkheads and to insert the brass rods, but you did it perfectly.The thing for me about your projects, is that it motivates me to take my modelling to a higher level.SincerelyPascal Thanks Pascal - it is your kind of post about being inspired that makes the whole process of presenting how to do it so rewarding for me - thank you so, a few steps forward in recent days... starting the skinning process - first a rough panel in plastic card..made by taking one straight edge and matching it to the airframe, then marking & cutting to get the rough shape involved as they are generally curved and fortunately only curving in one direction I can get away with just heat shaping the panel over a boiling kettle - I tape it so it is in the loose shape I want, hold it over the kettle's steam and then pop in the freezer for a minute or two.. ..this forces the plastic molecules to move & reset to a new shape... .. I then put liquid cement over all the stringers on the fuselage and spot CA'd the panels into position - it wasn't too neat so a bit of P38 filler evens out the form..... ..the engine cowling is proving tricky - the 'double bubble' of the big air scoop under the cowling just could not be done in one go, so I decided to shape the top part, which is very Spitfire like, so that it curves down and inwards at the lower parts where it intersects with the air scoop.. ..also the bit of fuselage directly under the spinner needs making & skinning so it would be easier to do this if there were no air scoop yet.. ..then I will probably add a plunge moulded part for the lower element... ..also the 'ear' air intakes on the top of the cowl were not as per the plan or formers I made, so quite a bit of shaping & reshaping has gone on up to now & I am still not quite happy with it.. ..then shot some high build primer to unify the surface and see whats what.. coming together... while I am here, and I hope this is allowed - if anyone has the Firefly from the Cockpit book seen here that doesn't want silly money for it, please PM me - an old ebay listing has it for £10, today its £70 + £30 postage! TTFN Peter Derek B, Jeff, Doctorgaz and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee White Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Awesome! So, what will be your next project, which you'll apparently be able to start by Christmas? airscale and Jeff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 (edited) Oh, stop it now. You've managed to find an obscure injection moulded kit and are trying to pass this off as a scratch build.... Lovely work, Peter, and some great ideas here Richard Edited October 17, 2017 by RLWP daHeld, sandokan and airscale 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trak-Tor Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 An obvious question is popping out... Will this be in Telford?? Great work done there! Amazing! airscale, Derek B and daHeld 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 OUTRAGEOUS that you're already at this stage Peter.... looks awesome while I am here, and I hope this is allowed - if anyone has the Firefly from the Cockpit book seen here that doesn't want silly money for it, please PM me - an old ebay listing has it for £10, today its £70 + £30 postage! TTFN Peter you might be in luck, I'm pretty sure I've got a copy you can have, will confirm tomorrow Alburymodeler and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnarO Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 (edited) You might want to check out abebooks for the Firefly from the Cockpit, I often find used books at a good price there. https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22524989231&searchurl=tn%3DFirefly%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2BCockpit%26sortby%3D17 Amazing and impressive work you are doing with your models Peter, You have inspired me to start building again after being away for 20 years. Thanks! Cheers Edited October 17, 2017 by GunnarO airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NukerDan Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 You can also look on www.bookfinder.com, which searches quite a few used booksellers. I've found some otherwise hard to find titles there. airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Superbulous! Kev airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kike_gt Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Damn! you're not only good but fast too! great show so far! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Geeze.... You're not mucking around are you Peter? Great show... you'll be into the metal in no time Craig airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Captured that shape nicely. Good show! Sincerely, Mark airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Peter I have a copy of that book which I'd be happy to pass on to you (it still has the price sticker of £17.95) - please PM me, my wife would be glad that I'm thinning down my library! Torben Kagemusha and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hansen Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Ah. No further questions. For Now.... -d- airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy870 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Those vents are just the edge of the fairing lifted up! There isn't any ducting or anything, the air just rushes in across the top of the engine. I seem to remember they are to help cool the ignition coils which are mounted up there. We asked about them when we researched the PP Models kit.... These two inlets are for magneto cooling, the mags sit in a common housing just underneath these vents. The air then just makes its way around the engine compartment before exiting through a grill on the aft lower cowl. daHeld and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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