ClumsyDude Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Love watching you battle through this one Kev. I suspect I enjoy it more than you do ... keep the chin up though, you're doing a terrific job. Jim LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Geeze Kev! What a battle! The B-17 is looking quite straight forward compared to this. Keep pushing, I'm certain you can tame this beast. Craig LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 Love watching you battle through this one Kev. I suspect I enjoy it more than you do ... keep the chin up though, you're doing a terrific job. Jim Thanks, Jim. I normally do enjoy this kind of challenge, but something about these wheel bays has really ground my goat. Perhaps it's just having a few other things to worry about that has shortened my temper and diluted my resolve. Never mind - I certainly haven't given up! Kev ClumsyDude 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 Geeze Kev! What a battle! The B-17 is looking quite straight forward compared to this. Keep pushing, I'm certain you can tame this beast. Craig Cheers, Craig. This poor attempt at modelling on my part has nothing on the magic of your B-17 - of which I think we're due an update! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kahunaminor Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 It lives! My creature lives!!! Good to see this back under way mate. Forge onward! Regards, LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 So, despite not actually having a day job at the moment, I'm still really struggling to find any quality modelling time. However, I'm managing to plug away at this one, and work continues on both the fuselage turtle deck and the wheel bays. On the latter, I've now got them both glued in place, and have reinforced them with JB Weld: I still don't know for sure if the upper wings now have sufficient clearance, but I can test it once the JB Weld has cured. In the meantime, I've been working on getting the resin turtle deck faired in. A while back, Lee White generously sent me some Apoxie Sculpt to try, and even though it was probably overkill for this job, I really wanted to try this stuff out, and this seemed like an ideal opportunity: It behaves similarly to the Milliput that I'm familiar with, but is much more convenient to mix and use. Here it is slathered on to the joins: And after much sanding, this is what it looks like now under a coat of Mr. Surfacer: Looking good, though not perfect. I managed to sand a bit of a trough into the port side, while the starboard side still has a noticeable hump. I'll keeping working on those, but I'm pretty happy with the way it's shaping up. Thanks as always for looking in! Kev Whitey, Jan_G, dennismcc and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 I like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Great work on getting the gear bays to fit into the lower wing Kev! Hopefully the upper wings won't be too far off when you test fit it. The Apoxie Sculpt looks like it works nice. I'm going to have to find some here and give it a try. Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 Thanks, fellas. I wish there was more to report! Still, once I can get the wings together, I think things will progress fairly quickly from there. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 Thanks, Ernie - that's high praise indeed, and I'm not sure I fully deserve it. But I'm grateful for it nonetheless! Kev Shaka HI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark31 Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 nice work you are doing here keep going Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 nice work you are doing here keep going Mark Thanks, Mark. I've tidied up the join around the resin turtle deck as much as I can, and while still not perfect, I think I'll get away with it now. I've also finally been able to get the port upper wing to fit over the Aires wheel bay, though not without causing more damage to it. Once it's permanently fixed in place, I'll sort that out. I have to prepare and install the wing intake parts first, for which I believe I might even have some Eduard PE lying around. It's nice to be making some progress again! Kev mark31 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Looking very good Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Kev, outstanding work indeed, good to see you get those damn wheel wells to conform and the turlt deck look excellent. Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 Thanks, fellas. I'm hoping to make a bit more progress on it today. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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