Bomber_County Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Fozzy, Pure genius, beautiful build, looking forward to the mid section taking shape. Buy yourself ( if you haven't already) a 1:200 scale ruler and knock the zero off...... fozzy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Fozzy, your ambition is as breathtaking as your skill. I suspect that they are on a par with your available storage space once this is finished! Bravo sir. Jim fozzy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy Posted September 27, 2016 Author Share Posted September 27, 2016 Hi there Time for a small update!..........I have been fiddling around with the basic structure of the bottom half of the bomb bay....well you have to do something in the afternoons eh? First off I cut to shape balsa pieces which will give the wing root position....... These next photos show them glued in position.................. So now what I need to do is put a few more stringers in place before cutting out the aperture for the bomb bay doors......this is shown in the next pic...(the blue lines are where I need to place the stringers and the red crosses are where I need to cut out)................ Yes I know....before you say it....looks a right mess!...but a few posts down the line it will start looking more like what it is supposed to be!!...we hope! ...any how that's all for now Cheers Fozzy sandokan and 109 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Awe inspiring stuff Foz ... just glorious. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy Posted September 28, 2016 Author Share Posted September 28, 2016 Awe inspiring stuff Foz ... just glorious. Jim Cheers mate ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swan-neck Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 :wow: :frantic: :frantic: Your work really drives me crazy!!!!! Superlative!!!!! Ciao Lu fozzy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spads57 Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Fozzy, Outstanding work of art my old friend. As ever your projects never fail to leave me in absolute awe. Keep up the excellence! Highest Regards, Gregory Jouette fozzy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGB Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Hello Fozzy, Nice to se that you are back with your fantastic build. Cheers Boris fozzy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy Posted October 2, 2016 Author Share Posted October 2, 2016 Hello again Another small update for you............. Basically I have been doing a general tidy up of the bottom structure....I have taken out the section for the bomb bay doors and sanded down all the internal areas.....I hope you can see the progress I have made...this stage of the build is long and tedious with not much to show for it! Okay then....Before going any further I am going to move on to the structure for the top half of the bomb bay ....when that is done ....then... for me the good stuff starts See you in a bit! Fozzy sandokan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Love watching ! Looking good......Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Martin Great to see you back at the Big Fortress and taking the fuselage in stages. Some amazing work and I'll be following all the way Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 Hi chaps I have spent the last few days bashing on with the upper construction of bomb bay....here is a photo of the two halves together................. I still have to build the area that sits on top of the fuselage that houses the lift raft.....that will be my next task ....because the photos are probably boring you! ...here are some more interesting shots!......... Looking ahead....when I have finished the very top construction I will be able to start using different materials...put the balsa wood away and get out the yogurt pots!! Till then............... Cheers Fozzy BGB and sandokan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRutman Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Another great build going on here. This seems to be the golden age for LSP builds. Well,honestly,there are always great builds going on here. J fozzy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy Posted October 8, 2016 Author Share Posted October 8, 2016 Hi Hooray!....I have completed all the balsa wood work and have finished the structure of the bomb bay section!....I'm sure we are all sick of seeing balsa wood pics!...well I know I am! So here they are the last ones!.................... So there are 3 photos...the first is of all sections together .....top sections white glue is setting....hence the clamps The second photo is of the top section...now set...( this is part of the fuselage that houses the A-3 life raft) ...and the last one is of all the 3 sections complete! So all my balsa wood supply now goes away and I get out the............................ That's right folks!......the old yogurt pots !....basically I took the lids off and cut the bottoms off and cut them open ready for use........its the cheapest way of using plastic card ( well sort of plastic card)....I normally now sand off the print because it can have an effect on the gluing procedure (btw...I use PVA glue )..and all the print kind of looks stupid all over the fuselage!! So now I am going to skin parts of the fuselage sides...this eventually will have the aluminum tape over the top of the plastic as I did on the front section of this model. So until then....bye for now Cheers Fozzy BGB and sandokan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy Posted October 17, 2016 Author Share Posted October 17, 2016 Good afternoon chaps! Well a week has passed and I have spent most of the time covering the bomb bay structure with yogurt pot plastic! Now the trick in using this type of plastic is that first you need to take the shine off the plastic and rough it up a bit and by doing this you'll have no problems in gluing it with standard liquid cement....( I said in my last post that I use PVA glue...take no notice...Senior moment!....I use normal kit liquid cement)....basically all I did was use a bit of sand paper and took off all the print......2 minute job!......The reason why I don't use plastic card you can buy is that A.. I can't get hold of any here in Bulgaria and B..it costs the price of a pot of yogurt! Once the plastic is ready it was just a case of gluing it over the balsa wood structure....the liquid cement bonds the plastic to the wood with no problems at all!....Once you have done this it toughens the whole structure and gives you a blank canvas onto which the detailing can start So it all looks a bit rough at the moment...in fact it looks like a Nissan Hut!.....but this is to be expected at this stage of the build.....lack of colour makes it all look terrible and of course remember that when all the internal detail is complete then the Alu tape covers the whole thing and then it will look like it is supposed to look like!!...I hope! So here are photos of the yogurt pot covering.................. Now...for display purposes I have left the aft bulk head of the bomb bay open with just a few pieces of structure in the shape of a T...as you can see.....If you remember and you have seen the front end of this B17G model , the rear part was also left open...this of course allows the viewer to see right inside the model at all the detail. So talking of detail....today I started detailing the bottom half of the structure...bottom front half to be precise! here are some pics.............. Well that's it for today...more to come ...when its done! Cheers Fozzy HerculesPA_2, Rocat, Shawn M and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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