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In the meantime I have been doing some work on the 1:1 Halifax cockpit as well Cheers Cees

Another view showing the undercarrige door apertures. Cheers Cees

I have lenghtened the inner engine nacelles to give it the typical conical shape to mount the cowling gills on otherwise there was nothing to fit it onto. Fitting a smaller plastic card disc with some scap plastic in between which was then roughly filled with milliput.This is now sanded to shape as well as the undercarriage door aperetures cut out. Also the scratch built tailfins were given the milliput treatment. All they need now is some more sanding to shape and then they can be fitted to the horizontal taiplane. I'm having a ball at the moment. Modelling is fun Cheers Cees

Radu, Yes, it does. I will set myself a task at a time. Now working on the inner engine nacelles. Next stop after that, back to the cockpit. Thanks Cees

Radu Absolutely amazing work, I wonder how you build this cockpit so fast while I'll still stuck in the ID Models Halifax, what's the secret. Any tips? I seem to work on other parts of the model now just to avoid working on the cockpit Cheers Cees

Jack, Prachtig resultaat, een echte inspiratie. Cheers Cees

The uppersections of the undercarriage bays with structure added and the undercarriage legs layed out. Work is continuing on the undercarriage bays and the cutting out of the doors which takes a lot of trial and error (measure at least more than twice before cutting once) Cheers Cees

Another view

The centre section with nacelles dryfitted. Cheers Cees

Back again, I have found some new inspiration to start on the evergoing Halifax build. I have started on the wing centresection and nacelles. As I have built a new tailplane, I was thinking about building a new centresection as well but that was not something I was looking forward to. Surprisingly the provided parts by ID Models were reasonably good and I decided to use them. Over the past week I have been cutting, sanding and fitting as it should be with vacforms but progress is good. Here's the two inner engine nacelles Cheers Cees

Dave, An amazing build, what a magnificent sight. Fantastic!!! Cheers Cees

Hi Chris, I have seen photographs of this wreck before and the lay out of the wreck in you photo's is exactly the same. Wrecks recovered from a field do not look like this wreck, but are smashed into thousands of fragements. I know, I have seventeen years of experience (see www.arg1940-1945.nl for our work) in this field and have seen the wreck of this P-47 shortly after recovery. There are no two P-47 wrecks on display in Germany that were recovered from Holland. Any further information will be welcomed though. Cheers Cees

Hi all, This is Frank Gallion's Thunderbolt which was recovered from the IJsselmeer during 1995 with his remains inside. He has been given a proper burial in the US if I remember correctly. I have seen this wreck when it was on temprary display (outdoors) later in 1995. It was in very good condtion considering that it had been underwater so long and the stars and bars with red surround was clearly to be seen. This same wreck was put up for sale in Aeroplane Monthly some years later but did not seel. I made some enquiries to save it for display in Holland but the seller ( a major Dutch Museum, not the Aviodrome) refused to do as he wanted it to go back to the US. Irocally it was swapped for some German uniforms and is now on display as a heap of scrap. The wreck was intact until it broke the surface and then snapped in half. Make you cry. One of Holland's black marks in historical aviation. In the same museum must also be the wreckage of a Ju88 that was recovered in Holland as well. Cheers Cees

Radu, Amazing masterpiece. What's next? Are you going to build the original masters into a model or use the MDC moulded resin kit to build one? Cheers Cees

--> QUOTE(derek B @ Dec 5 2006, 03:54 PM) 95512[/snapback] Hi Cees, As for your TR1154/1155 radio sets, I also have to make these for my Beaufighter interior detail set...do you have any good reference sources for this equipment? Many thanks Derek Hi Derek, I am going to take the various photo's of the T1154/R1155 sets for you, while I still have them. The 1154 will be swapped soon for some very important Halifax bits. Let me know if the photo's should be posted on the site or mailed directly to you. In the latter case which e-mail should I use. Measurements will be included for reference. If you need any specific details feel free to let me know. Cheers Cees

Looking good Graham, Nice to see vacforms getting some much needed attention. Cheers Cees

Sorry for the quality of the pics Cheers Cees

Some pics of the scratchbuild pilot's seat with back cushion. A wash should bring out the cushion effect. Cheers Cees

Here's the cut out fitted inside the transparency. They fit very well so can perhaps be used as a cutting base for the newformed canopy. (haven't decided yet) Cheers Cees

Here's a pic of the yellowed canopy, as you can see it's useless. The diagonal lines are wrong as well. As in every Halifax kit, these lines do not go over the perspex but are strengthening tubes on the inside of the flight engineers position. Next to it is the redundant part of the fuselage I cut out for the cockpit opening. As mentioned this will be the basis for a new mould (I hope) Cheers Cees

Thanks, Yes, I have thought long and hard about that one and I think I will fill the cut out bits with milliput and shape the canopy from that to make a solid form. It's a relatively simple shape so crash moulding should do the trick. The other transparency shapes are well formed (but yellowed) and these I will fill with milliput as well. But that stage hasn't been reached yet (don't know when it will ) Cheers Cees

Here's another pic. Well it's large scale isn't it? Cheers Cees

Sorry, no pics of the T1154/R1155 set up yet, but wil do that soon No update on the 1/32 Hally but here is a pic of the pilot's chassis of the full size cockpit version I am working on. I promise to start work on the 1/32 soon.

What's wrong with that Halifax? Just go for it. It would be nice to see two of these on LSP Cheers Cees

Wow, nice project. Keep it up to speed Cheers Cees