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1/32 Ca-15 Kangaroo? Yep - I'd have one ... of one! Pip

500+ mph... I believe in one test over Melbourne on 25th may 1948. and in it's initial test flight it 'hopped' a lot on taxiing trials, because of over-pressured landing gear and earned the name 'kangaroo'. Pip

Yes, this will be 'me' in 10 or so years ... Pip

Thanx Gaz, The Beasts head is the worry for me - cockpit.. and that's next! But happily - the last major phase of build. Pip

Thanks Maxim, you guys are awesome! Pip

This is a dead-set MASTERPIECE! I challenge anyone to find a model better in construction and skill sets then this! Kevin, give the man a crown! Pip

Yeah Thanks Guy, I hope so too! Pip

Hi Nick, The engine reference photo is taken from the Canberra at RAAF Point Cook In Victoria, (A84-236) which happens to be the subject matter of the model I'll be building here... (see photos) The engine in this particular aircraft is the Rolls Royce Avon RA-7 Mk-109, but I won't be doing the engine in wing as per photos... as I have enough on my plate as it is... just the intakes and the exhaust maybe someone will have the time to do this, by the time saved - using the resin parts, I'll be supplying in future... My model won't be displayed in maintenance theme - more like it had just landed and crew had walked away minutes ago... on tarmac. (no bomb-bays open or speed-brakes open) only the crew-hatch open, which helps to see into cockpit 'a little'... as per most photo references i've seen. Pip

Yeah you are right ... angles / focal lengths and cone shapes = distortions But the parts are still a 'work in progress' ...so what is shown here is a parts making and test - fit only..... the parts are by no means - complete. though, I always listen to your comments and advise or observations, as it all helps in long-run to build a better model... Pip

Yeah I thought that too, after I saw the photos up on the thread...... but the photos can play games with the eye, especially dark parts on white backgrounds... in reality, looking at the model part in place in strong light.... the gaps are right... but looking at the photos and the angle shown, the dark part makes the intake openings look much smaller then it actually is! ....(the model intake is placed closer then the photo in background ) for comparison .... Maybe I should take another photo looking straight on, to show you what I mean... Pip Again - not quite right view angle - (can't find photo straight on!) but I think it shows the intake comparison a bit more - shall we say - fairly....

Hi Jim, from one madman to another - thanks muchly! Love your work too matey! Pip

Final Phase : A Cut 'n' Polish..... Though hard to see , because of dark plastic part - the inner-ring or raised lip is there... .....now for the sweaty bit - Does it fit ???? Thank God for that!..... it fits and looks 'right'!

.... Continued: Yep!.. the Wombat doesn't stuff about! Another 'must-have' a profiler cutting tool! .. a better view of the profiler cutting tool, as well as the adjustment available on the quick-change tool holder The white piece is a very rough hand-made first master, to gauge size and shapes needed and particularly 'fit' into the cowling - as drawings are helpful but not everything to go by... Yep! ... I'm happy with fit and look of part! Back on lathe to finish it off.... Moment of Truth! .... You can just make-out the raised inner-ring on front inner-edge on part

Time to play! Now I have my lathe up and going and all the tools and accessories in place .... I can begin with the jet intakes! First a study of intakes : I did this 'rough' drawing to show the shape and contours of the intakes and what i am aiming to do! The ducting is not straight lines but raised edges (red dotted lines) which I have to emulate in my master The 3 canisters are the starter cartridges which are basically explosives!... talk about a 'Kick-start! This is the Start-up of a Canberra with the starter-cartridges in action! ...Now a study of lathe to make my Master part.... The Seig Lathe I have recently purchased - I found to be a wonderful machine, though mine is a hobby-based model (not the industrial types) it still totally suits my purposes. I found it had some issues which I corrected as i worked and experimented with it... I had to purchase a few more accessories and tools... but for what I had to do - was very much needed... This is a 'must have' accessory of a quick-change tool-post.... The standard tool-post (to right) comes with machine, is very fiddly and takes a lot of time, changing from one cutting tool to the other.. ​....here, you just change the black cutting-tool holder (1 of 4 supplied) from one to the other, in no time flat. My job here needed at least x 50 tool changes (going from cutting tool to the other - then back again) because of the complexity of the shape I was trying to get into the intake.... so the Quick-change tool-post is well worth it - believe me! This cutting tool I call the Wombat - for obvious reasons! it chews through the PVC like it was butter!

...a stones-throw away from the Spitfires they buried down a mineshaft - 60 years earlier....

.... Yes - They're F-111's.....

Hmm... you must admit.. there is some very talented people on this site! Phil

Love what you're doing here Thomas! Keep up the good work! Phil

Oh 'massage'.. i get it... sorry, my spell-check again.. Ahh Hubert... what am I going to do with you? Pip

... TIME TO CELEBRATE!

Canberra plans: For this sort of build, you need plans and good ones! The ID plans that i have are those supplied in the kit of the B(1) Mk 8.... but these do not show the B-20 bubble canopy version - even though I.D supplied a canopy for it! So I tried to get some plans for the B-20..... but do you think i could find any good drawings in books or even trawling the internet? Just bad line drawings and No luck, so I had to do my own alterations to the existing plans and convert these to a B-20. Firstly the B(1) Mk 8 original I.D. plans: Now a sample of my B-20 converted plans..... By what I understand, Tigger doesn't have these plans either, so if anyone here needs copies of these for their own B - 20 bubble canopy version ..... please massage me and i will shoot you a set.

Well.... I can see Kev's next edition E-book here! Pip

Yeah, Thanx Harv! I'm feeling now as I did, before the malady. And yes, I've missed getting my hands busy with this build!.... but now - full-steam ahead!... (pending parts and finances) Pip

Yeah thanks mate, I think if I wasn't laid - up with my health issues, in last 12 months - this should have been finished by now! Oh well .. can't control these things - I guess... Yes, tools are essential, if you want to do a good job... and of course, I'll be thanking myself later, when i am doing other tricky projects! Pip

Thanks muchly Peter! Yeah, that soldering idea works a treat!... no 'wobble' and flip-flopping now! With you as my wingman ... I cannot go wrong! .. in fact (based on what I've seen of your recent work) ..... I think I should be yours! Pip