Shoggz Posted January 13, 2025 Author Posted January 13, 2025 On 1/12/2025 at 8:24 AM, Gazzas said: Looking good, man! I love cockpit decals. I wish they were in every kit. These ones are great, and I enjoyed doing them. (I am a masochist. ) Yes, they won't be seen once the two halves are buttoned up, but I just enjoy having seen them in place and making everything look realistic.
Shoggz Posted January 13, 2025 Author Posted January 13, 2025 23 hours ago, vvwse4 said: Nice!! Thank you!
Shoggz Posted January 13, 2025 Author Posted January 13, 2025 Significant progress tonight. Excuse the hastily snapped photos. I've run out of time so rushing! patricksparks, denders, LSP_Kevin and 17 others 20
Biggles87 Posted January 14, 2025 Posted January 14, 2025 I continue to be amazed at the amount of cockpit detail provided, I’ve just noticed that they even provide the strip of fairlead where the pipes from the undercarriage controls pass through the IP frame.. I’m very tempted to buy an early version while I’m waiting for the Vb. John Iain and Shoggz 2
Shoggz Posted January 15, 2025 Author Posted January 15, 2025 Channelled my 'inner-Tolga' this evening and made some decent progress. First job was to finish one of the only areas in this model that I'm not 100% keen on - the representation of the .303 brownings. Not really sure what Kotare were trying to achieve with the way they have done them... little fiddly stubs that you have to seat inside the wing.. Anyway, once that was achieved, it was smooth progress to end up... As with all three Kotare Spits I've built, the wing to fuselage join was a dream. I followed the instructions and attached the fillets to the wings and then slid the fusealge in. There was a satisfying 'click' and there you have it! Mals Way, denders, LSP_Kevin and 12 others 15
monthebiff Posted January 15, 2025 Posted January 15, 2025 Lovely job a d excellent progress Richard and I completely agree with you regarding the way Kotare have dealt with the .303's as for me it's a very poor and badly thought out area of the model which was unnecessary! Regards. Andy Shoggz 1
Uncarina Posted January 16, 2025 Posted January 16, 2025 Excellent progress Richard, and I appreciate you showing the way with this build. Cheers, Tom Shoggz 1
Dpgsbody55 Posted January 16, 2025 Posted January 16, 2025 Nice work so far. This is a really good kit to build. Except for those silly guns... Cheers, Michael Shoggz 1
Biggles87 Posted January 16, 2025 Posted January 16, 2025 (edited) On 1/14/2025 at 11:53 AM, Shoggz said: Go for it John! I have just ordered the ‘ Brian Lane ´ version, which I intend to build straight from the box and avoid any ‘ improvement/correction ‘ delays, which is what usually lead to my interminably long builds. Here’s hoping. John Edited January 16, 2025 by Biggles87 Shoggz and dennismcc 2
MikeMaben Posted January 16, 2025 Posted January 16, 2025 Looking good so far Rich. Yeah thanks for showing us uninitiated what it looks like going together. Shoggz 1
dennismcc Posted January 16, 2025 Posted January 16, 2025 That cockpit looks really good, and the guns are silly. Cheers Dennis Shoggz 1
Shoggz Posted January 16, 2025 Author Posted January 16, 2025 12 hours ago, monthebiff said: Lovely job a d excellent progress Richard and I completely agree with you regarding the way Kotare have dealt with the .303's as for me it's a very poor and badly thought out area of the model which was unnecessary! Regards. Andy Thanks Andy. Yeah, considering the brilliance of most of the design choices, that is an odd one!
Shoggz Posted January 16, 2025 Author Posted January 16, 2025 8 hours ago, Uncarina said: Excellent progress Richard, and I appreciate you showing the way with this build. Cheers, Tom Thanks Tom. It's a pleasure to document progress on this one!
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