Iain Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Delay on images - ran out of filler primer late afternoon yesterday and had to do 40 mile round-trip to nearest Halfords - that'll teach me to pay more attention to supplies! OK - fuselage glazing... As previously mentioned - all polished back - 240/400/600/800/1200/1500 wet and dry - followed by Micromesh - followed by BareMetal Plastic Polish. I little tidying on inside to be done - but pretty well there. Glazings areas larger than they need to be - correct size circular masks will be used when fuselage joined. Back in a mo... Iain airscale and Uilleann 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Wings... Doesn't look like much work - but probably 15 - 20 hours of sanding and fettling here - and still some re-shaping at the tips needed. Important thing is surfaces are now pretty smooth/contiguous. Next step for these is to make a start on the nacelle fairings. Surface detail will be added later - using the overlapped panels technique I was playing with on a Revell Spitfire last year - with access panels scribed. Just thankful that most of the laborious work now behind me on these... Back in another mo... Iain Uilleann and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Connie's very important Tail Feathers... Outer fins and tailplane tips added and seen here being blended in. Some tweaks still needed - but getting there. Central fin will be added after tailplane has been mounted to the assembled fuselage. I'm probably overdoing it - but aim is for a final result that doesn't look like it's a vac/scratch build... Stay tuned! Iain Uilleann, ClumsyDude and airscale 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Nice to see an update, Iain! And great work as always. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Cheers Kev - slooooow progress - but progress none-the-less... Tip tanks... Have finished turning up the patterns on the lathe and these have now been polished ready to go into rubber this afternoon. Like everything on this project, they're a fair size, but I'm quite pleased with the shapes at present. We'll see what they look like once cast and assembled. Back again shortly... Iain Uilleann, airscale and ClumsyDude 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Weather is pretty poor today - British summer - grey cloud and rain - so the patio, ahem, 'production hall' not available for large stuff. So - indoors it is - and hopefully an opportunity to do some more work here: That's about if for this batch of 'progress' - there may be more later depending upon how the rest of the day pans out. Iain Uilleann, D.B. Andrus, airscale and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunwinglow Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Progress! Great project you have there Iain! Iain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Iain Fantastic progress on the Connie and it great to see her back on the bench and underway. Just an incredible project and I am looking forward to each new update. Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRutman Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 As I am painfully aware how long term projects can get,I am happy to see so much progress here. You are correct,to the untrained eye it looks like not much has been accomplished but I am one that can tell it isn't true. That is a lot of tedious but necessary work there brother. Shaping up nicely. J airscale and Iain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Cheers Jerry! And just to prove the point - was about to mix rubber and spotted some wood grain should through on rear of the front half of the tip tank pattern - more filler primer... Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 oh boy - fantastic to see this front and centre again Iain - what an incredible build ..love every installment and look forward to the next one! TTFN Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Boillot Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Good to see you back in the saddle with this fantastic project, Iain ... And what progress Hubert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 YUM YUM YUM !!..........Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Just unreal, Iain ... this has been one of my favourite builds for a long time now, good to see you back at it. Cheers Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I LOVE this build here! The work you are putting in is just phenomenal. What an absolute masterpiece it will be when finished...where on earth will you put it?? Wish I could see it in the flesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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