LSP_Ron Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I'll be doing a Canadian trainer from 1941 era stationed in Saskatoon Saskaberia Looking forward to it Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ara398 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Hi Ron! The more the merrier! Looking forward to seeing your progress on the 'Moth. Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJ Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 Here is were I am at after two long nights playin in the hobby room. It's been fun so far, espcially having just returned from a 10 day biz trip. I will confess I had the cockpit painted green before April 1st but everything else is result of two nights building. Its a nice kit for its age Kit decals were used for instruments. I had a spare set of Edward lap belts. I cut the control surfaces and repositioned deflected Made new cockpit doors from card stock. Definately worth the ten minutes work when compared to the kit ones copious amounts of putty on the bottom sides It is starting to look like a moth If all goes well this thing will be yellow by tomorrow night thanks for looking, comments good or bad are welcome Cheers Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Wow, great work Ron! Looks like you're racing through this one. You might even beat Erwin to the finish line! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJ Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Wow! You're off to a really nice start. I'm psyched to see such a variety of subject in the GB so far. Pretty cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Pratt Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Give er' hell Ron...an all-time classic aircraft if there ever was one.I have my entire hobby room in boxes (moving) and won't be in the building stage for several months so I get to watch some excellent work in the meantime.I have a couple of these in the stash waiting to get some attention down the road...I'll be watching this one closely... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ara398 Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 You don't muck about, do you Ron? Looking very choice. You'll be able to squeeze another one or two into the GB at this rate! Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dog Flying Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Gotta love the Tiger Moth. As an old Moth owner, I got to know the girl intimately and have built 5 of the old Matchbox kits over the years. If you are doing a CDN built Tiger Moth then you'll need to build it with the big canopy, rake the landing gear forward by trimming 1/8" from the from gear strut, add a tail wheel and a few other things. I've got a 2 part construction article on my website http://www.barneysairforce if you want reference photos of the mods. Barney in 1:1 scale and my Moth in 1:32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted April 7, 2008 Author Share Posted April 7, 2008 Thanks guys, Well it is now yellow!! I painting it last night. I'll post some pics later today Barney, I know your build article well and it looks great. I've gone over it quite a few times now. One thing I am not doing because I am lazy is filling the wing slats and leading edge ribs to show the Cdn version the plywood leading edges. I looked at doing it then talked myself out of it. I dislike filling and that looked like a big job of filling, sanding. filling agian, sanding, filling again etc.... Thanks all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted April 8, 2008 Author Share Posted April 8, 2008 A little update. It is now Yellow! and decaled. I tried something new on this with the decals. I didn't gloss coat the kit, I applied the decals using future. I brushed future on the surface, applied the decal then swabbed away the future. It worked great. The future even softened the decals simular to microsol? Now it's time for a semi gloss clear coat then some black paint on the cowl etc. I used 4 lb fishing line for the control wires and will use 10 lb for the flying wires. If all goes well I will have this one done by the end of the weekend and can start the Lysander. Koodoo's to Revell for re-releasing these kits at such a low cost. This is great value at $22.oo for this kit!!! I paid the same for the Lysander, how can you miss with at those prices? Thanks for looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perry Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Looking forward to seeing this one finished Ron, it's looking great! Always fancied one of these but never got round to getting one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJ Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 You're smoking right through this! Looks awesome too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Man, there's something about yellow planes - I don't know what it is, but they make me feel all girly, ya know? Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJ Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Man, there's something about yellow planes - I don't know what it is, but they make me feel all girly, ya know? Kev Uhhh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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