Loic Posted September 19, 2008 Author Posted September 19, 2008 Hi guys, I would not say that the storms we have here are SSSOOOOO strong but well, they are quite comon in the evening at this time of the year as the rest of the country starts to cool down whereas the area is still quite warm here... The very place where I stand has a micro climate due to the proximty of a couple of hills around and the storms like to stand on top of the area. Anyway. The weather is now fine again and I have shot some pics I am now able to post First, a few shots of the TBM/TBF against the Kate drawings just to compare the overall dimensions. No coments... the difference in philosophie for engineering airplanes between the Us and Japan is just obvious here
Loic Posted September 19, 2008 Author Posted September 19, 2008 wings now... just the folding part of the TBM is as big as the Kate one despite the latest can not quite be considered as small...
Loic Posted September 19, 2008 Author Posted September 19, 2008 and with the wings... now you get why I just said the Kate wings are not small... they kind of equal the Me110 ones...
Loic Posted September 19, 2008 Author Posted September 19, 2008 back to busyness now... as I wrote previously, I did not make tremendous progress but here is what I have done First, the starboard side of pit with the internal basic structure done. The "dirty" look comes from a special treatment of mine... in order to get the wash to work well, (after gluing with CA) I use to apply some trichloroethene (witha fine brush but not too much OK...) on the structure some it seal the parts well. Then the "dirts" comes from the pensil draw I previously use to properly align the structure. Also visible is my choice (used some artistic licence here...) to belive the floor of the front pit was in fact the top of the wing. It does explain why it is highe than the rear part plus the fact that there is no floor between the rudder control... my not be 100% accurate but this is fine by me
Loic Posted September 19, 2008 Author Posted September 19, 2008 Port side now with some more details (I started with this side...). The info send by fellow LSPers are most valuable and I can not thanks you guys enough for your help. I see from the pics that the white details on white background does not help much to see what I have done but I did not managed to get any better shot... Hope you guys can see something
Loic Posted September 19, 2008 Author Posted September 19, 2008 last pic for tonight with the floor. I guess there is not much to say about it so far as there is still LOTS of work to do around here.... Thanks for looking. Cheers, Loic
LSP_Kevin Posted September 19, 2008 Posted September 19, 2008 Marvellous Loic, marvellous! I can see some nice detail going into the fuselage already. What struck me most about your size comparison shots was how huge the Avenger really is! Kev
Loic Posted September 19, 2008 Author Posted September 19, 2008 Hey Kev, you are so right: this is a monster I sweetheart did offer me the Trumpy kit for my birthday last year and it does impress me everytime I open the box... Certainly an impressive kit of an impressive aircraft Loic
LSP_Mike Posted September 19, 2008 Posted September 19, 2008 Loic, thanks for the comparison pics! Looking good so far, and a real pleasure to watch it come together.
Loic Posted September 20, 2008 Author Posted September 20, 2008 Hi guys, just a quick update on today's progress on the pit
LSP_Kevin Posted September 20, 2008 Posted September 20, 2008 Loic, I'd love to know in more detail how you made the seat. I've been trying to do the same for my Zero, but haven't been able to produce anything worthwhile so far. Lovely work. Kev
Loic Posted September 21, 2008 Author Posted September 21, 2008 Hi Kev, it is made from alu can. I will shot and post some IP when I do the front seat. Cheers, Loic
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