Guest Peterpools Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Peter Super progress and looking real good Keep 'em coming :popcorn: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 That looks a better shape Peter, good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 evening ladies... thanks for saying such nice things - always inspirational ..tonight a bit more Fury madness and some wing work.. first up I had to fill the gun ports and the landing light as the aircraft G-AKRY I am doing doesn't have either... I think the gun ports were just patched in real life as the real one was armed and shot down a Norseman a few weeks after being purloined by the Egyptians on a demo tour... ..I also made up the roof of the radiator fairing from card and rod... ..next up the radiator... ..I used some of Radu's PE honeycomb and made a thick card template that was a tight fit... ...I printed a shape on the computer that had the same number of divisions to use as reference for spacing and keeping any detail straight. Made up a thin spacer frame to set the honeycomb off the base as I am a bit worried I will clog it with paint - gave the background a bit of dark colour and stuck the honeycomb carefully around the edges... ...then built up the detail in brass shim... ...and a dry fit to see how it looks... ..still lots more fun to be had building up a bit more before joining the wings to the fuselage... (eeek) ...thanks for stopping by... TTFN Peter Landrotten Highlander 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauge1 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Wow, this build is insane. I damn well expect this one to fly, I mean for real Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 This is art. Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 This is art. Cees Totally agree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Right with Cees and Brian Keep 'em coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 thanks for dropping in guys and for your kind words tonight's little postette is all about navigation lights.. ..I had tried using clear material from old coloured toothbrushes in the past, but on the Fury the lenses are clear with a coloured bulb so a new plan was needed.. ..I had seen this done before, so found some old perspex (acrylic sheet) and tried drilling a hole in it to see if painting the hole could look like a bulb... ..seemed to work, but I needed the 'bulb' to be more than a red pole (and there is no way to just get the paint into just the very end) so I drilled a slightly bigger hole which reamed out the red paint down to where the bulb would be. Then painted that interior green, reamed a ring where I drilled the hole and painted that silver to represent the bulb holder fitting... ..also left the mating edges rough so I could tint them with interior green paint - I was a bit worried it would weaken the CA joint as there was much sanding & polishing to come, but it turned out ok in the end... ..CA'd the oversize acrylic blocks into the wing recess and I had a pretty funny looking aeroplane.. ...made a template to get the shaping right... ..used a micro circular saw in a Dremel to get a rough shape, the lenses are bigger all round than the real lights as the real aircraft has skin fairings that leave the final shape - I also wanted to see the joint lines were sorted... ...a lot of sanding later it matches the template... ..used all grades of micromesh to polish the shape.. ...after all the work on the wing, I kinda wished I didn't have to be so careful with all the scribed & riveted detail I had spent so long doing and had done it after all the surgery on the radiator, gun ports and these nav lights... ..masked as best I could to the nearest panel line, just covering the scribed detail - also masked the light lenses.. ...and fresh out of masking - these will polish up ok and the final colour coat will define the shape.. ..a fair bit of work, but I am happy with how they turned out.. ..thats it for now TTFNPeter Out2gtcha and Landrotten Highlander 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Very nice work Peter! The clear acrylic certainly polishes up much better than old toothbrush handles. Where did you get it? Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Really awesome job Peter..................this is a true example of craftsmanship on the highest order man. No doubts. Cant wait to see what she looks like with some color! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 No Way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Beautiful build, Peter! Thanks for sharing it with us. Cheers, D.B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cch4530 Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 (edited) Any chance you'd be willing to make some of the parts you cast available for us mere mortals? Edited August 13, 2013 by cch4530 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Very neat work Peter. I first saw this technique used by Pete Fleischmann on one of hos F-16 builds and copied it immeadiately. It does take abit of work but the end result speaks for itself, well done. Question: Did you use red and green clear paint? The "bulbs" look quite opaque in your images. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 Hi chaps.. thanks again for dropping in.. Question: Did you use red and green clear paint? The "bulbs" look quite opaque in your images. Cheers. Hey Gman - no I didn't as I didn't think of that! great suggestion, I will have to get some for next time.. Very nice work Peter! The clear acrylic certainly polishes up much better than old toothbrush handles. Where did you get it? Kev Hi Kev - I don't know where I got it, it was just in my stock of bits and bobs - it's the same stuff as those brochure holders you see on hotel counters etc so should be readily available - I have a shop around the corner that made up some A4 ones for our trade stand and they were only £3 for enough perspex for about 8 million landing lights ..got a little done so might as well share it (any excuse...) ..unmasked where I had primed the leading edges and set down some scribing and rivet detail - bit of a nightmare trying to match up to the rivets I had already done.. ..can also see the nav lights, though they are not finished and won't be until the final paint finish (in about 2018)... and the other side.. ..also detailed around the radiator and leading edges.. ..got the underside to do next, then I can't think why I can't join the wings to the fuselage and all the fun & games that will bring TTFN Peter Out2gtcha and Landrotten Highlander 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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