Guest Peterpools Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Tom Two assume projects for sure. Looking forward to the next update. Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Herne Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Tom, This is one of the finest vac builds I've ever witnessed. Bravo. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted November 2, 2013 Author Share Posted November 2, 2013 Big steps today I have got as much of the fuselage interior done as is needed at this point, and everything has been installed in preparation for closing the fuselage up. The final details were the scratch-built seats for the wireless operator and navigator, and the final painting matt black of the various bulkheads etc to make it nice and dark inside: The other details needed on the flightdeck, engineer's compartment and the extreme nose can be added later through the apertures for the clear pieces. It was now time to join the two fuselage halves together... Once they were joined using a mixture of poly cement and CA glue, using the Granger plans I cut out and lined the mid-upper turret aperture and also made sure the two exit hatches on the upper fuselage were squared off and lined also. More framework is to be added to these later in the build. Now it's off to do some serious filling... where's the car body filler..? Until next time, Tom Starfighter and Sharkmouth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 (edited) Tom Your progress is amazing and now throw in the B-17. Just incredible work, The interior detailing looks just tremendous. Keep 'em coming Peter :popcorn: Edited November 2, 2013 by Peterpools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Very nice interior! Nice to see the fuselage closed! HÃ¥kan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 More progress... Now the glue had cured it was time to address the joins which can be problematic on vac builds due to their nature. Despite my best efforts with tabs and bulkheads, there was a slight dip along the join which needs to be addressed. I simply place a piece of Evergreen strip along the join, and then this has the effect of raising the dip to bring it in line with the rest of the fuselage: Liberal amounts of filler are then applied - more is better here as it helps blend everything in: After a couple of hours to harden off, it's sanding time! Here you can see the plastic strip showing through, so I now know I'm at the correct level and the filler has taken care of the rest of the dip: And the final result: A few minor blemishes to sort out later, but on the whole not bad! The wife it out this afternoon, and I reckon it's time to put the wings on... Stay tuned... Tom Starfighter and Sharkmouth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marauderdriver Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 WWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!! ROCK-ON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Superb!! I don't have the skill or patience to do this. I am enjoying this build, more please!! Cheers Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 (edited) Tom Now that's progress. Thanks for the mini tutorial on the seam work. Just want to double check. The strip styrene goes over both edges or just the lower lip? Keep 'em coming Peter :popcorn: Edited November 5, 2013 by Peterpools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 Tom Now that's progress. Thanks for the mini tutorial on the seam work. Just want to double checl. The strip styrene goes over both edges or just the lower lip? Keep 'em coming Peter :popcorn: I place the strip over the centre point of the seam as both sides dropped down. The filler then builds up the rest, and when you sand through to the strip you know everything is flush and the fuselage top nice and level. Wings are now attached and setting up... All being well some piccies later... Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 Well, second update of the day... The wings are now on All in all a pretty easy operation... my previously made spar structure came into its own here and things went exactly according to plan. Earlier in the build I had installed some Evergreen tubing into the leading and trailing edges of the wing, and this allowed some wooden dowel of the correct diameter to slide into: Holes had been made in the fuselage sides for the dowel to slide through, and the dowel also slotted into the roof of the bomb bay for extra strength. Therefore, it was just a case of sliding the wooden spars onto one of the wings... Push them through the fuselage and out the other side, where the other wing was slid over the spars... Plenty of glue was added to either wing root, and then they were butted up the fuselage and taped in place whilst everything set. The join is very good, and will only require a quick lick of filler: In fact, if I'd wanted to, with a little sanding and trimming, I could most probably have made the join good enough to have the wings detachable. So here we are as of this evening... a model that is slowly but surely taking on the form of Handley-Page's finest: Once the wing to fuselage joins have been filled it'll be time to start playing with the tail feathers Until then, Tom Sharkmouth, leoasman and Starfighter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Looking good Tom! HÃ¥kan tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Fantastic work Tom! You can build these vac kits faster than I can tackle a simple kit build! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Wow, wow, wow and wow! That is very impressive work - it almost looks like you're working on an injection kit. Very neat. Keep up the good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Tom Thanks for answering my question, much appreciated. Awesome progress on your Halifax and the wooded rod 'run through' dowels for structural spars is simply stellar- what an ingenious idea. Keep 'em coming Peter :popcorn: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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