ericg Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Well folks, I have officially broken scale! I took delivery of the Hph 1/48th Concorde today after seeing it travel across the world from the Czech Republic via Germany, France, China, Singapore then finally into Australia through Sydney and then up to Brisbane. It took 8 days and arrived in perfect condition. Being keen to get started on this project as soon as I received it, I had my workshop cleared of the 12 or so large scale planes that I am working on and a table set aside that I would be able to place the model on when I wasn't working on it. The model comes as a one piece Fiberglass body as can be seen in the following pics and is 128cm long. The instructions are on a DVD and all other parts are in resin, with water slide decal stencil data and an extensive mask set for the two liveries that one must choose from. A very nicely packed and rather large box. \ Here it is next to my 1/32 Mirage for size comparison. The contents. Don't be fooled by the fact that the model is mostly one piece. Most of those resin parts have to go into the fuselage from the outside through rather `expensive if you mess them up' cuts. Well I guess call it wishful thinking that it was going to fit here: Out2gtcha, andromeda673, mywifehatesmodels and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted September 18, 2015 Author Share Posted September 18, 2015 Onto the build. I am still thinking of which way to depict this model and am doing only the essential cuts at this stage, meaning making space for the engine nacelles. The surface detail on the model is really nice. Now lets get stuck into it with a razor saw The first of many parts that need to be removed from the model body. The nacelle is a nice fit into the space. Here is the cockpit with the casting blocks removed and dry fitted. I will need to explore how much of this will be seen through the yet to be opened up fuselage before I go any further. There are a couple of bubbles that will need to be addressed and possible extra detail depending on what can be seen. ClumsyDude, Zero77, Harold and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Ohhh awesome, I'm gonna follow the hell out of this build! I've been eyeing the XB-70 that's coming out very soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Well I guess call it wishful thinking that it was going to fit here: Yikes! That thing is RIDICULOUSLY huge in 48th! Gear down? I would think it would b really tough to display this bird in flight.............. Girlscanplay2, ClumsyDude and Menelaos 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andromeda673 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 I wish you luck, there was another member here or on zone five, I can't remember. It was giving him all sorts of fits, but I'm sure you'll tackle it and make it look stunning! how many bottles of paint is that going to consume lol good lord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGB Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Hello, WOW!! Cheers Boris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 so cool to see this built! I remember seeing them flying into New York when I was a kid. Lee White 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmo.b Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Getting stuck in, great to see that this won't be sitting on the shelf....you don't have one big enough!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 A supersonic airliner ... in 1/48 ... that's a lot of awesomeness! Looks like a great kit, keen to see you put your skills to work on this ones Eric! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted September 18, 2015 Author Share Posted September 18, 2015 I am thinking about displaying it in this configuration. There will be a number of problems with doing it this way though, so we will see. Whitey, Uilleann and Girlscanplay2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee White Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 so cool to see this built! I remember seeing them flying into New York when I was a kid. Ditto. Loud as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Ditto. Loud as hell. Ditto Ditto, out of Heathrow and Dubai. Cool build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Wow, that is a huge kit. Look forward to seeing it built up Eric. Looks like a standard high-end HpH kit Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywifehatesmodels Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Great work, so far and I'll think twice next time, before I complain about display case issues. John Girlscanplay2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Oh. My. Word. Following this is going to be a very real pleasure, thank you Eric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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