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I/32nd I.D Vacform RAAF Canberra B.20


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Time to set my Canberra FREE!   :piliot: 

 

I kept main components on the carrier sheet whilst i worked on the Canberra,  to make sure it stays straight and minimise warping while i reinforced and thickened everything.....

 

​I can assure you - the I.D  fuselage was very thin and flip-floppy,  before i started working on it...

 

 

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The fuselage is very rigid after my extra work!

 

..Now I am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel!  :) 

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Glad to see the fuselage finally free Pip! 

 

Your techniques on display in the build are so unique :).... I would have gone the easy way and built a skeleton. Still, I'm sure the advantage of your approach is in ensuring everything stays aligned properly.

 

Starting to really come together now mate :)

 

Craig

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Wow Pip ... that is just looking phenomenal. Bet it's reassuring to have such a rigid fuselage, I would be on high anxiety (but then I'm nowhere near as skilled as you).

 

Cheers

Jim

 

 

Hi Jim, yeah - Thanks a lot mate...

It's amazing the difference the fuselage feels in my hands now - compared to as it was before I gave it my 'treatment'.

it now gives me a lot of confidence and a good working base to start 'hanging' major parts off it,  without disappointment or see it flop everywhere.

Though, I would be at a more advanced stage now, if I was working with the 'thicker' Tigger version.

Pip

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Glad to see the fuselage finally free Pip! 

 

Your techniques on display in the build are so unique :).... I would have gone the easy way and built a skeleton. Still, I'm sure the advantage of your approach is in ensuring everything stays aligned properly.

 

Starting to really come together now mate :)

 

Craig

 

 

Hi Craig,

unique? well thanks for compliment! Well, what i am offering here is a guide for others to follow, if they find some project they are doing needs some extra rigidity to it. (like a B-29 model for example)

Yeah - alignment is critical with such a big model! ... a little bit out here means a lot out there - further down the chain.

Right now - i want everything to start going together - without much surgery! :fight:

Pip

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Amazing work, Phil! I'd love to see this in the flesh some time. Bring it to Expo in Melbourne next year!

 

Kev

 

 

Thanks Kev,

If it's done by then - then perhaps I will!... maybe Eric G might take it to the Expo with his treasures - on my behalf, during his worldly travels (?)

he might need an extra large travel bag to take it though...

Pip

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Study of Fuselage:

 

....like all vacuforms the joins need to be straight as a die!... the process shown here is pretty much standard procedure....

 

 

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Yes  - Lots of:  "sanding - sanding - checking - checking"....

 

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One thing that I am pleased with,  is the repairs to the lower fuselage bomb - bay area,  that I carried out earlier....

It had a gun pack/pod molded to the base of the fuselage for the B(1)a - version, so I removed it and re-contoured the fuselage back to normal with some major surgery done to it...

You can clearly see the result!  (looking from rear to front) 

 

 

 

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Canopy :   (First attempt)

 

My thoughts now turn to the canopy and what way to go or how to approach it... 

​I decided to do a resin master to include in the resin parts set , I will be offering in future....

The I.D vacuform canopy itself,  is extremely basic - lacking any detail and support framing...

 

a study of canopy 'framing'  in question ...

 

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My idea is turning up a canopy frame using a PVC solid block and shaping the framing as a master resin insert to the clear part...

 

 

 

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The original I.D canopy has badly yellowed with age... So i will use it here as a template to design the canopy framing around it, for now....

 

 

 

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the rough canopy frame part needs a lot more work done to it,  to look more convincing -  than appears here  (maybe 30% done) 

but, for some reason ... I am not completely convinced that this is the way to go! (I have since thought of a better way)

I will put it aside as a back-up piece in case my other version doesn't work the way i plan.

See Folks!.. I can experiment and play around with ideas before i get the result I am after!

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Wings and Things:  Making Attachment Structures

 

time to start erecting main components to fuselage ...

there are many ways I can do this or approach this... but the thing guiding me, is that I am doing two things at once here...

 

1/. Building a vacuform 

​2/. Making Resin master accessory parts and make them available in near-future .....to help you guys build a Canberra (those of you that are interested in same project of course)

 

So, with no more adue:

 

Rear stabilisers:

 

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​The more i work in this area, the more i realised that the brass rod 'holders' are not strong enough for the metal stabiliser supports... the circular holders would crack around the base in time... so i reworked them to be much more stronger and lessen the chance of cracking or breaking...

 

 

Also:  Please keep in mind that these parts that you see here and in progress here , are being test fitted only!... They will be adjusted or refined when i am building it with the copied /refined resin bits - later!

 

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Now onto the Main Wing Spar- support bracket:

 

 

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This is my Main wing - Main Spar master that I plan to reproduce in resin at a later date.... it won't have the big holes in it as seen here - you'll have to cut out the holes for your main spar rod or wooden dowl etc and also cut out a 2mm circular support in sheet styrene (using a template i will supply) and screw or bolt together... as you see here

 

 

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