Piprm Posted June 20, 2019 Author Posted June 20, 2019 (edited) Cockpit continued : Just a sideline observation on the Quilted side-wall of the cockpit... You will notice by the photo - reference below , that the stitching on the quilted fabric isn't as even or uniform as you would expect... ( the stitching - diamond shapes) So in keeping with detail and observation and also a dedication to those rivet-counters here - I have followed the same practice here with my master internal parts. Edited June 20, 2019 by Piprm Jan_G, Out2gtcha, williamj and 6 others 8 1
CJP Posted June 20, 2019 Posted June 20, 2019 Loving the work you are putting into this model and watching it come together - great stuff CJP Piprm 1
TorbenD Posted June 21, 2019 Posted June 21, 2019 Wonderful work - a proper labour of love! Torben Piprm 1
crobinsonh Posted June 22, 2019 Posted June 22, 2019 Amazing thread on so many levels - Vacform, scratch, Canberra details. Piprm 1
Piprm Posted June 24, 2019 Author Posted June 24, 2019 (edited) Thanks guys for your comments, I really appreciate them... Cockpoop (Continued) Now that i have all the main Cockpit components done in their basic forms and happy with general fit, for now... It's time to finish installing the right-side cockpit wall fabric and remove the Cockpit Inner-wall liner to detail and prepare it for molding. I will let the photos continue the story... NOTE: I was never happy with this first attempt at the left-side Canopy to fuselage connection point ( you can see I used Blu-Tak to fill the gaps) ... so I have decided to re-visit this area - after I finish the other side fabric installation. This is how it should be.... Time to Crow-Bar `my wall base inner-liner part, out of the fuselage ... My previous explanation of using water-based paper-glue to build up and fix this part in place as preparations in this area - for later removal, ( which is now) ..... is about to pay dividends or total disaster! Wadda - Ya - Know? .... My wall liner part popped out, without too much fuss at all! ... a bit of sticky residue to clean up but being water based paper-glue ... easy-peazy!... Any other glue used during earlier preparations - would have been a disaster for sure! Yes, it has a bit of colour bleed-through, in the material but that is a chemical reaction to the Blue-Tak sticky base ( compare it to the freshly made right - side cockpit) ... but the Quilted textures on the inside walls is still good to go, for copying - and it also needs a bit of tidying up around the edges and all, but it's not that much work... Oh Yes!... this new inner-wall part feels pretty solid in my hands - though it's not thick.. the T-section formers give it that rigidity I need. Hmm, Not bad for my first attempt - me thinks ! Pip Edited August 27, 2019 by Piprm word correction D.B. Andrus, sandokan, Starfighter and 4 others 6 1
LSP_Kevin Posted June 24, 2019 Posted June 24, 2019 Excellent problem-solving, Phil! Kev Piprm and sandokan 2
CJP Posted June 24, 2019 Posted June 24, 2019 In this day & age of resin cockpits and etched brass it is good to see such great scratch building! CJP Piprm 1
brahman104 Posted June 25, 2019 Posted June 25, 2019 Excellent work Pip! Really outstanding scratchbuilding going on here. You've nailed that soundproofing. The canberra sure has a busy little cockpit; lots of things to bang your head on! Craig Piprm 1
Piprm Posted June 25, 2019 Author Posted June 25, 2019 10 hours ago, brahman104 said: Excellent work Pip! Really outstanding scratchbuilding going on here. You've nailed that soundproofing. The canberra sure has a busy little cockpit; lots of things to bang your head on! Craig Yep Thanks Craig - Busy cockpit it certainly is! .. and it's keeping me busy too! Pip
Piprm Posted June 25, 2019 Author Posted June 25, 2019 On 6/24/2019 at 12:16 PM, LSP_Kevin said: Excellent problem-solving, Phil! Kev Thanks Muchly Kev! I'm itching to get these parts into resin soon!... it's a pity I've got a few coals in the fire - as far as other projects going on at the same time! But I'm determined to make some inroads here. Pip LSP_Kevin 1
Piprm Posted June 25, 2019 Author Posted June 25, 2019 (edited) On 6/24/2019 at 12:35 PM, CJP said: In this day & age of resin cockpits and etched brass it is good to see such great scratch building! CJP Thanks CPJ, Yes, I'm stocking up on etched brass and A/M parts for upcoming projects at the moment but it's a brave new world as far as the new technologies in model-making and quick turn-around parts coming on stream in recent years. I'm wondering if the old hands-on skills ( demonstrated here and else-where by some other very talented people on this site) will fade in time and into obscurity with the new push-button modelling renditions done in a micron of the time and arguably more accurate as well - compared to hours and hours - days - weeks - months - years!... of the good old-fashioned hands-on modelling. Don't get me wrong - I think the new technologies ( 3-D printers, CAD design etc) becoming more accessible now for making new model parts - is fantastic. Pip Edited June 25, 2019 by Piprm
CJP Posted June 25, 2019 Posted June 25, 2019 (edited) 20 hours ago, Piprm said: Thanks CPJ, Yes, I'm stocking up on etched brass and A/M parts for upcoming projects at the moment but it's a brave new world as far as the new technologies in model-making and quick turn-around parts coming on stream in recent years. I'm wondering if the old hands-on skills ( demonstrated here and else-where by some other very talented people on this site) will fade in time and into obscurity with the new push-button modelling renditions done in a micron of the time and arguably more accurate as well - compared to hours and hours - days - weeks - months - years!... of the good old-fashioned hands-on modelling. Don't get me wrong - I think the new technologies ( 3-D printers, CAD design etc) becoming more accessible now for making new model parts - is fantastic. Pip HI Pip - when you look at the standard of modelling displayed on LSP I think scratch building will stick around and not fade away - I've often ended up scratch building areas like wingfold details because some A/M parts I've seen have not captured the shapes like aerofoil cross sections - can also be quite satisfying - I remember about 40 years ago everything needed to be scratched when improving my old models! - the work I see on LSP continues to amaze and inspire me. CJP Edited June 26, 2019 by CJP text Piprm 1
Piprm Posted August 27, 2019 Author Posted August 27, 2019 (edited) Cockpoop Wall Liner - Continued Time to clean up and detail the cockpit wall liner - as you have seen already - it's rough around the edges ( mostly because of the raised or widened mating surfaces of the fuselage halves ) so I had to under-cut the edges but now i have to build them up again for copying into resin for standard molding to cover all applications. My resin copy of these particular parts for this build at least - will be cut back again at the fuselage-halves edges... to fit again. Readjusted edges - Before and after comparison..... Now, I have moved to the crew door access hatch because of alignment of the openings ( inside and out) that need to be addressed before molding.... I need to scribe and cut right around the access door edges, with some accuracy because any mistakes at this stage - especially with the outer fuselage sides.. will need a lot of extra work to correct and/or fix and why make any extra work for myself? So for the need to making a sturdy full door sized scribing-cutting template - I have turned to using the thin alloy metal strips you find in your everyday household window venetians blinds ( here we go again - stripping your house for useful tools and parts - Pip ? ) Erh!! maybe... I'll let the photos tell the rest of the story.... Edited October 27, 2019 by Piprm extra wrding Starfighter, R Palimaka, sandokan and 2 others 4 1
Piprm Posted September 29, 2019 Author Posted September 29, 2019 (edited) Cockpit ( Continued) working further on the inner wall 'Shell' below shows the edges cleaned up and ready for the next part.... The photos tell the story.... Time to mock - up the inner-wall liners and back wall to check fit and look .... I am happy with look and more importantly - the fit of the parts so far.... ( they will be cleaned up more before I mold these) Now we move to the next area.... The crew access hatch ( Inside and out).... Looking from the outside > in , the entry hatch edging has this small 'lip' as shown in following photos..... Pip Edited September 29, 2019 by Piprm extra wording Kagemusha, sandokan, LSP_Kevin and 6 others 8 1
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