Rob1970 Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 "I felt a great disturbance in The Stash, as if thousands of Classic Kit Collectors suddenly cried out in horror, and were suddenly silenced as they were buried by their own collapsing mountain of never-to-be-build kits. I fear something necessary has happened." -OhBuildOne MeRobbieRob Tnarg, Cees Broere, Bill_S and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_S Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 An interesting subject. But I keep asking myself... "Does anyone make a 1/32 scale Frankenstein?" Harold and Lothar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnarg Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 This is the best kind of building. Take control and do something "strange and unusual", just like Winona Rider said in Beetle-Juice. Tnarg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1970 Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 This is the best kind of building. Take control and do something "strange and unusual", just like Winona Rider said in Beetle-Juice. Fine, but I draw the line at shoplifting... Rob Lee White 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomv87 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Can't wait to see more! This is going to be fun! Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 "I felt a great disturbance in The Stash, as if thousands of Classic Kit Collectors suddenly cried out in horror, and were suddenly silenced as they were buried by their own collapsing mountain of never-to-be-build kits. I fear something necessary has happened." -OhBuildOne MeRobbie[/size][/size]Rob[/size] Super stuff Rob ... the force is strong in you. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1970 Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 Wooohahahaha Cees That was another one of those subtle hints by the way, Cees... Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Noted and not forgotten. It will happen,.....soon. Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1970 Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) Onwards! Even if it is ever so slowly... The front of the fuselage is glued and ready for more torture.I started out with Tamiya ET, added a little bit of quarter-round Evergreen strip to add some strength to some of the seams... and then decided "Screw this..." and flowed in CA-glue and hit it with some kicker. That seam is NEVER getting loose! Time to figure out just how much I need to lengthen that frame... Eyeball Mk.I and a scale profile again.Something like that, I guess. 80mm looks like. Time to get the pencils and rulers out and draw something up I can work with...Not sure about the whole "stick a bit on"-idea. I might just cut a whole new frame out of a sheet of 2mm styrene. I want the whole frame to be as sturdy as I can get it.Also had a brainwave about the skin, and did some experimenting with a scrap piece of 0.25mm styrene...Looks pretty good, doesn't it? And very high tech too! If you thing a pizza-cutter, a metal ruler and a scrap of leather is high-tech, that is... Put the leather under the styrene, roll the pizza-cutter along the ruler with a fair bit of pressure and you get skin.Speaking of skin; gave the forward bit of the fuselage a good sanding to get rid of the ribbed skin and start on toning down those panel canyons. In my whiffery this bit of the fuselage has normal plating. More sooooon!Rob Edited January 17, 2016 by Rob1970 BiggTim and sandokan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1970 Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 Time to get rid of some panel lines. I decided that glueing in some styrene strips was the way to go for some of them. They melt in quite nicely with Tamiya ET, since the stuff just loooooooves the 70s Matchbox plastic...And remember kids; don't be like Rob. Check your references -before- you cut a hole in your parts. Just because the folks at Matchbox decide the exhaust vent for the oil cooler is in a certain place, that doesn't make it true...Sooo... I scribed the new vents in the correct(ish) place (gotta keep the rivet-counters happy before they pop a bloodvessel...), ready for some cutting.Drilled a few holes, and whittle out the rest with a nice fresh blade.Once the new vents were done, I cut some pointy bits of 2mm styrene and forced them into the errand holes to plug them. A nice snug fit and some Extra Thin welded them in place.Once dry I trimmed down the inside bit with my dremel tool and hit it with a bit of CA glue.The outside was cut down, the worked closer to the fuselage with the dremel tool, and finally sanded smooth. Also made a start on filling the rest of the panel lines.Now we wait. For putty to dry and for bits to come in. Need my turret to finish planning the interior frame, and I need my gunnery and other bits from Hannants to continue work on the wheel spats. Already shot Hannants an email if they know what's keeping my stuff... Meanwhile I will start on the Delanne wing and the rudders.More soooon!Rob sandokan, BiggTim, ClumsyDude and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Rob, this is a terrific build. Love the ambition and the skills ... And keen to see the cockpit come together. Cheers Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1970 Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 (edited) Yay! My FN.20 turret arrived, so I had a better idea about the scale and size for my new tail. Soooo time to start... with a mock-up.First I made a good template for the fuselage cross-section, using the forward halve of the fuselage...I marked the centerline and a couple of horizontal reference lines as well. One of the horizontal ones is the same height as the bottom of the turret.Transferred the template to a sheet of 1mm styrene with a needle in a pinvise, and rubbed some paint into the scratches.Cut it out...Cut it a little closer...Cleaned it all up with a file and a sanding stick. Half done with this one. You know you have hit the mark when you no longer see any of the paint that you rubbed into the scratch.Two done, two to go... I found a cool 40s radio station online that is keeping me entertained in style while I do all this grind work. They even have wartime news flashes between some of the songs. Perfect to keep me in the mood to work on this invasion stopper... More soooon! Edited January 21, 2016 by Rob1970 Starfighter and sandokan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1970 Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 Righto...With 4 ribs done, I added some studs to the first one so I can fit it to the front half of the fuselage.It took a bit of figuring out, but in the end I had the right shape and size for the stringer that runs front to back at the height of the underside of the turret. That's going to be the spine for this mock-up.A few bit of right-angle Evergreen strip......then added my spine. I have some piece of keystock which is great to keep stuff in place and square while you wait for the glue to dry.The other three ribs needed a strip of 2mm removed, the thickness of the spine.Then it was time to add the other bits of rib to the spine, again using right-angle Evergreen and a lot of patience......until I ended up with this. Added some bit of styrene tube to give the whole thing some rigidity.Added some more spine for shape of the tail end.Mhm... that looks about right...Next; mocking up the wing...And yes. I know... I put waaaay to much work into something that's just a mock-up. That's just how my mind works sometimes...More soooon!!Rob Hubert Boillot, Lee White, Anthony in NZ and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 What a brilliant piece of scratch-building! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1970 Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 Finally got around to getting my hand on some actual styrene again, after brainstorming for a few days.I learned a few things from my mock-up, which was the whole point of making it. One thing was that I needed another rib about 1mm back from the last one and slightly steeper angle on the final tail bit (The red pencil marks on my drawing.)I made a new template for slightly smaller ribs. 1.25mm smaller to be precise. Made it by making a new template using the old one, and then first glueing in a strip of 1x1mm styrene, then a strip of 1x0.25mm styrene. Because that's the amount I need to move inwards for the whole tail to fit with the 1mm slats and 0.25mm skin attached.Glued with CA glue and sanded flush...The mock-up also helped me to figure out the size of the new internal frame. First I did a rough-ish sketch with the old frame as a guide...I scribed three parallel lines in a sheet of 2mm styreen at 29m and 21mm apart, and one vertical centerline in the middle, then took the measurements from my plans and transfered them to the styrenen by making points with my scribing needle and connecting the dots. After all the lines were scribed I rubbed in some paint.Then I repeated the whole thing, but mirrored...Tomorrow there will be a lot of drilling of holes and sawing... Joy...More soooon!Rob BiggTim, Starfighter and sandokan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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