geedubelyer Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Hello Tom. Just dropped by to say what a pleasure it was to meet you at Telford on Sunday and see this big girl in the flesh. The quality of your work is even more impressive in the flesh and I commend you on your approach to surface fidelity. It's a joy to see subtlety and restraint employed when it is all too easy to overdo panel lines and surface details. Congrats on a beautiful scratch guild so far. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted December 19, 2019 Author Share Posted December 19, 2019 Dragging this thread up from the distant past - has it really been nearly a year and a half since I did anything to this?! No progress as such, but I did manage to score some very useful parts for this project from the good folks at HK Models whilst at Telford... a full set of their Lancaster landing gear legs and struts which has given me a bit of nudge in this model's direction - thanks @Cees Broere! Now it's a case of digging out the reference books again and seeing how the Lanc/Shackleton set up differed... Tom Trak-Tor, Out2gtcha, kkarlsen and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 I'd forgotten about this one! What an incredible project. Hopefully you can find the time to start this one up again. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misha71 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 amaizing work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agr62 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 My dad flew in shackletons as a rear gunner. He died from dementia a year ago but he had very clear memories of his time in coastal command. It's nice to see the bag of rivets coming together tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeds Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Hi Tom, I have an Avenger TBM-3 stalled project. If the radome is any good to you, its yours. It is attatched to the fuselage though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 such an impressive project and so well done. tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckT Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Forgive me if you stated this somewhere already, but would you mind sharing what thickness of card you used to cut into strips early on in the build? I can’t seem to find that info. Great looking scratchbuild and I can’t wait for more updates, C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 12 hours ago, ChuckT said: Forgive me if you stated this somewhere already, but would you mind sharing what thickness of card you used to cut into strips early on in the build? I can’t seem to find that info. Great looking scratchbuild and I can’t wait for more updates, C. Sorry - I’ve just seen your PM about this. I honestly can’t remember the card thickness now, but I’ll have a look when I’m next in the loft to see if I have any left in my stash. On 12/22/2019 at 12:09 AM, Smeds said: Hi Tom, I have an Avenger TBM-3 stalled project. If the radome is any good to you, its yours. It is attatched to the fuselage though. That’s a really kind offer - thank you - but I’ve done exactly the same as you and already have the exact same radome modified and ready for installation when the time comes! Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Afternoon all It's been a while since I've done anything on this long-term build, but decided to get it back out for a bit of TLC and decided to jump straight back in and tackle something that I'd been needing to correct... When building the fuselage what seems like years ago I had somehow managed to make the extreme rear fuselage (where the rear observation glazing mates) completely the wrong shape. In my example, you can see I've made the fuselage sides curved, and the upper and lower fuselage too curved as well: IMG_1859 by Thomas Probert, on Flickr ...when compared to the real thing - taken at the Charlwood museum - which shows flat sides and top: Tail Glazing by Thomas Probert, on Flickr So, using some better plans as well as the good old Mk1 eyeball, I made a new shape for the rear fuselage: IMG_1861 by Thomas Probert, on Flickr ...which when offered up already improves the look: IMG_1860 by Thomas Probert, on Flickr The difference has now been built up with filler, and slowly a much better-shaped rear fuselage is beginning to emerge: IMG_1868 by Thomas Probert, on Flickr Still plenty of shaping and blending to do, but I'm much happier with this now. I've also began inserting the framing into the cockpit as these will be needed to support the glazing when the time comes: IMG_1867 by Thomas Probert, on Flickr I'm enjoying being back on this - let's see how long the motivation lasts! All the best, Tom LSP_Kevin, RLWP, Chek and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 great to see you back at this Tom tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 (edited) So cool to see this project back up....big and beautiful l. Edited March 26, 2020 by williamj tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Good to see you back on this one Tom, Regards. Andy tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trak-Tor Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Well.... tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Great to see this monster in action again. tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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