Phartycr0c Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Lovely work on this beast Tom, keep it up. tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Boogaloo Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Hello Tom, Big fan of your builds, have you tried Amazon prime? It looks like they're still delivering and I found some spray filler/primer pretty fast - even the same colour as Halfords version. Sorry, don't know how to do a link! Keep on modelling ( where DO you keep em when they're finished?!) Blue Skies! Captain Boogaloo tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 amazing project. tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 3 hours ago, Captain Boogaloo said: Hello Tom, Big fan of your builds, have you tried Amazon prime? It looks like they're still delivering and I found some spray filler/primer pretty fast - even the same colour as Halfords version. Sorry, don't know how to do a link! Keep on modelling ( where DO you keep em when they're finished?!) Blue Skies! Captain Boogaloo That’s interesting - I was just going to wait it out as I need a few colours from Halfords when they reopen. However, if I get desperate, I know what to do. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 5 hours ago, tomprobert said: Howdy folks And there we have it! Well - not quite. Still some fettling to do with the hinges and they also need priming. Unfortunately the local Halfords is closed due to the virus and I've run out of primer, so that'll have to wait. Stay safe people and thanks as ever for stopping by. Tom Thats a bit of a pain when you are in full flow Tom! However as its probably going to be the longest ever Easter Holidays probably going through to September you could have a crack at getting the even bigger Sunderland back on the bench, always love your builds and what you can do with these scary vac form kits. Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Tom, Eurocarparts do a small selection for delivery (some out of stock/some can be ordered in). Not sure if the Hycote stuff is 'too hot', but i'm sure from memory the plastic primer is OK for kits... sure i've used this in the past with no issues. https://www.eurocarparts.com/p/hycote-grey-primer-400ml-552776101 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Well you made that look easy! I'll have to give your method a go when it comes to my tail surfaces. Thanks for the tip! Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Tom, you Sir, are one of the neatest scratch builders ever! Your build is truly inspirational, and such a unique subject as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 19 hours ago, monthebiff said: Thats a bit of a pain when you are in full flow Tom! However as its probably going to be the longest ever Easter Holidays probably going through to September you could have a crack at getting the even bigger Sunderland back on the bench, always love your builds and what you can do with these scary vac form kits. Regards. Andy Hi Andy, The Sunderland hasn’t been forgotten - I was doing some of the more tedious interior ribbing only a few weeks ago but progress is slow so not really worth photographing. I do tend to hop about quite a bit with my builds so who knows, next week it may be back on the bench! 18 hours ago, Radders said: Tom, Eurocarparts do a small selection for delivery (some out of stock/some can be ordered in). Not sure if the Hycote stuff is 'too hot', but i'm sure from memory the plastic primer is OK for kits... sure i've used this in the past with no issues. https://www.eurocarparts.com/p/hycote-grey-primer-400ml-552776101 Thanks for this, Radders. One to keep in mind if I’m desperate for paint! Appreciated. 16 hours ago, brahman104 said: Well you made that look easy! I'll have to give your method a go when it comes to my tail surfaces. Thanks for the tip! Craig It’s a pretty fool-proof method, Craig. As long as you have the basic shape of the elevator correct, you can’t go wrong. A walk in the park for a man of your talents... 2 hours ago, Renegade said: Tom, you Sir, are one of the neatest scratch builders ever! Your build is truly inspirational, and such a unique subject as well You’re very kind - it might look neat, but the bin is always full of my previous mistakes you don’t get to see! All the best, folks - stay safe. Tom MikeMaben, Renegade and Out2gtcha 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 Evening all, Making the most of self-isolation, I've made a start on the cockpit interior. I absolutely Detest (with a capital D) making cockpits - I find it tedious enough painting kit cockpits so scratch-building them is even worse. I've been putting it off as long as possible with this build, but it's got to the stage where I can't put it off any longer. I thought I'd start with the instrument panel and get that out of the way first. I'll say now that this is far from a perfect replica of a Shackleton MkII instrument panel, but the overall effect is close enough for my liking. The initial job is to make the panel itself and this was done using plastic card. I made some basic rudder pedals beneath from more plastic strip and card. The individual panel sections - in this case the Shackleton seems to have two centre panels (lower one larger and the upper one slightly smaller) and then a panel with the primary flight instruments for each the pilot and co-pilot - were made next and offered up to the main panel for sizing. When the shapes and sizes were correct, I then set about using Airscale's excellent instrument bezel sets to start bringing the whole thing to life: Untitled by Thomas Probert, on Flickr The whole panel then got a spraying of matt black, with a drybrush of dark grey to bring out some of the details: Untitled by Thomas Probert, on Flickr Next was adding instrument decals - again the excellent Airscale sets to the rescue here: Untitled by Thomas Probert, on Flickr A clear gloss varnish was added to the instrument faces to represent the glass, and some light weathering added on the rudder pedals before it was fitted to the forward bulkhead: Untitled by Thomas Probert, on Flickr The macro photography makes it look a lot rougher than it actually is, and I'm quite pleased with the outcome so far. Obviously lots more to do, but as I'm currently in the swing of making instrument panels and the like, I may have a go at the Flight Engineer's panel next. Stay tuned... Tom scvrobeson, Victor K2, Sepp and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Superb, Tom! Kev tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 For someone that hates cockpits, you're sure doing a lovely job! Craig tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 That is a great-looking IP. Well done! Sincerely, Mark tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 If there was a mega-like button I would be whacking the hell out of it.... Brilliant! tomprobert and Astro32 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenshb Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Nice job on the instrument panel. What did you use to glue the etched instruments to the plastic? Jens tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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