monthebiff Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Brilliant progress, inspirational scratch building work!! Regards. Andy tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 outstanding work tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rigor Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Man you make it look so easy nice work tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Oh...I,m liking this. MARU5137 and tomprobert 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Wow, that is sweet!!! tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Utterly amazing build Tom! Curious as to how much it weighs, so far anyway. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 Utterly amazing build Tom! Curious as to how much it weighs, so far anyway. Tony Thanks, Tony. Have just weighed it for you, and she comes in at 739g. I estimate 738g of that is filler MARU5137 and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 another excellent update, looks awesome :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Paul Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Fantastic progress Tom! It's so helpful seeing all the little steps come together on this enormous project. It also makes it hard to complain about just building a standard model, at least for me! Keep up the great progress! Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Terrific work, Tom! Quite outstanding, really. I'm hoping I can tackle a project like this myself when I grow up. Kev williamj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Just fantastic work !!!....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fightersweep Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 I haven't had any time at the bench to work on this project, but thought I'd share some 3D printing that's been helping with this build... I'm indebted to Kev67 for his help here - he's done some beautiful prints of the main wheels: In sort, this'll save a whole lot of complex scratch-building Tom Hi Tom; Would those wheels be the same as used on the Avro Lincoln? It's just that I have plans to build the forthcoming HK Lanc kit as the BBMF's PA474, and she uses Lincoln wheels. Wondering if it was worth sweet talking Kev67... Really glad to see you back at work on the Shackleton. It's a masterclass in vac building and scratch building and I'm learning lots from you! Next to Peter's Spit XIV, this is the other build thread I make a beeline for when I drop in here. It's an awesome project that quite simply, ROCKS! Best regards; Steve MARU5137 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Awesome work Tom (looks very much like the one that is currently being rebuilt at Bruntingthorpe airfield! - I will be there working on the LPG Lightnings this weekend, so if you need me to look at anything, just ask). Derek MARU5137 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted August 3, 2016 Author Share Posted August 3, 2016 Hi Tom; Would those wheels be the same as used on the Avro Lincoln? It's just that I have plans to build the forthcoming HK Lanc kit as the BBMF's PA474, and she uses Lincoln wheels. Wondering if it was worth sweet talking Kev67... Really glad to see you back at work on the Shackleton. It's a masterclass in vac building and scratch building and I'm learning lots from you! Next to Peter's Spit XIV, this is the other build thread I make a beeline for when I drop in here. It's an awesome project that quite simply, ROCKS! Best regards; Steve Hi Steve, Yes, as far as I know the late Lancasters, Lincolns and Shackleton MR1/MR2 all used the same main wheel - the BBMF is still using Shackleton tires left over from the AEW2 days. The Canadian Lancaster also uses this wheel, too. The wheels I have are the masters, but Kev still has the files as far as I know so printing some more shouldn't be too much of a problem. MARU5137 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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