airscale Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 truly masterful Tom, a wonder to behold - I can't imaging manhandling something that big on my bench.. it so looks like a Shack, you have captured it perfectly Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Wow!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 awesome as usual Tom...where do you keep all of these beasts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 awesome as usual Tom...where do you keep all of these beasts? tucohoward, Whitey, TaffyMan and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Oh wow (again). That is huge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyman1 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Great work here Tom always nice to see this build as it progresses. Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel_W Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Tom, Being somewhat of a newbie on LSP, I've only come across your incredible build over the last few days. I've spent a good deal of non-work time reading through this truly one of a kind scratch build blog of the Avro Shackleton AEW2. Honestly, I've never seen anything quite like this. Both your incredible skills and the massive size of the Shackleton is one for the books. I'm sure that more then one museum would be proud to display your master piece so that the public can enjoy it as well. Joel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee White Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Tom, Being somewhat of a newbie on LSP, I've only come across your incredible build over the last few days. I've spent a good deal of non-work time reading through this truly one of a kind scratch build blog of the Avro Shackleton AEW2. Honestly, I've never seen anything quite like this. Both your incredible skills and the massive size of the Shackleton is one for the books. I'm sure that more then one museum would be proud to display your master piece so that the public can enjoy it as well. Joel Joel, prepare to be amazed (again). http://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/?act=filter&field=author&data=Tom+Probert Out2gtcha and Joel_W 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted June 4, 2017 Author Share Posted June 4, 2017 Evening all It's been a while since any kind of update on this project, but life and a general lack of motivation for it has got in the way over the last few months. However, I have been doing a bit of work on the outboard engine nacelles... The first task was to establish exactly where the outer engines were on the outer wing sections. I used a combination of my plans as well as scaling up the Airfix 1/72nd scale kit's measurements, and then made the firewalls from 1.5mm plastic card - these were stuck to a 'spine' which was cut to the profile of the nacelle which was in turn stuck to the underside of the wing. Confused? May be the following pictures will explain in better... Here are the firewalls in position on the leading edges of the wing: With the firewall and spine on the correct position, I could then begin to build up the basic shape of the nacelle with bulkheads (or formers) which again were checked against the plans I have as well as the Airfix kit to ensure the shape was correct: With the shape of the nacelle sorted, I then began planking the formers with 2-3mm wide strips of plastic card: The extreme rear of the nacelle has a too-steep profile for the planks, so this was made from Milliput and wet-sanded to shape without too much of a headache: And now we have an outboard engine nacelle completed: As you can see from the pictures, the surface is far from smooth. This won't be a problem though, as when the glue is properly cured (and thus there's no more movement in the plastic as it dries) it'll get a coat of car body filler and a thorough sanding, before a few coats of filler primer will be sprayed on to finish the job. Now one nacelle is done, I've got to get cracking with the other. The thought of cutting a load more planks doesn't instill me with joy however, but I keep telling myself it's the last of the main structural work on this project, and then it can be the fun detailing of the airframe. Until next time, Tom Dandiego, dutik, sandokan and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunwinglow Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 The radar is similar but the radomes are a fair bit different in shape. I don't have much on the Shackleton though, I probably subconciously thought a 1:32 Shack was impossible. How wrong I was!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel_W Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Tom, I've read though each of those 1/32 scale massive builds, and I'm truly amazed. The B-29 must be mammoth in scope and size. So just where do you keep them once their completed? You, like Ben, make scratch building look easy. But for guys like me who are mostly OOB builders, I'm simply amazed at what you're able to create. Sure hope that the Mojo is back, and you're once again back at your bench. Joel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Tom, I am speechless. I am truly inspired and impressed! Thank you for taking so much time and effort to post your progress. Cheers Anthony Joel_W and Starfighter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 This is better than watching Game of Thrones, indeed. Regards - dutik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Barry Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Love it. Glad the spark kicked in again. I crave seeing the techniques of a complete scratch build in action and so appreciate the details. tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Paxton Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Clear on one? One clear CLEAR! {number one engine whines, coughs and roars to life} Now all you need is an army of ground personnel to stand around it....you know, for scale Love the build sir, and am following with enthusiasm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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