Victor K2 Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 A master class in scratch building tomprobert and Derek B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted April 11, 2016 Author Share Posted April 11, 2016 Evening all, Time for another update for you - it's the last day of my Easter holidays and I return to work tomorrow so things may well slow a little for a while, but I've made the most of the few days of freedom... I've been working on the stabilisers and after the last update I sparred them internally and glued them together. The area where I'd increased the chord was filled with plastic card to bring the gap up to the level of the rest of the aerofoil, and this was then filled and sanded smooth to blend everything in. Lastly, I made some hinges for the elevators from Evergreen plastic strip. It was then a case of consulting the plans carefully to establish where the stabilisers are situated, and this was a case of measure thrice, cut once, before I inserted a spar from thick left over sprue: The completed stabilisers were then test-fitted: And with some careful trimming the fit is quite satisfactory - only a quick lick of filler will be required: On the underside you can also see where I've done a little re-shaping of the underside as I wasn't happy with the shape: I've also started adding the upper escape hatches on the top of the fuselage: As well as making the lower radome aperture on the lower fuselage behind the bomb bay: Speaking of radomes - this chunk of resin has arrived: Yup... I'm going to complete this project as an AEW.2, my favourite of the breed. So, with the elevators added it's certainly starting to look like a Shackleton... which is a bonus I suppose I'm off to fill the stabiliser to fuselage join now, so cheerio for now. Tom Starfighter, Rdrunner, shbemo13 and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chek Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Time for bed, said (insert name of appropriate MR character here). That'll likely confuse many - both our foreign colleagues and the young! But all will be revealed in time, I'm sure. The model's looking good - there's definitely some unmistakable Shacketiness peeping out of the work so far, and interesting to see the differences to the Lancaster. tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Such a treat to watch and learn from mate! Thanks for sharing!! tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Absolutely amazing work Tom.........are you sure you cant persuade your employer to give you more time off (paid of coarse) as it seems a shame for work to get in the way of this!! Regards. Andy Fooesboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted April 11, 2016 Author Share Posted April 11, 2016 Absolutely amazing work Tom.........are you sure you cant persuade your employer to give you more time off (paid of coarse) as it seems a shame for work to get in the way of this!! Regards. Andy If only, Andy... I'll ask tomorrow and see what the guv'nor says. monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Tom, that's phenomenal work. Really impressive, I love the tail feathers. Jim tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor K2 Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Only another half a million rivets to go. Florence, Dougal, Dillon, Ermatrude , Brian and Zebedee, (who have I forgot? ) M.R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 Only another half a million rivets to go. Florence, Dougal, Dillon, Ermatrude , Brian and Zebedee, (who have I forgot? ) M.R. I'm sure there's a few more... as I progress with this build I'll make a decision as to which character will adorn the nose so will keep you posted. Something had been bugging me about the overall look of the fuselage, and I couldn't quite put my finger on it. The shape is right (according to the plans anyway) but something looked out. Then it occurred to me what I'd done whilst looking at pictures of the real AEW2s... the windows I'd made in the fuselage were too high and out of position... it was throwing the whole look of the fuselage. So, it was out with some plastic card last night, and I filled in the original windows and will now make new ones, which will hopefully solve the problem. More updates soon... Tom Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 It's wonderful to watch your progress. Sincerely, Mark tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Go Tom, Go !......Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 i so wish one day I could do something like that.. nice work. tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share Posted April 14, 2016 i so wish one day I could do something like that.. nice work. Having watched your builds there's no doubt in my mind that something like this is well within your skill set Shawn M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee White Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Here's a neat film about the Shack- 30 minutes long, but pretty informative. The only thing that raised my eyebrows was towards the end, when it was suggested that the 300mph Shackleton's main quarry was the 500mph Bear. tomprobert, sandokan, Out2gtcha and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandokan Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Ultrawow! What a great job! tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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