mozart Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 In between other things, work continues quietly on the Tiger Moth cockpit, just a fraction away from closing up now. The compasses were made by punching discs then stacking them together - the ridges of the discs are visible in these pictures but since they are only 4mm dia. or so they look ok in "real life"! I've added control rods and levers for the throttles and mixture controls on the port side plus the trim levers and on the starboard side a wire for the leading edge slats: Just the Sutton harnesses and crash pads at the front of each cockpit to add. The latter are very fiddly to fit at a later stage so now's a good time to try to get them right. mpk, Shaka HI, sandokan and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 Fuselage closed up, a little tidying up to do with a couple of seams: williamj, RLWP, kkarlsen and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 (edited) Having "wrapped up" the cockpits, the next focus will be on the fuselage base, this is the detail provided: and this gives a better idea of what it should be like: Not a lot of similarity really! Edited February 12, 2017 by mozart MikeC, Alain Gadbois, Shaka HI and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 You are so fussy Richard mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 You are so fussy Richard Yep! RLWP and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Very tidy so far, looking forward to see how you tackle the undersides fussystylie Torben mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka HI Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 It's on the bottom, Max... Move on, no one will see it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 (edited) It's on the bottom, Max... Move on, no one will see it! Whoa, steady on there Shaka, I refer you to Hasegawa F6F-3/5 Hellcat...cockpit! Edited February 12, 2017 by mozart Alain Gadbois, mpk and Shaka HI 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 A couple of in-progress shots for the underside of the Moth. Contrary to what our friend Shaka jokes, this level of detail is essential in this aeroplane because it's characteristic of its construction and it will be easily seen......unlike some cockpits! The bolt and nut heads are from a sheet that I bought some years ago used mainly by people who make those smelly clanky things: Hubert Boillot, RLWP, TorbenD and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 (edited) As a fellow sufferer, what I think you meant to say was: this level of detail is ESSENTIAL!!!!! It's not all about HUDs, missile types and ejector seat marks - lovers of wood and canvas aeroplanes have their obsessions too* Richard * If I were building this kit, that gap between the fuselage and the lower wing on the real aeroplane would be keeping me awake at nights.... Edited February 15, 2017 by RLWP MikeC, mozart and mpk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 Perhaps I was trying to be a little too gentlemanly with the heretic on the forum Richard! Pre-drilling the rigging attachment holes prior to putting the wing halves together: BradG, sandokan, 109 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 I love that detail added under the fuselage! The Matchbox kit is nice, but those little details make a huge difference! Can't wait till the next update. Alain mozart, Jeff and mpk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 You are so right Alain. Keep it quiet and above all don't let Shaka know, but there's more to come yet! TorbenD, mpk and Shaka HI 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Lovely work as always Max. I need to get back to my Spitfire soon. Carl mpk, mozart and Shaka HI 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka HI Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 My my, Max...there's some very nice progress going on... mpk and mozart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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