BiggTim Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 What is a "bodger"? Sounds a bit like something you pick out of your nose. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 5, 2017 Author Share Posted February 5, 2017 Ahhh, now. Traditionally, a bodger made legs for chairs. They would go out into the woods with a few hand tools, make everything they needed from the materials to hand (trees) including a pole lathe. They would then run up as many chair legs as they could sell, come home and sell them Nowadays boding comes in two types. The type I like the least involves mending things with duct tape, bits of wire ad other flimsy stuff. On the other hand, a really good quick fix can be a very admirable bodge What a bodger does when modelling is, um, cutting, scraping, sticking, hacking about, using the wrong bits... That kind of stuff Richard Would you like a hankie? BiggTim, MikeC, Uncarina and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Here I am complaining about how much I hate PE and you are just doing wonders with it! Great job Richard! mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 (edited) Ahhh, now. Traditionally, a bodger made legs for chairs. They would go out into the woods with a few hand tools, make everything they needed from the materials to hand (trees) including a pole lathe. They would then run up as many chair legs as they could sell, come home and sell them Nowadays boding comes in two types. The type I like the least involves mending things with duct tape, bits of wire ad other flimsy stuff. On the other hand, a really good quick fix can be a very admirable bodge What a bodger does when modelling is, um, cutting, scraping, sticking, hacking about, using the wrong bits... That kind of stuff Richard Would you like a hankie? That's very interesting, Richard! I had never heard that term before. Rather like someone who "macguyvers" things together, after the old TV show. And now that I know what it means, I too, am a bodger. Edited February 6, 2017 by BiggTim RLWP and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 6, 2017 Author Share Posted February 6, 2017 MacGyver is a prince amongst bodgers, second to the A-Team perhaps Richard mpk and Shawn M 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Richard, Great work and progress with your dromedaries! Cheers, Tom mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 11, 2017 Author Share Posted February 11, 2017 (edited) The second Part etch has turned up, so I now have two frames on the go: The main tank is the wrong shape at the rear, 'cos it will be easier to fit that way. Not that you will be able to see it I've been dressing up the insides of the fuselage. This is more or less a backdrop to the frame, so I'm not too worried if it is right: Hobby Craft on the left, Academy on the right. The Hobby Craft fuselage is taller Richard Edited February 11, 2017 by RLWP MikeC, mpk, airscale and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Looking good Richard! mpk and BiggTim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 (edited) Apologies, I got a bit distracted making this: Clearly, not for a Camel Anyway - in the gun shop: Top left, Eduard Brassin barrels. Centre left, a WNW Vickers. Bottom, rolled Part etches. Top right, the Hobby Boss Vickers, and below that, they Academy one. The Academy gun is upside down - that's how the kit would have you fit it This is the Part etch on the Brassin barrels - I think they look better so I'm using them Richard Edited February 20, 2017 by RLWP BiggTim, airscale, TaffyMan and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Wow, COOL! That is terrific...................I was actually thinking the same thing..............was trying to find a picture of a Camel with uncovered wheels There's also a review here, written by yours truly. Out2gtcha and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share Posted March 2, 2017 (edited) Some progress shots: Front is the Academy Camel, the one becoming the taper wing version. As this is an early bird, I'm putting in the 'hump' to the rear of the guns to carry the windscreen Both have been modified to include this fairing between the fuselage and the tailplane And both have the Part photoetched seam fitted On the left is a fuel tank to go behind the seat. I made the bottom flat, you can't see it and it is easier to fix in place like that. At the back is the cockpit framing, it comes up well with a bit of paint. At the front are the wicker seat, the stick and the rudder bar. Finally, on the right is the steerable tail skid Lots of fiddly bits going on, I must remember to take more pictures! Richard Edited March 2, 2017 by RLWP BiggTim, Shawn M and mpk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 LOOK OUT. PE! BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 This bit has been bugging me for ages, and I'm wondering if I have eventually recreated what was in the original kit... It's probably me being an engineer. Those big cut outs are to allow air from inside the cowl to go out through slots in the underside. Neither kit left these ducts open, so I made a new underside: This is my third attempt - making the whole lot into an assembly like this made all the difference: Now the firewall is attached to the framework of the fuselage, and the outer panels are just ducts - exactly like the full size aeroplane! What next? Richard Jeff, Hubert Boillot and BiggTim 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Wow, awesome work.... I'm enjoying this, learning stuff too...always good , keep the updates coming... RLWP and BiggTim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Wow, Richard ... some super styrene engineering there. And the guns look great. Looking very neat. Jim RLWP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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