mozart Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 Thanks Kag and Brian, I’m pleased with the final solution (I hope!) to the problem, thanks largely to Nick. That’s the value of the members of LSP, never bettered! Out2gtcha and Cheetah11 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted July 7, 2019 Author Share Posted July 7, 2019 (edited) I'm rather pleased with the outcome of my problematic canopy. I used the centre section canopy for the aft one (thanks for the thought Kag!), put the "fake" one inside the forward section and then glued one edge first and once dry, I then "eased" the other edge out to take up as much of the lip as possible. A little touching up to do but nowhere near as much as I thought I was going to be faced with: Edited July 7, 2019 by mozart Alain Gadbois, Out2gtcha, Fanes and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Wow, love it Max! Quite ingenious actually. How did you get the (and what did you use for) the "glass" attached flush with the frame? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted July 8, 2019 Author Share Posted July 8, 2019 5 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Wow, love it Max! Quite ingenious actually. How did you get the (and what did you use for) the "glass" attached flush with the frame? It’s not glazed Brian, no point in doing it and it certainly made fitting the frame easy. It really doesn’t notice at all. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekB Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 That looks excellent Max! Great work, and lots of innovative solutions! mozart and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Now that is a great piece of problem solving Max, can I say the weathering you have added looks spectacular! Regards. Andy mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Hi Max The canopy looks fantastic and very realistic.. BTW congrats on reaching the finals in the cricket. Nick mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 Derek, Andy and Nick, thanks for your kind comments. It all seems to be working rather well so far, fingers crossed for the rest of the build including the "airborne dio"! Nick, I was playing in a team golf match today - we were all sitting watching the TV beforehand whilst sipping our coffees and eating bacon baps, thrilled to see Aussie wickets tumbling. Four and a bit hours later we were equally thrilled to see England totting up the runs, with the win being sealed during dinner. We won our golf match too, so all in all a great day!! Cheetah11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 2 hours ago, mozart said: ... so all in all a great day!! Not so much for us Aussie fans! Kev mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 8 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: Not so much for us Aussie fans! Kev Kev at least your team can still hold their heads up high. unlike ours. What a bloody disastrous Word Cup for the South African Team. Max what an interesting build. I went onto the net and read up a bit more on the flying schools in Southern Rhodesia during the war and was amazed at the number of aircrew trained by such a small country and community. Something like 5% of all Commonwealth aircrew. A fact largely forgotten by history. Nick mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fvdm Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 What a terrific build. You inspired me to put this one on my wishlist. mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share Posted July 12, 2019 54 minutes ago, Cheetah11 said: Max what an interesting build. I went onto the net and read up a bit more on the flying schools in Southern Rhodesia during the war and was amazed at the number of aircrew trained by such a small country and community. Something like 5% of all Commonwealth aircrew. A fact largely forgotten by history. Nick Indeed Nick, very large numbers, mostly RAF but also Aussies and Greeks. I’ve done quite a bit of research about the RATG at the National Archives though generally the level of information available is pretty poor. The museum at Gweru has some interesting photos and exhibits, but other than that internet research and a few BCATP books is all there is. Picking up scraps from here and there, but no one coherent source.....perhaps I should write a book! After leaving Rhodesia Dad was posted to South Africa, working in Air Traffic Control, before his later posting to Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share Posted July 12, 2019 49 minutes ago, Fvdm said: What a terrific build. You inspired me to put this one on my wishlist. Thank you very much. This is my second Harvard, given to me actually by Hubert who sadly no longer graces this forum. It’s a good basic platform to build on, not perfect in many ways, but that’s how I like my modelling! I’m so tempted to get another and use it as a basis for a Mk I. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share Posted July 12, 2019 Talking of Mk 1s, I found this fabulous picture today on the IWM website (not sure why I haven't found it before!). Some interesting markings on them, the middle Harvard (N7061) looks to be a completely different colour to the other two. I checked Dad's logbook, he flew both N7095 and N7061in his early days at 20 SFTS before tending to fly more MkIIs. Out2gtcha and DerekB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 So my second Harvard of SFTS Cranborne is finished (apart from adding the aerial wire). A few shots whilst still on the bench, I'll get some RFI pics later: Out2gtcha, MikeC, Gazzas and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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