alaninaustria Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 That really is beautiful work there my friend! I love the detail!! Cheers and thanks for sharing Brian! Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Pratt Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 I'm running out of words to describe your work Brian.It's a real blast watching your build mate...cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Hannover - Germany Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Brian, the gunbay and doors with all the tiny details are great! superb work, as always Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMurph Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Brian I just am amazed at what you are doing here, it really does make me want to do more and more to my own project. The details of the latches on the gun doors is spot on, wish I could work with sheet metal maybe I'll give it a try sometime what thickness are you working with? Besides the beer can! Thanks Murph... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcauchi Posted March 20, 2006 Author Share Posted March 20, 2006 Murph, don;t give up. yours is coming along really nice and I post many pics on my build so you can really try to duplicate it all. Where you get stuck just drop a line or just plain ask and I shall try to sort it out for you. So you can go as far as you wish. It is a nice plane to detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus H Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 stuning, brian! the closing clips are absolutely great detail. truely a masterpiece. feels good if you can close a chapter that came out that nice, isnt it? cheers klaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcauchi Posted March 24, 2006 Author Share Posted March 24, 2006 Started working on the wheel bay doors at last. The smaller front set are done, cut up and detailed. Here is the process for starting on the others using my favourite aluminium sheeting. The shaded part to be removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcauchi Posted March 24, 2006 Author Share Posted March 24, 2006 Shaded parts removed and doors cut off separately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcauchi Posted March 24, 2006 Author Share Posted March 24, 2006 At this point I realised that the centre panels are completely wrong so I modified the openings on the underside of the model and cut new centre pieces. As usual, nothing comes right first time. Its the trend I've got used to on this particular build. Nearly everything was done twice or three times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Awesome mate, BZ. How are you going to paint it with all those sticy out bits? Are they only tacked in place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcauchi Posted March 24, 2006 Author Share Posted March 24, 2006 hi Jamie, everything has to go off. they are only temporarily fixed in place to show you guys what the part is and where it goes. everything will be painted separately and then fixed at the end. Still a very long way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koala Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Gold medal stuff Brian. Yet again my hat is off to you. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus H Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 hi brian! very nice, as always. what do you use to cut the aluminium? knife? scissors? i have read that a paper cutting machine can be very usefull. i dont own one but i am thinking of buying one if i can find a cheap good one some day. for can aluminium i usually scratch a line into the aluminium with a knife. then i bend it two times and the piece i want comes off. maybe you found a better solutuion. cheers klaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcauchi Posted March 24, 2006 Author Share Posted March 24, 2006 hi Klaus, I use normal scissors to cut the beer cans but the rear end of a modeling blade for the thicker stuff. It is more like deep scribing than cutting. As you say a couple of twists will do the job once you have scored the surface with the blade. When you cut with scissors, the metal curls up. This is easily made flat again by rolling a cylinder over it like a round blade handle for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMurph Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Brian what thickness is the sheet metal you are using? The doors are looking good! Cheers Murph... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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