dodgem37 Posted March 16, 2019 Posted March 16, 2019 I like your style. Good show. Sincerely, Mark Gisbod 1
airscale Posted March 16, 2019 Posted March 16, 2019 you make old crap look amazing... any chance of popping round and helping out Mrs airscale? great job Peter coogrfan, Shawn M and Gisbod 1 2
Erwin Posted March 16, 2019 Posted March 16, 2019 Good work so far. This build gets better and better with every update. Gisbod 1
Gisbod Posted March 16, 2019 Author Posted March 16, 2019 (edited) Thanks Erwin, Mark & Peter 7 hours ago, airscale said: you make old crap look amazing... any chance of popping round and helping out Mrs airscale? great job Peter Bit harsh on the old girl (the kit, not your wife!) Closed up & wings on now... pics to follow Guy Edited March 16, 2019 by Gisbod
Kaeone57 Posted March 16, 2019 Posted March 16, 2019 YESSSSS! Old dog...new paint/skill tricks!! Peace, Alfonso Gisbod 1
Guyman1 Posted March 17, 2019 Posted March 17, 2019 Just love a plan come together this just gets more interesting as you go I do love these old kits just something about them. Really looking forward to more updates mate keep going your on a roll Guy Gisbod 1
Ryan Posted March 17, 2019 Posted March 17, 2019 On 3/14/2019 at 3:36 PM, Gisbod said: Yes, good point. Although I have seen a period photo with cushions in... Thanks Alain. Still undecided! I’ve just about finished the cockpit. A couple of odds and bobs to add. The HGW seat belts really bring it up a notch. Apart from that, I really haven’t added that much which I think is testament to the kit. Hair spray for the wear and tear. Generic placards from Airscale. Guy Damn Guy, just fabulous, you are the master. Makes me want one! Ryan Cheetah11, chukw, Anthony in NZ and 1 other 4
Gisbod Posted March 18, 2019 Author Posted March 18, 2019 9 hours ago, Ryan said: Damn Guy, just fabulous, you are the master. Makes me want one! Ryan Firstly, you’ve obviously misplaced yr glasses Ryan, secondly I think you’ve got enough toys to play with already! Guy ps says the the man who went to a model show yesterday and came away with three more kits
Ryan Posted March 18, 2019 Posted March 18, 2019 4 hours ago, Gisbod said: Firstly, you’ve obviously misplaced yr glasses Ryan, secondly I think you’ve got enough toys to play with already! Guy ps says the the man who went to a model show yesterday and came away with three more kits There are worse things to spend our money on Guy!
Sir Spendalot Posted March 18, 2019 Posted March 18, 2019 (edited) Beautiful job Guy! Not wanting to hijack your post but seeing the engine and cockpit photos reminded me that I have pictures taken from an article written by the pattern maker (Pat Tranfield) for this kit. These first two show the patterns built at 1/12 scale: And this last one is Pat's own final kit build. His son still has this actual built kit. If you're interested, the full article is here: https://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/article.php?aid=3276 Cheers Paul Edited March 18, 2019 by Sir Spendalot Pressed the submit button too early! Alain Gadbois, coogrfan and Gisbod 3
Alain Gadbois Posted March 18, 2019 Posted March 18, 2019 34 minutes ago, Sir Spendalot said: Beautiful job Guy! Not wanting to hijack your post but seeing the engine and cockpit photos reminded me that I have pictures taken from an article written by the pattern maker (Pat Tranfield) for this kit. These first two show the patterns built at 1/12 scale: And this last one is Pat's own final kit build. His son still has this actual built kit. If you're interested, the full article is here: https://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/article.php?aid=3276 Cheers Paul Very interesting photos! I first thought the top one was a Junkers full scale mock-up such as we often see from period photos. And the time when masters were hand made now seems such a long time ago. Alain Gisbod 1
Gisbod Posted March 18, 2019 Author Posted March 18, 2019 Wow, That’s great Paul, it must have been such a skill to make one of these from scratch . Really interesting. 1 hour ago, Ryan said: There are worse things to spend our money on Guy! My wife says why can’t I spend it on beer & loose women like normal men do? Guy Sir Spendalot 1
Gisbod Posted March 19, 2019 Author Posted March 19, 2019 Well, she’s beginning to look like a Stuka now and totally awkward to handle on the bench! I’ve has to use a fair bit of filler, not sure how much of this was me, the kit or just the age of the old girl. I think I the fuselage would have been a click fit, but something was restricting it closing on the bottom of the fuselage around the cockpit. Try as I might I couldn’t find the gremlin so had about a 1mm gap along the bottom. The tail plane fairings caused an issue too - my fault again, I was test fitting them and pushed them too hard and they wedged tight with another gap, stuck fast and I couldn’t get them off again . All ok now though. Can’t wait to get some paint on! Teaser shot: Guy Fvdm, KiwiZac, Erwin and 8 others 11
Gisbod Posted March 19, 2019 Author Posted March 19, 2019 Ps. I’ve sanded down the rivet detail on the surface, hopefully keeping, but just toning down, the effect. If you shut your eyes and ran your fingers over the surface it was like reading Braille nmayhew 1
Guyman1 Posted March 19, 2019 Posted March 19, 2019 Looking real good Guy keep going mate Guy Gisbod 1
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