Out2gtcha Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 lol! I probably would have been easier on you Max, had I known they were YOUR codes and not factory decals! I should have known what I was looking at, since the scheme you chose was not OOB! DUH! I can be a royal right prat now and then Much easier to mess things up on our own. I give the factory much less wiggle room when it comes to that stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 1 minute ago, Out2gtcha said: lol! I probably would have been easier on you Max, had I known they were YOUR codes and not factory decals! I should have known what I was looking at, since the scheme you chose was not OOB! DUH! I can be a royal right prat now and then Much easier to mess things up on our own. I give the factory much less wiggle room when it comes to that stuff. Brian my friend, I realised from the way you'd written it what you'd assumed, but every word you said was true so it shows that I too can be a right prat.....your comments were thoroughly deserved, taken on the chin, stiff upper lip and all that and absolutely no offence taken! Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avro683 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 On 12/14/2019 at 10:23 AM, mozart said: Half cutting through the tabs and bending meant an easy assembly of elevators to tail planes: I've started to look at the engine, nicely detailed and crisp without being too complicated - it should nonetheless make up into a busy enough looking engine, and you have the option of being fully encased in the fairings or partially open: The parts arrowed fit onto each cylinder head but from the instructions appear to be used only on "variant" (read scheme) 2. ie Gloster Gladiator I 607 squadron August 1939. Why this should be so in beyond me, but if you go for the fully closed up look, they won't be seen anyway. Detail: The collector ring is lovely, going to be quite a challenge to get the right worn effect: I think I'll paint this separately and fit later. Finally the exhaust pipes, I'm liking the fact that the tiny "holes" are well represented BUT it is solid and needs careful drilling out, mine's nearly there! I have feeling that the cowlings cannot be fitted if the cylinder caps are used. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 That's quite possible, I have no intention of using them so I can't really test your theory, except that I may have one panel off because I have a ground crew man waiting with his screwdriver! In that event, I may put the cylinder caps on those which are visible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avro683 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I was talking about this with a friend of mine the other day. One possible option we came up with might be to leave one of the panels off and fit the caps to the cylinders thus exposed. There is also the AIMS engine, which looks absolutely stunning. mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 I haven’t seen Pastor John’s engine other than on an early thread in the Vendors’ board where it was difficult to judge what it was like. avro683 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Second attempt slightly better than the first, a little cleaning up: Just about to tackle the fuselage side markings. Landrotten Highlander, Out2gtcha, MikeMaben and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 That looks great. mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Looking very good! Cheers, Tom mozart and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Nice! Looks great so far Max mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 You got it Max! mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Looking good, Max! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 The good news is that I managed to get the fuselage checkers done yesterday afternoon : The bad news is that I've got them "upside down"! It wasn't until I placed the upper wing above the plane to get an overall view that I realised my error : The annoying thing is that I have a Pheon profile pinned on my board right in front of my bench of a 56 squadron Meteor, and the top left checker is white so I went with that! Grrrr!! Has to be re-done, it should look like this Bulldog: LSP_Kevin, Landrotten Highlander and Biggles87 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phartycr0c Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Max, just caught up with this build, excellent work, and whilst biplanes aren't my bag i appreciate the work your putting into this, Bad news on the fuse chequers considering youve done such a great job, quick fix though, can you display it in flight inverted? ( i shall now leave ) Seriously superb work, I must invest in a silhouette cutter at some point, although i'm rubbish with graphics. mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 37 minutes ago, Phartycr0c said: Max, just caught up with this build, excellent work, and whilst biplanes aren't my bag i appreciate the work your putting into this, Bad news on the fuse chequers considering youve done such a great job, quick fix though, can you display it in flight inverted? ( i shall now leave ) Seriously superb work, I must invest in a silhouette cutter at some point, although i'm rubbish with graphics. Funnily enough Dave the same thought occurred to me, flying upside down sorts it! I’ve done the correction without too much hassle, just an hour’s work, pictures soon hopefully! Do think about a Silhouette cutter, it really is worth every penny! Hmmm, twinge of guilt there, I bought it for my wife for her card making hobby but she hasn’t had a chance to use it yet! Kagemusha, Uncarina, Alain Gadbois and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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