kkarlsen Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 (edited) 17 hours ago, cosmosman said: There seems to be two access doors to cockpit I really have no idea why this is, I haven't been able to find this feature with other DH.89's. If I had to guess, it would be a feature of a very early DH.89 - This is a cutaway drawing of DH.84 with the two openings. This is the typical cockpit arrangement of the DH.89. The reinforcement 'bar' of the fuselage seems to be the reason for the odd door opening. The photo on the left shows the wall between the cockpit and the cabin is removed (the reinforcement 'bar' is the only thing left). Kent Edited June 30, 2020 by kkarlsen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmosman Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 I've seen another photo with two openings, but I can't remember where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 If you look closely at the windows shapes, you will see that not only the perimeter of the last one has a different shape than the kit one but the other windows also have more rounded sides on some planes than what you can see on some other ones (including the Dominie one posted above). So, it looks there was some variation regarding the windows or was it linked to the restorations? mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 Some more interior work... Thanks for looking: Kent LSP_Kevin, Madmax, John1 and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmosman Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Just watching episode of Classic British Aircraft about Rapide and Anson kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmo.b Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Nice work as always Kent!! My kit is on a very slow boat from Poland to Australia! kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) Work continues fitting the glass/openings to each other. A tideous fiddly work, working one opening slowly getting the fit right. Micro Kristal Klear is used to glue them in place. The Aircraft Special on the Dragon Rapide arrived today, looking forward to studying it... Cheers: Kent Edited July 2, 2020 by kkarlsen Kagemusha, MikeMaben, LSP_Kevin and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobs Buckles Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Superb work thus far, Kent! More please!! von B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Is that sheet how the windows were provided, or did you make that up yourself to do the adjusted rear window? Matt kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) Superb work so far and what a wealth of reference photos! I'm definitely doing the Scillonia Airways Dragon Rapide. Have fallen in love with the paint scheme! If anyone's looking for reference photos of this particular aircraft check this out: https://spotters.blog/2015/09/ Edited July 2, 2020 by spyrosjzmichos kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 1 hour ago, scvrobeson said: Is that sheet how the windows were provided Yes this is how the windows are supplied with the kit, well see how the frames are fitting now... Kent scvrobeson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 8 hours ago, Bobs Buckles said: Superb work thus far, Kent! More please!! Thank you Bob, I'll do my best! Kent Bobs Buckles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 1 hour ago, spyrosjzmichos said: I'm definitely doing the Scillonia Airways Dragon Rapide Welcome to the club, It's just a beautiful scheme!! Kent spyrosjzmichos and Landrotten Highlander 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Got my kit today. Only two weeks from Poland to the US. kkarlsen and Alex 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 5 hours ago, spyrosjzmichos said: Superb work so far and what a wealth of reference photos! I'm definitely doing the Scillonia Airways Dragon Rapide. Have fallen in love with the paint scheme! If anyone's looking for reference photos of this particular aircraft check this out: https://spotters.blog/2015/09/ That's a great reference find. I agree the scheme on this one is lovely - thinking I will do my Heller 1:72 Dragon Rapide as this plane... kkarlsen and spyrosjzmichos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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