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I've been itching to make this ever since Lothar sent it to me (thank you old friend!).  I know the SW Tiger Moth is going to be "testing" in terms of patience, delicacy and detail at times, so I need something more robust, dare I say "straightforward" as an antidote!  Rock on!! :punk:

 

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Not surprisingly, it will be finished as a 56 Squadron T7:

 

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Don’t get too comfortable yet Joachim! I’m away playing golf Monday till Thursday so not a lot happening till Friday! 

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2 hours ago, mozart said:

Don’t get too comfortable yet Joachim! I’m away playing golf Monday till Thursday so not a lot happening till Friday! 

 

Hope you get some pleasant weather Max, great subject, as always, love the choice of markings.

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The forecast is pretty good Andy, playing just south of Oxford.....26 “lads” from our club, socially distanced of course in out of the bar by 10.00! 
I sat down a little earlier to have a proper look at the Hunter and Fisher’s instructions, I see that a previous owner has made a start with modifying the rear fuselage. Trouble is, there’s some twisting or warping in the fuselage so I’ve started the battle to sort it! :angry2:

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I hope to enjoy both Steve, both are stress relievers......not that there’s an iota of that in my life these days apart from the decision of what to have for breakfast! :)

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Couldn't resist a little "play"!  Having muscled the fuselage into shape (interestingly the Fisher instructions contain two warnings about the kit parts being very thin and prone to flexing, and softness of plastic) and left to harden overnight, I was keen to see how the spine fitted.  Fisher's engineering and castings of course are sublime so I just had to do my bit!  There are a couple of areas where fit is critical, this is one:

 

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where the intake trunking slots in.  These in turn determine whether the wings are going to fit properly.  Happy to report success in both sides, so far so good!

 

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Next will be the tail cone, helpfully there is a small resin stub which with a little adjustment should fit well into the aft end, this having been already trimmed to the correct point.  

 

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More progress later I hope!! :D

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29 minutes ago, MikeC said:

Good work Max.  I've got one of these to do, I trust it's OK if I take notes?

 

Thanks Mike, and take notes by all means....with my usual caveat!! :hmmm:

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Title says it all.....I'm happy! :D

 

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Moving aft, tail cone fitted and planning installation of fillets.  Just a small amount of clean up needed before gluing into place:

 

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And done, quite a delicate operation it has to be said to get the angle and fit right.  A little clean up needed when all dry.

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Looking very good, Max! :goodjob:

I have the same conversion set in the stash and even started on the Revell Hunter many years ago.

Somehow, I got distracted and it ended on the shelf :notworking:

Paul Fisher did an excellent job as usual. Btw. I hope he is allright.

 

Cheers,

 

Peter

 

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Thanks Peter, I echo your feelings about Paul, we certainly miss the wonderful kits and conversions he produced. I think ( fingers crossed) that both this conversion and the Revell Hunter are fairly simple straightforward jobs so I’m hoping for a trouble-free ride! :unsure: 

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