monthebiff Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Fantastic news Papa Planes! A superb update all round. Regards.Andy airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 An amazing update on all counts. Congratulations on the new addition to your family. All the best, Tom airscale and Derek B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdthoresen Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Peter, another fabulous installment. Really looking the business. And congrats on Grand-fatherhood! Grandkids are amazing, I love mine with all I’ve got! Take care- THOR Derek B and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayW Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Congratulations Peter. Wonderful. airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) Sublime work as always Peter. I used exactly the same method as you to define fuselage rib skinning on a scratch built bi-plane over 35 years ago - the biggest problem I had was keeping the scalloped parts even and straight! (for parallel ribs, I eventually created my own scraper by grinding an old (large) hacksaw blade to the correct profile shape - much more controllable than a scalpel blade!). Congratulations on becoming a grandparent - she is beautiful! Best regards Derek Edited March 20, 2021 by Derek B airscale and daHeld 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 That's great news, congratulations Peter! airscale and Derek B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUROK Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Congrats on the new grandchild! Beautiful! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chukw Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Congrats, Grampa! What a nice addition to your family stash. The Hawker is coming along so nicely- I relish every post- cheers! Chuck airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trak-Tor Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Congratulations, Peter! Juraj airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 So now you really are King of the Castle with your own little Princess! Many congratulations Peter, all’s utterly brilliant! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 Awww thanks fellas Very kind, and I am still enjoying every minute with my new family when I can see them so, semi-normal service needs to be resumed and the first thing was adding the rear bulkhead - this was just painted litho with some rivets added where I can see them and the fixing straps.. ..the turtledeck panels that go around this make up a central top panel which is dope taped and hinged side panels which I think are ply as they have doped edges. they are certainly painted in silver dope rather than polished metal and sit above the rib tapes etc as it terminates in this area.. (I don't think the light is period so i am not including it.. or at least its not on period pics I have) ..I made a tape rubbing of the exact shape from the model and cut them from litho.. ..before I could make that I had to sort out the rib tapes.. ..this has been a bit of a trial - I ordered a sheet of decal film as that had given best results and is made by the same folks as micro sol & set so I thought would work well.. firstly I ordered clear film - that was a mistake, I couldn't see what I was doing so I ordered white.. ..these just sit over each stringer position.. ..the stuff is very sticky on both sides oddly when it is wet and I found it quite hard to work with - it's also quite rubbery ..as far as micro sol and set, it wrinkles & stays wrinkled quite badly so this could only be used very sparingly where it overlaps or needs to conform.. all of which leaves me a bit worried about adhesion when it comes to masking... ..I did a few tests and it seemed ok, so we will see... soon got all that needed doing done.. ..the effect looks fine, but it is a lot of effort! ..top metal (wood ) panel added.. ..then everything was left in the airing cupboard for 12 hrs and primed with mr surfacer - once that had dried it was airbrushed with alclad white aluminium.. ..the side access door is only dry fitted for now.. ..and the turtledeck panels all fitted - the hinges were as they are on the Nimrod pics I have and looked better than gaps so I went with them - just scored microtube.. so I need to sort of wrap this all to protect it and then start on the metal panelwork moving forward - should be fun TTFN Peter F`s are my favs, Scotsman, Greg W and 33 others 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 (edited) Brilliant work! The decal strips provide the perfect amount of relief. Edited March 20, 2021 by allthumbs airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citadelgrad Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Supreme building on display. amazing. Thanks for sharing this build. airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Just superb! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 1 hour ago, airscale said: ..the stuff is very sticky on both sides oddly when it is wet and I found it quite hard to work with <snip> I suspect sticking strips of fabric down with dope was also challenging, so you must be doing it right! Lovely stuff, Peter Richard airscale and daHeld 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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