MikeMaben Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 Much happier with the cockpit structure now, the offending trim wheel was removed without too much trauma, but the real villain of the peace was the map storage! IT was in the wrong place, therefore the trim wheel wouldn't fit in its place, so both have been removed and relocated. But I wonder who got it wrong in the first place? I blame the sketchy instructions....couldn't possibly be moi!! RB productions Sutton seat belts really are the dog's danglies, I hope whatever crisis is happening to the company right now is resolved asap because I need more! williamj, Gazzas, Alain Gadbois and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Lovely progress, Max! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 (edited) Thanks Kev, it’s a bit of a struggle at times because of the poor instructions (again!) and the missing parts leading to much thought and improvisation. I am making life even more difficult for myself because the Fury I want to model is fitted with spats over the wheels, so I have to decide how I’m going to overcome that little hurdle! Edited February 26, 2021 by mozart Lightpainter, LSP_Kevin, Greg W and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Looking great, Max! mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) Parts for the guns, feeds and supports. One of the latter is missing but there is a spare of one of the others so it's pressed into service - nothing much will be visible anyway once all's closed up! Edited February 28, 2021 by mozart Gazzas, Landrotten Highlander, LSP_Kevin and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 (edited) The "instructions" that I'm trying to work from: but I'm getting there: I have to admit that today when I came to think about adding the cocking mechanisms to the guns I realised that I have the breech blocks upside down (shhh!), I won't tell if you don't! As can be expected, once the fuselage halves are joined damn all is visible anyway! Post Script: OCD wouldn’t let me live with upside down guns! So they were eased off the mountings, cleaned up and put the right way round!! Edited March 3, 2021 by mozart williamj, Out2gtcha, thierry laurent and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Great work Max! I really like whats going on here.................seems the fit looks excellent too so far mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 Thanks Brian. The fit looks excellent......but it's taken a long while to get that fit! The basics are fine(ish), but the precise placement of so many important elements needed to ensure squareness and good alignment is really arbitrary. Without Peter Castle's excellent cockpit I would have seriously doubted whether I'd got many bits in the right place, and there's still more yet! Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Exquisite looking cockpit Max! Its a very interesting project you have going on there. Regards.Andy mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 20 minutes ago, monthebiff said: Exquisite looking cockpit Max! Its a very interesting project you have going on there. Regards.Andy Thanks Andy, it’s a prelude to the Silver Wings Gauntlet which should be heading towards Dorset before too long! I’m also reviving my Tamiya Spitfire IX in the very near future as an antidote for poor instructions, and linked to the ATA figure which I bought recently. So many models, so little time! Out2gtcha, Alain Gadbois and monthebiff 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 38 minutes ago, mozart said: So many models, so little time! Now isn't that the truth, I'm pondering over whether to join this group build and start a new project but then I'm thinking No, finish one of your other projects with a couple not needing to much to do to them Regards.Andy mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted May 3, 2021 Author Share Posted May 3, 2021 (edited) It's been a while, for which my apologies. The build has been progressing slowly and I know will not be finished before the GB end time (again!), but I'm pleased with the over all look of this beautiful fighter. The fuselage and lower wings are firmly glued, the top wing just resting on the cabane struts for now. The construction is very sturdy which, for a biplane model, is reassuring! The two Hawkers, with the T7 Hunter in the background are separated by what, 20 - 30 years but light years in design and complexity. Edited May 3, 2021 by mozart themongoose, Trak-Tor, Martinnfb and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 Looking good Max, very clean build, such a pretty airframe indeed. Regards.Andy Martinnfb and mozart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbooyv8 Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 Hi Max, That's looking very good! As always time well spent. Reassuring to know that lower wings with fuselage and the cabane struts with the top wing makes for a sturdy assembly. This makes life so much easier with biplanes. Keep up the good work! Cheers, Peter Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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