LSP_Kevin Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Beautiful cockpit work, Andy! Kev monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted April 21, 2022 Author Share Posted April 21, 2022 6 hours ago, mozart said: Almost factory-fresh Andy......looking sooo good. My cockpit shouldn't be too far away Thank you Max, little more weathering needed but very happy with the general look so far. Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted April 21, 2022 Author Share Posted April 21, 2022 8 minutes ago, LSP_Kevin said: Beautiful cockpit work, Andy! Kev Kev, you need to do a Dragon 110, great kit, great fit and endless amazing colour schemes Regards. Andy LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Cockpit looks great Andy! monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted April 21, 2022 Author Share Posted April 21, 2022 (edited) Cockpit completed tonight and very happy with the outcome Need to get the Revi gunsight fitted and then close uo the fuselage halves and then turn my attention back to all those fuel tanks! Regards. Andy Edited April 21, 2022 by monthebiff LSP_Kevin, B-17, denders and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 17 minutes ago, monthebiff said: Kev, you need to do a Dragon 110, great kit, great fit and endless amazing colour schemes Regards. Andy I've got a couple in the stash, so it'll happen eventually. Kev monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted April 22, 2022 Author Share Posted April 22, 2022 Fuselage halves all closed up today Also decided to take a slightly different approach to the instructions trying to get a nice clean fit on the belly panels as it's a tricky area on these Dragon 110s to get right. First I glued the rear section of the main belly panel and allowed it to dry and then worked forward with the final parts to be glued being the nose upper fuselage joint. Definitely a better work around over the kit instructions for me giving a nice clean fitaround the lower nose area. Regards. Andy Fanes, Landrotten Highlander, Rocat and 10 others 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Way to go Andy! Neat solution to a tricky area. monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainM Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 That's bang on! Yep, if you had to follow the kit instructions, there would be huge steps to deal with. Nice work! monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted April 23, 2022 Author Share Posted April 23, 2022 Some nice progress today, first up I fitted the tail section which took some fettling to get a nice fit. Do like the look of the long tail 110's may I say. Also did so me more work on the nose section. I did purchase the Aber barrel set for the 110 but to be honest the gain from it will be minimal so I am going to stay with the kit parts. with the nose being such an excellent fit I'm going to leave out the gun internals until after the main colour scheme is down and the close up the nose section. Regards. Andy Rockie Yarwood, Fanes, IainM and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainM Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 @monthebiff That's looking great!! Yes, with a bit of fettling and pre-planning, you can get that nose to be a drop-fit piece like you've done Couple of things with the D you're probably aware of - but just in case - I think Dragon moulded the fresh air vent in on the starboard side of the fuselage just abeam of the B/F position - it's the square recess - that should be filled in on the D, was only fitted to E variants and onwards. Also, and I might be wrong, I'll have to check my references- I know the C's didn't have the upper actuators on the horizontal stab trim tabs, I don't think the D's had them either? scvrobeson, Vince Blackburn , monthebiff and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted April 24, 2022 Author Share Posted April 24, 2022 9 hours ago, IainM said: @monthebiff That's looking great!! Yes, with a bit of fettling and pre-planning, you can get that nose to be a drop-fit piece like you've done Couple of things with the D you're probably aware of - but just in case - I think Dragon moulded the fresh air vent in on the starboard side of the fuselage just abeam of the B/F position - it's the square recess - that should be filled in on the D, was only fitted to E variants and onwards. Also, and I might be wrong, I'll have to check my references- I know the C's didn't have the upper actuators on the horizontal stab trim tabs, I don't think the D's had them either? Thanks for the info Iain, I was aware of the air vent but not the actuators so will go away and have a look. I took the same approach with the nose on my G-4 conversion mainly as I didn't want to be knocking bits from the nose as assembly continued. Regards. Andy Greg W and Landrotten Highlander 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainM Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 1 minute ago, monthebiff said: Thanks for the info Iain, I was aware of the air vent but not the actuators so will go away and have a look. I took the same approach with the nose on my G-4 conversion mainly as I didn't want to be knocking bits from the nose as assembly continued. Regards. Andy Wow, that G4 nose looks awesome!!! I'm going to find that thread!!!!! That must be a magnificent build..... I've just been through John Vasco's book looking at pictures of D's and his commentary on D's and E's - images of D tailplanes show no upper actuators on the horizontal stabs, whilst he makes a comment on one of the E images that the upper actuators were introduced from the E's onwards. monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted April 24, 2022 Author Share Posted April 24, 2022 Only a little progress today after dipping in and out of the MotoGP races and F1. Built up both engine blocks and decided to build as little as possible on to them as its not going to be seen and also wary as I remember IainM mentioned in his excellent build that a lot of the extra pipe work fouled the engine covers. I have a couple of spare engines from a previous build so maybe build one up and detail as a stand alone piece . Regards. Andy mozart, Fanes, Greg W and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted April 24, 2022 Author Share Posted April 24, 2022 1 minute ago, IainM said: Wow, that G4 nose looks awesome!!! I'm going to find that thread!!!!! That must be a magnificent build..... I've just been through John Vasco's book looking at pictures of D's and his commentary on D's and E's - images of D tailplanes show no upper actuators on the horizontal stabs, whilst he makes a comment on one of the E images that the upper actuators were introduced from the E's onwards. Thank you for that Iain as its super useful info which I wasn't aware of! Here is the link to my G-4 conversion Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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