chrish Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 whoooo! That's just awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Love it! Another Tom masterpiece in the making Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted February 15, 2023 Author Share Posted February 15, 2023 Morning folks! A little more progress on the Stirling - as it’s half term and I’ve some time away from school, I’ve got a bit more done to this beast. The interior areas that are visible have had some more details made and added and a squirt of paint applied. Here’s the forward fuselage and cockpit area: And the rear: It goes without saying that there is a huge amount to be added to the cockpit, but this is easily accessible and will added just before the canopy goes on to avoid any damage from the filling/sanding/scribing that’s to come. I think I’m now ready to join the fuselage halves together which I hope I can get done before the classroom beckons again next week. All the best, Tom Starfighter, easixpedro, Paulpk and 31 others 34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Killer work as always, Tom! Kev Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockie Yarwood Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Looking superb, Tom! tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 That’s quite some progress, a splash of paint blends everything together nicely. Derek B and tomprobert 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Those interiors have a splendid refinement about them Tom. tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 simply amazing - this is going to be a lengendary build Tom! fabulous interior already - let me know if you need any airscale bobbins Peter Derek B and tomprobert 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayW Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 My word!!!! What a gigantic project! I love Sterlings. Following. tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Great progress! Amazing work! tomprobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 On 2/16/2023 at 5:38 AM, Cees Broere said: That’s quite some progress, a splash of paint blends everything together nicely. Thanks, Cees - paint also hides a multitude of sins! 22 hours ago, airscale said: simply amazing - this is going to be a lengendary build Tom! fabulous interior already - let me know if you need any airscale bobbins Peter Very kind, Peter - thank you. And rest assured I already have a large stash of your bezels and radios ready for when the cockpit needs finishing. They are so useful for projects such as this. Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted February 19, 2023 Author Share Posted February 19, 2023 Afternoon all, I've really had the wind in my sails with the big Stirling this week - having a week off of work has meant some additional bench time and this build has motored along. With the interior painted, I could join the fuselage halves together - the fit was pretty good and the interior bracing and bulkheads I'd made meant everything aligned as it should. With the joints glued and set I removed the opening for the mid-upper turret, and used plastic card to blank off the kit wing-roots which are incorrectly positioned: All the joints then got a coat of P38 car body filler, and were then sanded smooth. With this done, scribing could begin. I'm often asked about the tricks of scribing kits such as this, and the truth is it's very simple. Using plans as a guide and some dymo-tape, panel lines are instated with a Bare Metal Foil Co. scriber and then sanded smooth with some fine sand paper. This allows the curves of the fuselage to be done as well as the straight, flat panel joints. The whole fuselage on this only took an evening: These pictures show the finished fuselage - although being white my handiwork with the scribing doesn't show up at all well. Note also I've now added the wing spars: So now it's time to start thinking about adding the wings - they will slide nicely over the spars which interlock with the interior structure I made previously: The wings are just resting in the following two shots and the correct dihedral not set, but it gives an idea about the overall shape: As you can see, she's a big old brute. And once again, the wife isn't impressed - but nothing new there... The next task will be adding the wings and making the joints good - with the classroom beckoning again tomorrow things will slow a little again but I'll update this when there's some more progress to report. Cheers, Tom LSP_Kevin, Victor K2, D.B. Andrus and 24 others 26 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayW Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 This is effin' cool! I have not seen a large scale Sterling ever before. And your matter-of-fact descriptions of your scratch building are inspiring. Come on - there has to be some difficulty in this! I'm heavily involved in a 1/18 Corsair and it's been, and continues to be, one challenge after another! tomprobert and chrish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted February 19, 2023 Author Share Posted February 19, 2023 25 minutes ago, JayW said: This is effin' cool! I have not seen a large scale Sterling ever before. And your matter-of-fact descriptions of your scratch building are inspiring. Come on - there has to be some difficulty in this! I'm heavily involved in a 1/18 Corsair and it's been, and continues to be, one challenge after another! But Jay... you operate in a different league. I'm just cutting and sticking bits of plastic - you magicians who work with metal have a totally different skill-set and one I'm sure many aspire to... me included! JayW and chrish 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Crisp clean work indeed. You do make it look easy….I think I know better but still. inspiring work! Lee White 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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