GuildAero Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Hi Hubert, would you like me to send you some steamed pear wood for iteration 4? It has no discernible grain or figure and is the right colour off the stocks, so to speak. Sorry to have been silent a while. I had a TIA (a kind of mini-stroke) recently and we have also been moving home, so I haven't been in any mood or position for modelmaking! I also had a small heart attack on Boxing Day! I will be catching up with things in model-land over the next few days. Cheers, Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Boillot Posted August 3, 2016 Author Share Posted August 3, 2016 Hello Martin, I got your email about your changing house. The new one looks quite nice btw. Now it's my turn to be held back not only by some personal health problems, but also by some of my employees' own health problems. The priority is for you to take care of your health and well-being. When you feel like it, we could resume some talks about a certain project after the DH-89 Thanks for looking my friend. Hubert. PS: yes I'd gladly take some of these pearwood strips when you have the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuildAero Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 OK, I'll sort some out for you. And I'll take a pic of the one I carved in pear for a Fairchild Argus, when I can find the box o' bits! Thanks for the kind wishes. Same to you, sir and I'll be ready for a project very soon! Cheers, Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Supreme work throughout Hubert, I love the attention to detail even though it's not visible. Now Martin and Hubert......that DH89.....!? Still waiting patiently.... Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Boillot Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 Thanks Max Martin has done his part. Now the challenge is on me, but I confess this has been unfortunately progressing at the speed of life lately Hubert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 C'est la vie Hubert, we all live with it! It'll be ready when it's ready and all the better for it. Gives me more time to concentrate on the Anson! Max Hubert Boillot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuildAero Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 An Anson? Who makes that Max? I made a scratchbuilt Anson many years ago as a leaving present for the head of the Royal Aeronautical Society as he flew them in his youth. We had Avro plans and they were rubbish! made me very wary of works drawings all my professional modelmaking life. Cheers, Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Wow. You got to look to fine this little fellow. Lovely work so far Hurbert. Love the topic and love the details on this little fellow. Troy Hubert Boillot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 An Anson? Who makes that Max? I made a scratchbuilt Anson many years ago as a leaving present for the head of the Royal Aeronautical Society as he flew them in his youth. We had Avro plans and they were rubbish! made me very wary of works drawings all my professional modelmaking life. Cheers, Martin It's a vacuform Martin, Combat Models. I'm fighting with it in the "Winkle's Wings" GB when I get time! Good drawings of Ansons are so hard to come by but if my model ends up looking reasonably Anson-like I'll be satisfied. Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Boillot Posted August 22, 2016 Author Share Posted August 22, 2016 (edited) So, after a two weeks hiatus for vacation in areas of France where they eat foie gras, duck confit or "magret de canard" and drink red wine , back at the bench (and at work this morning ), and therefore a small update. I am about to close the fuselage, after I have added some bits and pieces : - glued in place the central bulkhead with the wing spars : - added a piece of tube inside the nose part, to represent the carburetor intake. The intake itself was drilled, and some mesh added by raiding the sewing treasures' box of my wife, finding some fine ribbon that has exactly the mesh I was looking for : As a side note, in my enthusiasm to see how my intake screen looked, and to glue the front piece, I forgot to paint the inside of the tube . I managed to paint it from the back, by dipping a piece of cotton wool in Rub-n'-Buff and moving it back and forth in the tube. A bit acrobatic, but problem solved in the end Finally, even though not much will be visible though the cokpit opening, I decided to add the vertical rods that connect the joystick horizontal bar to the aileron torque tubes. You can barely discern them (in black, in front of the cockpit bulkhead : And to conclude the work in the innards, I have added a fac-simile of the fuel tank that was squeezed in between the two cockpit / engine bearing keels on the NiD-29. Three pieces of card glued together and foiled (as was the inside of the front cowling, which was in aluminium in real life, and a small portion of which can be seen through the cokpit opening), et voilà ! and this is how it looks in situ : You can also see that I glued a strip of card on the bottom of the "engine compartment". This will strengthen the bottom of the fuselage and allow me to drill it to insert and glue a small tube for the central rigging wire between the bottom fuselage and the lower "wing". That's all for now ! Thanks for looking. Hubert Edited August 22, 2016 by MostlyRacers Tnarg, Zero77, TorbenD and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Lovely work Hubert, good to see this progress Torben Hubert Boillot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Very nice! Welcome back, Hubert! Hubert Boillot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Meticulous detailed work as usual Hubert, looking forward to seeing the fuselage zipped up and more progress. Max Hubert Boillot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Boillot Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 Some progress today. Added, then sanded some Mr Surfacer on the joints between the fuselage and the tailplanes, and on the nose joints as well as around the cockpit (which still need its aperture to be filed rounder). Also, I can now say that sanding the parts is a done deal. All the parts have been separated from the backing sheet, sanded (using a makeshift Sellotape handle for the thinner ones, i.e. all the parts I had to work with today). But more importantly, they have been assembled ! The wings are on : I am trying to find an angle that shows the clean lines of the Sesquiplane. Must try harder ! The undercarriage legs have been sanded and glued together. Still need some refining and finishing, though : The lower "wing" has been assembled. I milled a groove on the inside of the two halves to accomodate a brass axle for the wheels, before gluing the two halves together. And finally the wheels have been assembled. After sanding they were a bit thin, so I added a disc cut in 0.25 mm plastic card. I also added an internal axle bearer. And this is how it looks now : Getting nearer to completion Hubert airscale, DougN, Shawn M and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaning_Dog Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Brilliant modeling, Hubert!! Simply awesome. Cheers. John. Hubert Boillot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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