OldTroll Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 I guess I'd better get this one on record. It will be in either the kit 601 Sqn. scheme or possibly 600 Sqn. with the blue replaced by white. I spent the last few hours sorting parts by sub-assembly and re-bagging them the same way. I am pleased with everything but the frame pieces which suffered from being in a bag with other pieces. The result was serious distortion and a couple of breaks, neither situation disastrous but completely avoidable by sandwiching the frame sides between pieces of thin cardboard. There are a couple small items that are not yet identified but the process of elimination should sort that out. The casting quality is excellent with no more than a normal amount of "tidying up" being required. The fuselage halves mate up well on the top but will require some adjustment/filling on the bottom. I like the wire cores on the landing gear and interplane struts. This is my first resin model since my HO scale train days of 20-25 years ago when I was addicted to the incredible reesin models produced by The Westerfield Co. (which was for sale, the last I heard.) I have already noticed a difference in the type of resin being used - a softer, easy to carve type that still holds fine detail. This will be essentially an "out of the box" build since I intend to stick to the basics before branching out in more detail on the other three SW models I have. I'll have photos when the identify/remove from sprue/cleanup stage is done and the actual construction begins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndersN Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 (edited) Welcome to the Hart family My frame pieces were also distorted. This was "self-straightening" when I glued the cage. Cheers Anders Edited June 26, 2011 by filthyfirkin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomek Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 (edited) So, what happend to your Flea? Hart's a very beautiful machine so I'm somewhat consoled. Waiting for pictures... Good luck! Edited June 26, 2011 by Tomek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTroll Posted June 26, 2011 Author Share Posted June 26, 2011 The Flea is still active. I have been working on interior frames for the fuselage - made from card stock, of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Welcome to the GB Ron! Looking forward to seeing this one! Cheers, Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Alright Ron, time for you to post some in-progress pics! You've got no excuse now, and besides, if you don't have any in-progress pics, you can't win the prize Cheers, Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomek Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Poke, poke ... Ron, don't let us wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTroll Posted October 28, 2011 Author Share Posted October 28, 2011 Both the Hart and the Flea are on a high shelf while other interests (non-modelling) have come to the fore. If/when I get back to these projects I will start new threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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