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A Tribute to my Grandad

Update - rigging going in.


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So far so good I think ...let's see the next bits, hopefully they go in decently .....




Laurence
 
chukw said:
Looks great, Laurence!
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Thanks Chuck :notworthy


Disaster struck couple of days ago and everything I had done came unstuck - so had to start again. This is the rigging done, managed to finish it this morning.


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Next step - few PE bits, then painting and canopy painting. Yikes


Thanks for watching

Laurence
 
Looking very good there Lawrence ... I had a similar problem on my old Matchbox kit ... top wing too heavy for the struts ... I made some out of brass angle with a piece of brass strip in the middle ... crushed angle on the strip, then I filled the gap with solder ... Your solution is very nice ... I couldn't find the right size tube ... way to think outside the Kit Box ... I think lots of us were thrown for a loop back in the early days of modeling ... Excellent looking bird, your Grandad would be most proud ... (y) :pilot :popcorn
 
So many kind words, thank you all :notworthy


Painting and masking now ....


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The antenna wire was a pain to do and I am not claiming I got it right either.


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I have noticed something interesting about this plane. Found an image on the net proving I was right.


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The yellow band on the fuselage is in front of the cross and they overlap a bit





Boxart shows it the other way around and no overlapping ...


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Glad I noticed this prior to painting the model, I think it's an interesting little thing.


Thanks for watching,

Laurence
 
Looking very good Laurence... Congrats on finding the right color scheme ... Hang on I'm going to get more ... :popcorn
 
Adding to this whole saga, I have identified a few more details that are only meant to add to the thrill ride I'm on right now

Cowling - dark green, cowling end NOT green but at least yellow if not flat white. Have a look below


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Moving on, there is a machine gun on the upper wing, but not central, more towards the starboard - here are the blueprints:


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Also mud flaps and a very shiny reflective propeller - see below


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JOY !!!


Laurence
 
Wowzers ... Mud flaps & MG's nice find Laurence ... always good to find this stuff ... In my research on the railroad that came by my house I found a photo of people in the closes town waiting on the train ... nice score dude ... :woohoo: (y)
 
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