Fred's Breakfast Bar

Show us a view of your workbench / work in progress and build reports too.
User avatar
skypirate
Modelling Gent and Scholar
Posts: 7241
Joined: May 1st, 2011, 6:13 am
Location: Port Macquarie, Australia

Re: Fred's Breakfast Bar

Post by skypirate »

Yes, the remake is obliged by Hollywood to give current audiences more bang for their buck.
The original used a C-82 if I remember correctly.

Cheers,

David
User avatar
Canuck2016
Active Participant
Posts: 530
Joined: March 6th, 2016, 4:03 pm

Re: Fred's Breakfast Bar

Post by Canuck2016 »

skypirate wrote:Yes, the remake is obliged by Hollywood to give current audiences more bang for their buck.
The original used a C-82 if I remember correctly.

Cheers,

David
Yup! One these, I believe. (Not the prettiest aircraft . . . )

Image
dollar19
Modelling Gent and Scholar
Posts: 1342
Joined: May 1st, 2011, 1:11 am
Location: Bristol, Va. USA

Re: Fred's Breakfast Bar

Post by dollar19 »

Yes it was a C-82. But the interior shots were in a C-119 as well.
User avatar
Canuck2016
Active Participant
Posts: 530
Joined: March 6th, 2016, 4:03 pm

Re: Fred's Breakfast Bar

Post by Canuck2016 »

dollar19 wrote:Yes it was a C-82. But the interior shots were in a C-119 as well.
I didn't know that! Interesting to see just how similar they are, aside from the fuselage.
dollar19
Modelling Gent and Scholar
Posts: 1342
Joined: May 1st, 2011, 1:11 am
Location: Bristol, Va. USA

Re: Fred's Breakfast Bar

Post by dollar19 »

Poor Fred! I'm afraid we've totally upended his thread.
User avatar
Canuck2016
Active Participant
Posts: 530
Joined: March 6th, 2016, 4:03 pm

Re: Fred's Breakfast Bar

Post by Canuck2016 »

dollar19 wrote:Poor Fred! I'm afraid we've totally upended his thread.
All good, buddy! It's been an interesting discussion! :)
dollar19
Modelling Gent and Scholar
Posts: 1342
Joined: May 1st, 2011, 1:11 am
Location: Bristol, Va. USA

Re: Fred's Breakfast Bar

Post by dollar19 »

Image

This is what I hope to accomplish
User avatar
Canuck2016
Active Participant
Posts: 530
Joined: March 6th, 2016, 4:03 pm

Re: Fred's Breakfast Bar

Post by Canuck2016 »

dollar19 wrote:Image

This is what I hope to accomplish
Nice! That's going to look good!
User avatar
Canuck2016
Active Participant
Posts: 530
Joined: March 6th, 2016, 4:03 pm

Re: Fred's Breakfast Bar

Post by Canuck2016 »

Good day, all!

Finally creeping forward again on the Arado, and got the floats attached to the fuselage. I dreaded the alignment of the parts, but it all went pretty well. The front and rear struts are each moulded as one piece, and the attachment points are pretty beefy, with a good, positive fit. Again, a nice job by Revell! Rather than attach the struts to the floats, then find they didn't align with the fuselage (or vice-versa!), I glued the whole schmeer together at once, then placed it on my cutting board, using the grid to help alignment while the glue dried. The recommended weights in the tips of the floats worked well, and the whole thing sits upright happily enough. We'll see what happens when the wings go on.

This is an exciting time for me, as the major assemblies (wings, fuselage, and floats) are mostly done, so now it's time to slap it all together and watch it take shape!

All the best! :)

Image
User avatar
Old_Tonto
Modelling Gent and Scholar
Posts: 8049
Joined: May 1st, 2011, 7:41 pm
Location: Middlesbrough, Peoples Republic of Teesside.

Re: Fred's Breakfast Bar

Post by Old_Tonto »

She is coming together nicely Canuk.

Good luck with the wings.
2023 - A:0 B:0 C:0
Current Projects:
East German Air Force (1956-90)
South African Air Force (1958-93)
dollar19
Modelling Gent and Scholar
Posts: 1342
Joined: May 1st, 2011, 1:11 am
Location: Bristol, Va. USA

Re: Fred's Breakfast Bar

Post by dollar19 »

That’s looking gorgeous
User avatar
gnomemeansgnome
Modelling Gent and Scholar
Posts: 5269
Joined: July 16th, 2013, 4:03 pm
Location: No Fun City

Re: Fred's Breakfast Bar

Post by gnomemeansgnome »

This is looking pretty sweet!
Ego no habeo consilium.

ICBM = Insatiable Collector and Builder of Models
User avatar
iggie
Modelling Gent and Scholar
Posts: 23360
Joined: July 31st, 2013, 11:04 am
Location: North Somercotes, Lincolnshire
Contact:

Re: Fred's Breakfast Bar

Post by iggie »

This was looking good even only as a series of sub assemblies and is looking brilliant now it is coming together!
Best wishes

Jim
If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing
"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
User avatar
Canuck2016
Active Participant
Posts: 530
Joined: March 6th, 2016, 4:03 pm

Re: Fred's Breakfast Bar

Post by Canuck2016 »

Thanks all for the kind comments! :)

Wings on now, and as expected, they haven't done any favours to the c of g. The things now sits well back on the "heels" of the floats. Oh well, at least it's looking more like an aeroplane now!
Image

Image

Image
User avatar
Canuck2016
Active Participant
Posts: 530
Joined: March 6th, 2016, 4:03 pm

Re: Fred's Breakfast Bar

Post by Canuck2016 »

Prop's on! At least now it can taxi around. :)
Image
Post Reply

Return to “Workbench Window”