Tales from the Basement Lab by AndrewR

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I also added the jet intakes. These have the numbers switched on the instructions :roll:

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They do fit nicely once you realise that they should be switched! :ha:
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Nice to see you back Andrew!

I'll remember that about the intakes when I build mine!
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Hey Andrew. Getting busy on the bench again. Beautiful.
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jssel wrote:Hey Andrew. Getting busy on the bench again. Beautiful.
Got bogged down with teaching. Biggest classes ever - 300 and 250 students. :shock:

Just too difficult to find time to get anything done.
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Sir T wrote:Nice to see you back Andrew!

I'll remember that about the intakes when I build mine!
Also, watch the ginormous sprue gates on the fuselage. They are okay on the rest of the components.
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Nice work on the Scooter.
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celt wrote:Nice work on the Scooter.
Thanks. It's a nice kit.
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I put most of the tub together. The seat frame is split into two parts and then the cushions are another two parts. The cushions seem to be too wide for the seat. Some clamping done to try and fix this. The backplate also needed a bit of trimming to fit in. The airbrakes, on the other hand, fitted perfectly, and sit nicely flush with the fuselage. I even remembered to drill the holes for the centre-line pylon. :grin:
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Andrew! great to see you back! The new tool Skyhawk should be just the job to get the modelling juices flowing again after a bit of a lay off.
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Nice to see you back in the saddle Andrew and with a great looking build too 8-)
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After a long break and a lot of did-not-finishes, here is the Airfix DH4.

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Some pin marks to clean up, and the wing trailing edges are a bit ragged. The pilots are HO size chappies, so I'll leave them out, although they are reasonably well moulded.

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The bombs are also not very impressive, so they will be omitted too.

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The fuel tank is apparently on the wrong wing, but that's a simple fix.

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I've put the seats in one half of the fuselage, and given it a blast of Vallejo Sand Primer, so I should be able to close up the fuselage in short order.

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And it is really great to see you back on here Andrew - your contributions have been missed, that's for sure!
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:partytime:

I can echo Shaun's comments totally; really good to see you back Andrew, and equally as good to see you back at your bench. 8-)

Looking forward to seeing the DH4 progress; always one of my most favourite WW1 aircraft (although strangely I've never built one :roll: )
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:party
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Normal service has ben resumed :grin: Welcome back.
It'll be nice to see this come together. I've just finished the Camel in the Vintage Aircraft box.

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Not sure "Normal" covers it... :-D
Clashcityrocker wrote:Normal service has been resumed :grin: Welcome back.
It'll be nice to see this come together. I've just finished the Camel in the Vintage Aircraft box.

Nigel
Anyhow, here is the fuselage together. I gave the seat and observer's stool a quick spray of Vallejo wood (I also put a coat on the propeller too). The fuselage is quite a nice fit. The next step is a bit of grey paint on the seams to check for bumps and nasties.

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