James' Argosy Odyssey

[splash]

That is looking beautiful I admire your skills and patience its a pleasure to watch.

Regards
Splash

[JohnRatzenberger]

Great shot, an Argosy in a wing-over ... sure hope the cargo's strapped down

[ShaunW]

A great build so far of a very interesting type and I'm very much looking forward to more on this one.

[JamesPerrin]

Not been able to do much modelling the last few days. The Argosy got prime, rubbed and re-primed. Then there was an abortive attempt the get the white on the the cabin roof - it just showed up that more sanding was required.

Anyway I've been mainly thinking about how to build the main undercarriage legs. I knew they had Y shaped main struts and had fashioned a pair from bits of plastic card and tube. I was stumped about how to attach them, as well as the single front strut, to a pair of wheels that had thick an too short strut moulded in between. Eventually I had cut both the wheels off and thrown the lump in the middle away and decided to build it all from scratch. I also had Jagewa's lovely photo's to work from, though the C1 differs slightly.

So the easiest thing seem to be to just copy it in miniature. Bits of wire, PE fret and Al tubing were cut drilled and filed to provide the parts on the left and then assembled into the leg on the right:



Once again fiddly and time consuming but enormously satisfying!

[Jagewa]

James, well done, they'll look awesome painted up. Bravo!

Cheers
Jim

[Old_Tonto]

This is turning into an epic.

Great build.

[JamesPerrin]

This is turning into an epic.

Certainly is. I spent ages spraying on Xtraxrylix Middle stone this afternoon. I think I mixed it a bit too thin and it took several passes to build up the density. I've just given it a another coat this evening to even things up. I tried a couple of new things, firstly thinning with Tamiya thinners, worked well though they still clog the tip. No better or worse than the specific Xtracrylix thinners. Secondly as this is a small scale I thought I'd add some white to the base colour. Just a blob, nothing scientific. I'll do the same with the dark earth and black. Hopefully will give it a little more realistic appearance.




In other news the undercarriage is complete.

[Dazzled]

It's looking terrific James. Wish I could find a bit of modelling time to finish my twin-boomer.

[JamesPerrin]

Not had much time since getting the Mid Stone on but what time I have had has been spent masking. There is a lot of it and you start wishing the a/c just had a single tail like a normal plane. I've got the outline done in Blue Tack but I've still got to go round and fill it in!

[Martin R]

James,

Wormy! I like it.

It looks like a lot of work. Glad you're still with us.

regards,

Martin

[novokits]

Charm looks!
Nothing to speak - just charm!

[JamesPerrin]

Cheers guys, I think I should have the painting done by the deadline but the decals which I've yet to have time to measure, source and print will have to wait to the following week.

[Martin R]

Cheers guys, I think I should have the painting done by the deadline but the decals which I've yet to have time to measure, source and print will have to wait to the following week.

Let's see where you are by the end of the month. I'm sure we can come to some arrangement . . .

regards,

Martin

[JamesPerrin]

Well I think it took almost another hour to fill in the blue tack with tape.



I then only took 10 mins to spray and another 10mins to remove. I've started masking for the black underside. Note I foolishly took the masking for the white off to make a better photo and then realised I would have to remask the edge to spray the anti-glare later

[Jagewa]

Yum! Caramel swirl very tasty James.