Biggles Gets His Spurs On. **Finished**

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Nice one!
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MarkyM607 wrote:Nice one!
Thanks Mark.


Sealing up the draughty rear cockpit with white PVA glue.

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It dries clear, eventually!

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Just the canopy frames to do now. That'll be tomorrow, most likely

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I love this build - it looks really good Andrew!
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Thanks Stuart!


The cockpit sealing has worked. Just a bit of canopy framing to finish. It would probably do as is.

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Excellent !
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Got the framing done. A quick clean up with a cocktail stick and then "Chocks Away".

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That's a smart finish.

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Very Nice Andrew - a plausable whiff! It looks great!

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Final photos for the GB:

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That looks brilliant Andrew!
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Very good rendition Andrew.

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Great stuff, Andrew!
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Thanks chaps. I think that was my first What-If involving conversion work. It was fun. :)
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Jolly good show! That's very much how I pictured the Spur when I was reading the story. Great work!
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