Lancfan's Dayglo'd Silver Chipmunk ***FINISHED ***

lancfan · Post by **lancfan** » January 31st, 2015, 5:36 pm

The nose has been detailed and the wing has been unmasked and rubbed down ready to be fitted to the fuselage later, having waited for the thickly painted wing to dry I am now waiting for the glue to dry on the nose/fuselage joint.

David.

lancfan · Post by **lancfan** » January 31st, 2015, 6:00 pm

The nose has dried and the wing has been dry fitted and adjusted at the trailing edge root, the cockpit is the next area to need attention. I am going to try a different method to my last Chipmunk by filling the cockpit area with car filler and then milling out the seats and floor. this shot shows the fuselage dry fitted to the wing with the cockpit area full of freshly mixed, drying filler.

David.

fredk · Post by **fredk** » January 31st, 2015, 6:41 pm

Great stuff. Going strong.

I'll mention something, you may know it but others reading this might not.
On the RAF canopy the line in the centre rear is a support inside the canopy, not a frame on the outside.
If one doesn't want to remove it and repolish the canopy, it does look nearly proper if its painted interior dark grey on the inside of the canopy before the canopy is put on.

lancfan · Post by **lancfan** » January 31st, 2015, 6:49 pm

The windscreen is the same Fred.

David.

lancfan · Post by **lancfan** » January 31st, 2015, 6:51 pm

The block of filler has been removed from the fuselage and glued to the wing.

The seats were then milled out using my hobby drill, they do look strange but they also match the full-size seat buckets well enough for this size of model.

David.

ShaunW · Post by **ShaunW** » January 31st, 2015, 7:27 pm

Impressive stuff David, conversion work in a Blitz is not for the faint hearted!

lancfan · Post by **lancfan** » January 31st, 2015, 8:05 pm

Thanks shaun, the cockpit has been painted and I'm fitting the straps ATM, once that is done and the wing has been glued in place the rest is a piece of cake.

David.

fredk · Post by **fredk** » January 31st, 2015, 8:07 pm

A most unusual way of doing the cockpit interior,

lancfan · Post by **lancfan** » January 31st, 2015, 9:45 pm

Fred, google DH Chipmunk cockpit- you will see why I did the seats that way.

David.

lancfan · Post by **lancfan** » January 31st, 2015, 11:43 pm

The cockpit is finished (as far as it needs to be) and the wing has been joined to the fuselage, when the glue is dry final assembly and painting can begin.

David.

lancfan · Post by **lancfan** » February 1st, 2015, 12:12 am

Twelve hours into the build and the airframe is now ready for paint.

David.

iggie · Post by **iggie** » February 1st, 2015, 12:17 am

Very impressive David! Keep up the good work

TimJ · Post by **TimJ** » February 1st, 2015, 1:27 am

Great work so far.

Post by **JohnRatzenberger** » February 1st, 2015, 2:19 am

Excellent as usual.

I do note in your initial photo, there are more tools than kit parts on your bench

When you have time, perhaps after finishing, could you explain the engine rework in more detail - I don't know enough about a normal Chipmunk or the BBMF one to figure out what is going on ....

TobyC · Post by **TobyC** » February 1st, 2015, 9:39 am

A fine effort. Well beyond my capabilities in such short space of time

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