I'll be along SHORTly ... ** DNF ** (but still working)

[JohnRatzenberger]

A bit too many things this week, to make a decision and a proper post.

I have surveyed all my vac-kits, which are about 80% 'tween wars, 15% early/WW1, and the rest.

I will be doing something 'tween wars, mostly with a "naval" theme:
-- the ugly ducklings: Atlas, Bison, Blackburn, Dart
-- the flying boats: Calcutta, Iris, London, Perth, Rangoon, Scapa, Singapore, Southampton

I suspect that a smaller model may be the best choice, as I look at my schedule over the next couple months. I have to spend some time, pulling things off shelves, double-checking condition and parts inventory - many of these kits travelled a long road to get here.

[splash]

The flying boats sound nice, so do the ugly ducklings, so I imagine it will be a hard choice.

I look forward to see what ever you pick.

Regards Splash

[TomW]

Well you know what I'd enjoy seeing built John but any of those subjects will make for an interesting build.

Regards

Tom

[vacant]

You have the Calcutta and Rangoon - I'm envious.

[JohnRatzenberger]

Well you know what I'd enjoy seeing built John but any of those subjects will make for an interesting build.

Regards

Tom

I somehow knew you would chime in

[TomW]

Well you know what I'd enjoy seeing built John but any of those subjects will make for an interesting build.

Regards

Tom

I somehow knew you would chime in

It would have been remiss of me not to

Regards

Tom

[VickersVandal]

Rangoon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not that I'm excited about that prospect or anything.....

I would love to see any of those big flying boats built up, with your skill.


Did I metion the Rangoon?.....

[JohnRatzenberger]

Drum Roll if you please ....

In keeping with the title of the thread, or at least one word of it ....

I have selected an aircraft from the Shorts stables ....

But not one from my original list ....

So ....









It really boiled down to being too busy these days and not having a lot of room on/near my bench - and at 1/144 this will fit nicely with a few other airliners I have in that scale.

Some of you may remember that I started a 1/72 resin kit of the S-23 but it got OBE. It's a great looking aircraft; I must get the big one done also ....

[Stuart]

A really nice choice John!

[VickersVandal]

Crikey! All the best with that one!

Great choice.

[TomW]

That's a great choice John I do remember the 1/72 one you were doing way back, I think it was the CMR resin kit? At least this one will be a more manageable size.

Regards

Tom

[JohnRatzenberger]

All I have done is to outline the parts. As you can see, this is a skill not completely mastered ....



Next step, before I cut parts, is to drill/cut/file out the windows. They are all small enough to fill with Kleer, but I might do the "larger" rectangular ones with clear sheet cut to shape. OTOH, I was thinking about black (better a clear blue) paint, but I saw Vacant's comment about that being unacceptable in 1/72 and didn't want to take the chance the standards might expand into 1/144

Might be a day or so before I get to it, so I might rethink .... there is nothing inside to see and I'm not adding anything to it ...

[Stuart]

They are really beautiful flying boats - I'll be watching with interest

[JohnRatzenberger]

Just to show I'm not a total sloth ....



I have the fuselage and 3 bulkheads cut out, but not yet sanded down. That might happen tomorrow, if the weather remains nice and I finish cleaning and organizing the porch.

[DavidWomby]

Good luck with this. Welsh seem to make excellent vacs and use a good robust plastic.

David