Toby's Dragon Rapide. FINISHED

[TobyC]

Cabin floor started. Will paint aluminium and then add some red for the seat covers.

There was a lot of Brylcreem used back then, don't forget the antimacassars!

You leave my aunty out of this

[TobyC]

Seats painted but I'm annoyed with myself as I over used the glue on them but it won't be seen once in the fuselage.....I hope

[Purplethistle]

Seats painted but I'm annoyed with myself as I over used the glue on them but it won't be seen once in the fuselage.....I hope

You could just explain away the excess glue as Brylcreem smears.....due to the shocking lack of antimacassars!

[TobyC]

You could just explain away the excess glue as Brylcreem smears.....due to the shocking lack of antimacassars!

Most of the interior is finished. Just need to close it all up now.
I used an aftermarket pe set for the detail stuff

[TobyC]

Fuselage now closed up.

[VickersVandal]

Looking great!

[TobyC]

Thanks VV
Next up is to paint the livery lines. On the instructions the green is on top and on the box it's the black. I opted for the green on top.





Sadly I forgot to add the antimacassars

[AndrewR]

Sadly I forgot to add the antimacassars

Standards are really slipping!

[TobyC]

Sadly I forgot to add the antimacassars

Standards are really slipping!

They're still at the cleaners getting all that Brylcreem out

[TobyC]

Next up is the rigging. I'm doing it in stages with the bottom half of the top wing going on first and then rigged with the top half of the top wing going on last. Well that's the plan

[Kitaholic]

Looking really good. Always fancied this kit but never had the confidence. Great job on it so far.

Had to google antimacassars DOH!

[Purplethistle]

Had to google antimacassars DOH!

They disappeared in the late 70's, but in the 40's & 50's they were used in in most planes, first class train coaches and motor coaches (but not buses).......I do paintings of 40's to 60's transport and the anoraks at the events where I sell prints are merciless about details like that!

[jssel]

Great work Toby. I had this kit in my stash for a long time and let is slip away in a swap. Big mistake.

[K5083]

I haven't seen many builds of this kit, especially with this level of care, so am watching with interest. Cool approach to the rigging; haven't seen this before, although come to think of it, most kits that require rigging don't have top and bottom wing halves.

August

[TobyC]

It certainly is trying my patience and I have made one error when I didn't realise I was applying glue to a strut and that it went a tad wrong. Carfeul cutting and filing to be done so as not to sever the rigging.



I've now lined up the starboard bottom half and cemented it to the fuselage and will rig after as it's easier than my other method and allows for things to move about to avoid sagging rigging which I've had on the port side when I didn't make sure the inner front strut had seated itself.