Lancfan's Transatlantic Bomber
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Re: Lancfan's Transatlantic Bomber
That’s looking nice.
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
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Re: Lancfan's Transatlantic Bomber
That's coming along well.
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Re: Lancfan's Transatlantic Bomber
Work has got in the way quite a lot of late and with the (extended) end in sight this is going to be very close, anyway , on with the build- The next step was to cement the upper wing sections together, the attachments are very vague so I used the lower wing as a jig with strips of masking tape separating the two wings to ensure that they did not get glued together, I then airbrushed the fuselage and the top surface of the lower wing in a mixed shade of cream.
The engine pods and struts were next assembled and painted and the last rigging holes were drilled.
The Vimy rudder and elevator cables ran outside the fuselage but were not represented on the kit, to represent these I use lengths of silver coloured stretched sprue.
And now the engines have been fitted.
David.
The engine pods and struts were next assembled and painted and the last rigging holes were drilled.
The Vimy rudder and elevator cables ran outside the fuselage but were not represented on the kit, to represent these I use lengths of silver coloured stretched sprue.
And now the engines have been fitted.
David.
David.
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Re: Lancfan's Transatlantic Bomber
Stunning work there David. Following closely.
All the best.
Greg
All the best.
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Re: Lancfan's Transatlantic Bomber
I can but agree with Greg's assessment, David. That is a great looking build.Gregers wrote:Stunning work there David.
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Re: Lancfan's Transatlantic Bomber
Brilliant work!
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Re: Lancfan's Transatlantic Bomber
Thanks Alan, Tim, Greg, Shaun, dollar19.
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Re: Lancfan's Transatlantic Bomber
I’m that other Greg! But dollar is less confusing.
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Re: Lancfan's Transatlantic Bomber
This is just getting better and better! Cracking work David
Best wishes
Jim
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Re: Lancfan's Transatlantic Bomber
This is how the model looked at midnight yesterday- it did not make it and would have to be finished under Aviation modelling.
Postscript-
When attaching the upper wing to the model this afternoon I noticed that one engine support was mis-aligned, in trying to correct it the model disintegrated and fell out of my hands- this is the result, there will be no repair, but another model will be ordered to replace it and a second attempt will be made at a later date.
David.
Postscript-
When attaching the upper wing to the model this afternoon I noticed that one engine support was mis-aligned, in trying to correct it the model disintegrated and fell out of my hands- this is the result, there will be no repair, but another model will be ordered to replace it and a second attempt will be made at a later date.
David.
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Re: Lancfan's Transatlantic Bomber
That is such a shame David. It doesn't look beyond repair though.
All the best.
Greg
All the best.
Greg
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Re: Lancfan's Transatlantic Bomber
That’s just heartbreaking to see! I feel tour pain.
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Re: Lancfan's Transatlantic Bomber
I would have to rob a Novo Vimy bomber kit to replace the broken parts and I want to build that Greg so a new kit it has to be, in fact I may decide to build both together.Gregers wrote:That is such a shame David. It doesn't look beyond repair though.
All the best.
Greg
David.
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Ouch! Thats not nice to see after so much work. I do hope we will see the replacement kit finished sometime soon
Best wishes
Jim
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"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
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Re: Lancfan's Transatlantic Bomber
Gutted for you David, I was enjoying this.
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