Classic Box Art - The HP42

[MerlinJones]

It's a biplane and it's an airliner and it's in 1/144...what a combination!


I've cut out a new window, in the forward door, so that the model will match the boxart image. Something tells me that the model will be the easy bit..

Regards,
Bruce

[MerlinJones]

Yeah, those 1/144 pyramids ought to be a blast...... One word - Lego!!

[MerlinJones]

Or sugar lumps!

[MerlinJones]

This might be useful:

http://cp.c-ij.com/en/3D-papercraft/arc ... ndex2.html;
http://www.delta7studios.com/images/Great%20Pyramid.pdf;

I suspect there maybe other free to download paper models of the pyramids with a bit of Googling!

http://www.moduni.de/moduni/shopartic.php?nr=301109;

bestest,
M.

[MerlinJones]

That's very helpful, Matt.

Having acquired blocks of polystyrene packing, I was contemplating different methods of creating the right look for the surface textures.

Regards,
Bruce

[MerlinJones]

I read in a military modelling mag that using an old stiff toothbrush bristles against the polystyrene creates a realistic stone effect .

Shane

[MerlinJones]

Spent absolutely ages detailing the interior;


...And some time reducing the excessive ribbing;



I then spent some time on the tail, with plastic strips, rod and Aeroclub rigging thread;


I then relented and went back to the interior;


...And stuck the tail on;


Regards,
Bruce

[MerlinJones]

Ahh, the luxury of pre-war air travel - standing room only in a black pit! Curtains, perhaps?

[MerlinJones]

Curtains, perhaps?

Curtains indeed! They're in the boxart.

Regards,
Bruce

[MerlinJones]

You should aim to paint those tail rigging wires to make them look as thin as possible, Bruce. They're nearly invisible in even close-up photos.

http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/3423184;

[MerlinJones]

I've got some photo's in which they're quite evident and painting them will actually emphasise them. I may well leave them unpainted.

That said, the boxart has them looking like poles, which is why I had to do some semi-serious research.

Regards,
Bruce

[MerlinJones]

I finally griddled my lions and got to work on the struttery.
Both Flute and jRatz have been here before me, amongst others, so I'm hoping to learn from their builds, all of which resulted in good looking models.

Fortunately, although soft to a knife edge, there's a certain degree of flexibility that seems to prevent beakage with this particular example;


The engineering of this kit, compared to other Airfix biplanes, is rather good. The supplied jig is a helpful addition to the kit;


Unfortunately, the instructions are wrong, in that the drawing indicates the longer strut should be inboard when, as you can see below, it should go outboard;


Fortunately, traditional dry-fitting saved the day and made me wholly distrustful of any further instruction. After quiote a slow time building and dry-fitting, I got this far;

[MerlinJones]

As Paul B so helpfully pointed out, the HP42 had curtains and these are clear to see on the boxart, so curtains it was;


My Beloved had decided to...er....'launder' my chequebook, tghus spoiling it for monetary exchange usage, but providing me with some nice, blue card;


Combined wing and fuselage, with canopy suitably masked;


Regards,
Bruce

[MerlinJones]

It may be a pain but capturing those little details in the box art is part of the fun

[MerlinJones]

Caught money-laundering, eh? That's curtains for her then.




Looks great, Bruce. Those wings.....so very Twenties!