AndrewR's Frog Lysander - SEAC Spy Plane
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Re: AndrewR's Frog Lysander - SEAC Spy Plane
I'm liking this a lot!
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I suspect the Matchbox kit is nicer than this! It's okay, but a bit crude. The wing spars are solid in the kit, and certainly not in real life.Gregers wrote:This is coming along nicely. It's tempting me to dig out my Matchbox Lizzies.
All the best.
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Canopy on. The small windows in the rear fuselage will be Glue n glazed, as the actual plastic bits do not fit flush with the fuselage!
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The wings on the Matchbox kit interlock with a solid spar that fills the gap. Much like the Frog kit ftom what I can see from your pictures. It doesn't have the small windows in the tail however. Itvis still a nice kit though.
All the best.
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All the best.
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Slightly tempted to cut part of the wing spars out on this to make it a wee bit more realistic. Current plan is assemble and paint fuselage , then add the painted wings afterwards.Gregers wrote:The wings on the Matchbox kit interlock with a solid spar that fills the gap. Much like the Frog kit ftom what I can see from your pictures. It doesn't have the small windows in the tail however. Itvis still a nice kit though.
All the best.
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Well tidy work on the Lizzie,wish my LMS had some in stock.
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Steady! that sort of thing is infectious and next thing you know the razor saw will be out and you'll be deflecting the flaps or adding a full rear office for the spy etc etc. I've been down that route many timesAndrewR wrote:
Slightly tempted to cut part of the wing soars out on this to make it a wee bit more realistic.
I use G 'n' G all the time now for small windows and rarely even bother with the kit supplied glazing.
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You could use a couple of thin brass rods to replace the thick spar.
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Yes, I might try that. I;ve been dry-fitting the wings, and the fit is terrible!splash wrote:You could use a couple of thin brass rods to replace the thick spar.
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Meanwhile here is the main fuselage assembly.
My attempt at the camo on the upper wing has gone pear-shaped, and I will need to redo it.
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Wow did that build up nicely!
It takes no small amount of skill to get results like that!
I'm thinking the Frog kit looks a fair bit better than the Airfix version.
The new lighter interior green looks great and will certainly set off everything under the glass nicely.
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It takes no small amount of skill to get results like that!
I'm thinking the Frog kit looks a fair bit better than the Airfix version.
The new lighter interior green looks great and will certainly set off everything under the glass nicely.
The Great Auk
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Looking better and better! You've a fair bit of framing to mask there but I'll wager it will be worth it too see all that interior.
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By the time the very large wings are on, it will be very difficult to see anythingdollar19 wrote:Looking better and better! You've a fair bit of framing to mask there but I'll wager it will be worth it too see all that interior.
Here is one of the said wings, repainted after a bad coat of green. This now passes muster. Note that I'm using slightly lighter shades of grey and green than I usually do, just to see what the effect will be.
The other one is now in the paint shop, but seems to have a problem - maybe a grease spot on it, stopping the green from covering properly.
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Well tidy so far.
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Thanks. Now looking a bit less tidy, as I've put the grey and green upper camo on the fuselage and wings.celt wrote:Well tidy so far.
The underside is black, and the demarcation line between the upper colours is quite high up. The undersides have been re-primed since these photos were taken, and with any luck, I'll be able to get a coat of black on after I've made this post. This largely depends on whether I have to cook supper or not. Higher authority has not mentioned it yet.
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This is gonna look sweet.
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Oh my yes it will!