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Post by Paul B on Sept 23, 2019 14:03:51 GMT
Boots, Pete, cheers indeed dear fellows  . Pete yes I know, and I have got 1 week less than anticipated  , we're orfe to Venice next week for 5 days  |
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Post by Boots on Sept 23, 2019 18:12:24 GMT
Orfe to Venice  ............you do more miles than Gulliver did on his travels!!  You`ll do it matey  |
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Post by Snipersmudge on Sept 23, 2019 18:33:24 GMT
He does get around, lucky sod |
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Post by SteveM on Sept 23, 2019 21:19:07 GMT
Very nice pit work Paul, looks the doodads B) Enjoy your trip too!  |
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Post by Marco on Sept 25, 2019 16:42:13 GMT
Amazing paint work mate! Looks perfect!
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Post by armorguy on Sept 25, 2019 18:03:07 GMT
The coolest office I've seen Paul.
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Post by Boots on Sept 25, 2019 19:07:06 GMT
The coolest office I've seen Paul. Almost as cool as this office
Brrrrr  |
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Post by Robbo on Sept 25, 2019 19:18:34 GMT
Nice office, will you leave the canopy open to show it off?
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Post by dukemaddog on Oct 2, 2019 21:35:06 GMT
I think that is a fantastic cockpit; certainly better than I could do. Congrats on finally getting it beat into submission and have fun on your trip.
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Post by Paul B on Oct 11, 2019 17:38:34 GMT
Cheers muckers . Ian, the cockpit glazing is so large you don't need to leave it open to see the detail, so I shall go with the closed up version . Saves a shed load of tricky masking too I have joined the fuselage up this evening, it needed a tad persuasion to join up  .  Now it needs a tad of clean up and some minimal filling also .  That's it till maybe Monday evening when I get back from Belgium |
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Post by Robbo on Oct 11, 2019 18:35:33 GMT
Mind that detail doesn't get lost in your clean up.
Enjoy the weekend, I find more time to build at weekends
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Post by Ian H. on Oct 11, 2019 19:15:33 GMT
Glad to see some Famous Grouse got this one going again! Looks great. Definitely a lot to see in that cockpit with such an enormous canopy.
Best wishes,
Ian
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Post by Paul B on Oct 15, 2019 15:21:43 GMT
Cheers chaps . After sorting out the wings with the help of my friend "Mr perfect putty" , I discovered that the cockpit glazing doesn't really join up either . Gonna have to give that a good think over  .   I'll save the pics of the glazing till later. |
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Post by Ian H. on Oct 15, 2019 16:02:17 GMT
Looks good, Paul. Good work with getting the wing root panel lines cleaned up.
Regards,
Ian
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Post by Snipersmudge on Oct 15, 2019 16:52:16 GMT
Good bit of work on the seams, hope the glazing isn't too tedious to get fitted
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Post by Paul B on Oct 15, 2019 17:05:15 GMT
Ian, Pete, cheers fellas . The wing root joins weren't too bad, that perfect plastic putty is perfect for that sort of thing . The canopy however is going to be a tad more trying |
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Post by Marco on Oct 15, 2019 17:33:15 GMT
Nice work on the wings Paul. About the glazing, I think you'll find a way and finish this Brazilian bird.
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Post by Paul B on Oct 15, 2019 17:41:55 GMT
I hope so Marco . |
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Post by SteveM on Oct 15, 2019 17:47:09 GMT
Good to see this one moving along Paul, nice work too B)
What’s the issue with the canopy?
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Post by Paul B on Oct 15, 2019 18:33:07 GMT
Cheers Steve . the canopy was quite offset to the front glazing, which was also a tad fallen in which didn't make it line up with the fuselage. The front glazing I managed to pry apart to more or less the same width as the fuselage. That after sanding its connecting edge to the main canopy part. The main canopy part also had the leading edge sanded back to get a fit with the frontal part. Also I had to sand back the hinges of the main canopy to get it in line with the front glazing. There is of course a step on the hinges to the fuselage now, and a gap at the rear (that was there anyway) to sort out. Here's some dry fitted main canopy pics for you, the frontal glazing has been glued tight.    |
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, we're orfe to Venice next week 
............you do more miles than Gulliver did on his travels!! 
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