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GusMac

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  • Birthday 05/04/1968

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  1. Well, a major bit of progress tonight.... Glued the front fuselage on, so we have the bulk of the airframe together. This view gives a better sense of scale and clearly confirms that it's not fitting in the spray booth! May have to look into Rob's suggestion for expanding the booth to let it fit. I also got the front windscreen removed from the casting block and trimmed and sanded to fit. Haven't glued it yet as I'm slightly unsure as to the best adhesive to use for a resin clear part. My go to is the PVA you can see behind it but I'm not sure how well that works with resin. All suggestions welcome!
  2. Steep Grade from Burnside Brewery here in my own village. It's a barrel aged Belgian Quad at 14% - it's a 750ml bottle, so equivalent to bottle of red wine! Very drinkable which dangerous at that strength. Aged in casks from the Fettercairn distillery just up the road. The photo is taken at the top of the Cairn'o'Mount which is the local high pass over the hills into Royal Deeside after which the beer is named. It's a route I cycle occasionally as the 'steep' but of the name is well earned. The brewery owners are friends of mine, so got to give them a plug!
  3. Not sure if I've just been unlucky Peter or if I've screwed something up somewhere. Other's builds have shown some gaps but nothing quite as big as this. It's almost like the 3D printed tail section is too small but anyway I think I'm there with the fix. Fingers crossed anyway!
  4. Thanks Peter, I think I'm just learning about the challenges of resin kits. In the end I've gone for a hybrid of your's and Carl's suggestions. A styrene base with a skin of Miliput over the top. It's looking good so far but just needs a bit more blending and sanding. Will post some pics later.
  5. All the best to you and Mary, Scott. It sounds flippant but it is one of the best cancers to have nowadays. As others have said my mum had breast cancer 40 years ago and is fit, healthy and about to turn 84 in a weeks time. That's also the reason I've spent 30+ years as an imaging physicist mainly doing cancer work.
  6. Nice bit of the Right Stuff. You've got me digging more old albums out of the cupboard now!
  7. Some supplies for the Viggen, reckon I'm going to need plenty of primer! The kit weapons are probably the weakest point so I got the Reskit offerings which were a better price than the Brassin ones and look as good to my eye.
  8. Never seen such a detailed kit of a polished turd before. 😁
  9. It's good but I preferred the original film. Always fun to see Hugh Grant in his natural state playing a scumbag.
  10. Thanks fellas. I might give the Milliput a try Carl as saving on the sanding definitely sounds like a plus.
  11. So after a couple of rounds of filling and sanding with the Bondo putty I've put some primer down to see where we are. Apologies for the crappy pics, it's big and heavy enough now to be difficult to move and hold and hang onto the phone! So, a bit more work needed, mainly on the underside. A lot is just hairline cracks in the Bondo so I'm moving on to the grey Tamiya putty as I hope the finer grain should deal with this. I'll now show what I'm facing next and it's got me a bit worried as I'm unsure how best to approach it. The wing root is correct at the leading edge and tight against the 3D printed tail piece at the join area but I've got this big gap and the bottom of the wing sits about 2mm proud of the corresponding 3D printed section. Another angle to show what I'm meaning. The problem is I'm constrained by the position of the inferior reverse thruster vent as you can see below. I can't grind down the wing as the flaps wouldn't fit correctly so I'm going to have to lose the difference in the short distance to the thruster vent. My plan is to plug the worst of the gaps with plasticard and then blend it with filler as I think all filler would be too prone to cracking, etc. Does anyone with experience of these type of kits think that's a sensible plan? I'm kind of stuck until I sort this out. It's a bit weird as the tail piece and wings fit perfectly everywhere else but something seems to have propagated to produce this. I know others have moaned about the wing fit on other forums but that's mainly been around the topside fit.
  12. Looking really good. The paintwork is nice and faded. πŸ‘
  13. Grey Mr Surfacer 1500 is obviously easier to find in the US. It's like rocking horse poop over here at the moment. I spent a good hour hunting online for a European stockist with some in last night for use on the Viggen. Finally managed to track down 2 jars on Evilbay.
  14. I remember reading a book which was written by one of the survivors, Parrado. Absolutely terrifying and a true testament to human survival in the bleakest circumstances.
  15. That was Harry Secombe's nickname for himself
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