Wingco57 Posted December 8, 2015 Author Posted December 8, 2015 Bit of progress. The basic Floor with front bulkhead completed. All interior detail will be built upon this. Cees 2
mywifehatesmodels Posted December 9, 2015 Posted December 9, 2015 Not sure how I missed this before, Cees, but WOW! What an ambitious but COOL project! John 1
Wingco57 Posted December 9, 2015 Author Posted December 9, 2015 Thanks John, Ambitious it is but I have done it before on a 1/48 Tamiya Lancaster. Next update. While dryfitting the floor I realised that it would never fit if all detail was added. So out with the trusty saw and dymotape again ( Erik, look away from the pic below LOL). The nosesection was cut off and then split in two. I have made a start marking out the position of the frame and stringers. Much easier now. Cees 4
Wingco57 Posted December 13, 2015 Author Posted December 13, 2015 Come on. No Dirty comments after such brutal butchery LOL Cees
Wingco57 Posted December 14, 2015 Author Posted December 14, 2015 Some more progress. I have completed the basic Floor construction with the raised pilot's Floor. The navigators/ wireless operators table is Roughly finished too as is the instrument panel template. this will be used to make the instrument panel using thin plasticard with pe instrument bezels and Airscale dial decals. The printed plastic structure holds plastic strip with ordinary Plastic cement. Very happy about that. A start has been made with the interior structure by cementing the horizontal longerons to the cockpit sill. This is the fun part. Cees 2
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted December 19, 2015 Administrators Posted December 19, 2015 aaahhhh i was wondering what you would do with the cockpit! Are you going all out on it?
Wingco57 Posted December 19, 2015 Author Posted December 19, 2015 Yes, fill it up as fully as I can. Cees
Wingco57 Posted December 20, 2015 Author Posted December 20, 2015 Update Started to detail the fuselage structure. Tedious but fun. Once you have done one side, you still have To do the other...sigh. But Slowly the typical structure evolves. Hope you like. Cees 1
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted December 20, 2015 Administrators Posted December 20, 2015 Oh wow... Don't make it better than the kit-to-be! Or it will be a disappointment 1
Wingco57 Posted December 26, 2015 Author Posted December 26, 2015 The Christmas holidays is very beneficial for modeling. The interior structure is mostly finished apart from the nose section Which has compound curves which plastic strip doesn't like. But that will be a challenge to solve. The navigators table with T1154/R1155 wireless set up has been started as well. i used the HKM mosquito parts for These. They are a bit basic but very useful for the Manchester. Cees
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted December 26, 2015 Administrators Posted December 26, 2015 Jesus! This is insane! Very very cool...
Wingco57 Posted December 26, 2015 Author Posted December 26, 2015 Well, I am....a bit. In the meanwhile I have progressed further with the compound curves and it has worked very well. Only the port nose compartment to do and then the fun starts. This build will be entered in the new HK Models group build by the way. This is not even a kit hehe Cees
ThomasProbert Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 Loving what you're doing here, Cees. Any further progress? Tom EDIT - have just seen your thread in the HKM competition area...
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