Wingco57 Posted September 4, 2016 Author Share Posted September 4, 2016 Who am I not to? Although the Spitfire 21 got a jumpstart today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted October 5, 2016 Author Share Posted October 5, 2016 Almost a month since the last post. I think I need to do some work here soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AITORAZKUE Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Yes please Cees... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 I will, I promise. Was planning yesterday but Netflix has me in it's grasp currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Ah, the curse of the 'box set' strikes again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 Yes, but I managed to get something done in the end. The bombbay doors have now been cleaned up. As you can see in the pics these are really stitched together from several parts so needed quite a bit of filler and sanding. But they are smooth now. I can now concentrate on the ailerons as they had to be taken off after the rigourous sanding needed on the wings. But that work has been finished and as posted earlier the panellines are now being pencilled in. At Telford I will be working on the Manchester too so come to the LSM/HK Models stand and say hello. Â Â 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 Doing some more work on pencilling in the undersurface panellines. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Good to see this back in progress, Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted October 26, 2016 Author Share Posted October 26, 2016 Think so too. Having two sets of conflicting drawings does not make it easy to pencil in the panellines. I decided to go for theCaruana drawings as these have more detail. Don't know if this is totally accurate but I go for effect instead of accuracy.Nobody would know anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Sounds good. Can't imagine there are too many Manchester 'experts' out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 Robert Kirby is one, he wrote the book on the subject. I have met him once, nice chap, and he also put the old story to bed that triple tail Manchesters had smaller span tailplanes than Lancs. Only the first twenty production machines, after that they all had the 33 foot span similar to the Lanc, and the triple fins were changed for the Lancaster ones. If I had known before it would have saved me a lot of grief cutting down the tailplanes and then restoring them again Pencilling in the lines is nearly finished (no boring pics) and then it's time to start scribing them. Hope to get some done before Telford. As I mentioned before I will be working on the Machester during Telford. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Yeah, finding things like that out just after you've done something is always interesting. What to do next? ... Laugh, cry or just throw it at the wall?!? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted November 9, 2016 Author Share Posted November 9, 2016 Well couldn't bring myself to work on the Manchester the past few days with Telfort coming up. But the good thing is that I will spend two full days working on it during the show. So, I'm looking forward to that. Cees 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 Pity that the stand was so full with boxes and models that we didn't had the room to do some modelling.But motivation has soared again and I have been working on the Manchester since monday. Planning on the cockpit details which will have to be scratch built and yesterday I have been drilling the holes for the axles in the tyres and undercarriage struts. This will make painting easier.  Will post pics as soon as visible progress has emerged. Now that the Lancaster is expected in March 2017-ishthere is no rush. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 ;)Paper update. I have been working on the B-17F since a few weeks so the Manchester has been back on the shelf. But this coming saturday during the IPMS SIG meeting I will restart on the interior again. Cees 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Fran Posted December 7, 2016 Administrators Share Posted December 7, 2016 Get your Manchester done before the Lanc...   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 I'm still ahead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Will be nice to see what you have planned for the cockpit, etc, Cees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 A complete scratchbuild Gus, I must say I have put this work off for quite a while and concentrated on the wings. Now that these are almost finished I can't stall any longer. And those IPMS SIG modelling afternoons are great for renewed inspiration. Working on the B-17F at the moment too, so two biggies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Hope you have a big workbench! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 Well, I made some very nice progress on saturday, will post pics later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 How time flies, But I managed to do some work on the interior. For the radio's I use Eduard's Tamiya Mossie set, I also have the set for the HK Models Mossie but the radio's are too small. Cees    2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Looking good! I do not know if the Manchester has the same interior as the lancaster, you probably know. But  I remember this from my Lancaster build, and I was a little puzzled by the Radio operators seat, how to build it.  Then I found this photo, where the wing spar goes right through the fuselage, maybe its the same in the Manchester?   Keep up the good work! Kent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Nice start Cees. Lots of bits on that PE fret for adding interest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 Hi Kent, Thanks, that was just the photo I had been looking for. Â Information on the Manchester interior is sketchy at least so I mainly use Lancaster references. As the Lanc is basically a Manchester with four Merlins it is quite justified. S - for Sugar at the RAF Museum Hendon was laid down as a Manchester but converted into a Lanc on the production line. Â Although there are differences regarding some specific Manchester interior details. I cannot seem to find good references about the flight engineers panels but I just use a Lancaster one with two of each engine gauges deleted. Sometimes you have to use artistic license. Cees 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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