Administrators Clunkmeister Posted March 13, 2019 Author Administrators Posted March 13, 2019 LOL. Tried a dreaded wingtip tonight. Installed the spacer first, then th aileron spar. Tip fit OK. Not perfect, but OK. A bit of sanding and a skim of filler on the seam should make it perfect. I hope the other side is as nice. 5
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted March 14, 2019 Author Administrators Posted March 14, 2019 Not much happening here, just a bit of playing around with this. Obviously when I break out the brass, piano wire and evergreen, the build is about to go full on stupid. I must resist. OOB, OOB, OOB..... 8
Peterpools Posted March 14, 2019 Posted March 14, 2019 Ernie Great plan and should keep the build going without stress and a good case of the shakes. Keep 'em comin Peter 5
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted March 17, 2019 Author Administrators Posted March 17, 2019 Alrighty then. A small update on this. I’ve been playing around with some green tones. I don’t like the RAF interior green they give us in a bottle, so I’ve been mixing a bit of interior green into the RAF stuff until I came up with this. I think it looks convinced enough to me, so I’m going with it. I’ve seen pics of a non skid walkway on these, so I added one. I’ll shorten it up a bit, but this is as it is right now. It’s way to stark for me I think I’ll hit it with my old black standby, RLM66. All I’ve done for mods is to lower the pilot’s pedestal to slightly less freeboard, mess with the seat to where it’s ok, and add the bare minimum of missing plumbing, plus holders for maps and the “How to Fly an Aeroplane” book. Comments welcome 5
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted March 17, 2019 Author Administrators Posted March 17, 2019 I also tried blacking out the rear of the pedestal. I’m thinking that after some doctoring up, through the birdcage it’ll pass for the open space that was there on the real ship. Maybe 6
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted March 17, 2019 Author Administrators Posted March 17, 2019 The seat isn’t done and I have yet to build a mount for it, but it will feature a comfy cushion, because late 50s, early 60s RCAF SAR birds featured plenty of store bought seat cushions to fill the space meant for a parachute. I’ll make a cushion out of Milliput because that thing looks like a plank. It was peacetime and the old Lanc wasn’t going to go round and round with a Soviet submarine. They had the Neptune and the brand new Canadair Argus coming on line for those fights. Be kind. I realize most of this won’t be seen when the canopy is on. So no, I didn’t get goofy with the details or the filling of the floor seam. The RCAF Lanc has a solid canopy to, so it’ll be even less visible 10
Bomber_County Posted March 17, 2019 Posted March 17, 2019 Looking Ernie, just remember the mantra..........OOB. ......OOB ........OOB. ......repeat ....... 4
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted March 23, 2019 Author Administrators Posted March 23, 2019 Little bit of modeler’s license with the wood top table, but hey, it’s mine, so just wait till place settings for four are laid out 8
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted March 23, 2019 Author Administrators Posted March 23, 2019 The rest of the interior is getting nothing more than what you see there. It’ll be invisible. Maybe I’ll put the bench seat in by the tail for the observers, and I’m sure those ammo cans should be gone, it they’re invisible and I wanted to close the holes in the floor, sooooo..... 6
Rodolfo Torres Vazquez Posted March 23, 2019 Posted March 23, 2019 Great details my friend, The Avro Lancaster is one of my favorites! Regards! Rodolfo 5
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted March 23, 2019 Author Administrators Posted March 23, 2019 9 hours ago, Rodolfo Torres Vazquez said: Great details my friend, The Avro Lancaster is one of my favorites! Regards! Rodolfo Thanks Rudolfo! 4
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted March 23, 2019 Author Administrators Posted March 23, 2019 I guess an update might be in order, so here’s where we're at right now. 7
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted March 24, 2019 Author Administrators Posted March 24, 2019 Roight then! Here we are with the first of my concerns handled. The airliner windows needed to be deep sixed to Davy Jones Locker. I sprayed on a thinned and decanted coat of Tamiya primer through my trusty VL, and I think we’ve more or less made them disappear. There’s one or two standing slightly proud, but a swipe of a sanding stick will fix that. There’s also a couple pinholes in the Tamiya putty I’ll attend to as well Next we cut the observation window into the other fuselage side, frame the internals, and get some clear acetate cut to shape and inserted. 5
TJTX Posted March 24, 2019 Posted March 24, 2019 Looking great Ernie. I see another Eagle in your future. 4
Martinnfb Posted March 24, 2019 Posted March 24, 2019 Smooth as silk . Fantastic work Ernie as usually little on the crazy side, but I love it. 3
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted March 24, 2019 Author Administrators Posted March 24, 2019 2 hours ago, TJTX said: Looking great Ernie. I see another Eagle in your future. Thanks! It’s a Lanc, not a Felix, Tony. It’ll be all about the finish. Acres of NMF on this one. 4
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted March 24, 2019 Author Administrators Posted March 24, 2019 Merlin factory. Four little engines on the way. I’m actually impressed how easily these are going together. Yeah, they’re a bit undersized, and yeah there’s some molded on detail, but these look every bit a Wizard once assembled. Well done, HK, well done! 6
coolboxx Posted March 24, 2019 Posted March 24, 2019 A neat build and bench i love it, how will you go about the doilies.? 4
BlrwestSiR Posted March 24, 2019 Posted March 24, 2019 Great progress Ernie. The Merlin look to be an improvement on the ones from their Mossie kits. Any plans to leave a cowl cover open/removable? Carl 3
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