ccoyle

Very nice! Billing Boats gets a bad rap in some circles, but your model proves once again that the skill of the builder is more important than the name on the kit box.

Cheers!

26 minutes ago, Jack12477 said:

Maybe you could get a new wing dedicated to house the CCoyle Conservatory for the Advancment of Modern Art and History .

I already get enough push-back on the 'man cave' status of the bonus room where I do my work. 😉

9 minutes ago, AJohnson said:

Absolutely, I hang the outsized stuff I build, in the workshop/garage.

I'm fairly certain that any hanging of models anywhere in my house or garage will negatively impact my marital bliss. 😮

2 hours ago, Keith Black said:

He's lowered the price by $150.00 but as large as the model is, it's going to be a difficult sell.

That's a pretty niche item there -- I'll bet there's precious few people around who can tell if that's a reasonable asking price or not.

Uh-oh -- progress may be slowed in the short term. My boss, a former A-6 driver who shares my affection for military aviation, surprised me at work today by loaning me his copy of Dead Reckoning, an account of the P-38 mission that took out Admiral Yamamoto. I haven't read a good history book for quite some time. Of course, I told him he'll be to blame now for my increased felt need to acquire a P-38 for my stash, a purchase I've been avoiding due to the finished model's size in 1/33 scale. And no, I won't build anything in a different scale, so don't ask. 😁

The WW2 ship building boom is the reason why my mother's side of the family wound up on the West Coast. My grandfather and one of his brothers trekked west from Kansas to work at the Kaiser yard in Vancouver.

Congratulations on a nice result!

So, after returning from a long weekend in Myrtle Beach, I made a tiny bit of progress. Work now shifts to making the 14-cylinder Pratt & Whitney radial engine.

Most recent cell phone models have some kind of translation app on board. My Android phone has Google Lens. Your kit is an older kit published by Wilhelmshavener. I'm guessing it's hand-drawn and probably a little light on the instructions/diagrams -- probably not too detailed, either.

Clever idea with the styrene rod -- looks good!

Hope you feel better soon. I've had COVID twice -- it's a good time to catch up on sleep.

To paraphrase Crocodile Dundee: "That's a model!"

I missed the completion of this one. You did a fine job!

Well done, Mark!

Rudder and elevators dry-fitted. I will permanently attach these at a later date so they don't get knocked off during construction.

6 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

looks  just like  the  skin of the  real plane.

It helps when each stabilizer skin is a single piece -- no seams! Also, Mr. Dworzecki is a master graphic artist.

Fascinating subject!

Horizontal stabilizers skinned.

Working on the elevators now. Same as for the rudder, there is no internal framing -- but there is a lot of fiddly folding, rolling, and gluing. Pics later.

Cheers!

You're off to a good start. Two tidbits of information regarding photos:  1) We have an onboard photo resizer -- the control panel for that will pop up when you double-click on the photo after you insert it;  2) You can add multiple photos to each post if you'd like.

Cheers!

P.S. Photo size is a matter of taste. I resize all of my photos to 640 x whatever to keep them a uniform width -- medium-sized photos seem just about right to my eye.

Update: Fillets are done. These are always a tricky part of any airplane build, and these were even trickier than usual because there is a cutout for the wheel wells that leaves a strip only about 1 mm wide at that point for attachment.

And now we go back to the empennage. So far, I have only finished off the internal frames for the horizontal stabilizers.

That's all for now!

Someone with personal knowledge of this kit can correct me if I'm wrong, but I suspect that this kit isn't 'planked' in a manner that will be applicable to the more usual POB or POF types of models. It is probably built over a mold, and the internal structure is added after the basic hull is removed from the mold. Cool boat, though.

3 hours ago, rvchima said:

The site asked for tags so I put some in.

Check this pinned topic for a reminder.

But don't fret -- I don't keep a record of past violations! 😉

2 hours ago, rvchima said:

Do you use canopy glue or something else for most of your construction? How do you hold the parts together while the glue dries?

I've taken to using canopy glue as my all-purpose glue for card modeling. It sets quickly, so holding or clamping is not an issue.

Welcome aboard! Where are you ex-patting from/to?

6 hours ago, Matt D said:

I’m thinking about ordering one.

I have found WAK to be one of the fastest and most reliable shippers from Poland, and with the lowest shipping rates.