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  1. ccoyle
    Hi, Dan. For the kit, there is a section for general kit discussions. For parts, use the tips & techniques section. There is a section for painting as well. Most of what you need to ask you can probably ask within your build log, should you choose to start one. Cheers!
  2. ccoyle
    More fuselage work.
  3. ccoyle
    Parts are dampened first and then carefully formed over a variety of tools -- whatever has the right shape and diameter. Nope. I always have to be careful afterwards about where my forgetful fingers grip the thing.
  4. ccoyle
    Various covers in place -- it was hard to find an angle that showed all of them. And a standoff view . . . Next up is constructing the aft fuselage.
  5. ccoyle
    Nice work, Nils! Pilot schooners make handsome projects.
  6. ccoyle
    I always use a fresh #11 blade for the task. I do the job freehand, and I don't try to cut all the way through the card on the first pass -- score the cut first, then cut through on the second pass. On the curved section I use a jigsaw-like motion using only the tip of the blade and pushing the blade forward instead of drawing it back. I should add that although I have been using the Evergreen Canopy Glue for most of this build, I did not use it for seating the channels, since that task requires more working time to get everything seated properly. I used Aleen's Clear for the job.
  7. ccoyle
    Very nice -- congratulations!
  8. ccoyle
    Some goodies arrived in the mail today. These are 3D-printed detail parts from Darius Lipinski, the kit's designer. I have already added the paper versions of some of these parts to the model, but the printed parts are so nice that I might just be tempted to see if I can safely remove some of those paper parts and replace them. So, what have we got? Vents, valves, life rings, hoses, binnacle, signaling lamps, directors. Anchors, bitts, fairleads. And finally, armament: 20 mm mounts, barrels for 3" and 1.1" guns, torpedoes, and hedgehog bombs. This build will probably go back on the bench after I complete the 109 build.
  9. ccoyle
    Further progress: First the penultimate nose skin was added to the fuselage. The last skin consisted of two pieces, which I chose to join together first before adding them to the fuselage. The last frame was also added to this piece. Then that structure was added to the fuselage. The fit so far has been no problem. The letters WPS indicate sections that are to be cut out after the part has been glued. These are of course the machine gun channels. Those portions were duly removed, and the parts for the channels were prepped. And here's the finished channels. That's all for now!
  10. ccoyle
    Witam, Wieslaw! I saw your ORP Piorun model in the gallery -- a very high level of craftsmanship. Thanks for sharing!
  11. ccoyle
    One more for today . . .
  12. ccoyle
    Next we have the oil cooler. It's a tiny bit lopsided, but considering how complex the structure is, I'm happy with it.
  13. ccoyle
    It seems our Chinese friends are a little sensitive about displaying the Nationalist roundel, much like German kits are not allowed to include swastikas.
  14. ccoyle
    A nice milestone moment in the construction of a plane is getting the first outer skin on. On some Halinski builds, I have had a lot of issues with the inner cockpit skins not fitting correctly -- they must align precisely and have no gaps at the seams, otherwise the outer skins won't fit either. Fortunately, this time around only some light sanding was needing to achieve the desired inner skin fit, and the outer skin thus went on without a hitch. The nose frames were then assembled and mated to the cockpit section. You can see that there is a substantial amount of substructure. After adding one more fuselage skin (it fit perfectly and won't even require any seam touch-ups), it's time to work on the nose. The Emil had a rather lumpy, bumpy nose (a characteristic that was addressed in the 109F), and that is reflected in the jigsaw puzzle-like nose assembly sequence for the model. Patience will be the order of the day!
  15. ccoyle
    Every time you step out in it, you can shout, "Release the kraken!"
  16. ccoyle
    Me, too -- but if I recall correctly, I have to go off-site to see the build log for this one (hint, hint). 🤨😉
  17. ccoyle
    Take a good look -- this is the last time you'll be able to clearly see all of the cockpit elements before everything gets closed up. Port side on the left, starboard on the right. The disparity in the number of controls on the two sides makes me wonder whether the Luftwaffe chose only right-handed pilots for fighter pilot duty. 🤔
  18. ccoyle
    Just call it "market research."
  19. ccoyle
    The outboard wheel is for raising and lowering flaps; the inner wheel controls the elevator trim tabs.
  20. ccoyle
    No, this was forty years ago.
  21. ccoyle
    Cockpit construction continues.
  22. ccoyle
    It might have been -- ain't sayin'. 🤨
  23. ccoyle
    Um . . . I don't know who did that. 😬
  24. ccoyle
    That's really a striking model -- congratulations!
  25. ccoyle
    Slowly adding various cockpit controls.

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