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Your bomber is coming along nicely. I look forward to seeing this once the wings are added. I'm not sure if you mentioned it in your entries, are you using an airbrush or sprays and bottles on your projects? 

I added my base for stability and completion on my Jenny. 

I added my base for stability and completion on my Jenny. 

I added my base for stability and completion on my Jenny. 

Looking forward to seeing this one come together!

I added my base for stability and completion on my Jenny. 

I added my base for stability and completion on my Jenny. 

I added my base for stability and completion on my Jenny. 

Looking forward to seeing this one come together!

thanks Robert......I didn't do anything to her yesterday.......I was playing with something else   { damn my MDD........Model Distraction Disorder}.   the wing surfaces were all done with airbrush........I got impatient waiting to get thinner,  so I painted the fuselage {upper and lower surfaces} with a brush.  at one point in time,  I had given up the airbrush,  thinking that they were too much of a bother for the tasks that were small.  but,  since I got into building wooden boats,  I have great need for it.  large surfaces are a killer with a brush.  now a days,  I juggle both.
 
I'm getting there........I've already seen her with the wings {dry fit}..........I'm happy.

Thanks for the pdf link loved reading that, very informative 👍

Your bomber is coming along nicely. I look forward to seeing this once the wings are added. I'm not sure if you mentioned it in your entries, are you using an airbrush or sprays and bottles on your projects? 

Your bomber is coming along nicely. I look forward to seeing this once the wings are added. I'm not sure if you mentioned it in your entries, are you using an airbrush or sprays and bottles on your projects? 

Your bomber is coming along nicely. I look forward to seeing this once the wings are added. I'm not sure if you mentioned it in your entries, are you using an airbrush or sprays and bottles on your projects? 

Your bomber is coming along nicely. I look forward to seeing this once the wings are added. I'm not sure if you mentioned it in your entries, are you using an airbrush or sprays and bottles on your projects? 

Hi, Ron, I am glad that the idea was pleasant to you!   

Continuation

This is about as cheap as you can get.  You can use it with the model upside down or right side up.
 
 
 

 
 

Your bomber is coming along nicely. I look forward to seeing this once the wings are added. I'm not sure if you mentioned it in your entries, are you using an airbrush or sprays and bottles on your projects? 

Finally ready to start this New Project in earnest, after 2 weeks or so making and  Hand sewing Sails for this kit.
This is my biggest project to date and will hopefully stand me in good stead for bigger or better things.
There will be a lot of improvisations along the way, most notably the colour scheme of which I feel definitely needs developing.
 
Any relevant help and info anyone can give is much appreciated.
 
Thanks ⚓⚓⚓⚓🤺🤺🤺🤺👍

I'm pretty happy with the look and your right about the friction fit holding the pins without the need for any gluing.
 
I also like your idea of sanding the frames after they are assembled. 
 
It's tedious work that can't be rushed. Pulling out the camper for a few days so the build will be on the back burner for a bit

Dave, those pins look pretty good to me. I have also found it virtually impossible to make decent frames out of 1/32" material. It can be done without too much trouble with 1/16" wood and it will probably look ok, but if you thought it was too thick you could make the frame up including the pins and then sand the whole thing down on both sides, in order to keep the pins centered.
 
I don't think you'll have any problem with ca glue doing the job. There will be no tension on them and a friction fit alone would likely hold them.
 
Your base is looking great.
David
 
 

Working on the skylight. Here is the top and end views from the build plans.
 


 
I began by building the base, making it as square as possible
 


 
I then hand drilled holes in the frame and inserted copper wire
 


 
There are a few issues with this method. The “bars” look oversized, the bars are crooked, the frames need to extend slightly beyond the fore and aft end pieces and slightly past the bottom edge of the long side. Another problem was that the dimensions of the fore and aft end pieces was wrong. I had cut it too narrow. Obviously this isn’t going to work.
 
My next attempt was to use a solid block between the fore and aft end pieces.
 


 
This was another fail as the bottom edge was too wide after being trimmed.
 
Here is my 3rd attempt. The base is the correct size and the frames fit nicely (not shown) the pieces have been mounted on temporary stands for painting. The problem with this attempt is the frames are so thin, 1/32 inch, there isn’t enough surface at the butt joints for a good gluing and when I attempted to lightly sand these they came apart. I’m also not happy with the frames as the edges and joints look sloppy.
 

 
But I am satisfied with the base so it’s now trying to do my best effort for the windows. I decide to go a bit thicker on the frames at 1/16th inch thick. This would scale out at about 4 inches. I pulled out the Dremel drill press and drilled 1/64th holes. Then inserted 5 pins. I’m pretty happy with this. The bars do a good job of resembling the bars on Bluenose II and since I’m build somewhat of a hybrid of the 2 ships that’s fine with me. The pins are straight, about at the right scale and evenly spaced. The plans show about 12 bars, but at this scale I doubt I could accomplish that. I may try stretching rigging line and see how that looks but 12 strands across that small width might be a bit to “busy”.
 

 
Have a ways to go. Still have to build another set of these, the side pieces and decide if I want to attempt cutting lap joints for a stronger bond. Also try using rigging line if I can get a strong enough joint to take a bit of pressure. The work continues.

Your bomber is coming along nicely. I look forward to seeing this once the wings are added. I'm not sure if you mentioned it in your entries, are you using an airbrush or sprays and bottles on your projects? 

just a short update at the moment......done during the work week.  these are the parts I will add to the plane:
I had glued that small part on the other navigator's window....I had to remove it to put it on this one.
the guns were added to the nose of the fuselage,  the last bits to be added before closing it up.  the deed is done  

I should have done a close up of the waist guns.......they show quite well with the belt additions.  the tail is on as well.  it can't be seen here,  but the belly turret sticks out quite a bit...... must be in the lowered position.  I had painted the tail gunner's glass with the masking,  but it came out foggy.   I lightly scraped off most of it and painted it freehand.....I also did the navigator's window too.   it came out reasonably well......I used a very fine tipped brush.

the cockpit glass looked kinda light too,  but I chose not to touch it up since it came out better than the rest.  I trimmed it to fit and am impressed with how good it looks.   I'm gonna start adding to the fuselage.......