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And here's a bonus pic, just 'cause I like you guys. Actually, I thought this would be a fun pic to include because this is the first time I've had two finished card models representing real-life opponents, the Oscar and the Brewster B-339E Buffalo.
 

The Big Reveal
 
Chin air intake, propeller, spinner, aerial, pitot tube, aaaaand -- done! A few final thoughts are in order. First of all, I forgot to share that yesterday I knocked over a bottle of thin CA on my cutting mat, enough to ruin the mat and glue two of my fingers together. Like, really together! Fortunately, I had some debonder handy. Even more fortunately, I somehow managed not to spill glue on any parts. 😮  Overall,I am very pleased with how this project turned out. I think it's one of the nicest planes I've built so far, despite the usual kit shortcomings. My main gripe with the kit was once again the diagrams, which I would say are about 90% complete. It's the missing 10% that can be aggravating. Happily, there were no deal-breakers in the mix.
 
Okay, enough gabbing. Enjoy the pictures!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank You guys.  You all will be up to this point shortly.  Just a quick photo to show the fcastle painted and installed.    Now to do it all over again on the other side.  The qdeck is looking very naked.   But that will be up next.  Just a few more details to finish up on the fcastle.
 

 

Cowling and machine gun channels done. Just a few bits and pieces left to do.
 

As I mentioned near the end of my America build log, I bought a Model Airways 1/16th Sopwith Camel on a bit of a whim when I got a good deal on it.  Then after doing more research I decided I preferred the version by Artesania Latina with its greater detail, including quite a few photo etch parts, so I bought one of those too. I then wondered what to do with the Model Airways kit.  One thing I like about the AL kit is that it includes a metal cowl which adds some color and gives a bit more finished look, though it hides a lot of detail of the rotary engine.  So I decided I'd build the engine from the Model Airways kit and put it on some sort of stand, to be displayed along with the AL kit once complete. 
 
Below are a few photos of the completed engine along with the carved propeller.   The engine is made up of a bunch (125ish) of cast metal parts.  Gluing them together is not the most enjoyable modelling experience.  Carving the propeller was much more fun and actually not as tricky as I thought it might be.   I recently bought an airbrush (more for a few model cars in my stash) and used it for the first time on this.  After putting the engine together I sprayed it with Badger Stynylrez primer (what a name...)  and then some Model Master "steel" color paint and used some Tamiya panel line accent.   I pretty much followed the kit, though I used some 26AWG kynar wire with black insulation for the spark plug wires instead of black thread suggested by the kit.  The stand was my own design made from 1/4" x 1/8" basswood from my stash, which is basically a scale 2x4s.
 
If you got this far, thanks for taking the time to read!
 

 
 

 
 

Dear all,
went on with the finish of the camouflage and brushed on a layer of floor polish to obtain a smooth surface in preparation for the decals. The floor polish is very quick to be applied, can be brushed, it is very thin, self-leveling and compatible with the Tamiya paints. Actually I brushed two layers on the location of the decals.
 

 
It was followed by a very light wet sanding which removed any remaining roughness. Then the decals were applied and a layer of Tamiya gloss X-22 sealed the paint and the decals. This version of MiG-15 is decorated with just few decals.
 

 
 

 
The decals are sufficiently thin, with little carrier visible and conformed well to the surface.
 

 

 
However, in my opinion, they have a shortcoming in the saturation of their colors. The red tone, which is the predominant one for this aircraft, does not look as a full saturated red, and appears slightly discolored, almost pinkish:
 

 
I think this is a shame for an aircraft of the Soviet Red Star 🙃. Unfortunately, I will have to live with that. Now the gloss paint needs to cure well for a couple of days before I can start working with oil washes for highlighting panels and details.
 
Meantime, I removed the first mask from the landing light in the sect of the air intake.
 

 
Now, I will have also to start working on the remaining parts like the landing gears, the drop tanks, etc.
This is all for now, thanks for following,
best regards, 
Dan.

Hi and, thanks for visiting.
Head timbers fitted.  These are all supplied laser cut
and as usual didn't fit.  All scratch built except for
pieces 138 and 133 which merely needed re-shaping.
The trimming pieces to the hawse holes disintegrated
as they were being detached from the sheet and,
as for the windshields part no. 181   -   there was only one
supplied on the sheet.  No big problem because the supplied 
part didn't fit anyway.
Compared the one third scale side elevation with the photo's supplied.
Checked to see what Mark and Sferoida did then went my own way.
This is my first build that doesn't supply full size plans.
How much is a piece of paper  ???
Next steps are   -  four guns on the upper deck then.
channels and deadeyes.
The lantern,  anchors, falconets,   ships boat
and touch up to follow.
 
Regards,
Sam.
 

 

Evening all,    Last stage of this build  -  I finshed making the tow ropes, these were fiddly  little fellas  as they are made of  thread, this needed  re-twisting  then gluing to keep the shape, then the ends were glued,   I then had to manufacture  Two clips  to hold them at the back  - but was able to use the Two original ones  from the  kit  (the other Two went missing).
I then painted and weathered  them.
 
So  I am calling this   Finished.
 
Sincere thanks to all the feedback and help  encouragement  with this  build  - it was a  great model to build  and am I  looking forward  to the M1   kit   "oh yes  deffo"
 
So here are the  last pics  of it.
 
OC.

Ta-daa!! Finished and installed. I left out a few parts, none of which will be obvious. I omitted the push rods on the rear bank of cylinders, because they are on the back side of the engine, which won't be visible at all once the cowling is on. Altogether, the engine has 154 parts.
 

So, I have been busy edge coloring and gluing cylinder parts. I can only do about 30-50 steps at a time before acute boredom sets in, so the process is done in bits and pieces. As I mentioned earlier, one of the ever-present risks associated with card radial engines is that the finished cylinders will be too tall, resulting in an engine whose diameter is too large and will thus not fit within the cowling. In this first shot, you can see that I have glued the lower cylinders to the block and have tacked one of the incomplete cylinder heads in place. As you can see, there is still plenty of room. That's good, because the diagrams are somewhat vague about how the valve covers are supposed to be built. Now I needn't worry about the process, because a 1 or 2mm difference in height isn't going to make the cylinders too tall.
 

 
And now, with the oil cooler temporarily in place, you can see just how much of the finished cylinders will be visible, that is, next to nothing, as the cooler pretty much hides the entire head. 🙄 Only the lower cylinder and push rods will be visible -- maybe, since the propeller and hub haven't been accounted for yet.
 

 
Cheers!

Evening all,    double tasking  today  -  So  I  sanded the wing/fuselage  join,   then I fitted the  airbrake  assembly, and the  tailplanes.
 
OC.

Hi All,
Just popping my head up after a long while with Cutty Sark. I have been in the shop from time to time, but that was for other projects. I have been working lately on CS's yards and they are now done except for the paint. I am now poring over the Campbell's rigging drawings, Longridges chapters on rigging as well as Underhill's book covering the same topic. All three are invaluable. Less so the drawing that accompanies the kit. That said, not everyone is a rigger and the drawings are adequate for a completed model.
Here are some pic's of the yards in place. They are dry fitted for the moment, so not all are level.
 

 

 

 

Hello, and many thanks for your likes
Finally, sawdust again! The fore channels are mostly ready
 

 

Pack 5 is completed out of 12 - this model at this stage has more wires than our Christmas Tree.  I should be testing many of the functions in the next Pack.  Forward superstructure complete - second turret "Bruno" added.

Figures 176, 177: Doors installed and the handles have been glued. They are now to be put aside until later. I have cropped the excess of the hinges (i.e. the copper tube sticks) from the bottom in order to stand straight. I will crop the excess on the upper parts after I have installed them in their place.  
 

 

Figure 175: All the accessories in place for all the bathrooms. Here is one example.
Next in line will be installation of the doors.

 

That's all for today!
Thanks for watching!

OK  pics figured it was time just a couple though.I built the little handles that go under the windows of turret opening these allow the commander to look through armor plate glass.The handles comprised of PE and the standard part supplied by the kit.The inside of the turret opening is about to get another coat of white and then goes in the armor plate from the top now it appears to me leather pads exist between each piece of glass,I picture the commander hands up top of the pad with forearm on the pad looking out.The inside of the turret is my idea for this build the King Tiger with full interior will get more research sites already bookmarked.The main body still has more pieces to apply as well as the main turret it self.The KT kit tracks look beefier on the pins for the tracks as opposed to this kit cannot tell you how many I had to make!!!!

Evening all,    we bit of progress  - the bird has wings  -   I started off  painting/weathering the wheel wells, then the wing assemblies where contstructed, then glued in place, I tiny bit of putty in a hair line gap  - but  not a  bad fit, still needs a bit of sanding to blend the lines.
 
OC.

Moving along with the stern. I have glued the famous #25 part with 2 components epoxy glue, after carefully checking alignment and dimensions.  I do not have Session #4 yet, which includes the balcony and floor that will be resting on that part, but I suspect it will work fine.
 

 
The central futtock #1, is not glued since it will be discarded: 
 

 
After positioning carefully the windows, I am gluing the first plank on the stern. This one and the following will be curved after soaking them in luke warm water. Not easy as these planks are made of 3 mm thick lime wood (I suspect it is lime).
 

 
Moving on with the planking of the poop: 
 

 

 

 

 
Yves
 

Thank you very much Bob. 
Thanks very much friends for the nice comments and likes.
I added the crow's feet to the tops.

After banging my head against the wall a lot (luckily the wall is not damaged 😇).
And been busy with military model building and repainting part of the house 
I managed to get one sail ready.
Normally each rope has to go around the yard 2 times, but on this small yard this is too much. One time around looks better.
 
The wrong methode (bottom) and the better metode (top)


And I am now the proud owner of this book.

With this very useful info for me. So I'm not going to adjust the mizzen sail.

Thanks for comments, following and likes

Greetings all.  Thank you for your comments, visits and likes.
 
A little more progress to show.
 
I added back the arbor press to the diorama and positioned it where the torch cart used to sit. I moved the drill to the front as far as possible to allow for more elbow room around the press.
 

 
 
Moving on, I next populated the mezzanine with stuff. The tires, spoked wheels, fenders and front spring are salvaged from a Jordan model that went all wrong. Everything else is scratched. Corrugated boxes are a quick way to fill up space and are simply folded paper painted with water colors.
 

 
 
I decided the mezzanine needed a hoisting rope. It is a piece of miniature rope that has been bleached and re-colored. The bleach removes that starch/sizing (or what ever it is that makes it stiff) and allows it to coil naturally. It was saturated with a water/PVA mix so it holds its shape and stays where placed. This close-up shows me I placed it crooked and needs a little straightening.
 

 
 
The underside of the pit vehicle gets a downward facing warm white LED. It is attached with a generous blob of clear Gallery Glass. The stuff starts out opaque but dries crystal clear. It is non conductive, comes in different colors (which can be mixed) and dries translucent like stained glass. Handy.
 

 
 
Here is one of the mechanics making an appeal to his Creator asking forgiveness for past sins and his constant use of coarse language.  He offers a gift of what he claims is 25' of rubber jacketed electrical cord but is really just a piece of solder.
 

 
 
Unmoved by this insincerity, the Creator instead drops a 29 Ford flatbed on his head.
 

 
 
The brightness level of the LED will eventually be adjusted down quite low. I hope it will bring attention to the frame structure and keep the pit from becoming a black hole.
 

 

 

 
 
Thanks for taking a look.  Be safe and stay well.
 
Gary

Evening all,   more progress   -  I fitted the  intakes  the  after  the join  had dried I sanded and blended them,  next was a panel that fitted under the wing  that contains some good wheel well  detail.
 
OC.

Hi all, little progress, I am just fixing paint defects. Eventually I modified the camo stripe which I did not like.
 

 

 

 
Next, I will spray a coat of gloss clear paint.
 
Best regards,
Dan
 
 

A small update, not a lot of progress. Painted the engine,  the instructions say to use steel colour, I've not got steel so l  used flat aluminium, with a citadel armour wash
the other parts are dark iron.
also made a mask for the canopy and painted the framework
cockpit green first followed by sea blue
I'm happy how it's turned out 😉
thanks for watching and the likes.
Cheers