Old Collingwood

Keep at it mark  - you are doing a great job   - you might have finished  the tiles when the lock down is over, we should celebrate then  - everyone round to yours for a few  jars.

OC.

Excellent work greg  - well and truly  "well used"  comes to mind.    great work on all the detailing.

OC.

Let me put it this way  - one of my fave bands of all time is Evanescence 😉

OC.

2 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

If they were tied down at night or for any period time, the ailerons, rudder and elevator would also be tied down.  If not, they'd flop about when the wind blew.  

Yep  I  relate to that mark, I have even seen then use  small wooded chock blocks  on aircraft moving surfaces in museums  for the same reason I guess.

OC.

42 minutes ago, Fright said:

OC - Here's my wife and I with our 'special' nighttime vehicle. She's a 1966 Olds 98 Hearse with a 425ci. Her license plate reads BELATRX. We're creepy enough! LOL 

Cool.

OC.

26 minutes ago, Fright said:

Absolutely stunning!!! Congratulations on a most superb job. Cheers, mate 

Thank you Robert  - that means alot  me ole ship mate 

OC.

This is different and very  different  - I like it.   shame you aint got any creepy figures to go with it.

OC.

Looking good denis  - I know what you mean about the masks  "Have I pushed it down well enough to stop leaking from the paint"     trouble lifting them agian after a few coats of paint.

OC.

3 minutes ago, lmagna said:

Could have been worse. Latrine duty. WITH A TOOTHBRUSH!

Cleaning the carpet/rugs with tweezers🙁

OC.

Very nice work   - so much involved.

OC.

1 minute ago, VTHokiEE said:

Oh there will be some happy pirate dancing when I finish this layer off. Planking was the scariest part of taking on this model and while it had a few hiccups along the way I think I can say that I’m comfortable with at least the process. With any luck I’ll have a update within a week 🤞.

I will grab a propper seat  now I found this   I remember planking my HMS Greyhound kit  - it  sent me nuts and seamed to take years  to get anywhere.

OC.

18 minutes ago, SigEp Ziggy said:

It's looking good OC!  I would think this confined to quarters would give plenty of time for modeling, however 'honey-do's' keep getting in the way!

Thank you kindly ziggy,   its inside a storage box at the moment waiting on some time for me to carry on  rattle can  spraying, it was getting on the admirals chest (not good)   due to the fumes,    I will  crack on with it  when its right to do so.

Stay in good health and yours mate.

OC.

On 3/15/2020 at 6:47 PM, VTHokiEE said:

Time for an update, I followed B.E,'s advice and after smoothing the hull a little further I attached the stern post:

 

Next I started planking the transom, attached the counter and sanded it all.

I didn't know the best way to temporarily attach the spacers for the final plank, so I went with painter's tape and it seemed to work alright.

Then after some final sanding I think I'm ready (deep breath) to start the second layer of planking.

 

Very very nice  - nothing wrong with that  I would be really chuffed and happy  like a  happy dancing little Pirate.

OC.

On 3/11/2020 at 12:45 AM, VTHokiEE said:

Small update: I still need to attach the top 1x4mm strip in order to call the 1st planking complete but after a good deal of sanding and some filling here I am:

 

Next up I have to attach the stern post; I’ll have to be careful after that in order not to knock it right off again.

Love the hull planking   you have got some very nice close wood work there.

OC.

I will check out your Alert  - should have done so earlier  my appolgies.

OC.

I have found your build at last mate,  love the framework  and the detail going into lining and keeping the frames lined up  - lovely work.

Reminds me of my first wood kit  when I was working on the frames  I wanted to over engineer everything to get a strong frame.

OC.

2 minutes ago, CDW said:

OC

 

Trumpeter does the Bear in 1:72, but the kit is a pig. It can be done to look quite well, but it takes a lot of work to get it there. Poorly fitting and lacks important detail. Then there is an old DML kit of it in 1:144. Don't know how good or bad that kit might be.

Do a Youtube search for Flory Models where he does the 1:72 Trumpeter kit. His video might be there. I have seen it on his paid subscriber site, but it may be available for free on YT. 

Ta matem  had assumed from the pics posted  - someone was considering building one,   never seen a kit  but have seen the actual plane up close at airshows in the very very distant past.

OC.

Really really nice Jack  well done finishing it,    I have already  put my hammock up  in the garden  waiting for your next one  - in fact I like it already.

OC.

3 hours ago, Edwardkenway said:

I was thinking as a transport for 101st airborne on D-day

 

That would look really nice  with invasion stripes.

OC.

16 minutes ago, cog said:

You're building a late Mk IX, chances are it has hydrolics for those functions

I  thought about  building it with everything flush  but thought it would be more interesting with  things drooped.

This pic off the net shows a powerd down spit with stabs drooped and some movement of the rudder.

OC.

56 minutes ago, Egilman said:

They were cable operated with a spring on the control stick to keep the stick basically centered, with serious usage the spring would relax a bit and allow the elevator, (horizontal stabilizer control surfaces) to droop a bit... The rudder would lie whichever way the rudder pedals were last touched as they were a push pull configuration and the ailerons on the wings would twist on the same basis depending on the side the stick leaned towards.... I'm not remembering exactly when they went to hydraulics on the Spit, but that was the case with the early built birds. But when they did go to hydraulics, the elevator droop would become much more pronounced as the hydraulic pressure bled off.....

 

Separate control surfaces in the kit allows this mechanical habit to be modeled accurately

 

 

I am doing mine drooped stabs  slight rudder turn  and  level ailerons   with the  flaps in there locked up position (these are molded in with the lower wings)

OC.

15 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

nice progress so far OC........not understanding the significance of tilting the stabilizer ailerons downward for the rudder,  as they are shaped to allow for it.

Just a bit of builder artistic license  denis  - think it looks better  that way.

OC.

Gonna be a great kit.

OC.

Thats looking super  - you have brought the detail out really well.

OC.

Got my seat ready   - this will be good   so great to have a fellow spit build  on the forum   (your F18  looks Superb)

OC.