Old Collingwood

31 minutes ago, Canute said:

Is this an E wing, OC?  Clipped or normal Spitfire wingtips.

Its got to have its  normal wing tips on it yet Ken, it comes like that giving you the option as they are in the box  - three types of wing tips I think.

OC.

6 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

I'll have to look this one up....how much modification will you need to do?  your progress is looking super  

When I do the Seafire  conversion out of the other kit?

OC.

6 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

Jack,

When you're done with the bird, unless it's in a case, hang a sigh with something like "Do not touch. The rotors do not turn. "  And maybe some threatening words like they will suffer extreme harm from you fearless watch dogs.

Or "Mind the Rotors they dont turn - but the body does"😁

OC.

4 minutes ago, Edwardkenway said:

It's taking shape! OC.👍😊

Thank you Edward,   I'm very happy how its coming a long  - it even feels solid  (in a plastic kind of solid way)

OC.

More progress  this evening  -  I glued the two wing sections  to the main lower wing,  then I glued the  whole wing assembly to the fuselage,  when set  it needed just the smallest amount of filling with  plastic putty  and a bit of clean up.

OC.

4 hours ago, mfrazier said:

When I  set up and tried to start the 4 butt shift pattern,  I spent three hours trying to figure it out. I laid a few planks and it would be wrong and I  had to remove them and start over. Finally, once I  got it started, it went okay. I  am sure most of my problem was the fact that I  have major problems with numbers since my stroke a couple years ago. I'm an engineer and I used to be able to do trigonometry problems in my head and now I  can't add 2 and two without a calculator and still get the answer wrong. It gets frustrating.  This planking method requires some counting, a lot of counting. 

Keep at it mate  you will do it.

OC.

She is looking so nice EJ   full credit to you for  pushing on with making and fitting the sails.

OC.

First rate work on that decking  very very nice  and good thinking painting the  knee's  white.

OC.

This looks like an interesting build.

OC.

Your doing a fine job Edward  glad we are in the same club for broken canopies  we should win a medal.

OC.

15 minutes ago, CapnMac82 said:

This continues to be an impressive build.

And the kit appears to be top notch, as well, too.

 

Watched a vid on building the 1/18 (!) Merit SBD 3/4, and was somewhat amazed.  That kit goes for north of US$150, and has as many movable parts as the old Monogram 1/48 kit (other than folding wings--go figure).  The parts looked as if they had been pantographed "up" to the larger scale, rather than down.

 

So, all the more applause on the build here.

Sorry for butting in (again)   Captain   you should do a build log in the site.

OC.

44 minutes ago, Jack12477 said:

Not sure Lou. As I assembled it I made sure no glue got on the shaft pin that runs down thru the assembly,  but I cannot see how the thing will rotate if I glue that pin into the hole in that black rimmed insert. Also cannot see how I can insert it in hole either since I am inserting it blind, no way to see the hole. Have to play around with it to figure it out. I will try to post some close ups later

I remember some kits  - old school Airfix I think,   thier  heli's  used to have a plastic  T piece bolt like thing  it  was supposed to be held inplace then the rotor head was supposed to glue to it  allowing the rotor head to rotate.

OC.

37 minutes ago, harlequin said:

I did follow that for a while.....it looked fantastic.

 

Thank you mate, very kind of you to say.

OC.

4 minutes ago, harlequin said:

hey there old friend.....I have just brushed the dust from Greyhound....hope all is ok....

 

Yep good thanks, trying to stay sain during this madness  we are all encased in,    my last  ship build was The Balck Pearl  (Pirates of the Carribean)  it was a plastic build  but fun.

OC.

I am loving what you are doing here Kevin  - its looks really lifelike.

OC.

Some great work  going on here  loving the detail, stay safe  all the best.

OC.

4 hours ago, hamilton said:

I think it's already catching on! I don't doubt that we're all going to get to that place at one time or another during this insane time!

hamilton

Hi there  (sorry to but in)  long time no speak since our  Greyhound  days   hope you keeping well.

OC

13 minutes ago, cog said:

Looks rather good, OC. No detail up whatsoever?

Yep the join lines are really tight with regards to the tollerances, I thought the join where the wings meet the fuselage might needs some work - but straight  on even with a dry fit  - they fit fine  no filling  I dont think.

OC.

Evening all,

A bit more work on the Spit this eve,  I painted the insides of the wheel wells then weathered  them,  then I dry fitted the wings to the fuselage  to check the fit  - Impressive.

The wings are not joined together yet (top and bottoms)

OC.

Looking really nice.

OC.

9 hours ago, cog said:

You should add one of these ...

 

That looks sweat mate.

OC.

11 minutes ago, Jack12477 said:

Before I can finish the rest of the model I have to add 3-4 grams of weight/ballast to the nose so it will sit level. Right now it is tail heavy.  This incarceration is making it difficult to run and and pick up a packages of BBs since I have nothing in stock that will fit down into the well.  More later  !   

Have you got any small nuts and bolts?  you could try attaching them with blue tak.

OC.

1 hour ago, cog said:

Yes it is. Very fiddly bits

Dont tell Greg about it  - he would have you  doing all sorts to it.🙃

OC.

Evening all,

Right as I said earlier - I dragged the other Spit kit out (That I had stashed in the cupboard  as I messed it up)   I had a look over it  and think with the confidence from building this, I should be able to salvage it  into a Seafire  Mk3.

OC.

29 minutes ago, cog said:

it will be Denis ... it just hasn't arrived yet. I want to build one with a detailup cockpit, engine, radio room (more like a box), and wheels. That should keep me busy a few days ... four seperate builds in one ... add a cloak of invisbility ... and the camo is complete too

 

By the way, presently working on a Spitfire IXc 1/48 engine ... should fit snuggly in OC's build

Sounds interesting, is it the Brassin  one?   I have heard good things about that.

OC.