popeye the sailor Posted November 18, 2021 Share #31 Posted November 18, 2021 great job so far Chris!......the skin must have been really something to cut out! really like the added detail on the underside......it will add to her overall looks. definitely following this one! Canute, Egilman, Old Collingwood and 5 others 8 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted November 20, 2021 Author Share #32 Posted November 20, 2021 Skinning the Engine Compartment The front end of the Tiger Moth is kind of busy -- the fuselage sides may be flat, but the nose has plenty of curves going in different directions. Pre-shaping the two forward skins is important. I had to do some surgery to get one side to fit, but I think it turned out okay on that side . . . . . . and on the other side . . . . . . and finally from aft looking forward, which gives a sense of the flared nose panels. Next up are the two windscreens, after which the fuselage will be set aside until all the sub-assemblies are ready to go together. mtaylor, oneslim, Edwardkenway and 12 others 15 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted November 21, 2021 Author Share #33 Posted November 21, 2021 Quick shot of the finished windscreens. Captain Slog, mtaylor, Landlubber Mike and 15 others 17 1 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted November 23, 2021 Author Share #34 Posted November 23, 2021 Slowly the empennage is coming together. Horizontal and vertical stabilizers + elevators completed (sans control horns for the time being), rudder pieces cut out and edge colored. Edwardkenway, Landlubber Mike, Egilman and 11 others 14 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danstream Posted November 23, 2021 Share #35 Posted November 23, 2021 Fuselage turned out fantastic. Keith Black, Canute, mtaylor and 6 others 9 Quote Current build : Mayflower - AL 1:64 Completed non-ship builds : Spitfire MK I - 1:48, Arado 196B - 1:32, Sea Fury - 1:48, F-15C Eagle - 1:48, Hawker Tempest Mk.V - 1:48, F104S Starfighter - 1:48 "The most effective way to do it, is to do it" - Amelia Earhart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted November 24, 2021 Author Share #36 Posted November 24, 2021 Empennage Egilman, lmagna, popeye the sailor and 14 others 17 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted November 26, 2021 Author Share #37 Posted November 26, 2021 Upper Wings The wing design includes two layers of skin, which makes it easier to obtain a nice, smooth exterior. Here are the lower first-layer skins and interior framing. Upper first-layer skins attached. Exterior skins cut out and edge-colored. Inner skins mated to outer skins. All done! Of course, it's a biplane,so I have to do this all over again for the lower wings. 🙃 Canute, Edwardkenway, Keith Black and 12 others 15 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted November 26, 2021 Share #38 Posted November 26, 2021 That is looking so sweet. OC. Keith Black, ccoyle, Egilman and 5 others 8 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted November 26, 2021 Share #39 Posted November 26, 2021 You've gotten really good at these card models Chris. Very impressive how you can get compound shapes to fit so well together. ccoyle, Edwardkenway, Keith Black and 6 others 9 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted November 26, 2021 Author Share #40 Posted November 26, 2021 12 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said: Very impressive how you can get compound shapes to fit so well together. Thanks, but much of the credit must go to the designer, Pawel Mistewicz. So far this has been a well thought-out kit. Also, this is the 18th card aircraft I have attempted (14 completed), so hopefully I have progressed up the learning curve a bit. popeye the sailor, Edwardkenway, Old Collingwood and 6 others 9 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted November 27, 2021 Author Share #41 Posted November 27, 2021 Upper wing center section completed. Lower wing construction commenced. hof00, Keith Black, Egilman and 11 others 14 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted November 27, 2021 Author Share #42 Posted November 27, 2021 Lower wings ready for outer skins, and aileron pieces cut out as well. The DH.82 only had ailerons on the lower wings. mtaylor, Edwardkenway, AJohnson and 10 others 13 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javlin Posted November 28, 2021 Share #43 Posted November 28, 2021 A bit smaller isn't she?I have the Matchbox 1/32 in the stash I p/u for like $10 I also bought the old Fiesler Storch for the same price.Keep at it Chris. mtaylor, Egilman, lmagna and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted November 28, 2021 Author Share #44 Posted November 28, 2021 Wings done. Next up comes the hardest part of getting a biplane right -- mounting the wings and struts. Matt D, Old Collingwood, popeye the sailor and 12 others 14 1 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted November 29, 2021 Author Share #45 Posted November 29, 2021 Ready? Here we go! Step #1: struts Step #2: parasol monoplane 😋 Step #3: biplane! I may have to make judicious use of flattering angles for the eventual final photos. The right upper wing is skewed a tiny bit aft. I finally discovered the problem -- the locator hole for the lower right wing's pin is about 0.5-1.0 mm farther aft than that for the left wing! I'm not sure that I'll be able to do much about it at this late juncture, but we'll see. Egilman, AJohnson, Canute and 12 others 12 3 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hof00 Posted November 29, 2021 Share #46 Posted November 29, 2021 An awesome piece of modelling Sir!! Since this looks almost complete, I have to ask the question, "What's next?" 🙂 Cheers....HOF. mtaylor, Egilman, lmagna and 5 others 8 Quote Completed Builds: A/L Bluenose II A/L Mare Nostrum Sergal/Mantua Cutty Sark A/L Pen Duick A/L Fulgaro Amati/Partworks 1/200 Bismarck A/L Sanson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDW Posted November 29, 2021 Share #47 Posted November 29, 2021 3 hours ago, ccoyle said: Wings done. Next up comes the hardest part of getting a biplane right -- mounting the wings and struts. Your Tiger Moth looks super-nice Chris! For somewhere around-about $20, there is this wing-jig available on Ebay. It gives you a way to align everything near to perfect when assembling the wings and tail surfaces. Edwardkenway, Keith Black, Egilman and 7 others 10 Quote Completed Projects: USS Fletcher 1:144 Scharnhorst 1:350 USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 1:32 J7W1 Shinden Interceptor/Fighter Fairey Swordfish Mk. II 1:48 Harbor Tug Box Scale Albatros D.V 1:32 Ala-Kart 1:25 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1:24 S-100 Schnellboot 1:72 Mercury Capsule and Atlas Booster BR-52 Steam Locomotive 1:35 Triumph 3 HW Motorcycle 1:9 Scale F-16XL-2 Experimental Fighter Bomber 1:48 Rafale 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle 1:48 Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber 1:48 TBM3 Avenger 1:32 1931 Cadillac 1:25 Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Breakdown Tractor 1:35 M-50 Israeli Sherman 1:35 Military Wrecker 1:32 Delahaye 135 1:24 Toyota Sard Supra GT 1:24 Enzo Ferrari 1:24 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro 1:25 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Stock Car 1:25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper 1:25 1940 Ford Standard Coupe 1:25 VolksWagen Dragster/Dune Buggy/Street Rod 1:25 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon 1:12 Porsche GT-1 Evo 1:24 Scharnhorst 1940 1:700 IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender 1:700 HMS Hood 1941 1:700 Prinz Eugen 1942 1:700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted November 29, 2021 Author Share #48 Posted November 29, 2021 5 hours ago, hof00 said: I have to ask the question, "What's next?" 🙂 Too early to tell. popeye the sailor, Canute, Keith Black and 4 others 7 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share #49 Posted December 1, 2021 At this point, various factors are working against making much progress on the model. First there is, of course, holiday preparations -- tree-trimming, decorating, etc. Second is the fact that I will have family from out-of-town in this weekend, and hiding away in the man cave at such times is generally frowned upon. In the few moments I have had to work on the model, I have been attaching the diagonal bracing between the interplane struts (4 pieces). Three of them are done, but last night the fourth defeated all efforts to get one end properly secured, and at that point I thought it best to retire from the fight and live to model another day. I will post a picture once I get all the wing bracing done; the rest of it should go much better (hopefully). mtaylor, CDW, Old Collingwood and 8 others 11 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted December 1, 2021 Share #50 Posted December 1, 2021 Excellent display of wisdom, Chris. Sometimes knowing when to stop is best solution at the time. popeye the sailor, Egilman, Canute and 6 others 9 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDW Posted December 1, 2021 Share #51 Posted December 1, 2021 Just now, mtaylor said: Excellent display of wisdom, Chris. Sometimes knowing when to stop is best solution at the time. Or as they used to say when we were young, mama didn't raise no fool. 🙂 Canute, ccoyle, popeye the sailor and 7 others 10 Quote Completed Projects: USS Fletcher 1:144 Scharnhorst 1:350 USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 1:32 J7W1 Shinden Interceptor/Fighter Fairey Swordfish Mk. II 1:48 Harbor Tug Box Scale Albatros D.V 1:32 Ala-Kart 1:25 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1:24 S-100 Schnellboot 1:72 Mercury Capsule and Atlas Booster BR-52 Steam Locomotive 1:35 Triumph 3 HW Motorcycle 1:9 Scale F-16XL-2 Experimental Fighter Bomber 1:48 Rafale 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle 1:48 Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber 1:48 TBM3 Avenger 1:32 1931 Cadillac 1:25 Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Breakdown Tractor 1:35 M-50 Israeli Sherman 1:35 Military Wrecker 1:32 Delahaye 135 1:24 Toyota Sard Supra GT 1:24 Enzo Ferrari 1:24 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro 1:25 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Stock Car 1:25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper 1:25 1940 Ford Standard Coupe 1:25 VolksWagen Dragster/Dune Buggy/Street Rod 1:25 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon 1:12 Porsche GT-1 Evo 1:24 Scharnhorst 1940 1:700 IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender 1:700 HMS Hood 1941 1:700 Prinz Eugen 1942 1:700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted December 2, 2021 Share #52 Posted December 2, 2021 the tiger is coming along nicely Chris! perhaps you can adjust the pin on the wing to compensate. really like how cleanly done she looks what are those two protrusions back at the stabilizer wing? I've not built one of these......curious I know what you mean.......between Thanksgiving and Christmas......don't know which is worse. either I'm the cook's assistant, or the chief decorator. we just got our tree this afternoon. tomorrow.........the inflatables, and a jaunt for my oldest grandson's birthday mtaylor, ccoyle, Old Collingwood and 5 others 8 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted December 2, 2021 Author Share #53 Posted December 2, 2021 50 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said: what are those two protrusions back at the stabilizer wing? They're called anti-spin strakes. The name is self-explanatory. As for the bit of skew, because the struts have wire innards, I was able to twist the wing slightly and make the misalignment less apparent. On another note, I was finally able to connect the irksome bit of rigging -- only took twenty attempts. 🤬 mtaylor, Egilman, Canute and 4 others 7 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted December 2, 2021 Author Share #54 Posted December 2, 2021 The wing rigging is done. I wanted to do this portion before tackling the landing gear, because it requires frequently turning the model over, and the gear would just be in the way. This portion went much easier because each line has pre-drilled insertion points that make gluing easier. The lines were set with CA and later given a daub of white glue to help prevent them from coming loose. Old Collingwood, Landlubber Mike, mtaylor and 13 others 16 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Black Posted December 2, 2021 Share #55 Posted December 2, 2021 Chris, that all appears to be a bit fiddly, well done. ccoyle, Canute, Old Collingwood and 5 others 8 Quote Current Builds: Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted December 3, 2021 Share #56 Posted December 3, 2021 2 hours ago, Keith Black said: Chris, that all appears to be a bit fiddly, well done. Same here. Very nicely done. Once the wheels are on, the pilot can land right side up. Egilman, Old Collingwood, ccoyle and 6 others 3 6 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted December 3, 2021 Share #57 Posted December 3, 2021 You make this look easy Old Collingwood, popeye the sailor, Edwardkenway and 8 others 11 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted December 3, 2021 Share #58 Posted December 3, 2021 I hold my breath with every stage you go through - and I am just watching. OC. Egilman, Canute, ccoyle and 6 others 9 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share #59 Posted December 9, 2021 Landing gear, prop, and tail skid done. Only odds and ends to do now. The next post will be the big reveal. Old Collingwood, Egilman, oneslim and 14 others 11 6 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDW Posted December 9, 2021 Share #60 Posted December 9, 2021 What a beauty she is! lmagna, Old Collingwood, popeye the sailor and 3 others 6 Quote Completed Projects: USS Fletcher 1:144 Scharnhorst 1:350 USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 1:32 J7W1 Shinden Interceptor/Fighter Fairey Swordfish Mk. II 1:48 Harbor Tug Box Scale Albatros D.V 1:32 Ala-Kart 1:25 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1:24 S-100 Schnellboot 1:72 Mercury Capsule and Atlas Booster BR-52 Steam Locomotive 1:35 Triumph 3 HW Motorcycle 1:9 Scale F-16XL-2 Experimental Fighter Bomber 1:48 Rafale 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle 1:48 Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber 1:48 TBM3 Avenger 1:32 1931 Cadillac 1:25 Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Breakdown Tractor 1:35 M-50 Israeli Sherman 1:35 Military Wrecker 1:32 Delahaye 135 1:24 Toyota Sard Supra GT 1:24 Enzo Ferrari 1:24 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro 1:25 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Stock Car 1:25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper 1:25 1940 Ford Standard Coupe 1:25 VolksWagen Dragster/Dune Buggy/Street Rod 1:25 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon 1:12 Porsche GT-1 Evo 1:24 Scharnhorst 1940 1:700 IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender 1:700 HMS Hood 1941 1:700 Prinz Eugen 1942 1:700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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