Canute Posted September 25, 2023 Share #31 Posted September 25, 2023 Very nice recovery. Jack12477, Old Collingwood, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted September 25, 2023 Author Share #32 Posted September 25, 2023 At this point, it was safe to open up the cockpit again. hof00, mtaylor, yvesvidal and 10 others 13 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDW Posted September 25, 2023 Share #33 Posted September 25, 2023 Wow, what an ordeal. You have a ton of patience to see this through and it's paying dividends. Looks great, Chris. ccoyle, king derelict, Egilman and 4 others 7 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 September 30, 2023 Author Share #34 Posted September 30, 2023 Vertical stabilizer added. I opted not to go for separate control surfaces. hof00, GrandpaPhil, king derelict and 12 others 15 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 1, 2023 Author Share #35 Posted October 1, 2023 Internal framing for the horizontal stabilizers added; skins cut out. Scratch-made joiner strips added. And voilà! Empennage completed. AJohnson, yvesvidal, Ras Ambrioso and 14 others 15 2 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvesvidal Posted October 1, 2023 Share #36 Posted October 1, 2023 This looks magical. The way you build these planes is incredible, Chris. I guess, the great stuff about paper planes, is that you do not have to paint them (talking is a guy who is struggling with 50 years old decals, ruining the nice paint job...). I envy you at times. Yves CDW, Ras Ambrioso, Old Collingwood and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 1, 2023 Author Share #37 Posted October 1, 2023 28 minutes ago, yvesvidal said: is that you do not have to paint them Which is part of the reason I choose to build in card. As much as I marvel at the realism achieved by some of our plastic modeler friends, I know it would take a long time and many less than satisfactory efforts to even approach that level of skill. Canute, CDW, rlwhitt and 6 others 9 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 2, 2023 Author Share #38 Posted October 2, 2023 The dorsal hump behind the cockpit is no walk in the park. If you look closely at the internal frames, you'll see that there's multiple curves and sharp angles. There were also no joiner strips in the kit, so I added some from 20# bond. I assembled the hump off the model. And here's the final result, which didn't turn out too bad IMO. SmashedGlass, Canute, Old Collingwood and 15 others 11 7 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danstream Posted October 2, 2023 Share #39 Posted October 2, 2023 You might be not required to paint these models, but your margin for not marring the finish is absolutely nil. Great work on the 'curvy' lines of this model (pun intended). Cheers, Dan Old Collingwood, Canute, mtaylor and 7 others 10 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...
bruce d Posted October 2, 2023 Share #40 Posted October 2, 2023 Pretty impressive, Chris. You are slowly eroding my resistance to card models ... oh dear, another rabbit hole . AJohnson, Old Collingwood, Egilman and 4 others 2 5 Quote 🌻 STAY SAFE A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin current builds: HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 2, 2023 Author Share #41 Posted October 2, 2023 Here's something you don't like to see in your laser-cut frames set: That's a lot of slop in that fit there (not glued yet), and it doesn't help that the kit has only a single wing-length spar, so there's further potential for misalignment inherent in the design. It's little things like this that signal the kit being a step down from say, oh -- a Halinski kit. But hey -- it's also much cheaper than a Halinski kit, so there's that. Landlubber Mike, mtaylor, Jack12477 and 10 others 13 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 6, 2023 Author Share #42 Posted October 6, 2023 Wing frames completed and skins prepped. You may notice that there are no joiner strips attached to the wing roots -- the wings are meant to be glued to the fuselage with butt joints. Seriously -- who does that? 🙄 Ryland Craze, hof00, GrandpaPhil and 11 others 11 3 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 6, 2023 Author Share #43 Posted October 6, 2023 11 hours ago, ccoyle said: Wing frames completed On a side note, I would consider the framing in this kit to be "moderately beefy", that is, better than no framing at all, but not as good as it could potentially be with the addition of a few more pieces. To illustrate what I mean, compare the Saetta framing to that of Halinski's Bf-109E-4 kit. It's a pretty stark contrast. Richard44, realworkingsailor, Jack12477 and 10 others 13 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted October 6, 2023 Share #44 Posted October 6, 2023 Your Macchi looks fantastic, Chris. It always amazes me to see, what great results you achieve with these card kits. I never tried one, but your logs are tempting, so maybe... Cheers Rob ccoyle, Canute, mtaylor and 5 others 8 Quote Current builds: AEG G.IV Creature of the Night - WNW - 1/32 McLaren Mp4/6 - Ayrton Senna - Fujimi - 1/20 - paused Duchess of Kingston - paused Finished builds: F4U-1A Corsair - Tamiya 1/32 USS Arizona 1/350 Eduard Caudron C.561 French Racing Plane 1/48 Nachtigall on Speed Arado 234 B-2N by DocRob - 1/32 - Fly Renault RE20 Turbo - Tamiya - 1/12 P-38J Wicked Woman - Tamiya - 1/48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 6, 2023 Author Share #45 Posted October 6, 2023 2 hours ago, DocRob said: I never tried one, but your logs are tempting, so maybe... Canute, GrandpaPhil, Richard44 and 7 others 4 6 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJohnson Posted October 6, 2023 Share #46 Posted October 6, 2023 21 hours ago, ccoyle said: -- the wings are meant to be glued to the fuselage with butt joints. Seriously -- who does that? 🙄 Well apparently you are going to Chris - good luck, may the force be with you! Old Collingwood, king derelict, Egilman and 3 others 6 Quote Andrew Current builds:- HM Cutter Trial - Vanguard models (1/64), HMAV Bounty - Caldercraft (1/64), Hawker-Typhoon-1b-"Car-Door" - Airfix (1/24) Completed (Ship):- "Nisha" - Vanguard Models (1/64), HMS Orestes (Mars) - Caldercraft (1/64), HM Cutter Sherbourne - Caldercraft (1/64), TSS Earnslaw - Paper Shipwright (1/250), Puffer "Starlight" - Paper Shipwright (1/250) Completed (Non-Ship):-Blackburn Buccaneer S.2C - Airfix (1/48), Bristol Beaufort - Airfix (1/72), Mosquito B.XVI - Airfix (1/72), , Sea-Harrier-FRS1 - Airfix (1/72), Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat - Airfix (1/24), De Havilland Chipmunk T.10 - Airfix (1/48), Flamborough Head Lighthouse - Paper Shipwright (1/250) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 7, 2023 Author Share #47 Posted October 7, 2023 The wings are now skinned and ready to be glued to the fuselage. I added some sheathing to the wing frames to increase the gluing area, and I also sanded both wing roots and the fuselage to make the pending butt joints as tight as possible. hof00, Jack12477, yvesvidal and 11 others 13 1 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandpaPhil Posted October 8, 2023 Share #48 Posted October 8, 2023 (edited) Looking good! If you are concerned about the strength of the wing root joints, you could mod the kit and either dowel the wing roots with toothpicks or just pin them with sewing pins. Edited October 8, 2023 by GrandpaPhil Canute, Old Collingwood, AJohnson and 2 others 5 Quote Building: 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships) On the building slip: 1:72 French Ironclad Magenta (original shipyard plans) On hold: 1:98 Mantua HMS Victory (kit bash), 1:96 Shipyard HMS Mercury Favorite finished builds: 1:60 Sampang Good Fortune (Amati plans), 1:200 Orel Ironclad Solferino, 1:72 Schooner Hannah (Hahn plans), 1:72 Privateer Prince de Neufchatel (Chapelle plans), Model Shipways Sultana, Heller La Reale, Encore USS Olympia Goal: Become better than I was yesterday "The hardest part is deciding to try." - me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 8, 2023 Author Share #49 Posted October 8, 2023 32 minutes ago, GrandpaPhil said: If you are concerned about the strength of the wing root joints, Actually, I was concerned about the near-impossibility of getting the skins of adjacent sections aligned properly with butt joints. I find the seams of butt joints to be problematic at best. Anyways, the wings are on now! Jack12477, JacquesCousteau, GrandpaPhil and 14 others 10 7 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 9, 2023 Author Share #50 Posted October 9, 2023 Got a few more bits added today. The kit includes laser-cut gun barrels with cooling jackets. These weren't the easiest tubes to roll, but I managed. After cutting out the recesses for the guns and installing them, I next added the wingtip navigation lights and gunsight reflector, then commenced with the windscreen. The kit didn't come with a pre-molded canopy, so the windscreen had to be built up with separate panels. I still haven't found the perfect clear plastic for making canopies. In the past I have used overhead transparency film, which is too stiff. This time I tried using the transparent sleeve that the laser-cut gun barrels came in. This didn't prove wholly satisfactory, either -- too flimsy, in this case, but I made do with it, because I had no other options on hand. The finished panels are not perfectly flat, and that error shows up when light glints off of them, so the secret is to avoid viewing the model under bright lighting. 😬 This particular aircraft has a very odd "canopy" -- the sliding portion has only a single piece of glazing forward. To make the canopy, I started by adding the internal frame (there was no internal framing included for the windscreen), then layered on the glazing and external frame. The result is not terrible. And that's it for now. Canute, Ras Ambrioso, Richard44 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, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danstream Posted October 11, 2023 Share #51 Posted October 11, 2023 Hi, the transparent looks good from here. It happens that often I need to use formal or semi-formal shirts for my work and often they come with a good quality optically smooth transparent cases which I keep aside when I found one. Also the transparent part that they typically insert below the collar to keep it in shape is generally optically good and a bit thicker than their transparent box. Just to say. Nice work Chris. Your build makes the C.200 look graceful to my eyes, contrary to my previous opinions. I don't know which kind of canopy lids are you going to make, I am sure you already know it came with different styles that protected the pilot's to different degrees. All types were hinged along the cockpit sills and I don't think there were types that were sliding. Kind regards, Dan AJohnson, Old Collingwood, Canute and 5 others 8 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 October 13, 2023 Author Share #52 Posted October 13, 2023 Okay, a little bit of good news, a little bit of not-quite-as-good news. I have the engine completed. As you may recall, I chose the median option, i.e., a printed rear bank of cylinders coupled with a 3D front row. It doesn't look terrible, even considering that I transposed the two box-like doohickeys (parts 4 and 5) on the top and bottom of the case -- oh, well. Since I'm not building a full engine, I'm also not going to attempt any super-detailing like I did for the Wildcat. Don't worry about the funny color on the front of the case -- that will be almost entirely hidden by the propeller eventually. I also made the main cowling ring. The ring just happened to fit precisely around a bottle of craft paint, so by dampening the ring and allowing it to dry while clamped around a bottle, I achieved a very nice circular ring. And now for the mildly annoying part. The printed rear cylinder bank and its laser-cut false bulkhead do not fit inside the cowling. I have already done two rounds of sanding on the bulkhead to get it to fit, but it's still too tight. I will have to work on this some more later this evening. UPDATE: It took five sanding passes in total to get it to fit. That's all for now! bruce d, mtaylor, AJohnson and 12 others 15 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 14, 2023 Author Share #53 Posted October 14, 2023 Engine and cowl mated, front cowl rings added. Old Collingwood, SmashedGlass, Canute and 15 others 15 3 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ras Ambrioso Posted October 15, 2023 Share #54 Posted October 15, 2023 Chris I still have the Spitfire kit and your instructional V-108 but haven't have the resolve to get started in this new phase of our hobby. Following you will help me build enough confidence to carry on. Your card models are exceptional. mtaylor, Canute, ccoyle and 4 others 7 Quote Ras Current builds: Stern Paddle Wheeler ZULU-1916-1/48 scale Previous builds: Freccia Celeste-1927 350cc racing motorcycle-1:9 scale-Protar kit Boeing B17F- 1/72 scale- Hasegawa kit HMS Mimi-scale 1/24-Fast Motor Launch Amapá 1907-1/64 scale-Brazilian Customs Cruiser Scottish Motor Fifie. 1/32 scale. Amati kit Patricia. Steam powered R/C launch. 1/12 scale. Krick Kit African Queen. Steam powered R/C launch. 1/24 scale. Billings ki Emma C. Berry. Sailing fishing smack. 1/32 scale. Model Shipways kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 15, 2023 Author Share #55 Posted October 15, 2023 Cowling blisters -- four down, ten to go. Blah. 😑 GrandpaPhil, Jack12477, yvesvidal and 11 others 10 4 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share #56 Posted October 16, 2023 Cowling is finished and the intake at the bottom (oil cooler intake, maybe?) and exhaust pipes have been added. A certain amount of guesswork went into the latter two constructions, as there were no close-up diagrams for either of them, and the instructions for this kit are ludicrously terse. realworkingsailor, BLACK VIKING, Richard44 and 15 others 16 2 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danstream Posted October 21, 2023 Share #57 Posted October 21, 2023 (edited) On 10/17/2023 at 12:44 AM, ccoyle said: Cowling is finished and the intake at the bottom (oil cooler intake, maybe?) That is the air intake, the oil was cooled by the air flowing over the tiny tube meanders that made up the lip of the cowling. A legacy that Macchi had from the Schneider cup time. Great progress, all the cowling with the blisters is an amazing work of love. Cheers, Dan Edited October 21, 2023 by Danstream king derelict, mtaylor, Egilman and 7 others 10 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 October 27, 2023 Author Share #58 Posted October 27, 2023 Haven't forgotten this build -- just experiencing a slight ebb in modeling mojo. Gonna try to get to the landing gear this weekend. Canute, Ryland Craze, hof00 and 6 others 9 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 28, 2023 Author Share #59 Posted October 28, 2023 Well, I got a wheel (singular) shaped. Each main gear wheel consists of four laminated disks. After gluing one up, I drill a hole through the center and use my Dremel tool to sand it to approximately the correct shape. After soaking it in some thin CA, I lightly sand it smooth. Here's a before-and-after: Don't worry -- the gaping holes get covered by paper hubs. Egilman, Ryland Craze, GrandpaPhil and 11 others 14 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 30, 2023 Author Share #60 Posted October 30, 2023 I wish I had known about this walk-around earlier in the build process. https://www.net-maquettes.com/pictures/macchi-mc-200/ SmashedGlass, AJohnson, realworkingsailor and 5 others 8 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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