|
|
 Rank: Pro   Groups: Registered
Joined: 08/02/2015 Posts: 274 Points: 812 Location: Malmesbury
|
Looking great  looking forward to seeing your build progress  Regards Shaun Building-RC spitfire
Build- titanic,Skyrider drone, solar system, T72 tank
|
|
|
 Rank: Master     Groups: Registered
Joined: 19/05/2015 Posts: 1,419 Points: 4,272 Location: Darmstadt, Germany
|
One thing I've gotta say, this is an awesome kit to learn how to deal with PE. Lot's of fiddly bits, but more forgiving than actual PE. You can actual make and correct errors. Case in point I first messed up this little bit where one has to stack a lot of tiny discs on top of each other while not gluing them to the central axis and getting the whole thing somewhat straight and in line with each other. First try went..... poorly, dropped the whole thing in a vat of acetone, pulled it apart again, made it correctly. This is fun, no joke, this is actual fun.  Fun fact: at 5% of building phases we are at 90 parts already.
|
|
|
Rank: Master Groups: Registered
Joined: 19/05/2015 Posts: 1,419 Points: 4,272 Location: Darmstadt, Germany
|
Finished the pedals so the pilot can put the pedal to the metal and win a medal. After a short break work will continue with the seats. 
|
|
|
 Rank: Super-Elite   Groups: Registered
Joined: 27/01/2014 Posts: 5,060 Points: 14,980
|
Excellent work on the pedal assembly, it looks amazing and nicely detailed I know first hand how fiddly it is stacking up bits of PE like you had to with the discs, it's not easy
|
|
|
Rank: Master Groups: Registered
Joined: 19/05/2015 Posts: 1,419 Points: 4,272 Location: Darmstadt, Germany
|
It's good training for hand eye coordination though. Had a productive week end and put together the pilot seat shell  and its underframe. The little slabs of wood will be used as seat pads. 
|
|
|
|
|
Great update and some very nice work on show.
|
|
|
Rank: Master Groups: Registered
Joined: 19/05/2015 Posts: 1,419 Points: 4,272 Location: Darmstadt, Germany
|
Stuka 11: Painted the seat and put in the leather pads Seat belts were made and painted from very very thin brass. All the buckles and so on are single parts flexibly installed so they work pretty much like in real life. 
|
|
|
|
|
Looking fab, great updates..... Regards Alan
|
|
|
Rank: Super-Elite Groups: Registered
Joined: 27/01/2014 Posts: 5,060 Points: 14,980
|
Those seat belts do look like very delicate work  looks like you did a great job with them though and they look even better painted 
|
|
|
Rank: Master Groups: Registered
Joined: 19/05/2015 Posts: 1,419 Points: 4,272 Location: Darmstadt, Germany
|
They are really delicate (that's 34 parts for these 6 belts), but the material is thankfully very nice to work with.
|
|
|
Rank: Super-Elite  Groups: Registered
Joined: 19/06/2013 Posts: 4,588 Points: 13,553 Location: West Yorkshire
|
Lovely detail on those seat belts nice work. Al
|
|
|
|
|
Great job on the seat and the belts Greyhawk, they look superb.
|
|
|
Rank: Master Groups: Registered
Joined: 19/05/2015 Posts: 1,419 Points: 4,272 Location: Darmstadt, Germany
|
Thanks everyone. They were actually a joy to build, the whole process just sounded way more intimidating in the instructions. 12: The rear gunners seat. I'd be a bit miffed to have to sit on this wire frame thingy while the pilot rules from his Leather Throne. Fun fact: You may be wondering how one would actually sit on this or the pilots seat. The parachutes were belted to the rear of the uniform and doubled as pillows. Sounds weird, but that's how it was.  Over 200 parts now and we're not even at 10%
|
|
|
|
|
Excellent construction even though it does look like it would be truly uncomfortable to sit on.... Regards Alan
|
|
|
Rank: Administration  Groups: Registered, Forum Support Team, Administrators, Global Forum Support Team, Moderator, Official Builds Joined: 09/11/2012 Posts: 8,301 Points: 23,991 Location: East midlands
|
This is a stunning kit and you are making a fine job of it. There`s that much brass in it, that the amount of scrap you end up with may be worth selling.  Keep up the good work. Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
|
|
|
|
|
Excellent work, love the safety belts.
|
|
|
Rank: Master Groups: Registered
Joined: 19/05/2015 Posts: 1,419 Points: 4,272 Location: Darmstadt, Germany
|
delboy271155 wrote:This is a stunning kit and you are making a fine job of it. There`s that much brass in it, that the amount of scrap you end up with may be worth selling. Keep up the good work. Regards delboy271155 (Derek) No joke, I did look into this, but it's not worth it. The scrap would maybe fetch 6 EUR if i'm lucky.
|
|
|
Rank: Master Groups: Registered
Joined: 19/05/2015 Posts: 1,419 Points: 4,272 Location: Darmstadt, Germany
|
To finish off 2016 one last update 13: The rear gunners floor is kitted out and installed in the hull. 
|
|
|
Rank: Pro Groups: Joined: 24/08/2009 Posts: 48,827 Points: -13,348
|
Nice work Michael and making good progress too, well done. 
Kev 
|
|
|
|
|
Very nice work on the gunners floor, more to this than you first think.
|
|
|
|
Guest (5)
|
US
