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    Revell Fw-190A-8

    One of my old finished projects from last year. A little diorama, with a 1/144 scale Fw-190A-8 Oh yeah... did I mention the engine runs? Cheers, Rob
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    1/32 Westland Wendover (The Matchbox Mutilation...)

    Well, since I am well and truly diving into the dreaded world of Whatiffery with an operational Wendover including a full FN.20 turret, I think I can get away with this colour without too much trouble... ;) Must say that I have several pictures of Lysanders sporting all kinds of interior green...
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    1/32 Westland Wendover (The Matchbox Mutilation...)

    Seat weathered and washed. That is all. ... What are you still doing here? SHOO!! Oh well... "More soooon!" *sigh* Slavedrivers.... Rob
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    1/32 Westland Wendover (The Matchbox Mutilation...)

    So... I promised ya'll a seat... Some 1.5mm styrene rod, some bending, some CA, some glueing of fingers to things... and Ta-DAAH! Used the old seat as a template for the back... 1.5mm halfround rod... Seat? Seat! A little sanding. A little bit of styrene for an armour backing to the...
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    1/32 Westland Wendover (The Matchbox Mutilation...)

    Also I got a package yesterday! One phonecall to Hannants was enough to get them to sent my order again. Original shipment disappeared in postal limbo... First time ever I bought resin and brass gun replacements. And I can see why some people do it all the time, because it's lovely stuff! And...
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    1/32 Westland Wendover (The Matchbox Mutilation...)

    Another day, more tinkering... I made a few cross-braces between the center of the frame using 2.4mm Evergreen tube and 1.2mm rod... ...and fixed them between the upright frames by drilling 1.2mm holes. Using the rod as a dowel made for a much sturdier connection, better than solely flat...
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    1/32 Westland Wendover (The Matchbox Mutilation...)

    A couple of days of sawing, filing and sanding and I have two complete side frames. With all the tubes rounded I used my fretsaw to saw them out and then filed the outsides straight. And now the mancave looks like Tony Montana used it as his office... Next I made a jig so I could get the...
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    1/32 Westland Wendover (The Matchbox Mutilation...)

    The mock-up also helped me to figure out the size of the new internal frame. First I did a rough-ish sketch with the old frame as a guide... I scribed three parallel lines in a sheet of 2mm styreen at 29m and 21mm apart, and one vertical centerline in the middle, then took the measurements...
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    1/32 Westland Wendover (The Matchbox Mutilation...)

    Yay! My FN.20 turret arrived, so I had a better idea about the scale and size for my new tail. Soooo time to start... with a mock-up. First I made a good template for the fuselage cross-section, using the forward hlaf of the fuselage... I marked the centerline and a couple of horizontal...
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    1/32 Westland Wendover (The Matchbox Mutilation...)

    Onwards! Even if it is ever so slowly... The front of the fuselage is glued and ready for more torture. I started out with Tamiya ET, added a little bit of quarter-round Evergreen strip to add some strength to some of the seams... and then decided "Screw this..." and flowed in CA-glue and hit...
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    1/32 Westland Wendover (The Matchbox Mutilation...)

    Here goes nothing! Decided to glue the parts using CA, and damn the consequences! If needs be I can use the transparancies from the Revell kit, or vacu-form new ones. Decided to do the cockpit open anyway, so if they are thinner, all the better. So, glued with CA... ...aaaand promptly broken...
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    1/32 Westland Wendover (The Matchbox Mutilation...)

    Well, another episode of very little building and a lot of research... For those who were wondering; I did look into getting a Persues, but it seems there are none in 1/32 scale. And I was planning of going slightly down the whif-road (you know the one... the gates have a sign above it saying...
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    1/32 Westland Wendover (The Matchbox Mutilation...)

    Funny... that's what they always say, just before the screaming starts... Mwuhahahaha! Rob
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    1/32 Westland Wendover (The Matchbox Mutilation...)

    Hi folks. I've been lurking on the forum for a while now, tapping the enormous amounts of reference material, and I think it's about time I give something back. For a "Flying Abominations"-GB on another forum I proudly present; The Westland P.12 Lysander Delanne (Wendover)! The whowhatsit...
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    Dimensions of Lancaster FN.20 turret ammo boxes

    Great, thanks a lot! I did some calculating and it came to about 27.5mm long and 15mm high at 1/32, and I got some work done this morning... I added some grab-handles to the boxes, and still need to build some transport-gutters. But it's a start. I will probably post a build thread soon...
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