Good stuff Glenn!
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Good work so far Glenn!
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T Bolt
Colonel
More work done on the interior
Pic 1) The rear cockpit. I made the seat canvas out of paper coated with Future. Still needs the belts.
Pic 2) Landing gear doors
Pics 3 4) The main gear well interiors.
Still quite a bit to do before I can start closing everything up
Pic 1) The rear cockpit. I made the seat canvas out of paper coated with Future. Still needs the belts.
Pic 2) Landing gear doors
Pics 3 4) The main gear well interiors.
Still quite a bit to do before I can start closing everything up
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Slowly taking shape.
Well done Glenn....reminds me of my P-61 interior....
Lovely work so far Glenn!
JKim
Senior Master Sergeant
Nice work on the interior. I like the drape of the seat!
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T Bolt
Colonel
I did a lot more detail painting last might but didn't have time to take pictures. I'll have some pictures tonight after I put on the seat belts.
Looks really good Glenn
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Coming along nicely Glenn.
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T Bolt
Colonel
Some more progress shots.
I finished all the detail painting, made up harnesses from wine bottle foil and assembled and installed both forward and rear cockpits.
When all that was done I did a test fitting of all the parts. No surprises, looks like it will all fit together all right, but it's going to be a lot bigger than I thought it would be.. Did a quick balance check and it will take a whole lot of lead to keep it from being a tail sitter.
Also ordered CMK resin wheels for it today. Never tried CMK before but they looked a bit more accurate that the True Detail wheels and they were the same price so I thought I'd give them a try.
I finished all the detail painting, made up harnesses from wine bottle foil and assembled and installed both forward and rear cockpits.
When all that was done I did a test fitting of all the parts. No surprises, looks like it will all fit together all right, but it's going to be a lot bigger than I thought it would be.. Did a quick balance check and it will take a whole lot of lead to keep it from being a tail sitter.
Also ordered CMK resin wheels for it today. Never tried CMK before but they looked a bit more accurate that the True Detail wheels and they were the same price so I thought I'd give them a try.
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Airframes
Benevolens Magister
It's looking the biz Glenn - going to be an impressive model when it's done. And yes, it's bigger than you'd first think. When I saw a real one close up, having only seen it in the air previously, I was surprised at the size; being slim and fairly long, it's size is deceptive.
fantastic work there Glenn!
Crimea_River
Marshal
Looking really good. Looks like plenty of room up front for the weights.
JKim
Senior Master Sergeant
Great work on the interior! Looks really good!
Looks great so far Glenn!
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T Bolt
Colonel
I've been doing a lot of clean-up on joints and a bit more assembly. The nacelles looked like they would be a fairly easy assembly until I actually put glue on then, then it got ugly. If I got a tight joint at the front than the rear opened up and visa-versa and a very difficult shape to clamp. You can see one of the 2 clamps I broke trying. Finally I just sat and held it for a half hour as my fingers went numb, but it all worked out in the end and should look fine with a bit of cleanup and maybe a small shim on one of them.
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