**** DONE: 1/48 Gloster Gauntlet II – From WW1 to WW2 GB

[N4521U]

OMG is it Ever summertime down here............... 47 degrees C? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
200 fires in NSW..... Tasmania is burning...... Victoria is on fire...... S.A. and Wayne are melting......

Gonna watch the progress close on the stringing on this......
Mine is there now and I need tutoring!

 

[ccheese]

Egad... 47C equates to 116F. Are your flip-flops melting ??

Charles

 

[woody]

Looking good Vic, Iam a little ways away from rigging so i will be watching.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice work so far Vic!

Neat side model too.

 

[Crimea_River]

Good stuff Vic and, good Lord, stay cool!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Thanks for looking in folk and 'Oh My' it's been a stinking hot day and just to add to the fun, we have been having power cuts as well.

So between power interruptions and ringing out wet shirts (the aircon is struggling) I have managed to drill a number of small hols for the rigging buckles, my smallest drill, a #80 is over two times larger than the buckle shaft. But for those waiting for some info, the idea is to glue the buckles in holes, thread through the rigging which will come out of and go back into a shim that has to be cut to 1.5mm and then secured so one gets a tight looking rigging line.

The following pics show a couple of buckles, some rigging thread and the #80 drill with a scalpel blade just to give some prospective to size.

A close-up of the drilled holes round the strut support mounting hole.

The buckles placed (not yet glued) in the drilled holes. Note the angled of the buckles, they are pointing in the right direction for each lines trajectory.

 

[Rogi]

Very cool Vic, must be picky work

 

[Crimea_River]

 

[Wayne Little]

Looking real good Vic!

 

[tigerdriver]

great stuff, and slightly mind boggling, must be a test of patience in the heat you guys are having

 

[Wurger]

Yep.. looking good.

 

[fubar57]

....cut to 1.5mm. Good Gawd!! Very nice Vic.

Geo

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Nothing much to show I afraid, she is just about ready for the first metal spray but with the temps as high as they are (39C today) it would be a fool's errand doing it now.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Found some time today and gave this little fellow a tentative coat of paint. Initial paint was a brown colour streaked over the wing surfaces and on the fuselage joints and fabric area. The idea to try and get some sort of shading with the top coat. Then follow this up with a hand brush of the silver dope, I used Humbrol 7001.

That's right Terry HUMBROL and it seems to have come up a treat.

The plan now is to use an alternative brand of enamel paint i.e. Model Master, same shade and apply with a light spray and hopefully we will get yet another slight shade of silver dope.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

good luck with it Vic...hope it turns out right!

 

[N4521U]

Fine work mate.
Thanks for another set of detail pics.
I'm a little thick at times and need reminding, even if I have copied the photos.

 

[meatloaf109]

Good idea!

 

[T Bolt]

I really like the streaking effect you did on the wings. Very nice!

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely work so far Vic!