**** DONE: 1/48 Westland Lysander - Jet/Recon/Transport GB

[Vic Balshaw]

Think I can see what has gone wrong here Karl, the top instruction photo tells you to fit the base of the seat on the frame, whereas the bottom instruction shows the seat sitting within the frame with the seat back butted against the frame. A bit miss leading. If you can lower the seat so that the triangular back supports are level with the back frame, you should be okay. Outside of that my friend, she is looking good.

 

[Wayne Little]

Some fine progress Karl!

 

[rochie]

cheers Vic / Wayne.

should be an easy fix Vic just have to wait till next Sunday when i am off work next

 

[Vic Balshaw]

I'll be hanging around waiting………………….

 

[Crimea_River]

Those instructions are misleading and I can see why you did what you did. The clip I posted was from Eduard's website where the post copies of their instruction sheets. Yours appear to be different.

 

[rochie]

Those instructions are misleading and I can see why you did what you did. The clip I posted was from Eduard's website where the post copies of their instruction sheets. Yours appear to be different.

wow did not know you had copied Eduards instructions, mine are very different !

 

[Airframes]

Glad you can sort it Karl. Bit late now, but I notice your instructions call for 'Interior Green', and not 'Cockpit Grey Green', which is what was used.

 

[rochie]

Glad you can sort it Karl. Bit late now, but I notice your instructions call for 'Interior Green', and not 'Cockpit Grey Green', which is what was used.

cheers mate, did try mixing my own cockpit grey green but it didnt work out as i wanted !

 

[Airframes]

I won't tell if you don't!
If I need to mix it, I normally make a light green from Humbrol 30 or 163 Dark Green and White, and add a spot of mid grey until it looks right!
Obviously, if using other paints, then the equivalents can be used. Even if I use Humbrol 78 (their version of Cockpit Grey green) I normally add a touch of white.
No problem though, it still looks the biz. Do Eduard provide the 'basket' type seat base? My kit is so basic, I'll need to make almost all the internal detail, including seats, as the kit parts are -er - 'chunky' to say the least!

 

[rochie]

the kit part tries to represent the basket seat i think, it has raised bars across running in both directions bit the squares in between are filled not hollowed out andthat is just the seat pan ?

 

[Airframes]

OK. I thought maybe they'd included a PE part. Going to have to make mine either from wire, or stretched sprue - oh, deep joy!

 

[Lucky13]

Smashing work Red 2!

 

[rochie]

thanks old fruit.

well lowered the seat without much touble and started masking the many windows on the Lizzie !
the green part is what the wings attach to, and this passes through the top of the cockpit, dry fitting showed this was slightly off center so i removed it and will fit it again once the cockpit side glazing is fitted and set securley in place.

also noticed the rear part will have to be posed open as it is too big to be shut and sits proud of the surrounding parts !

 

[rochie]

ok side panels are fitted the rest are just dry fitted to give an idea what i was talking about, see how big the rear glazing is in the second picture ?

 

[Wurger]

 

[rochie]

thank you Sir !

 

[Airframes]

Looking good mate.

 

[Lucky13]

Good grafting Red 2!

 

[ccheese]

Choice comes to mind !! Really nice...

Charles

 

[rochie]

thanks guys, have glued up the canopy parts and and the piece that holds the wings on.

pics tomorrow when i hope to have the wings and supports attached and ready for painting to start