**** DONE: GB-60 1/48 Avro Anson Mk.I - Zombie Build

[Crimea_River]

Username: Crimea River
First name: Andy
Category: Judge – Non-competing
Scale: 1/48
Manufacturer: Classic Airframes
Model Type: Avro Anson MkI
Aftermarket addons: None planned. Just some additional scratch-built details.

This project was started back in 2017 as an entry for GB-34 and was ditched after not much was done. Here is the original build thread: >> 1/48 Avro Anson MkI - Prototype / Weird Aircraft / Trainers

I'll hopefully maintain enough enthusiasm to push this one through to completion based on the below scheme of Anson Mk I s/n 9982 of No. 33 SFTS RAF at Carberry, Manitoba in 1941.

Depending how I feel, I may also restart a Fairy Battle in training colours as all the paints that I will need will be similar to this one.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Nice one Andy and it brings back memories of my childhood, these guys often flying over the house. I did live on a RAF station where there was a squadron if them.

 

[Bernhart]

Did a version of this, the old airfix 1/72 scale

 

[fubar57]

Great to see this resurrected Andy

 

[le_steph40]

Wouahou ! Nice subject Andy

 

[Wayne Little]

Ok, blow the dust off and get crackin'

 

[Bustedwing]

Cool choice ! My Late father in law flew in one when he first tried to join up. Wanted to be a flyer, Ended up in the Pats light infantry !

 

[T Bolt]

Good one Andy

 

[Crimea_River]

Ok, blow the dust off and get crackin'

Yes, sir!

Lots of resin parts in this kit that need cleanup. The seats were painted before but the coat came off in my hands so I obviously didn't clean them properly. I washed them down now and will prime them before blasting the green on again. Should make some headway this coming week.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Oh boy, I remember now one of the reasons that I parked this kit. Today I tried to figure out how to locate the roof of the wheel well and the firewall. There are no locating pins and the instructions are about as good as a hand wave so I'm off to my references. Looks like some pics I got from Terry and an online IPMS review will set me straight. Details to come.

 

[fubar57]

Hope you can get it sorted out Andy. Nothing in my Anson books

 

[Wayne Little]

Get to work then....

 

[Crimea_River]

Wayne the slave driver, geez!

So below is what the instructions look like. The issue we have is with locating parts A6 and A15 and if we take the instructions literally, it looks like A15 lines up with the front of the nacelle opening.

If you can pardon the fact that I used the inside of this wing as a paint mule, the two next photos show what we are dealing with in reality. Part A6 fits into the nacelle contour but where? Here? Note that A15 is well back of the nacelle face to make this work.

How about here? Hmmmm....

Doesn't look right I agree, BUT there's some logic to it being there. If you flip the wing over and look at the opening, we see that it is bell-shaped and that the wider part at first glance seems to be where the undercarriage struts fit into the wider opening.

Even more so if you try to ft the struts further back - the opening is too narrow.

HOWEVER....... it turns out that the last pic above is indeed where the struts go when you look at reference photos. The wider part of the opening is there to accommodate a couple of axle extentions which are probably for attaching tow bars (see below pic given me by Terry).

So, the rear part of the opening needs to be made more openinger, like so:

And then we have to translate the location of part A15 back up to the inside of the wing to locate A6. I pencilled a couple of marks there.

On top of that, one needs to be really careful that A15 is correctly oriented so that the nubs line up with the opening to allow the struts to be positioned. Good thing this plane has a flat dihedral otherwise it would be almost impossible to make sure the struts are vertical.

With A6 thus located, it was glued in place with both TET and CA, the latter to hopefully prevent A6 from coming loose. Here's how it all looks when glued together. Note that A15 is well back of the nacelle opening.

That was tough. The wing uppers are also now glued in place and the cowls added. Fits are good.

Thanks for looking in.

 

[fubar57]

Great stuff Andy. I would have just emptied the whole nine yards of tube glue there and wiggled everything around

 

[Wurger]

Well done Andy.

Just found ...

The only potential head-scratchers were the wheel wells, as I went back and forth fitting the roof and bulkhead in various positions, then comparing the gear leg position to photos. As shown in my photo, all you need to do is install the wheelwell roofs (parts A5/A6) to fit the well, then trim and attach the bulkheads A14/A15 to the front edge of the roofs. I did need to sand them back a bit in diameter, but once fitted, no problems. Be sure to dry-fit the gear legs in position; I needed to slightly widen the wheelwell openings where the struts protrude.

the source: Avro Anson Mk.I by John Valo (Classic Airframes 1/48)

 

[Airframes]

Nicely sorted, and glad you figured it out Andy.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

No wonder it went on the shelf. Well sorted Andy, have a gold star.

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks guys.

Well done Andy.

Just found ...

the source: Avro Anson Mk.I by John Valo (Classic Airframes 1/48)

Thanks for that. I actually used an IPMS review that went through it in detail.