A4K
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Great research Andy. I will use this thread as a refererence when I do my own Annies!
**** DONE: GB-60 1/48 Avro Anson Mk.I - Zombie Build
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Lovely work so far Andy!
Hey! It's the guys from Saskatoon (top photo)!
Yeah, I think you're right about the Duxford aircraft having a wooden wing - I'm just gettin' blind and grumpy in my old age
.It does look pretty smooth from this angle https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Avro_Anson_I_%E2%80%98N4877_-_MK-V%E2%80%99_%28G-
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But that ply skin on the part of the wing behind the front spar is only 0.8mm, about the same as a couple of sheets of card stock, so I guess some framing showing through is to be expected.
As for the lumpiness in the Saskatoon shot, that's just prairie dirt smudges on the wings
.cheers
Scott
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Crimea_River
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Thanks for popping by for a look guys. Just a bit to report. Need to get a move on but once I get past next few little details, I think the things will move quickly.
The landing light opening was cut into the wing leading edge using the clear lens part as a template and I'm happy with the fit. For once I didn't cut the hole too big! The pic below has the lens dry-fitted into the new opening.
Also just seen above is a hole in the top of the nacelle which will see a small piece of tubing added to represent the oil tank vent.
As I discovered too late, the resin part that is supposed to go into the opening was designed to be set in place before the wing halves were glued together:
This of course meant that I had to cobble together a scratch-built substitute which was easy enough. However, another shocker was that I lost (or never had) one of the two resin landing lamps. One was still on the casting block but the other was broken off.
I cleaned up my work space and did a thorough search within a 6 foot pinging radius of my bench but came up empty. I don't recall ever removing one from the casting block, unless I stole it for another project years ago, but either way I'll need to scratch up a sibling for the one I have. That will be the subject of my next post, whenever that will be.
The landing light opening was cut into the wing leading edge using the clear lens part as a template and I'm happy with the fit. For once I didn't cut the hole too big! The pic below has the lens dry-fitted into the new opening.
Also just seen above is a hole in the top of the nacelle which will see a small piece of tubing added to represent the oil tank vent.
As I discovered too late, the resin part that is supposed to go into the opening was designed to be set in place before the wing halves were glued together:
This of course meant that I had to cobble together a scratch-built substitute which was easy enough. However, another shocker was that I lost (or never had) one of the two resin landing lamps. One was still on the casting block but the other was broken off.
I cleaned up my work space and did a thorough search within a 6 foot pinging radius of my bench but came up empty. I don't recall ever removing one from the casting block, unless I stole it for another project years ago, but either way I'll need to scratch up a sibling for the one I have. That will be the subject of my next post, whenever that will be.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Nice work Andy, shame about the cock ups (been there) but them's the breaks of modelling. 
A4K
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What Vic said!
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Fabrication of the new landing light began with finding a hunk of round sprue slightly larger in diameter than the resin piece that needed to be matched. After cutting a suitable piece, I clamped it in the chuck of my old corded drill which has a lock in the trigger to keep it running. The drill was firmly help in my workbench vice.
So with my "lathe" now set up, I turned on the drill and began shaping the piece with a couple of files:
Once I was happy with the shape, I removed the piece from the drill, clamped it into my smaller bench vice, and carefully hollowed out the dish using drill bits spun in my hand.
The finished light was then cut off and installed. It's not perfect but will more than suffice.
Also completed last night were the remaining details around each engine nacelle. On the top of the nacelle can be seen a small tube representing the oil tank vent. On the lower portion, in front of the wing LE can be seen the extend hole with the two elbowed pipes sticking out. I made these using solder and I think these are for cooling the generator units. Above that can be seen a small hole representing the visual fuel gauge pointed out by Grant a while back. I might yet make this hole a tad larger. Finally, the resin cowls have been added as well.
With all that now done, I've decided to blank off the fixed machine gun opening on the fuselage, after which the wings will be glued on. Thanks again for following along.
So with my "lathe" now set up, I turned on the drill and began shaping the piece with a couple of files:
Once I was happy with the shape, I removed the piece from the drill, clamped it into my smaller bench vice, and carefully hollowed out the dish using drill bits spun in my hand.
The finished light was then cut off and installed. It's not perfect but will more than suffice.
Also completed last night were the remaining details around each engine nacelle. On the top of the nacelle can be seen a small tube representing the oil tank vent. On the lower portion, in front of the wing LE can be seen the extend hole with the two elbowed pipes sticking out. I made these using solder and I think these are for cooling the generator units. Above that can be seen a small hole representing the visual fuel gauge pointed out by Grant a while back. I might yet make this hole a tad larger. Finally, the resin cowls have been added as well.
With all that now done, I've decided to blank off the fixed machine gun opening on the fuselage, after which the wings will be glued on. Thanks again for following along.
A4K
Brigadier General
Beautiful workmanship Andy.
great details Andy
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Very nicely done Andy.
Good work so far Andy!
Snautzer01
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I should not be i followed quite a few build of you now, but yes i am amazed. Well done.
Vic Balshaw
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A craftsman at his best. Great stuff Andy.
fubar57
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Fantastic
Well done Andy.
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Thanks guys. Major steps forward now.
I blanked off the machine gun trough. On the top of the fuselage you can see where I applied some Grey Tamiya Surface Primer to fill in the area around the ugly seam that I tried to fix before.
Here's a close-up of that ugly seam area after I sanded away the primer. Another application will be needed as the light shows where there are still some indentations that need to be filled. By this point, my careful masking is starting to show some fraying.
On the wing, the lens was CA-glued in place after dipping it in Future. It was a bit of a tight squeeze and I had to do a bit of trimming on the details I added. One of the thin pieces of plastic on the inner side folded over as well but this will be partly hidden after I mask and paint the framing. The lens was blended into the wing using jewellers files and wet sanding blocks up to 12000 grit to polish it all up.
The nacelles were finished off with the addition of the slightly oversized resin oil coolers.
With this all done, it was time to glue on the wings. As you can see, the kit doesn't give you much t go with here - a straight but joint that required three hands to hold and apply the glue. I probably should have gone out and bought some tube glue but in the end I was able to fiddle with applying TET while holding the joints together.
After the first wing had set for about an hour, I tackled the next one, which didn't go as well as the first. I always pay close attention to symmetrical dihedral (judging clue!) and so take extra time to ensure things line up properly. In his case, I made sure that the two wing tips were the same distance from the bench top using my Vernier Gauge. At first I couldn't get things to line up at all, until I realized that, while I was holding the fuselage down to my bench with a bit of pressure, the contact points on the wings were the two oil coolers which are asymmetrically mounted so things kept twisting out of alignment! That's why I moved everything forward a bit to allow the coolers to clear the edge of my bench.
More sanding and smoothing to come as I continue to tackle the fuselage seam and the wing roots. See you then.
I blanked off the machine gun trough. On the top of the fuselage you can see where I applied some Grey Tamiya Surface Primer to fill in the area around the ugly seam that I tried to fix before.
Here's a close-up of that ugly seam area after I sanded away the primer. Another application will be needed as the light shows where there are still some indentations that need to be filled. By this point, my careful masking is starting to show some fraying.
On the wing, the lens was CA-glued in place after dipping it in Future. It was a bit of a tight squeeze and I had to do a bit of trimming on the details I added. One of the thin pieces of plastic on the inner side folded over as well but this will be partly hidden after I mask and paint the framing. The lens was blended into the wing using jewellers files and wet sanding blocks up to 12000 grit to polish it all up.
The nacelles were finished off with the addition of the slightly oversized resin oil coolers.
With this all done, it was time to glue on the wings. As you can see, the kit doesn't give you much t go with here - a straight but joint that required three hands to hold and apply the glue. I probably should have gone out and bought some tube glue but in the end I was able to fiddle with applying TET while holding the joints together.
After the first wing had set for about an hour, I tackled the next one, which didn't go as well as the first. I always pay close attention to symmetrical dihedral (judging clue!) and so take extra time to ensure things line up properly. In his case, I made sure that the two wing tips were the same distance from the bench top using my Vernier Gauge. At first I couldn't get things to line up at all, until I realized that, while I was holding the fuselage down to my bench with a bit of pressure, the contact points on the wings were the two oil coolers which are asymmetrically mounted so things kept twisting out of alignment! That's why I moved everything forward a bit to allow the coolers to clear the edge of my bench.
More sanding and smoothing to come as I continue to tackle the fuselage seam and the wing roots. See you then.
Got there in the end Andy
