flymodel C-47 Skytrain 1/24 scale
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Good work so far Boats!
woljags
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nice one Boats a big bird indeed
Crimea_River
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Beeewwwdy!
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deckape
Staff Sergeant
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Thanks Fellas for your replies been a little busy around the house getting things done and trying to get this Christmas jazz over with. Okay guys here is the build report for today starting with the flight deck and fuselage skin No. 5. on skin No. 5 frormer 5b has been installed on the joining section has been painted in so that there is white showing same this has beeen done on the windows.. wehn the skin is dried I will slide in the flight deck assembly and join the skin 5 to the forward fuselage unit and let dry then burnish out the seams former 5b and 4b has to be sanded down so they both are miror image other wise there be a over lip on the skin. Here are the update build report on my skytrain.
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Thanks Fellas for your replies been a little busy around the house getting things done and trying to get this Christmas jazz over with. Okay guys here is the build report for today starting with the flight deck and fuselage skin No. 5. on skin No. 5 frormer 5b has been installed on the joining section has been painted in so that there is white showing same this has beeen done on the windows.. wehn the skin is dried I will slide in the flight deck assembly and join the skin 5 to the forward fuselage unit and let dry then burnish out the seams former 5b and 4b has to be sanded down so they both are miror image other wise there be a over lip on the skin. Here are the update build report on my skytrain.
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Crimea_River
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Looks great Boats. Nice that they made the seatbelts random rather than printing the same image over and over again.
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deckape
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Here is another update build report fpr the skytrain after letting the skin No, 5 and the interier cabin unit dry over night its time for its installation.. all of the paint work touch up is done before it is installed after the intallation ofr the cabin unit i proceed aft tomorriow I should have the intire fuselage unit completed skin 5 is glued to the forward fuselage unit when it was dried i burnished out the seams nad gave it a coat of areogloss clear dope, in the morning I will resume in the burnishing .. I proceed aft to the rear fuselage skins the skin No.6 I* removed the boading doors i will make them opperable when i get to it when the fusleage is done I will do some weathering it will fill thye bill on my skytrain a paper purist wouldn,t approve of this method but what the hey its all about modeling no beauty contest here thats for certain.. some ereas of the fuselage need a little clean up here and there no sweat I will get it done it will give me something to do while parts are drying Here aree the update pictures.
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Here is another update build report fpr the skytrain after letting the skin No, 5 and the interier cabin unit dry over night its time for its installation.. all of the paint work touch up is done before it is installed after the intallation ofr the cabin unit i proceed aft tomorriow I should have the intire fuselage unit completed skin 5 is glued to the forward fuselage unit when it was dried i burnished out the seams nad gave it a coat of areogloss clear dope, in the morning I will resume in the burnishing .. I proceed aft to the rear fuselage skins the skin No.6 I* removed the boading doors i will make them opperable when i get to it when the fusleage is done I will do some weathering it will fill thye bill on my skytrain a paper purist wouldn,t approve of this method but what the hey its all about modeling no beauty contest here thats for certain.. some ereas of the fuselage need a little clean up here and there no sweat I will get it done it will give me something to do while parts are drying Here aree the update pictures.
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A4K
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Boats - love it mate, I'm going to try and get one myself!!!
(My very first model was a paper-card Space Shuttle 'Columbia' btw, approx. 1:72 scale, about 60 cm long. Lost when the garage (my bedroom) got flooded, but never forgot it)
Andy, looked closer at the seat belts after your comment. Seems to be a basic pattern of 3 different forms, repeated for each bench.
(My very first model was a paper-card Space Shuttle 'Columbia' btw, approx. 1:72 scale, about 60 cm long. Lost when the garage (my bedroom) got flooded, but never forgot it)
Andy, looked closer at the seat belts after your comment. Seems to be a basic pattern of 3 different forms, repeated for each bench.
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Benevolens Magister
Great stuff Boats, it's really taking shape now.
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deckape
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Thank you buddy for your reply I lost a few good models when I use to move all the time durring my hitch in the Navy everytime I move I left it behind or got lost in storage. Yep your right on the seat belts its all in the printing effective but not correct. thanks my man.
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Ahoy Terry
Thank you buddy for your reply on my skytrain indeed she is coming together, I went to toys R us I located a bunch of soldiers the kind we use to play with durring our boyhood. they are all standing up verticle with their hands in attention they look 1/24 scale but not certain I think I will buy them and see what happens Thanks Terry for your always wonderfull replies.
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Nice work so far Boats!
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deckape
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Ahoy Fellows
Here is another build report for the day looking like a Dakota now or getting there, Ok the rear fuselage unit is now complete letting the structure dry over night tomorroiw i will join the intire fuslage assembly.. On the following pix I have started and finished the cconstruction of the rudder and dorsal fin. I gave the fuselage units a good burnishing to smooth out the seams.. Tomorrow I will have the intire fuselage completed and the fun part will begin with the massive wings, Buty before I get started on that I will do some wearheri9ng on the intire fuselage unit. Here are the updates for the day more tomorrow.
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Here is another build report for the day looking like a Dakota now or getting there, Ok the rear fuselage unit is now complete letting the structure dry over night tomorroiw i will join the intire fuslage assembly.. On the following pix I have started and finished the cconstruction of the rudder and dorsal fin. I gave the fuselage units a good burnishing to smooth out the seams.. Tomorrow I will have the intire fuselage completed and the fun part will begin with the massive wings, Buty before I get started on that I will do some wearheri9ng on the intire fuselage unit. Here are the updates for the day more tomorrow.
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Crimea_River
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Impressive Boats.
meatloaf109
1st Lieutenant
Very!
A4K
Brigadier General
Yep sure is!
Hear ya too Boats. Lost a few models in moves, including a lovely balsa wood Airtrainer I made. Still going too (next move: April), so my current collection is mostly 'transportable bits' rather than complete kits. As I said elsewhere, anything completed over the last 16 years was given away to interested mates or neighbours, rather than have them trashed in the moves.
Hear ya too Boats. Lost a few models in moves, including a lovely balsa wood Airtrainer I made. Still going too (next move: April), so my current collection is mostly 'transportable bits' rather than complete kits. As I said elsewhere, anything completed over the last 16 years was given away to interested mates or neighbours, rather than have them trashed in the moves.
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Benevolens Magister
Coming together nicely Boats, and looking more impressive every time. The guys who design these kits are darned good!
