Thank you Peter, that really looks like a fun outing ......would love to see pics. if you took any. Rick H.
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Rick, I've been going there for quite a few years, and have several hundred photos. I don't want to fill up John's server! Anything in particular you'd like to see?
Here's a Hurri to be going on with:
Dunno what aircraft this is a model of, but the roundel decals on the wings are out of register:
Taken in the Swiss Garden, usually ยฃ15 to get in I think, but this summer they're letting members of the Shuttleworth Vintage Aircraft Society in for nothing.
A few more to give you an idea of the flavour of the collection:
Well worth a visit for anyone who finds themselves in or close to Bedfordshire. All the planes fly, all the cars/bikes/trucks/buses run.
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Wow! You are very fortunate to be that close to so much history. Thank you for sharing these with me and anyone else interested in the forgotten bits of our past. Rick H.Comment
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You have quite a few museums in the US too Rick. I've been to a couple of the battleships, PIMA, and another in Arizona whose name I can't remember, buy my days of travel to the US for work are long gone now. I'm lucky in that I can drive to Hendon RAF Museum, IWM Duxford, Midland Air Museum, Newark Air Museum in about an hour from home.
Anyway, back to the Dornier - the undercarriage legs are in, and seem to be fairly solid. I would have got further by now, but I'd stupidly painted the wheel covers (mudguards) in the wrong colour, so they've been repainted and will be fitted later.
These legs fitted together, and to the locating points in the nacelles, very well indeed. Seen from the side they're both at the same angle.
The bomb bay is looking OK too.
I went with the full load of 50 kg bombs rather than the reduced load with extra fuel or the 4 larger bombs, as I feel the greater number of bombs says more about the relatively indiscriminate nature of bombing at that time.
Thanks for looking in
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Loving this pete , a quality build in every sense , and a great advert for modern Airfix too , cheers tonyComment
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I've nearly finished gluing bits on, so started the decals.
Airfix provide lots of stencils, but the decal placement diagram doesn't show where they go! I made a start, trying to identify the stencils on the decal diagram, but some just aren't visible.
Emailed Airfix to ask if they have a separate diagram for the stencils. Then I found a review of the kit on the IPMS USA site, which mentioned a separate stencil placement diagram... The kit comes in a top opening box, and I'd placed the box inside the inverted lid... can you guess what was in the lid?
Oh well, I've got mostsome of them in the right place!
Just 62 more to go now. These tiny stencils can be really frustrating and difficult to handle, but they seem to bring the model to life.
Thanks for watching
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Pete,
That is a cracking build. i have mislaid instructions and parts only to find them when the build was finished lol.Comment
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I built this kit when it first came out, about 5 years ago and found it to be excellent. You are doing a really good job of it.Comment
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Thanks John, it certainly is an excellent kit.
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It was all going well, all the stencils in place, mostly the right place... but this happened:
I must have picked it up by the fuselage before the decal had dried, but didn't notice for a couple of days. It's wet in the photo, I'll try to keep it wet for a while and see if I can straighten it out.
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I did the same thing with a fresh paint job........big, old, out of scale thumb print. :rolling:
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Well, removing the canopy masks isn't going very well:
Going to need a lot of scraping. (Yes Ron, I know! :tongue-out2
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Keep going! Just minor setbacks!
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I use a cocktail stick, cut off at 45 degrees like a wooden chisel for that. It won't scratch the plastic (with a bit of luck) and you can keep 'sharpening' it by re-cutting the end.
A bit of gloss varnish on the clear bit afterwards will tidy it up too.Comment
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