airfix dh 88 comet 1/72

[Guest]

Hi Tony!

Jaguar is going a bit slowly this week, I'm also working on a Phantom at the same time. Working on some seams and pretty soon some paint. Pics will follow soon. Cheers!

[Guest]

Hi Tony, Please clarify when you say

QUOTE 'This was great , being quite thick and easily bent to shape yet strong enough to resist handling' are you describing the Comet or the Bourbon?

Great work, glad to see you back in the harness. Cheers Derek

[yak face]

Hi all , a bit more progress on the cockpit today.The instrument panels have been fixed to a piece of gloss black painted plastic card with kristal kleer , cut out and fixed in after painting a few generic white lines for the needles etc.Two control columns have been made from fuse wire and put in along with the finished seats and their lap harnesses.The harnesses were made by piercing the bourbon foil along a pencil line (silver side down) then cutting with the scissors either side of the pierced holes to obtain a thin belt with what passes for eyelets in it ,similar to a sutton harness. Once painted and dry the paint can be carefully scraped off the raised piercings to reveal the silver foil underneath ,so you get the effect of a metal eyelet in the belt.Hopefully the pics will make it seem clearer! Anyhoo , the fuselage is about to get glued together (with a bit of persuasion - its not the best of fits!!) and the cockpit should look convincing enough under the canopy (I think im going to crash mould a new one -more on that soon ) I know its not exactly eduard standard but a blind man on a fast horse wont be able to tell the difference! cheers tony

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[yak face]

Phew this is 'exhausting' work ! (ok ,sorry ill get me coat) Heres the latest bit of build, the exhausts. The kit doesnt supply anything , not even the luxury of a shapeless blob! So what to do? I ended up using the inner from a 15 amp lighting cable as it was the right diameter, flexible and already hollow (after i pulled out the copper strands). Holes were drilled in the nacelles , and a shallow groove filed for the exhaust to sit in. Stick in the hole, superglue into the groove and open out the end a bit more,and once its painted it should look ok. heres the pics, cheers tony

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[Guest]

There's nothing more satisfying than a bit of scratchbuilding and even better when you can adapt a scrap of some household object. You're really putting some effort into this one and producing a very nicely built model.

[yak face]

There's nothing more satisfying than a bit of scratchbuilding and even better when you can adapt a scrap of some household object. You're really putting some effort into this one and producing a very nicely built model.

Cheers richard , you should see what i can knock up with a washing up liquid bottle and some sticky back plastic!!LOL , cheers tony

[yak face]

Latest progress - one word , AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

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[Guest]

I've been missing these updates, good to see your progress! Though I have to say you reached the part on the build that I don't get so excited about. Filling gaps and sanding is definitely the part I would like to skip. But hey, how rewarding is the labour of patience! I take it for certain that this model will look stunning in the end.

[yak face]

Ji marcos, yes the filling is going to be a bit of a drag- the kit has some serious gaps! Luckily for me the actual aircraft was very smooth, mostly being plywood skinned (in fact experience with this aircraft was instrumental in the development of another plywood de havilland aircraft -the mosquito) so i dont have to worry about sanding off any detail , if there was any!!, cheers tony

[spanner570]

Yo Mucker, I do like the grass effect.....Gunna be a dio featuring one belly landing D.H. Comet? lol

Cheers mate,

Ron

[yak face]

Nice isnt it ron, i suspect im going to be quite green fingered soon and itll be nowt to do with gardening!!, cheers tony:grumpy:

[Dave W]

the pilot heads moulded to the fuselage halves brought back memories of building a Frog Fairy Gannet when I was a teenager in the seventies.I see Revell do a 1/72 Gannet.I bet it's the same kit,fuselage with moulded heads still.Has anyone built one?

[yak face]

Hi dave , it couldnt be farther from the truth!! The new revell gannet is a fantastically detailed piece of kit,ive got one in the stash,featuring a very detailed cockpit and interior.Some poeple say its better than the trumpeter kit ,its certainly better value -costing about £10-£12, cheers tony

[Guest]

Wow! You seem to be single handedly keeping filler manufacturers in business! That's going to take a bit of rubbing down.

[yak face]

Thankfully the squadron green stuff sands down very easily with a wet sanding stick!!!! Ive still got the top joints and tailplanes yet though , so there may shortly be a national shortage of green stuff filler!!!!cheers tony