Classic Airframes 1/48 Avro Anson

[Dave W]

Thanks Steve.Im happy with it now.It looks more like your drawing.The wings looked flat before.

[yak face]

Coming on great now dave, good work on the wings, cheers tony

[mossiepilot]

Well done with the wings Dave. It can be really annoying when you get something fitted and realise you've not got it right and have to redo it.

Tony.

[Dave W]

I've finally managed to adjust the wing dihedral to what I think it should be like.One of the horizontal stabilisers needed adjusting as well.Going to leave it overnight for the joins to set now.Next job is to mask all those canopy frames.

[yak face]

"Next job is to mask all those canopy frames." Ooh , my least favourite part of a build and this ones got hundreds of separate panes too !!! Best of luck dave (but rather you than me!!!LOL!!) cheers tony

[Dave W]

Thanks Tony.Im going to do the masking in the warm in front of the telly this evening.Shouldnt be too bad.One day I will try some Eduard masks on a kit.Probably the Tamiya 1/48 Lancaster in my stash.

[yak face]

If youre in front of the telly dave , theres a cracking prog on the yesterday channel right now - 'Spitfire women' all about the WAAF , brilliant stuff! cheers tony

[stona]

One day I will try some Eduard masks on a kit.Probably the Tamiya 1/48 Lancaster in my stash.

I used them on my Lancaster and they represented money very well spent! the main canopy etc would be easy enough to do with a large dollop of patience but some of the turret masking would be very difficult.

Good job on those wing BTW,it's really looking good now.

Cheers

Steve

[Dave W]

I've added a few more details to the cockpit and also fitted the rear windows. The window openings needed enlarging slightly so the windows would fit.I dipped all the clear parts in Klear at the start of the build so was able to glue them with super glue without fogging them.The instrument panel was fitted next.I had a bit of trouble working out how it all went together as the instructions are a bit vague.Then i found the throttle console touched the floor and made the panel sit too high.So that and the rudder pedals had to come off.I repositioned the pedals and glued the panel into the cockpit.The canopy fits over it nicely now.Just got to reattach the throttle console and compass.

The next problem I need to solve is the fact that the canopy isn't as wide as the fuselage opening.Going to have to glue it along one edge first,then stretch it slightly so the other side fits right.

This is the trickiest build Ive done since a vacform I made a couple of years ago.But it's a lot of fun.

[Guest]

Coming along great Dave ,you're tackling the challenges nicely! Good luck with that canopy! Cheers Trey

[Dave W]

Just spent an hour and a half on the build.Most of that time was spent getting the rear section of the canopy to fit to the fuselage.I had to cut the resin framework at the front horizontal brace,remove a couple of mm and glue it back together to help the canopy fit.I then tried attaching the canopy with plastic cement,but it wouldn't work.So I cleaned the joints and tried superglue.But that wouldn't hold it either.I eventually got it to stick to the model with Micro Krystal Klear.All very nerve racking as messing up the canopy would wreck the whole model.Finally I stuck the engine cowlings on and decided to call it a night.

[Guest]

Nothing more nerve wracking than trying to fix an ill fitting canopy,looks like you've got it well in hand Dave!

[yak face]

Looks like a tricky stage of the build dave , but youve sorted it , its looking great , cheers tony

[Dave W]

Thanks Tony.This is quite a difficult build.Will do some more work on it this evening.Going to work,then need to do a bit more christmas shopping first though.Im having to fit the canopies now because all the constant handling is risking damage to the delicate cockpit framework.I would usually get all the filling and sanding done first before fitting clear parts.

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Your doing an awesome job, I'm glad you posted so much detail about the build as I went and bought one, though looking at the issues I may leave it a year or two till I get my skills up to your lvl

Adrian