The hangar

[rickoshea52]

Nothing much, back wall painted white and the bottom edge masked so that I can do the floor and later repaint the hangar door.


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[Richi72]

Nice job so far Rick,


will be watching this.


Cheers Richi

[Guest]

You are nailing it!!


Excellent work so far. I'm enjoying a lot with this thread

[rickoshea52]

I wasn't happy with the hangar doors, the engraved lines were too deep, too wide and out of alignment so I ripped them off and made a new set. They're painted and ready to install. The floor is done too with yellow and white lines for demarcation and towing aids. Where the paint came up with the masking tape I touched these areas up to mimic repaired sections. The back wall paint has been touched up here and there too ready for a gloss coat to protect it while I do the upright girders. It needs a wash to pick out the brickwork.


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[Guest]

You are taking care with all the details.... Genial

[takeslousyphotos]

This is srating to look like a hangar now Rick. Good stuff.

[monica]

very nice detail work so far Rick,its looking good,

[rickoshea52]

very nice detail work so far Mike,its looking good,

Who is Mike????

[rickoshea52]

Hangar doors on. The small hole is where, on the real thing, the winding handle for opening the doors is inserted. The square and triangular plates...well who knows, but the doors on 4 Hangar at RAF Kinloss had something similar.


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[monica]

Who is Mike????

oh lol,


don't you just lov it


oops sorry

[Snowman]

Exceptional!!

[Steve Brodie]

Thats looking Awesome, locked in now

[rickoshea52]

After a week or two of head scratching thinking of a way to replicate the back end of this gas turbine engine I had a eureka moment this afternoon when I found one of those birthday cake candle holders. A nice tapered shape and a little cone shaped spike are just the trick. I cut it down and glued it to an 8.5mm disc of plasticard ready to glue into the tail end when I've finished painting the rest of the engine (Vallejo gun grey for the base colour), the tail cone will go in last.


Now, do I fit the engine to an aircraft or have it in the corner of the hangar on an engine stand/trolley?


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[flyjoe180]

Nice work Rick, looks great. It would be good to see on a stand.

[rickoshea52]

More painting done tonight, maybe a wash to close it out but the combustion chamber needs a shade of burned steel or something like that.


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