One of Airfix's Finest: Grumman Gosling. Finished.

[Guest]

A bit bored at the moment as I am waiting for glue to dry. The windscreen transparency was way oversize in width and a bit narrow in depth so now its set I have filed it down on the side windows and polished and filled all the gaps with clearfix and am now waiting to it to set before smoothing it back. I have been dabbling with the undercarriage which is very skinny so have made some legs out of copper wire and tape although still not sure whether to use them or not. perhaps they will look better after painting.[ATTACH]76077.IPB[/ATTACH]

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[Guest]

Nice start Barry, good bit of scratch building to.

Look forward to seeing more.

John

[Guest]

Done the undercarriage it's not all that accurate but more of a representation. In the photo's the shock absorbers look way oversized but looking at the model sitting here it looks fine. I'm not changing them now anyway.

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[flyjoe180]

Nice work on the legs Barry. Coming along nicely, you are seeing this oldie off no doubt about it.

[Guest]

Couldn't resist to see how it looks sitting on its wheels. I have to admit that I am more than surprised that it sits level after the home made bits of wire that replace the kit legs. I have also primed it, just needs a little bit of filler on starboard engine where I have put the widening plate in. My two McDonalds coffee stirrer props complete the picture (stuck on with a bit of blu-tack). I will do the floats separately as I'm sure to knock them off when painting.

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[yak face]

Looking good barry keep at it , cheers tony

[flyjoe180]

Awesome work Barry

[Guest]

Nearly there, made some engine breathers?, well bits on top of the engines out of clear sprue drilled out. Also some little counterbalances for the elevators. I had to replace the float struts with plastic card as the kits ones were hopeless. The floats are fixed temporally so see how things line up and the props are in the varnish shop.

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[Guest]

Looking good Barry, love the add-on's looks well cool.

John

[yak face]

Coming on great Barry , cheers tony

[colin m]

That looks so much nicer than the one I remember.

[Ian M]

Coming along nicely Barry.

Ian M

[Guest]

Just a little update. Have masked it and got the main colours on. I don't know if I will finish by the end of the month as I'm waiting for some decals to arrive I may just put some generic letters and numbers on it if they don't come in time.

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[Guest]

Nice paint job Barry looking good.

John

[flyjoe180]

That is looking very smart Barry, a nice change from the usual schemes.