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Posted by Theuns on Friday, April 27, 2018 11:37 AM

I built this little kit some time ago and got another one to see if I can make it better by enhancing the cockpit with some creative painting.

The red colour is the inside of the doped linnen. I rebuilt a left bottom wing for a Tigermoth last year at work and found some of this red/brown linnen on the aileron bellcrank box....might even have been from WW2 :-)

I also added straps from lead foil.

 

  IMG_20180427_182556 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

 

Theuns

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Posted by Bish on Thursday, April 26, 2018 2:08 AM

Good to see you got your hands on it Steve, will be looking forwardto seeing that.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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Posted by modelcrazy on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 10:37 PM

OK, I'm ready now. I received this from my wife today. Luckly I put the PE inside the box before I left Boise. It will probably be a couple months till I get to it though.

I'm going to do Sub-Lt Tony Beale's Ark Royal Bismark attack scheme. Beale's torpedo struck the Bismark admidships port side, which hit the torpedo belt and reportaliy did little damage.

Steve

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Posted by Eagle90 on Saturday, April 21, 2018 3:55 PM

Bish

Glad to see you got your hands on it Boddy. Nice to see Kenya on the list.

Well, now that the warm up acts, Commonwealth Games and the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, are finished, we can all look forward to the main event in 10 days time.

 

10 days!?!?!  Gheez.  LOL!  Can't wait to get it started!

 

 

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Posted by Eagle90 on Saturday, April 21, 2018 3:54 PM

goldhammer

Patience grasshopper, patience.  I keep seeing the end of the box under the desk, and have to keep fingers from reaching......lol, so I buried it under 3 new kitsEmbarrassed

 

LOL!  Had to bury it.  I still couldn't trust myself.  LOL!  I've open that kit about 5 times since it has been here....yeap, all the parts are still there.  LOL!

 

 

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Posted by modelcrazy on Saturday, April 21, 2018 3:32 PM

10 days should be just about right. My wife should be shipping my Swordfish today and I should get it sometime this next week.

Steve

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Posted by Bish on Saturday, April 21, 2018 2:29 PM

Glad to see you got your hands on it Boddy. Nice to see Kenya on the list.

Well, now that the warm up acts, Commonwealth Games and the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, are finished, we can all look forward to the main event in 10 days time.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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Posted by goldhammer on Saturday, April 21, 2018 2:06 PM

Patience grasshopper, patience.  I keep seeing the end of the box under the desk, and have to keep fingers from reaching......lol, so I buried it under 3 new kitsEmbarrassed

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Posted by Eagle90 on Saturday, April 21, 2018 1:53 PM

I got my kit in the other day for the GB.  Got a good deal on eBay and I think this is going to be a great build.  I had been talking to Bish about what commonwealth to do.  We came up with Kenya..I wanted to do something different...so I researched their Air Force and saw the MD-500.  Bish liked the idea so I pulled the trigger on the kit and I'm really excited about doing the chopper.  My first!  Did someone say it was May 1st SOMEWHERE?!  LOL!

 

 

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Posted by Theuns on Saturday, April 21, 2018 10:05 AM

Rather the DH 82 for witch I built a new wing last year might have been worked on by him ;-)

 

Theuns

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Posted by Bish on Saturday, April 21, 2018 9:42 AM

WOW, you just never know, that wing might well have belonged to the aircraft you build here.

Got your entry on the roster.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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Posted by Theuns on Saturday, April 21, 2018 12:43 AM

Last year I built and re-covered a DH-82 left bottom wing at Germiston airfield, who knows that specific tiger might have been maitained at the same airfield 70 odd years ago....maybe even by my maternal grand father who was an aircraft carpenter /mechanic in WW2 for the SAAF  :-)

 

Theuns

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Posted by Bish on Friday, April 20, 2018 2:46 PM

Cheers Theuns, good to see you have a link with the subject. It is a pity about the Stearman.

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Posted by Theuns on Friday, April 20, 2018 11:17 AM

Bish put me down for a 1/72 Airfix DH-82 please, it will be in the SAAF "Commonwealth training scheme"

They operated from Germiston airfield during WW2 and since I work at the same field it could be interesting.

Pitty the SAAF never used Stearmans, I am busy with a 1942 stearman at Germiston and it would have been quite "hostoric" :-)

 

Theuns

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Posted by mawright20 on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 6:09 PM
Too funny! That’s awesome!
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Posted by damouav on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 5:34 PM

Bish

 

 
damouav
 
Bish

As soon as its may 1st some where in the world, you can start. After all, you know what they use to say about the sun never setting on the British Empire.

 

 

Aussies and Kiwis First, again...

 

 

 

Unless we get someone from Eastern Kiribati on board.

Hehehehe or China...

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Posted by Bish on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 1:47 PM

damouav
 
Bish

As soon as its may 1st some where in the world, you can start. After all, you know what they use to say about the sun never setting on the British Empire.

 

 

Aussies and Kiwis First, again...

 

Unless we get someone from Eastern Kiribati on board.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Posted by goldhammer on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 12:56 PM

damouav
 
Bish

As soon as its may 1st some where in the world, you can start. After all, you know what they use to say about the sun never setting on the British Empire.

 

 

Aussies and Kiwis First, again...

 

Works for me since my build is a Kiwi bird, and they are on the other side of the International DatelineWhistling

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Posted by damouav on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 7:00 AM

Bish

As soon as its may 1st some where in the world, you can start. After all, you know what they use to say about the sun never setting on the British Empire.

Aussies and Kiwis First, again...

In Progress
1/48 Tamiya P47-D Bubbletop
1/48 Hobby Boss TBF-1C Avenger (on hold)
Pending
1/48 Roden S.E.5a
1/48 Airfix Walrus
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Posted by Bish on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 2:06 AM

Will do Eric.

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Posted by EBergerud on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 7:38 PM
Bish, Put me in for a 1/48 Aifix Tomahawk (P-40B) dressed for the dance in the desert. Something that looks like Caldwell's Tomahawk - just no shark's teeth. Eric

 

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Posted by Bish on Monday, April 9, 2018 3:22 AM

As soon as its may 1st some where in the world, you can start. After all, you know what they use to say about the sun never setting on the British Empire.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Posted by castelnuovo on Monday, April 9, 2018 12:26 AM

Bish

 

 
tempestjohnny

Is it May 1st yet hmmm...is it.....How about now

 

 

 

 

Are we starting GMT time (which would allow me to start 8 hrs early Smile) or do we have to wait Sad for local time? How is about I start Croatia time, thats another hour earlier start Smile

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Posted by modelcrazy on Sunday, April 8, 2018 2:27 PM

aeroplanegripper

 

 
Bish

You guys ain't alone. I am really hopeing i can get my other stuff wrapped up as i am itching to start on the Apache.

 

 

 

 
Mopar Madness

Lol... I’m ready to get this one going too!  I’ll crack it open May 1st and let the glue flow!

 

 

Me too chaps, looking forward to it.

 

I'll ask my wife to ship the Stringbag asap when she gets home this Saturday.

I have REALLY been wanting to get to it just never had a better reason than now.

Steve

Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.

 

 

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Posted by aeroplanegripper on Sunday, April 8, 2018 1:38 PM

Bish

You guys ain't alone. I am really hopeing i can get my other stuff wrapped up as i am itching to start on the Apache.

Mopar Madness

Lol... I’m ready to get this one going too!  I’ll crack it open May 1st and let the glue flow!

Me too chaps, looking forward to it.

Best Regards

Mark

"bis vivit qui bene vivit"

 

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Posted by Bish on Sunday, April 8, 2018 5:46 AM

You guys ain't alone. I am really hopeing i can get my other stuff wrapped up as i am itching to start on the Apache.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Posted by Mopar Madness on Saturday, April 7, 2018 7:41 PM

Lol... I’m ready to get this one going too!  I’ll crack it open May 1st and let the glue flow!

Chad

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Posted by Bish on Saturday, April 7, 2018 2:11 PM

tempestjohnny

Is it May 1st yet hmmm...is it.....How about now

 

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Posted by tempestjohnny on Saturday, April 7, 2018 6:19 AM

Is it May 1st yet hmmm...is it.....How about now

 

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Posted by Bish on Thursday, April 5, 2018 1:18 PM

Like the sound of that GH, modified the roster.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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