Beyond The Sprues

Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Aero-space => Topic started by: The Rat on April 04, 2025, 09:31:22 AM

Title: The real Manchester III
Post by: The Rat on April 04, 2025, 09:31:22 AM

Remember this from a few months ago?

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54278234535_dbe3cdbb33_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2qGo96V)

Well, at Heritagecon I picked up the Academy Lancaster, and started hacking at it tonight. First was to tape the vertical stabilisers to the horizontal stabiliser so I could figure where to cut.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54429405984_699b6ed297_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2qVJW7d)

After a shot of paint to highlight where the cut goes, the tips were removed and used to extend the horizontal stabilisers.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54429456163_e67b7a32c7_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2qVKc2n)

Then an old tailplane piece, might have come off an Airfix Kingfisher, was cut down for the new vertical stabiliser.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54429456158_bd2ddd354e_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2qVKc2h)

And she's now in the paint shop!

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54429405994_70e0d1f767_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2qVJW7o)

Title: Re: The real Manchester III
Post by: Frank3k on April 04, 2025, 10:58:07 AM

Looks great! Especially for 1/144

Title: Re: The real Manchester III
Post by: Old Wombat on April 04, 2025, 04:56:38 PM

 :smiley:

Title: Re: The real Manchester III
Post by: Buzzbomb on April 04, 2025, 05:19:12 PM

Ok, colour me interested

Title: Re: The real Manchester III
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 05, 2025, 01:14:43 AM

Interesting...very interesting

Title: Re: The real Manchester III
Post by: The Rat on April 13, 2025, 03:45:28 AM

Paint is on

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54447685610_2d09c52ddf_z.jpg) (http://"https://flic.kr/p/2qXmC1b")

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54447685605_05840f8109_z.jpg) (http://"https://flic.kr/p/2qXmC16")

Title: Re: The real Manchester III
Post by: Dr. YoKai on April 13, 2025, 06:07:04 AM

That's going to look terrific!

Title: Re: The real Manchester III
Post by: Old Wombat on April 13, 2025, 02:04:52 PM

Quote from: Dr. YoKai on April 13, 2025, 06:07:04 AM

That's going to look terrific!

Going to? ???

it already does! :smiley: 8)