Hi Haddock,

Just like to say how good this looked at the meeting, "a nice shade of grey" from your 49 shades you possess.

Great work mate.

Bigkev

Hi Zak, Wizzel, Haddock and others,

Thankyou for the kind comments about our new venue, I hoped you would like it. I know for some it is now further to travel, but the vast improvement in amenities I hope counteract these problems.

We still will need to tweak how we do things regarding layout, tea rota's, collecting monies, but I think that we have got off on the right start and we can only get better.

Most of the praise for the venue should go to Andy, whose involvement has helped us secure this great venue at a great price.

Christine enjoyed the night, and would like to thank Cyril and John Cook for their assistance in collecting cups and saucers and doing the washing up. Also thanks to John C for the buns he brought along for the benefit of all.

Cheers,

Bigkev 

Hi All,

Well underway now. The first thing I did was do a rough dry fit to see how the project would be size wise and any potential fit issues.

I could see that the wing parts were not too good on mating edges and after a little tidying up I could see that the leading edges needed more support that those provided in the kit. So I added small tabs to aid location and add strength to this area.
The undercarriage bays are just open blank spaces so I decided to box them in using plasticard, I will later on add some piping and structural elements to improve the look. It will not be a 100% accurate depictation of the bays, but something that's looks representative, but much better than an empty void..
The trailing edges also were in need of tabs as they sat incorrectly with a gap between the surfaces.
Finally the fuselage has some sink marks and ejector pin marks marring the fuselage surface, these are shown marked in pencil ready to be dealt with later. 

Hope the pictures convey what I have described.

Bigkev


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Hi Kiteman,

Very kind words, but I only do what you do. Your work is easily as good as mine,

Bigkev

Hi Haddock,

Looking good as usual. Like to see these type of pictures, they give an insight into the build, the relationship of parts in the build, but overall your skill.

Bigkev

Hi Guys,

Well straight into the next project for the website.

This is the Revell Concorde in 1/144th. I purchased this kit after seeing Andy's built Airfix Concorde in 1/72nd, and thought this would fit my build size. Andy's Concorde was amazing but a bit too large to transport easily, I remember the 'Coffin' containing the said Concorde sitting on our laps on the way to Huddersfield a few years ago!!

The kit comes in a large box containing three sprues, two in white one in clear. Usual Revell style instructions, and a reasonable sized but well printed decal sheet containing both Air France and British Airways schemes.

The mouldings are quite good, though not quite up to todays standard, with some flash being present, but not too much to worry about, the clear parts suffer from distortion, so I may resort to using a replacement set of decals containing windows and the later style markings seen of the Concorde before its retirement.

I have included some pictures of the parts, box art, instructions and decals before I get started.

Bigkev

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Hi Guys,

Well its finished!

The undercarriage has been attached, the aerials in place, the anti collision light created from clear sprue and then painted, new 'correct size' winglets scratchbuilt from plasticard and attached. a final touch up with the paintbrush on the winglets and navigation lights and there you have it...................................

An Airbus A319 in British Midland International colours, more or less straight from the box.

Hope you like the pictures of the finished article,

Next Project.............................................

Revell BAC/Aerospatiale Concorde in 1/144th.

Bigkev

Enjoy!   

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Hi All,

Well nearly there.
Engines added, tailplanes added, hairline gaps between engine nacelles filled, last minute touch up paint done.
Now awaiting Undercarriage and doors (already painted and ready) and last will be winglets for end of wings and aerials and navigation lights.
Then a suitable base to mount on if I get time before meeting.
Cheers,
Bigkev.

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