Quote from: Bigkev on July 15, 2026, 10:10:38 PMSuper Dave!
Is that a cinema on the left of shot?
A truly outstanding build.

Yes, a cinema.

Another wierd and wonderful creation in the making from the mind of Martin, a bit of a scary prospect......

Looking very good Chris.
Those Cheetah engines look very neat.
Great work, watching with interest.

Super Dave!
Is that a cinema on the left of shot?
A truly outstanding build.

The whole shelf, so far.

The second half of the fuselage has been built up and joined to the port side. The top internal, or is that infernal, framing was added after many dry runs. The main canopies have been masked, mostly with Tamiya tape but Maskol was used as well in areas as the framing is indistinct in places, these were then added to the fuselage. The etch pilot's gunsight required a bracket to be made to fit it in the correct position. The painted resin nose landing light was attached to the nose cone before that was fitted. I decided to fit the one piece lower wing section first and this needed trimming to fit. The resin gunners seat sits on a frame and the instructions would have you just butt joint this to the fairing but I drilled holes for it to fit into as a more secure fit. The fairing was then added to the fuselage but as can be seen this isn't a good fit and will require work. Lastly the fourteen resin Cheetah engine cylinders were cut and trimmed to fit the engine casing. One online reviewer said there are two sizes of cylinder so you have to choose which ones to use. As there were only sixteen suppied in my kit I've used the amount required.

Looking very nice Dave. Such dedication.

This is going to be interesting.

The RH end just about there, even the tram will run down this end of the track and through the points.
The road way cobbles are from DAS air drying clay.
The cobbles need some work, just had a layer of dark wash at the moment.
As a kid I seem to remember cobbles having gas tar between them?

Quote from: MSea on July 14, 2026, 11:33:45 AMThick card and corner balsa sections added to the inner corners - now should I do plaster of paris or individual card sections to make the stone blocks on the model      

I generally use a layer of DAS modelling clay and carve it out.