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chriswil42

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Short legged skycrane
« on: December 04, 2023, 02:58:45 PM »
Started this at the playday. Progressing slowly - most of the cockpit assembled. This is going to take a while - it's a big beast.
Chris

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Re: Short legged skycrane
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2023, 03:59:19 PM »
Looking forward to seeing this build. It's an AModel kit so you must enjoy a challenge and make sure you have plenty of valium, lol!!!!

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Re: Short legged skycrane
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2023, 05:32:56 PM »
They are usually hard work, good luck Chris!
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Re: Short legged skycrane
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2023, 10:54:36 AM »
The plastic on this one is much imroved. It was quite soft in the smaller kits.
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Re: Short legged skycrane
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2023, 04:08:39 PM »
Nice work so far.
Seeing the parts at the Playday, this going to be a beast when finished.
You'll need a table alone just for it.
Kevin 
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Re: Short legged skycrane
« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2023, 02:16:52 PM »
Some sub-assemblies completed before fitting to the fuselage halves.
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Re: Short legged skycrane
« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2023, 02:49:57 PM »
Keep at it!
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Re: Short legged skycrane
« Reply #7 on: December 25, 2023, 02:51:24 PM »
Main fuselage halves assembled with the cockpit.
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Re: Short legged skycrane
« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2023, 10:57:46 AM »
Definitely looks like it's going to be big when finished. The recessed windows look like they'll be fun to mask.

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Re: Short legged skycrane
« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2023, 07:25:09 PM »
Looking good Chris.

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Re: Short legged skycrane
« Reply #10 on: January 06, 2024, 01:32:51 PM »
Main forward fuselage just about together. It's proved to be a little dificult to keep all the respective parts aligned durung assembly.
Chris

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Re: Short legged skycrane
« Reply #11 on: January 06, 2024, 03:18:53 PM »
You can NEVER have enough clamps - hohoho
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Re: Short legged skycrane
« Reply #12 on: January 06, 2024, 03:56:02 PM »
Looks like this one needs a lot of persuasion.
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Re: Short legged skycrane
« Reply #13 on: January 06, 2024, 06:22:44 PM »
Looks like this one needs a lot of persuasion.
Kevin
A 14 pond lump hammer usually sorts out any problems that need a little persuasion - hohohhoho - engineers rule -  ::) ::) ::) ::)
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Re: Short legged skycrane
« Reply #14 on: January 23, 2024, 01:43:17 PM »
This took about half a dozen attempts to align and match the rear part of the fuselage. At least it's done now so that I can make a little more progress.
Chris