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An RAF Cargomaster, the Douglas Durham C1

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Rick Lowe

#45
March 01, 2024, 02:10:09 AM
How would you glue the mylar in, without affecting the mirroring or crazing the clear plastic?

PR19_Kit

#46
March 06, 2024, 05:32:07 AM
Current state with the fuselage joined up, complete with modified tail to be a 'C' version, and mucho putty applied.

Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

NARSES2

#47
March 06, 2024, 06:59:22 AM
I'm going a bit  :banghead:  I read that as "macho putty"  :angel:
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Old Wombat

#48
March 06, 2024, 07:57:24 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on March 06, 2024, 06:59:22 AMI'm going a bit  :banghead:  I read that as "macho putty"  :angel:

Well, they do sound very similar. ;)
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veritas ad mortus veritas est

PR19_Kit

#49
March 06, 2024, 09:36:14 AM
The Presto stuff Dizzy and I use is pretty powerful, it's strong as well, and takes some sanding, but you do get a good finish with it.
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Captain Canada

#50
March 06, 2024, 03:24:40 PM
Looking good !
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KiwiZac

#51
March 07, 2024, 12:53:27 PM
I've come in late but I love what I'm seeing!
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zenrat

#52
March 08, 2024, 03:43:27 AM
Quote from: Rick Lowe on March 01, 2024, 02:10:09 AMHow would you glue the mylar in, without affecting the mirroring or crazing the clear plastic?

It's self adhesive.  I suspect it's what they use on 1:1 car windows sold in very small batches.  It may be thinner.  Not sure.
I am sure though that I have never managed to apply it to a 1/25 car window without bubbles.

Sorry for the tardiness of the reply.  Work reared its ugly head.
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.  Revelling in numptytism.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed, badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere, for your convenience.

Dizzyfugu

#53
March 08, 2024, 04:04:08 AM
Nice, I am really looking foward to see the model with paint and markings.  :thumbsup:

Rick Lowe

#54
March 08, 2024, 04:11:37 AM
Quote from: zenrat on March 08, 2024, 03:43:27 AMSorry for the tardiness of the reply.  Work reared its ugly head.


It does that... *sigh*  :-\

PR19_Kit

#55
April 22, 2026, 05:14:39 AM
While pausing working on my Super Monsoon for the Op Downfall GB, I got back onto my RAF C-133C Cargomaster, and I've found out why I stopped work on it two years ago......  :-\

I mentioned in post #28 that the gear legs have to go on before the bulged gear fairings are added because the legs are larger than the holes in the fairings, so that's what I did. However, the bits having dried off now, I tried the fairings back over the legs and they fit of a fashion. They'll need a bit of filing and quite bit more PSR around the joints I expect, but they'll fit OK, but..............

Then I can't glue the wheels on as there isn't enough space between the ends of the axles and the holes in the fairing! So you'll be saying 'Paint the wheels and glue them on first!' which looks like a good idea until you find that the fairings then won't fit over the whole legs + wheels assembly!  :banghead:  :banghead:

Didn't anyone at Roden ever test build one of these?



I think I'll cut the fairings in half and glue then on front and back, or cut out the lower portion of the fairing and add it on after the wheels are glued in place.

Going back to the wings, I PSR'd the engines quite substantially, and now I've sanded them off a bit, and they're not looking too bad. A coat of primer will show how much more PSR I'll need of course, and that's the next step. I've still got to start work on the other wing of course, and that's quite a hefty job, fairing the Tyne nacelles into the T-34 cowlings.

Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

kerick

#56
April 22, 2026, 12:08:11 PM
A Cargomaster looks like enough work without new engines! Carry on!
" Somewhere, between half true, and completely crazy, is a rainbow of nice colours "
Tophe the Wise

sandiego89

#57
April 22, 2026, 12:11:28 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 22, 2026, 05:14:39 AMWhile pausing working on my Super Monsoon for the Op Downfall GB, I got back onto my RAF C-133C Cargomaster, and I've found out why I stopped work on it two years ago......  :-\

I mentioned in post #28 that the gear legs have to go on before the bulged gear fairings are added because the legs are larger than the holes in the fairings, so that's what I did. However, the bits having dried off now, I tried the fairings back over the legs and they fit of a fashion. They'll need a bit of filing and quite bit more PSR around the joints I expect, but they'll fit OK, but..............

Then I can't glue the wheels on as there isn't enough space between the ends of the axles and the holes in the fairing! So you'll be saying 'Paint the wheels and glue them on first!' which looks like a good idea until you find that the fairings then won't fit over the whole legs + wheels assembly!  :banghead:  :banghead:

Didn't anyone at Roden ever test build one of these?......



I had to enlarge the gear bay opening with a sharp blade, and even after that it was not a great fit. 
Dave "Sandiego89"
Chesapeake, Virginia, USA

PR19_Kit

#58
April 22, 2026, 12:47:21 PM
Quote from: sandiego89 on April 22, 2026, 12:11:28 PMI had to enlarge the gear bay opening with a sharp blade, and even after that it was not a great fit.


I'm glad it's not just me then Dave. I've chopped out the inner parts of the underside of the fairings, and marked them so I can be sure that they go back in the correct places. It looks like I'll have to put the outboard wheels on first, but the inboard wheels can be fitted after the fairings.

It'll be a bit of a pig having to mask up the gear bays so I can PSR the fairing joint, but it has to be done.
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

jcf

#59
April 23, 2026, 02:33:15 PM
Yikes, it looks like a better engineering choice would have been undercarriage
bays that glue into the fairings and then fit into a simple cutout on the fuselage.
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