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Re: TP's WNW 1/32nd Scale Biff
« Reply #180 on: March 01, 2013, 03:45:15 PM »
Hi,
Those wings do look great. Do you use Future? When I did my Biff's wings, I also had a very nice contrast of colour with the ribs, but as soon as I coated it with future, everything darkened and the contrast was gone.
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Re: TP's WNW 1/32nd Scale Biff
« Reply #181 on: March 01, 2013, 05:12:46 PM »
Very fine Biff is going to emerge from this! Fine shading, right to my taste!  ;)
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Re: TP's WNW 1/32nd Scale Biff
« Reply #182 on: March 01, 2013, 11:42:46 PM »
Hello, Kinnie and Przemol,

Kinnie, yes, I used Future on the upper wing. You will see in Reply 168 above that I got a bit too much of a "lightened highlight" between the ribtapes on the upper wing. I had two choices for a fix: apply a darker PC10 in the affected areas (which might have been too dark, thus upsetting the overall scheme); or try a bit of Future to give an overall gloss and tie the colours together a bit. I tried the second option, as I could still go to the first if the Future did not work. In the event, it did work well as the lighter areas darkened a bit under the Future, as you suggest. The lower wing was left alone, as the finish was pretty much what I wanted. Hope this answers your question!  :)

Przemol, thank you for your very kind comment. I have seen your excellent work on the Internet over the past few years, and to compare my efforts favourably with your results is, to me, high praise indeed. The build is going well so far, although slowly, and I hope to have a worthwhile replica when completed. Thanks again!  :D
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Re: TP's WNW 1/32nd Scale Biff
« Reply #183 on: March 05, 2013, 11:31:39 PM »
Hi, Troops,

So, here's where we stand as of late last night. Most of the progress was straightforward, but I had a witch of a time attaching the lower wing to the fuselage. Must be my ever-slowly-degrading digital/visual/mental skills!  :D







I'll get a bit more done over the next few days (probably my "bad hair day" engine!), but we're away as of next Sunday for two weeks spreading chaos and panic throughout the Caribbean as my wife and I celebrate our fortieth wedding anniversary. Then it will be "down to the wire" as I try to get this build done in the allotted Group Build time. Any suggestions and/or critiques gladly received. Thanks for looking!
Cheers!
Gary

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Re: TP's WNW 1/32nd Scale Biff
« Reply #184 on: March 05, 2013, 11:42:51 PM »
Man, after forty years I think a guy could be excused for a little digital / visual / mental degradation!  ;)

Congrats, Gary. Fine looking update.

Lindsay

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Re: TP's WNW 1/32nd Scale Biff
« Reply #185 on: March 06, 2013, 01:20:03 AM »
Excellent work, great colours. I suppose a fortieth at the workbench isnt quite the same. Next weekend/week Im at a Niagara hockey tournament- wanna trade?

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Re: TP's WNW 1/32nd Scale Biff
« Reply #186 on: March 06, 2013, 01:33:38 AM »
Super clean looking build Gary. It's all downhill now that you have that lower wing installed. Well . . . downhill until it's time to mount the top wing.  ;D  Did you run those bracing wires under the fuselage yet? Child's play for a modeller of your abilities!

Looking forward to seeing further progress on this beauty.

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Re: TP's WNW 1/32nd Scale Biff
« Reply #187 on: March 06, 2013, 01:40:51 AM »
Steve and Lindsay,

Thanks for your very kind comments. Right now, just glad to get that #@**# wing attached!  ;D

I think that I'll leave the engine for my return, and paint/stain the interplane struts instead before we leave on our trip. The oil "grain" streaking will take a while to dry, so what better time to do that than when I'm not here? The only addition/replacement will be the pitot tube tubing down the outer left (I think) strut, and that won't get fitted until my return.

Caribbean vice Niagara hockey tournament...hmmm-m-m... that's a tough call, Steve. Tell you what: I'll give it some really deep thought over the next little while and give you my answer in, say...three weeks or so? Yeah, I should have a decision by then...! Now, where'd I put that sunscreen...  8)  ;D  8)
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Re: TP's WNW 1/32nd Scale Biff
« Reply #188 on: March 06, 2013, 01:48:42 AM »
Super clean looking build Gary. It's all downhill now that you have that lower wing installed. Well . . . downhill until it's time to mount the top wing.  ;D  Did you run those bracing wires under the fuselage yet? Child's play for a modeller of your abilities!

Looking forward to seeing further progress on this beauty.

Cheers,

Chris

Hi, Chris,

The only time I can expect this build to be "all downhill" is when I put it into the display case!  ;)

"Bracing wires"? What's a "bracing wire"?  ;D All that gets sorted out when I get to the rigging stage, but I will be doing the fuselage rigging before I do the wing set. Those you mention will be done first, I think. BTW, I put the rear cabane struts into place without glue, as we discussed earlier, to try and get the wing set up properly for the rigging. I'll see how that goes on the Day.  Fingers crossed!
Cheers!
Gary

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Re: TP's WNW 1/32nd Scale Biff
« Reply #189 on: March 06, 2013, 05:06:52 AM »
Looking great, Gary.  Brilliant work attaching the wing.  Looks perfectly aligned.
Cheers,
Bud
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Re: TP's WNW 1/32nd Scale Biff
« Reply #190 on: March 06, 2013, 05:57:58 AM »
Looking like an airplane now.  I am looking forward to seeing you progress through this build.  I may join the fray with one before the 29 April deadline, but; first I have to get the LVG finished.  The Carribean huh?  Hmmmmmmmm.  Yes lots of "Ban de Soleil".

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Re: TP's WNW 1/32nd Scale Biff
« Reply #191 on: March 06, 2013, 07:11:31 AM »
Thanks, Bud and Mark!


"Brilliant?" Right now I just feel "relieved!" There are 16 attachment points to play with when wing joins fuselage. I wasn't convinced that I'd make it past Number 11! ;) But I do appreciate your comment, and thanks again!

Well, Mark, by my count you have 56 days from now to get a Biff and your LVG finished in order to make the deadline. Kinda tight, right? Yeah, I can hear you from here: "T'ain't nuthin for a Marine!!"  >:( (Just funnin' y'all a bit!) BTW, good luck if you try it!  ;D
Cheers!
Gary

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Re: TP's WNW 1/32nd Scale Biff
« Reply #192 on: March 09, 2013, 12:37:06 AM »
  Gary,
Outstanding job getting the lower wing attached my old friend. I have the feeling this bird is going to be Awesome when completed.
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Re: TP's WNW 1/32nd Scale Biff
« Reply #193 on: March 09, 2013, 01:10:05 AM »
Gary,
     Enjoy your "fun in the sun" opportunity; with this recent progress you'll still be light years ahead of me on this Build when you return. Real life and work are preventing other then very brief and only occasional opportunities at the desk for me presently; now I'm sweating the possibility of moving an unfinished project from Group Build to the Under Construction category...............
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Re: TP's WNW 1/32nd Scale Biff
« Reply #194 on: March 09, 2013, 02:18:48 AM »

Well, Mark, by my count you have 56 days from now to get a Biff and your LVG finished in order to make the deadline. Kinda tight, right? Yeah, I can hear you from here: "T'ain't nuthin for a Marine!!"  >:( (Just funnin' y'all a bit!) BTW, good luck if you try it!  ;D
56 Days, I am reminded of the movie with David Niven and Charlton Heston, "55 Days at Peking", a fictional slice of life from the Boxer Rebellion of 1900.  I Think I can do it Gary.  Now that I have the wings of the LVG decaled, I can focus on the actual buidling process.   With the Biff, I am not sure I want to tackle that one with the time restraint, but I may, I also have a Roden NIE 24 that I started last year, that I would like to clear up too.  I will have to figure it out with the staff here at the house.

16 attachment points?  HMMMMMMMMMMM!  Maybe Des would be willing to extend the Group Build to 29 May?

Until that time

Mark
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