Pegasus Big Ack

[WD]

Great start Paul.

Warren

[DaddyO]

Great choice of aircraft! I took to this aircraft after building the Copper State version of it. But that is a different scale and, I suspect, a much simpler route than your build. It's going to be fun to follow along!
/Fredrik

Thanks Fredrik. I've downloaded a couple of pictures of the CSM 1/48 version which are useful for reference

Lovely start Paul. I really like the wrinkles on the fabric, a simple addition but very effective. The header tank looks nice as well.

Hi Nigel, cheers for that matey. Hopefully by the time I've added some paint they'll look just the ticket

Good progress!
Joachim

Great start Paul.

Warren

 Thanks Joachim and Warren  I'll soon have a kit of parts that I'm happy with and be able to start the actual build 

[lcarroll]

   Great start on an excellent choice Paul, I really like the slow and studied approach you've taken and your improvements to the Kit will prove well worth the effort. As a young Canadian schoolboy I was well aware of Lt. Alan McLeod's heroic actions and his VC Award however the "Big Ack" is still not a well known machine to me, I'm much enjoying this opportunity to follow your progress and learn about what should be "up there" with the Bristol Fighter as a great aircraft of the first Great War.
Cheers,
Lance

[enathan]

Good choice and a good start Paul! I'm always drawn to the lesser known types.

[djuggie]

Paul,

Very nice choice of nice model.  This is a late 90s release and was very soon added to my collection.  You prep work is nothing but astonishing and a pleasure to view.  I do not build at that level so it's always a pleasure to see someone take a rough kit and build it into a gem. 

Dennis

[RAGIII]

Missed this until now! Impressive beginnings to fixing this very basic kit!
RAGIII

[DaddyO]

Good choice and a good start Paul! I'm always drawn to the lesser known types.

Cheers matey. Got a bunch of DVII kits waiting to be built, but despite the fabulous colours they wore I can't really summon the same enthusiasm for them as an odd colour scheme or rarely seen shape 

Paul,

Very nice choice of nice model.  This is a late 90s release and was very soon added to my collection.  You prep work is nothing but astonishing and a pleasure to view.  I do not build at that level so it's always a pleasure to see someone take a rough kit and build it into a gem. 

Dennis

Wow thank you Dennis. I really like taking on these older kits and seeing what I can do with them; there's no pressure because of their low value and at the end of the day if it all goes pear shaped I can have a go at something else without feeling guilty 

Missed this until now! Impressive beginnings to fixing this very basic kit!
RAGIII

Cheers RAGIII glad you like what's happening
(I know I check in regularly, but even so a thread draws my attention and I think 'How did I not see this earlier?' 

Paul

[DaddyO]

Right didn't get as much done this week as expected, but soon time to be actually building and painting 

First up all the flying surfaces have had the tapes added as well as some control horns etc

[DaddyO]

And having sanded the interior walls down I needed to add some detail to the cockpits. This is the collection of parts ready for a lick of paint and assembly.
Couple of Lewis drum racks and a seat for the gunner and although the pilots position will clearly be impossible to see I couldn't bring myself to not bother with it so a simple instrument panel and really nice resin wicker seat, fuel tank and Vickers have been added. I'll take an 'after' photo when it's all painted before closing up and it's never to be seen again. 

[djuggie]

Paul,

Very fine construction, nice and clean.  And due to your addition to the interior, I have sanded down my W29 and will be adding some extra work.  The FK-8 and the W-29 were released about the same time and the quality is very good.  Makes it easy to follow your example.  Sigh.  Me, "Mr. Simple Build", adding details that, like yours, will never see the light of day again.

Dennis

[WD]

Beautiful work! How did you do the rib tapes?

[DaddyO]

Paul,

Very fine construction, nice and clean.  And due to your addition to the interior, I have sanded down my W29 and will be adding some extra work.  The FK-8 and the W-29 were released about the same time and the quality is very good.  Makes it easy to follow your example.  Sigh.  Me, "Mr. Simple Build", adding details that, like yours, will never see the light of day again.

Dennis

 
Sorry matey, but at least on the W29 it's all easy to see so worth doing.

I've enjoyed every one of these Pegasus kits I've completed; the only difficulty is deciding which to do next 

Paul

[DaddyO]

Hooray started to get stuff painted 

Here's the scratchbuilt dash with some paint added. Soon to be fitted an never seen again so I thought it was worth a commemorative photo 

Paul

[WD]

Lovely instrument panel!

I'm still curious as to how you did your rib tapes.

Warren

[DaddyO]

Lovely instrument panel!

I'm still curious as to how you did your rib tapes.

Warren

Cheers Warren

Rib tapes are just scored with a scalpel. I use a flexible 6" rule and tape the wing over a plan on which I've extended the rib lines. Brand new no10a scalpel blade and a light score followed by a second one in the same place which raises a trough. Shift the rule fractionally and repeat then move to the next rib. A light sand afterwards gets rid of any that are too prominent. Rather too many coats of paint on this Roland (also Pegasus), but gives you the idea of how they look when finished.

Hope that helps
Paul