Hobbycraft 1:32 Scale Nieuport 17- Capt W.A. "Billy" Bishop V.C.

[lcarroll]

Thank you Des, your endorsement means a great deal.
Cheers,
Lance

[jknaus]

Looks fantastic Lance. Beautiful work.
James

[lcarroll]

Thanks for looking James and for your positive comments!
Cheers,
Lance

[RAGIII]

Outstanding progress Lance! The cowling is shaping up nicely and that instrument is amazing!
RAGIII

[lcarroll]

  Thanks Rick, I much appreciate your positive feedback. I said the Photo Etched bezel was from Aeroclub however when putting the fret back into it's parts box realised it was from an Eduard 1:32 fret I'd picked up years ago. They are top quality parts as you can see.
Cheers,
Lance

[pepperman42]

Found your gauge in my coffee........great work on the cockpit "Pinger"

Steve

[Monty]

I really, really like that instrument face... Your detail improvements to the kit and specifically the Mastercasters resin is very valuable... Thanks and Regards,
Marc

[lone modeller]

Just found your instrument panel Lance. Would you make one for me in 1/72 scale please? I am gobsmacked that you were able to make that even with a transfer…. That is modelling of the highest order. The rest of the model is coming on well too - am waiting to see the results of the painting - when the outside will look as realistic as the inside.

Stephen.

[lcarroll]

Steve, Marc and Stephen,
    Thanks for looking and for your comments, they are very much appreciated!
    Steve, I think I may have bought this Kit from you a few years back, so I'm not surprised the instrument travelled east. I you are still working Pearson Ground coffee must be a critical requirement, hope it wasn't spoiled!
Cheers,
Lance

[lcarroll]

    I got a bit more accomplished yesterday and today, nothing major but progress none the less.
    Before closing up the fuselage I realised that I hadn't installed the lower portion of the aileron push rods; these were added using stretched sprue and she was now ready for closing up. The photo shows the rod, attached to the horizontal bellcrank on the control stick's left side extending upwards to disappear under the decking. The upper portion will be installed externally once the top wing is mounted.



    The cockpit module was then installed into the left half of the fuselage and, once cured, the fuselage was closed using CA and clamping the right sidewalls together over night.



   All of the fuselage seams were then filled with thick CA, sanded, refilled and then after sanding given several coats of Tamiya Grey Surface Primer, a final sanding, and are ready for the overall priming.





     Last, I scratched a panel to close up the exhaust channel using lead shrink seal salvaged from a Single Malt Scotch bottle, it worked nearly as well as my favourite whiskey! This was CA'ed into place, sanded slightly to clean it up and is ready for priming as well.







   Next, some serious work attaching the lower wings and then overall priming and painting.
Cheers,
Lance

[TobyCoulson]

A nice use of the whisky inspired material. Also I wish I'd thought of your solution to fitting the side walls of the cockpit. Very impressed so far with what you've done.

[Juan]

Great job thus far and interesting use of materials.  Love how its coming along.

[lcarroll]

Thank you, Toby and Juan. The combination of CA on the resin of the sidewall and the clamping pressure did not go 100% well, the top frame member ending up a bit distorted so it had to be trimmed and cleaned up a bit.  Some careful paint touch ups should complete the fix.
Cheers,
Lance

[gedmundson]

Very nice  Single Malt Scotch, eh? I need to go shopping...
Cheers,
Gary

[RAGIII]

Looking absolutely great Lance! Your work on the channel is outstanding!
RAGIII