Author Topic: Downed Vickers Type 56 Victoria (former BSC 2017 entry) (Read 20851 times)

Hammers · « **Reply #105 on:** April 20, 2018, 12:22:22 PM »

Quote from: Rich H on April 20, 2018, 12:16:59 PM

swiss beading/graving/graining tool is what you need:

And where is a man to find such marvelous tools?

Rich H · « **Reply #106 on:** April 20, 2018, 12:30:16 PM »

Pretty sure mine came from here:

https://www.cousinsuk.com/product/grainers-sets

Hammers · « **Reply #107 on:** April 20, 2018, 12:41:23 PM »

Quote from: Rich H on April 20, 2018, 12:30:16 PM

Pretty sure mine came from here:

https://www.cousinsuk.com/product/grainers-sets

Thank you!

Johnnytodd · « **Reply #108 on:** April 20, 2018, 01:38:34 PM »

Thanks for the tip Rich! I've been struggling with making buttons in green stuff until now. Here is a source on this side of the Atlantic:
https://www.gesswein.com/c-356-beading-tools.aspx

...and Hammers, the plane progress is impressive

Hammers · « **Reply #109 on:** April 27, 2018, 09:42:59 AM »

Some more wonderful images of the Valentina:

More here:

Linky

Mason · « **Reply #110 on:** April 27, 2018, 10:58:02 PM »

Really glad to see this fascinating project continue, sir.

Wonderful tip off with that aluminium malarkey.
I shall have to remember that one.

Hammers · « **Reply #111 on:** April 28, 2018, 08:46:45 AM »

Quote from: Mason on April 27, 2018, 10:58:02 PM

Really glad to see this fascinating project continue, sir.

Wonderful tip off with that aluminium malarkey.
I shall have to remember that one.

Thank you. Biplanes are tricky. To get all the struts, supports and wires in place I had to invent a system of braces to keep the wings in place while i messed with them. It is not so bad in this image, I had at one point six screws fixating the fuselage and wings to the base, making the whole thing look like a very complicated fracture. But it worked! All the struts and crisscrossing wires are now in place.

Andym · « **Reply #112 on:** April 28, 2018, 09:16:35 AM »

I always love your builds, mate!

I can’t rwmember ever seeing a table or a game in progress with all your stuff on it before now!

Rich H · « **Reply #113 on:** April 28, 2018, 09:45:23 AM »

Cool!

Helen · « **Reply #114 on:** April 28, 2018, 10:14:01 PM »

Looking great Peder.

OSHIROmodels · « **Reply #115 on:** April 28, 2018, 10:17:44 PM »

Very nifty

Hammers · « **Reply #116 on:** May 02, 2018, 01:34:03 PM »

A bit of interior detail.

This is why crashed, burnt out vehicles are difficult to model. Even if you short cuts (which you have to) there's a lot of innards to consider to make the thing look realistic enough. The above are supposed to be bits from the interior structure of the fuselage.

Rich H · « **Reply #117 on:** May 05, 2018, 08:33:34 AM »

Hammers · « **Reply #118 on:** May 08, 2018, 08:42:27 AM »

Taking my cue from by these photo...

Supermarine Walrus after a less successful landing

Valentina crumpled by a sandstorm, probably in Iraq in the 1930s

...I've started to tear up the hull of my own model. I applied an outer section of tape, its edges protruding over the torn off edges and cautiously ripped them.

The dynamics of broken material is not all that easy to mimic but I am fairly satisfied so far. I will do some more work on wheels, propeller and wires as I fastened the fuselage and wings onto the base.

And here is a proportions/closeup image of the "string bag" malarkey so typical of a 1930s double decker.

Neither this is 100% authentic, as there are even more wires going back and forth between wings and struts. It is fiddly business, though, so this set up is just some approximation, trying to make it look good.

OSHIROmodels · « **Reply #119 on:** May 08, 2018, 08:45:08 AM »

Most excellent

Seems a shame to paint it.

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