Project Pye

tc2324 · October 09, 2012, 02:34:50 PM

Forgive me whiffers, for I have sinned. It has been at 3 months since my last kitbash........, so it`s back to the madness......

This build is for the What If GB over on BM.

Here are the kits.......

..... this is as far as I have got....

..... ok, it`s not very far. $:-\$

Now then, whats going where??

Martin H · October 09, 2012, 02:55:37 PM

hmm this should be interesting to say the least

tc2324 · October 10, 2012, 05:46:47 AM

Ok, so I have cut out the bits I needed from the Canberra wings, namely the engines and I`ll now look forward to the hours of sanding down.

Here`s a concept picture of the engines in place......

..... and some of you will notice that this looks a lot like the Lanc jet testbed from days of old......

Well this was always going to be the basis for my build, but thats where it now ends and I will be changing areas of the fuselage.

The premise of this design is a pressurised high altitude tactical heavy bomber. (Think Tallboys).

NARSES2 · October 10, 2012, 07:05:29 AM

Oh I do like the way this is going

The Wooksta! · October 10, 2012, 09:08:18 AM

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,23413.0

tc2324 · October 10, 2012, 11:30:15 AM

Great looking Lanc Wooksta,

There`s only one design aspect both builds will share and it`s coming from the Canberra donor...

Captain Canada · October 10, 2012, 02:19:23 PM

Beauty ! Keep it coming !

tc2324 · October 13, 2012, 06:51:58 AM

Had a bit of whiffers block on this one as the design and the way this was all going together in my head didn`t seem to work `in the flesh` once I started dry fitting areas together. So the best course of action was to put it down, have a rethink and get a few weird looks from the wife and kids as I sat in the dining room staring at the pieces.

Anyways, I now have a clear path I`m going to follow so the `surgery` has began.

As you can see, as less `perspex` is going into this design as possible with both ends being solid. I felt that as this aircraft was going to fly into enemy airspace as high and as fast as possible, defensive weapons would be deleted.

Steel Penguin · October 13, 2012, 07:34:44 AM

is that peice above the body going to be used? it looks alfully like the blue stel bay door for a vulcan to me. if it is im evan more interested.

Mr.Creak · October 13, 2012, 10:04:03 AM

Quote from: Steel Penguin on October 13, 2012, 07:34:44 AMis that peice above the body going to be used? it looks alfully like the blue stel bay door for a vulcan to me.

Exactly what I thought.
Presumably:

Quotepressurised high altitude tactical heavy bomber. (Think Tallboys).

This is getting yummier by the minute...

tc2324 · October 14, 2012, 01:36:03 AM

One of the areas that was causing a bit of a drama was how I was going to intergrate the engines into the wings. Well..., I couldn`t. It would have been to risky cutting int the Lanc`s wings for it to go wrong. So as part of the rethink I went for hanging the BAEU`s under the wings on small pylons. Problem solved.

This in turn meant filling the holes in the side of the units so out came a couple of drop tanks from a Hunter and again, job done.

Since the photo was taken, filler has been applied and it will be at least 24 hours before I can go back to work on them.

I also removed the `V` shape fittings for the outer engines on the wings as the positioning of the jets will be midwing.

tc2324 · October 16, 2012, 03:11:42 PM

Finally got the BAEU`s more or less the shape I want them, just need to attach the pylon`s and add a bit more detail like the odd intake duct here and there, and then they are done and I can start scratch building this aircraft `special` weapon. The engines incorporate parts from a Canberra, Hunter and Meteor so you can`t argue that they are British built......

Also started on the cockpit section, but to be honest with what I have planned, your really not going to see much of it so this will probably be as far as I go with this.

tc2324 · October 17, 2012, 02:38:08 PM

So going through the spares box tonight to find two decent solid engine pylons, I came up with zilch.

Then a sprue from the Airfix Vulcan caught my eye. It will need a little bit of re-shapeing, but I think it will work.

The other task tonight was cutting up the Frog Canberra and I somehow have to fit it into the Lanc`s front section. I feel a bit of a headache coming on......

The Wooksta! · October 18, 2012, 04:03:33 AM

Do what I did with the Alston. Take a piece of balsa sheet, cut it to size and drop in place before sanding it to profile and then cut out the coaming. Either way, you've a lot of sanding.

tc2324 · October 20, 2012, 12:58:43 AM

Quote from: The Wooksta! on October 18, 2012, 04:03:33 AM
Do what I did with the Alston. Take a piece of balsa sheet, cut it to size and drop in place before sanding it to profile and then cut out the coaming. Either way, you've a lot of sanding.

Cheers for the tip Wooksta.

Not sure my woodworking skills are up to that so as you can see below, I went with what I know.

A rather `messy` picture of the new cockpit area as I add bits of plastic to rebuild the area so a less filler is used as possible.

Also had to readjust the pilots seat so it was a little higher and a bit more central.