Vicker's High Flyer

[kitnut617]

pics !  we need pics     

[NARSES2]

When she's finished 

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Well she won't get finished in time for the G.B. but she will go to Telford so I've moved the thread here.

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Here's where she's up to

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Cut the vacform canopy out, only one provided, and now need to fit it and fair it in before getting some primer on her.

[TheChronicOne]

Bold! Vac canopies scare me to death. One little slip...   

Go for the gusto! This is looking badass. Bout damn time you stopped being a tease. 

[Tophe]

This was not easy, but the result up to here is good, congratulations!

[kerick]

Looking awesome! Can't wait to see more!

[NARSES2]

Looking awesome! Can't wait to see more!

I'm hoping to get the canopy on and settled latter this week, then she can be primed. So she is on schedule for Telford.

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Well the canopy is on, but she's just the merest fraction to small, which is not my cutting out as I cut just outside of the marked line.  Still it's only marginal so I've glued it 3/4 of the way around and filled the other side with PPP. Should be o.k. touch wood 

To be honest I toyed with the idea of fitting it with a "bubble" style canopy from the spares box (maybe from a Tempest or Mustang ?) rather than its current goldfish bowl style, but passed on that.

[PR19_Kit]

Maybe Vickers used the same goldfish bowl canopy on the 432 as they used on the two high altitude Wellington marks? That shape would make for a better stress distribution under the pressure from the cabin.

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Maybe Vickers used the same goldfish bowl canopy on the 432 as they used on the two high altitude Wellington marks? That shape would make for a better stress distribution under the pressure from the cabin.

It looks as though they did Kit. Would make sense, especially for a prototype.

[Weaver]

Nice one: it's looking good.

I've yet to attempt a full resin kit. I have several, but I keep looking at them, then looking at the pile of nice, easy injection kits and thinking "nah..."

[NARSES2]

I've yet to attempt a full resin kit. I have several, but I keep looking at them, then looking at the pile of nice, easy injection kits and thinking "nah..."

Strangely I find some manufacturers* resin kits to be quite relaxing. Some indeed are simpler and easier builds then a lot of injection moulded ones.

* Obviously not Unicraft . Some of the latter Magna kits are a nice intro. They are also quite "chunky" and take some handling unlike some producers where you only have to look at a part for it to snap in two 

[The Wooksta!]

My first full resin kit was the Airkit Spitfire F21 and one I still have fond memories for.  Revisiting it recently thanks to Bungle has been highly enjoyable.