Handley Page HP.80N Victomic - Finished Pics Page 19.

Captain Canada · August 09, 2020, 06:04:34 AM

Nice work !

zenrat · August 09, 2020, 06:42:42 AM

Thanks folks.

I masked the canopy today (not to do so wold be tempting fate as I will be waving sandpaper near it) and glued the tail onto the fuselage, Glazing pattern is going to be different to the standard Victor with larger windows.
I also started putting the undercarriage together.
I hav hit a delay with the second wing. I must have got a bit carried away and used too much glue as it's a bit soft in the join between the two halves. It'll harden, but it'll need more time.

zenrat · August 13, 2020, 03:29:55 AM

Primer on a wing today. Annoyingly previously sanded off raised detail is ghosting back into existence.

PR19_Kit · August 13, 2020, 04:40:41 AM

....add more primer....

zenrat · August 13, 2020, 05:10:19 AM

I plan to. But a light sand first...

zenrat · August 20, 2020, 03:29:47 AM

More sanding. Switched to 1000 grade and then decided more putty is needed in a number of places.
Getting close though.

NARSES2 · August 20, 2020, 06:19:04 AM

Quote from: zenrat on August 20, 2020, 03:29:47 AM

Getting close though.

To what though that is the question

Tophe · August 20, 2020, 11:32:05 AM

Quote from: zenrat on August 06, 2020, 04:08:54 AM
Progress phot.

The surprising shape of the fin on this Victor, I did not remember it. And I have tried that on a F-16 at https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=39083.195
Thanks!

zenrat · August 21, 2020, 03:25:49 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on August 20, 2020, 06:19:04 AM
Quote from: zenrat on August 20, 2020, 03:29:47 AM

Getting close though.

To what though that is the question

To the edge.

PR19_Kit · August 21, 2020, 04:08:28 AM

You're ALWAYS on the modelling edge Fred.

NARSES2 · August 21, 2020, 06:19:36 AM

Quote from: zenrat on August 21, 2020, 03:25:49 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on August 20, 2020, 06:19:04 AM
Quote from: zenrat on August 20, 2020, 03:29:47 AM

Getting close though.

To what though that is the question

To the edge.

Well you chose to live "Down under". We stopped sending people there aeon's ago

nighthunter · August 21, 2020, 08:20:49 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on August 21, 2020, 06:19:36 AM
Quote from: zenrat on August 21, 2020, 03:25:49 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on August 20, 2020, 06:19:04 AM
Quote from: zenrat on August 20, 2020, 03:29:47 AM

Getting close though.

To what though that is the question

To the edge.

Well you chose to live "Down under". We stopped sending people there aeon's ago

Except on holiday, lol! And that's by their choice. You lot also stopped sending people to the colonies after we rebelled, and gained our independence, lol!

zenrat · August 22, 2020, 05:34:15 AM

I was actually referencing this.

Roger Dean's artwork for Closer to the Edge.

More sanding today. And more primer.

The Wooksta! · August 22, 2020, 07:38:06 AM

And that situation will continue. I doubt there's an end to that sodding odyssey with the Matchbox Victor...

zenrat · August 23, 2020, 02:19:06 AM

Well, i'm calling the sanding of the wings done. Tops look presentable and undersides are good enough for Post Office work.
Fuselage needs a touch of attention around the canopy but that can be done when I fill and sand the gaping chasms that Matchbox/Revell's poor excuse for parts fit will leave at the wing roots.
I was all set to glue a wing in place when I remembered that before I do that I have to paint and attach the intake turbine plates (I modified their fittings so I can do this from the wing root ends - OOB you have to fit them when you close the wings up) and attach the heat sinks I have added above the engines (which fit from inside).