The Wooksta's High Flying Birds - what a life

Wardukw · May 17, 2023, 02:15:57 AM

Lee ol mate I'm am now thinking of something a little more drastic

Still a engine conversion but more like a desperate attempt to get a plane into the air 😅

NARSES2 · May 17, 2023, 05:47:30 AM

Quote from: Wardukw on May 17, 2023, 02:15:57 AMLee ol mate I'm am now thinking of something a little more drastic
Still a engine conversion but more like a desperate attempt to get a plane into the air 😅

Don't forget that the "Re-engine it" GB starts on the 1st July and that you are one of the Moderators

Wardukw · May 17, 2023, 11:54:11 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on May 17, 2023, 05:47:30 AM
Quote from: Wardukw on May 17, 2023, 02:15:57 AMLee ol mate I'm am now thinking of something a little more drastic
Still a engine conversion but more like a desperate attempt to get a plane into the air 😅

Don't forget that the "Re-engine it" GB starts on the 1st July and that you are one of the Moderators

Well that works out just nicely then good sir 👍

Now the ideas of what this re-engined engine will be

The Wooksta! · May 18, 2023, 01:52:17 PM

Pipes sorted out, wings straightened, so back on. Need to sort out the fin before the tail planes go back on.

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And that is a 72nd Bf 109G-10 as a size comparator.

Rick Lowe · May 18, 2023, 10:01:48 PM

Yikes, she's a Big Girl, huh... looking forward to seeing where this goes.

The Wooksta! · September 11, 2024, 03:26:18 AM

The tailplanes went on and got knocked off so it was left to gather dust. Until last week when they went back on and it got some primer.

And filler. Can't forget the filler.

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Filler is sanded off and it's due for some paint at the weekend. Not looking forward to masking round those pipes.

PR19_Kit · September 11, 2024, 05:48:40 AM

Magic to see this monster on the way again.

B & V seemed to spend half their time RE-designing every one else's aeroplanes, didn't they?

NARSES2 · September 11, 2024, 06:08:45 AM

Fascinating design. Looking forward to the finished build

kerick · September 11, 2024, 11:15:08 AM

Yes, looking forward to more progress.

Wardukw · September 12, 2024, 12:19:52 AM

I still want one ..in 48th of course

Wonder how hard it would be to wiffy one up 🤔

The Wooksta! · September 26, 2024, 03:39:26 PM

The 76 is on and it's masked to spray the first of the two upper colours.
I'm a bit torn, as the instructions call for an 81/83 Dark Green combination, and indeed that's what was specified for the Bv 155B and C, I'm minded to go for an 82/83 combination as it's just a nice combination.

The Wooksta! · September 28, 2024, 08:57:21 AM

Ready to go once the primer I shot the starboard wing with has cured. A moulding issue that nigh on 30 years after I'd started the sodding thing I'd never fixed. Anyway sanded back and some dark colours should hide it. I've decided on the 81/83 combination.

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Paint should be going on soon.

NARSES2 · September 29, 2024, 12:14:33 AM

I like the look of that

The Wooksta! · October 15, 2024, 12:03:20 PM

Likely to get decalled this week, I've a spare set of Bv 155 markings to use. However, it's likely one a captured prototype - we captured the Blohm und Voss works at Hamburg - rather than something frontline.

The Wooksta! · October 19, 2024, 06:58:32 AM

The German markings are on and I've added a few fuel filler stencils, simply because they were there. RAF markings should be going on soon.