Sailorman

More progress. Yesterday I built up a small plasticard "box" to serve as a container for the lead weight. I built this behind the cockpit bulkhead. Once the bits of lead were inside I pured in some resin to bind them all together and thus ensure they won't move around. Now I'll glue a plasticard lid to secure everything. I'll double check that I've put enough lead in before I glue the fuselage together. I've also painted some areas that might be visible later on in the build using matt black.

You can actually use the camera to help you when building. Take photos and zoom in on your pc. You'll see all the areas you need to fix. I do that .....especially with my ship models

Today I weighted the noses of both kits and painted the inside areas that will be visible with Matt Black. I've also started the tedious process of scribing new panel lines since the ones on this kit are raised. So nice to have recessed panel lines in the new kits! These are the Tristar tailplanes with their new scribed lines ready for sanding and cleaning up and then assembly.

I will be using Revell Gloss white No 70 for the upper fuselage. I will apply it using an airbrush.

Hi Chris. Yes we have a new site with all the whistles and bells. Much better than the old one though it needs a bit of fine tuning. You'll get used to it in no time but if you have any questions just ask.

First step is gluing in all the open doors and hatches. The Tristar has 12 of them. Leaving them open would mean scratch building the interior which I am not really interested indoing! thankfully the DC10 doesn't have any open doors. Less filling and sanding. Gone are the days when I used to love having opening parts ....! Once that is done I will assemble the planes using masking tape so as to determine the amount of lead I need to pack into the noses to ensure they don't end up as tail sitters. That will allow me to glue the fuselages together. Once this preparatory work is done I can get started on scribing the panel lines. Will post pictures as I go along.

Now that I've completed my scratchbuilt 1:600 SS Windsor Castle (see image below) ,it's time for something a bit easier. I've pulled these two beauties out of my stash and will be tackling them together. Amazing how similar the planes were to each other!

Nice to see you back here Heather!

60 years ago I watched as someone was given an Airfix "Evening Star" as a present. I was green with envy! I came across one a short while ago and built it last month. It was actually a lovely little kit.

I'm referring to the blue banner saying off-topic ..................... It seems I removed it from our forum but may have inadvertantly removed it for all!

Ratch, I have an option to delete the off topic post ...... I think! Would that work and would it delete it on all the fora? What do you think?

You get a list of forums on the right hand side and buy clicking on the word AIRFIX at the top of the list you uncheck all the different forums. If you then check the one you want you will get just that one.

Actually, It appears there is a 15 minute deadline for editing. It makes sense because if you go back to edit over and over again the thread ends up not making sense.

I'm not yet sure how it works here ....but on sites you are only able to edit until the next person posts. The minute the next post goes in you are unable to edit. I need to find out whether that is the case here.

Marto don't you see these dots?

All looks fine to me Jeff. A very interesting build. Keep the posts coming.

Click on the little 3 dots at the top right of your post and you will find the buttons you want there.

Don't try to paint 5 individual stripes on each wing. Paint one whole white section the full width of the striped area and then mask off the 3 white bands and paint the two black ones.

Nice build

Ratch, I sent you a couple of messages yesterday.

I can see two in your post of around an hour ago. It shows 2 photos of Jamaica. One is a Starboard aerial view and the other a stern view