Avro 504k

Carpo · 10 February 2005, 10:41 PM

When too much Australian Flying Corps is Barely Enough!
This is the Blue Max Avro done up as F2241
of No. 8 (Training) Squadron, Australian Flying Corps.

It is 99 percent done - I am just working on some acetate windscreens.

Anyone else working on this kit?
Carpo

Ross_Moorhouse · 10 February 2005, 10:49 PM

Well done mate.

I want one now. I know Snowy Mountains has them.... Love to convert it to a night fighter single seater.

http://www.smmodels.com/

Tom Cleaver's build at http://www.modelingmadness.com/whatsnew.htm

Carpo · 11 February 2005, 01:46 AM

I had a read of this guys build - freaky! I used a prop from Roden's Strutter too - however I used the other prop in the kit.
Hope he is not too miffed when someone tells him his rudder stripes are in the wrong order.... (does that constitute rivet counting???)
I haven't put a white stripe around the number in the blue of the rudder on mine - the photo I have of this aircraft has a very light blue (so it seems) and it is hard to see if an outline was there (or necessary) I wonder how light this blue really was......
Carpo

Brad Cancian · 11 February 2005, 03:22 AM

Go the AFC stuff I say!! Another super top class effort Carpo, your ability and attention to detail never ceases to amaze me.

I have plans to build a 1/72 scale 504k in 8SQN markings eventually, I just have to find a good rigging material to use in 1/72. Do you have any shots of the interior? What was the kit like to build (I have never built a Blue Max kit)?

Superb!

BC (hack modeller)

StephenLawson · 11 February 2005, 05:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carpo

When too much Australian Flying Corps is Barely Enough!
This is the Blue Max Avro done up as F2241 of No. 8 (Training) Squadron, Australian Flying Corps. It is 99 percent done - I am just working on some acetate windscreens. Anyone else working on this kit? Carpo

Carpo; Very nicely done sir! How about some details on your build and what other things you did differently? People are forever interested in rigging systems.

edmondthieffry · 11 February 2005, 06:55 AM

Greetings Carpo,

Very nice and clean built. Your rigging is very well done also.

What do you use for rigging and how made you the double flying wires ?

Best regards from Belgium

Philippe

edmondthieffry · 11 February 2005, 07:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brad Cancian

Go the AFC stuff I say!! Another super top class effort Carpo, your ability and attention to detail never ceases to amaze me.

I have plans to build a 1/72 scale 504k in 8SQN markings eventually, I just have to find a good rigging material to use in 1/72. Do you have any shots of the interior? What was the kit like to build (I have never built a Blue Max kit)?

Superb!

BC (hack modeller)

Greetings Brad,

Actually, I work on a 504 K in Belgian markings in 1/72th. To make this, I have to use two old Airfix kits because the kit fuselage is wrong (too short and the cockpit openings are not in the right place. Lot of fun on this .

To rig my models, I use 0.065 mm and 0.08 mm nylon fishing lines colored with a black permanent felt pen.

Hope this is a little help.

Best regards from Belgium

Philippe

John Masters · 11 February 2005, 12:21 PM

Very pretty Carpo. Yes, do you use a jig for the double wires? All I do is build and try to build more slowly these days. Lovely job, once again.

JDC

Carpo · 11 February 2005, 03:30 PM

Hi all -
Rigging is with monofilament nylon for static lines and flight controls are rigged in elastic - this stuff is about 2 thou thick. It would be good for 1/72 as a little stretching makes it thinner. (Brad - I'll bring some to work)
for the double wires, I just drill the holes in pairs - no jig. I have seen these double wires done with the little anti-chafing strips (eg on the SE5a) I would love to know what people use for these.

I don't have any interior shots - I tried them but everything came out black.
I am usually pretty basic with interiors - and just about all you can see is the seats and instrument panels. I wish I painted the inside of the fuselage at the firewall black - this can be seen if you look throught the fwd seat - I will have to do some careful work with a small paint brush to fix this up.
Carpo