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Old 1 December 2008, 12:42 PM   #121 (permalink)
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After a cursing soldering week-end at a modelling fair, with many start-overs (and two burnt fingers), here is the only Vickers I will build. The Felixstowe was equipped with Levis MGs

For the exhibition I presented my workbench like this. Many delighted people enjoyed looking inside the model through the magnifyers

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The finished Vickers, devoid of paint, as a set of 15 parts soldered "with love" (= many expletives)
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Old 2 December 2008, 02:45 AM   #122 (permalink)
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That Vickers is a work of art!
I have the 1/48 Part Vickers set. Lets hope I can do as well with the larger scale as you have with the smaller.

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Old 4 December 2008, 12:37 PM   #123 (permalink)
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What the heck can these small brass parts be for ?
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I intend to replace the MG struts with home-made brass parts.
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Old 4 December 2008, 01:07 PM   #124 (permalink)
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Wow!
My first impression was that the material here is over scale, but then I realised just how small it all is.

Wow!

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Old 4 December 2008, 03:35 PM   #125 (permalink)
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This man is nuts!

Just joking !

Fantastic work! I look forward to seeing your progress every day!
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Old 4 December 2008, 03:37 PM   #126 (permalink)
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Thumbs up The detail on the Machine gun is insane...
Incredible work keep it up ..
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Old 8 December 2008, 12:12 PM   #127 (permalink)
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This weekend was for assembling (i.e. soldering) the new gun struts. I built also one of the six Lewis MGs, from original Roden parts and PE from PART.
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Two 0.15mm holes received the PE parts. I glued the ammo box with CA.
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All three weapons side-by-side
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The Lewis on its strut aboard the Felixstowe.
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I need to weather the parts a little.
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Old 9 December 2008, 08:34 AM   #128 (permalink)
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Superb craftsmanship and finesse. And you have not been slow in reaching this stage of production either.

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Old 9 December 2008, 12:43 PM   #129 (permalink)
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I glued both MG struts, after having weathered them somewhat to show a rusty wear from salt water.

Then I sliced open the two slots (right above the struts) where the control cables will exit the body.

The upper body part is than taped to check everything.
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Old 18 December 2008, 09:16 AM   #130 (permalink)
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First Day Off

Here is what I try to replicate. The fuel pumps.
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Soldering is not going to be easy...
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A real porcupine nest!
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The result: the front side...
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... and rear side.
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I nearly forgot: everything is scratch-built, except the propellers, which are PART parts.
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