TheFlyingDutchman Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 The cabin looks awesome with the seats!! I'm still looking for a way of producing about 30 1:48th seats for a DC-3. I've got the civil Monogram kit which has a cabin floor with seats moulded on it, but there aren't enough of them and they don't have the right shape and configuration for the aircraft I want to represent. Oh, and I'm not going to start about the print I have to paint on them http://www.dutchdakota.nl/imguser/product/...king_AFT_01.jpg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldHooker Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Outstanding progress, Euge!! It's great to see some real MODELING being done amidst all the promotional threads! Watching with interest! Take care, Frank Quote Link to post Share on other sites
72linerlover Posted March 19, 2010 Author Share Posted March 19, 2010 (edited) Thank you Jelle and Frank, for your comments. I have a little update regarding the cockpit windows. Since there were scratches in the plastic (not outside, nor inside), I removed the side windows and rebuilt them to be slid back positioned Cockpit test fit: no go! Lot of adjusting in front of me At this point I have to stop putting parts together and start drawing the artwork for the decals. Not so difficult except for the nose – loved and hated Alitalia pentagram livery. Regards Euge edited for typo Edited March 19, 2010 by 72linerlover Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheFlyingDutchman Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 How did you cut out the side windows out that neat? Transparent plastic is quite hard and brittle so when I try such a thing the glass shatters between my fingers <_< Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RCoulter52 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 How did you cut out the side windows out that neat? Transparent plastic is quite hard and brittle so when I try such a thing the glass shatters between my fingers :P Yes..... inquiring minds want to know! :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
72linerlover Posted March 20, 2010 Author Share Posted March 20, 2010 Hi Jelle and Randie. It's not that difficult. Your main weapon is patience. I start protecting the part with transparent tape – both sides. Than: - drill a 1 mm hole in the middle ow the window you are going to cut: hand drilling absolutely. - second pass with 2 mm - remove the tapes - use a round file and start milling, enlarging the hole - use various shaped files until you are satisfied. Of course this is applicable only if you throw away the cutouts. The windows you see in the pic are not the cutouts; they are made of thin transparent styrene. Regards Euge Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RCoulter52 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Thanks, Euge! :blink: I just bought another DC-6B..... still sealed..... in excellent condition..... $20.00! It is from an estate of a gentleman who recently passed away and his widow is having the owner of my Hobby Town sell off his kit collection. There are more but, John only had her bring in what he thought would sell. I told him to check and see what civilian aircraft kits there are adn I just may be interested in them all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
72linerlover Posted March 30, 2010 Author Share Posted March 30, 2010 Hi all. While attempting to start applying the strips on the model, I realized that it was impossible to get the correct shape without the cockpit installed. So I started gluing and reconstructing the frames. They still need some finishing. Once copied the traces on tape, I scanned it and put the resulting image as background of a cad drawing. If I had a 3D model of the fuselage, it would have been easier, so I tried that rough way. This is the result that I'll test in the next days. Regards Euge Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RCoulter52 Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Still plugging along, Euge! Been watching, waiting for an update!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Love the progress Euge, your skills are excellent across the board. Nice tips on cutting out the windows Quote Link to post Share on other sites
72linerlover Posted April 8, 2010 Author Share Posted April 8, 2010 Hallo. Little update today. I discovered that the main tire of the CL-215/415 waterbombers are the same size of the front one of the DC-7C. Also the hub is similar, so I made one mold of the external side and cast two. The halves are glued together and the thread is scribed. It needs some filling. Meanwhile, the wing is primed I am currently working on flaps and ailerons. Regards Euge Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zishelix Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 (edited) Excellent work, Euge! Well done (so far) Edited April 8, 2010 by zishelix Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldHooker Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 (edited) Outstanding Euge!! Hope some manufacturer picks up on it! Watching with interest, Take care, Frank Edited April 8, 2010 by oldHooker Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VADM Fangschleister Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Beautiful! That is superior work! What's really fun is that while I see it come together, I look at the photos and say, "Yeah, that's definitely a DC-7" By that I mean the work is so good that there's no mistake. Your work is inspiring! Fang Quote Link to post Share on other sites
72linerlover Posted April 9, 2010 Author Share Posted April 9, 2010 Thank you for your comments, guys. Hope some manufacturer picks up on it! It happened that some manufacturers made a kit, right when I finished converting or scratchbuilding a model. A long time ago Matchbox issued the G-91Y, Pioneer2 a Tucano and, more recently, some other a Blanik. Hopefully someone will make a 1/72 7C. So if you need a new subject, let me know: I'm sure that after I will have made, it will be issued, if this is my destiny. By that I mean the work is so good that there's no mistake. I have no doubt there are mistakes and hopefully someone of you will point them out when I'll be on time to recover. One I discovered is that the pax windows are too low (at least 1mm), but I noticed when it was too late and probably I wouldn't have corrected though. This will cause problems with the livery both in the cockpit and in the tailplane areas. Anyway, also this is modeling. Regards Euge Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 the cockpit is ouststanding. your seats are just superb and your casting is superexcellent.... fantastic work... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
72linerlover Posted April 18, 2010 Author Share Posted April 18, 2010 Hi all. In the last week I worked on the wing and moveable parts. From top to bottom: fully modified flaps with the internal added sections (in white) ailerons with trims tailplanes Master for main gear doors and vacuformed parts Test fit of the gear doors Gear doors test in opened position Thanks for watching Euge Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VADM Fangschleister Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Inspirational, Euge. This bird is really coming together. Love the idea of the vac-doors from a thickness standpoint. They look just as real as can be. Keep us posted! Fang Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fanakit Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Awesome job ! Ivan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RCoulter52 Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Looking great, Euge!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phatsamurai Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 wow , i really feel like an airline model underachever, that thing is great Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 Euge, The airliner is coming along nicely. The doors look so blooming real.. Way to GO!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
72linerlover Posted April 23, 2010 Author Share Posted April 23, 2010 Thank you mates, for the comments. That doors are so thin because they have to be completed inside with a boxed structure. I am investigating how they really are. As far as I know they were used as airbrakes too, so they need to be stronger as in the DC-6. Hope to be ready for some update next week. Regards Euge Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trpsarge Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 I'm blown away by this project. with some fantastic memories attached...why you may ask, because in 1984 I was involved in a group who took on the a slighter larger project..we took on the full size thing. The DC7C G-AOIE ex Schriener, ex B Cal, delivered to BOAC in 1956 was taken from the fire training ground dismantled and brough by road to Waterford..approx 80 miles and then began restoration. She was eventually finished in the B CAL scheme but due the Airport wanting the land back and corrosion setting in, no funs the first twenty feet or so was saved, the remained scrapped. It still exist in Dromrod Railway museum in County Leitrim in Ireland. I gave about 10 years with the group primarily involve working on the' 7' and learned about 'real aeroplanes' from there Seven Seas were possibly one of the most beautiful airliners of all time. to see one finished in 1/72 scale will be awesome. I've cheated a little as I went out today and Bought F Resins 7C in 1/144th scale..not usually my type of model but as it has both BOAC options I've got to have it. Haven't many photographs of the seven when restored , don't think of these things at the time but I do have some remember a lot of the finer details as once you've built the thing for real you don't forget. the earlier &C were delivered with a 55 seater configuartion with sleeper accommadation later reonfigure to 102. G- AOIE was used for Queen Elizabeths foreign tour in 1957 and was out of service as a result for most of that year.She was the only one that wasn't converted to a freighter eventually and thus ended up In Shannon in 1974 and lay there impounded due to non payment of landing fees. Keep up the great job..impressive doesn't even come near what you are doing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
72linerlover Posted April 23, 2010 Author Share Posted April 23, 2010 trpsarge, Your story is a "bitter-sweet symphony" as many are about liners of those years. Thanks for sharing. Thanks for your kind comments too. The F-Rsin 7C is a nice model; have fun with it! Regards Euge Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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