An observer looks at the model, saying "Crikey, look at all those rivets!" He puts his glasses on for closer inspection, "Dang, they all fell out". 😮

Yes it really does look like a dragonfly. With all those riveted segments I would be tempted to painting like a dragonfly, even subtly.

Under 50 posts!? What's up with ya man? It's a b e a u tiful dragonfly. What's with all the negative vibes? You could write heaps about it.

I can see lots of bits laying loose on your bench. Hope 'Keeper' is keeping an eye on things, You know it cannot be blamed if 'keeper' is not in sight. 🙂

She will rise, like a phoenix from the ashes, like Botticelli's Aphrodite new born on the shore, as Ursula Andress walking from the sea in a white bikini. Wait, I am trying to bring this build home in under 50...

No malaise, Paul, just a little frustration. I'd had to sand so much of the fuselage that when I attached the landing gear the glue ate the remaining plastic and I had to build a jig internally to hold it in place. The rotors were so warped that i had to heat them and put them in a splint, the windows wouldn't fit, the engine air intakes are a) the wrong shape, b) the wrong size. and c) just completely wrong. There is no detail at all, and at one point today I seriously thought of scrapping this build (after I had dropped the canopy and it broke into it's original two halves. Lots of frustration.

But. We learn from adversity. Adventures in creative sanding. How to exercise patience. Problem solving. Building resilience and leaning into problems. An having Keeper look after the small bits (haven't lost a thing since he's been on the team).

So, I AM doing this in 50 posts, I will get some paint on her at the weekend, and she will do to the Ball. Or, at least the Headlines for Paul's Group Build.

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LOL...David @dirtylittlefokker, that last line had me in stitches! You need to be careful with those needles, given your talent for oopsies, it could be costly!

David (@dirtylittlefokker)

"– patience IS a virtue.

– don’t make sudden moves around a wasp.

– if you think you are being slow and careful, slow down and be more careful."

Couldn't agree more!
Sadly I'll never learn all those things in this lifetime (even if Patience was probably the main lesson I came here to learn this time!) ...
Well, there's plenty of reincarnations to restart the process in the future, so maybe next time... 🙂

Last night I tried to advance a little with my 1931 R-R, but I was watching "Master and Commander" at the same time, which obviously resulted in gluing a couple of transparent pieces a little bit off place, hence the hood wouldn't fit properly... well, an error always has consequences, it's like a cascade...
I went to bed thinking about how would I try to fix that today, and was imagining some catastrophic scenarios...
But fortunatelly today I was able to unglue both pieces very easily, and then glue them again at the right location...
Guess luck is an invisible companion that shows up when we least expect it!... 😉

Cheers!

Dolf

Reading an article in a recent Aeroplane issue, the model here is in its own way as bad as the original. "Fly in it, I wouldn't walk beneath it!" said one pilot. It flew horridly, was unreliable, and unlamented when it left service.

It's the only helicopter that had to have armor plate installed behind the pilot to protect him when the forward engine would explode.

So now you know, you have an "accurate" model of this contraption. 🙂

Well, something of a breakthrough in the ‘mojo’ department; actually spent some time at the bench. Between grandfatherhood, ‘Brexit’ driving work to breaking point, the joys of Christmas preparation, and settling into a new home, I found time to get back to the joys of plastic.

Painted the rotors, got the camouflage colours mixed and blended the soft edges of the scheme together (needs some finessing when the paint sets properly).

And now it’s friday evening, the Christmas lights are on, the kids are back from school, and I’m a modeller again.

Happy Christmas preparations.