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Glencoe 1/59 de Havilland Venom FB.4, Fuerza Aérea Venezolana

Started by Spiros Pendedekas · 68 ≡ · ↻ 3 years ago · 1/59, de Havilland, de Havilland Aircraft Company 100 years, Fuerza Aérea Venezolana, Glencoe, Venom

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Manuel Magrinho said 4 years ago:

Nice job Spiros!
Will follow! Thanks for sharing
Spiros Pendedekas said 4 years ago:
I told you this is not for normal people...

Having decided to add FOD covers to cover the blant closed intakes, having nothing to loose, I carved them with a combination of microdrilling and with my excell hobby knife.
Here is the result:
1. Some drilling and carving work commenced...
And here's how the blant intakes look:

I am planning to paint matt black the innards and check how things will look...
Cheers DH100GB!
Spiros Pendedekas said 4 years ago:
Putting it together, cont.

I attached the wings, the booms, the central and tip tailplanes and the fins.
Fit varied frm bad to extremely challenging.
I used liquefied styrene allaround, as the gaps were enormous at cases. In fact to attach the wings and the booms, i used liquefied styrene as glue.
Here's how she looks:
1. Mmmmmm, nice looks!

2. Check those gaps!!
More to come!
Spiros Pendedekas said 4 years ago:
Moving on...

Wing tanks and ailerons fitted, initial excess material (!) removed:
1. Lovely Venom looks (better than the Vamp's.....or is it just me??)
Cheers!
Erik Gjørup said 4 years ago:

Great steps. Headed for good looks after all!
Spiros Pendedekas said 4 years ago:

Thanks my friend @airbum! A lot of carving (!), sanding and smoothing still to be done, in order to reach a passable result!
Greg Kittinger said 4 years ago:

My secret is to never reveal just what parts I pulled from the spares box, and what they originally belonged to! Nice work bringing this dog kit up to a more interesting level... I also like the Venom - I built an old Pioneer Sea Venom and agree that it just looks like it has more muscle than the Vampire.
Spiros Pendedekas said 4 years ago:

Thanks Greg @gkittinger!
A dog of a kit it really is...
Working on it is challenging, but not a bad experience at all!
George R Blair Jr said 4 years ago:

Glencoe kits can be a real challenge, but it looks like your scratchbuilding skills will beat this one into submission, Spiros (@fiveten). Looking forward to the paint and decals.
Spiros Pendedekas said 4 years ago:

Thanks George @gblair!
It IS a dog, the feeling of beating it can be very satisfying!
Our friend Allan @kalamazoo discovered a pic that portrays scratchbuilding in a nice way.
Here it is!

Now that's some pic!
George R Blair Jr said 4 years ago:

You're right, Spiros (@fiveten), that is some picture. I assume the model is scratchbuilt, rather than being an Eduard or Hasegawa?
Spiros Pendedekas said 4 years ago:

The model is definitely scratchbuilt, George @gblair, and looks absolutely gorgeous! (the plane, too... 🙂 )
Erik Gjørup said 4 years ago:

To quote a pair of happy people I follow elsewhere; "The beatings will continue untill morale is restored"

and the muse is very inspiring indeed!
Spiros Pendedekas said 4 years ago:

Final stages of the seemingly endless filling/sanding loop...

I rsorted on puttying the ailerons' borders, to be on par with the rest of the moving surfaces...

...waiting for the green stuff to dry...
Erik Gjørup said 4 years ago:

Glad to see you are still able to squeeze a few drops of green from the tube! Somehow it will be missed when it is gone, even if I never had any myself 🙂