Westland Lysander group build, various submissions

Started by John vd Biggelaar · 394 · 4 days ago
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    George R Blair Jr said 2 weeks, 3 days ago:

    Great work, John (@johnb). It is amazing how things slow to a crawl when you start detail painting and working with the small bits.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 weeks, 3 days ago:

    Excellent yellow, my friend @johnb!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 weeks, 2 days ago:

    @stephen-w-towle, thank you, Stephen. Let's hope this therapy helps to move in the right direction.

    @gblair, thanks a lot, George. The more details the longer it takes.

    @fiveten, thank you, Spiros.

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    Felix said 2 weeks, 2 days ago:

    John @johnb, i always have to spray yellow in multiple layers. Not an easy color. The spinner looks impeccable!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 weeks, 1 day ago:

    @fxrob, thanks a lot, Felix. I lost count of how many layers I applied on that spinner.

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    Felix said 2 weeks ago:

    When i was masking off the yellow tips on my Hurricane propeller, i thought of you 🙂 @johnb

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 weeks ago:

    Wings are attached. Once the glue has dried sufficiently, I will check if some putty is required to have a smooth joint with the fuselage.


    @fxrob, lol. Maybe I will mask those tips tomorrow.

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    Stephen W Towle said 2 weeks ago:

    Looking good John (@johnb) another milestone past. The cowling and the engine opening look smart. As does the masking on canopy.

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    George R Blair Jr said 2 weeks ago:

    I always marvel at the engineering of this plane, John (@johnb). It looks like the fuselage is attached to the wing using the canopy alone. I know that's not true, but it truly looks like the plane is held together with string and sealing wax. An exciting milestone to be sure.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 week, 6 days ago:

    Looking excellent, my friend @johnb!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 week, 6 days ago:

    @stephen-w-towle, thank you, Stephen.
    @gblair, thanks a lot, George. The way this construction looks does give you the idea that those wings will break easily.
    @fiveten, thank you, Spiros.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 week, 6 days ago:

    Started with pre-shading


    and after closing up the wheel covers, I did dry fit them to see how it looks.

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    Felix said 1 week, 6 days ago:

    Preshading is always an exciting point to me, John @johnb. That's when things get real. Really looking forward to seeing the camouflage applied!

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 week, 6 days ago:

    Excellent preshading and ditto overall looks so far, my friend @johnb!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 week, 5 days ago:

    @fxrob, @fiveten, thanks a lot.