Heller/Humbrol 1/72 Douglas DC-6B Super Cloudmaster

Started by John vd Biggelaar · 317 · 1 year ago · DC-6B, Heller
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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    @airbum, thank you, Erik.
    @chinesegeorge, thanks, George. I tried to keep it simple, and it worked.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Fuselage of the Cloudmaster is closed. Most areas did get together quite nice. Biggest work was on the nose, which still undergoes some corrections as you can see. The tabs, which I applied earlier, were quite helpful.

    In the background you can see that the wings are prepared as well. Dry fitting did however show that there are some large gaps at the wingroot.

    Evergreen strips, received from Erik @airbum, were very helpful to fill these gaps. I was positively surprised about the flexibility of this material. It was quite easy to let it follow the shape of the wings.

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    George R Blair Jr said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    This is really starting to look like a plane, John (@johnb). Good catch on the wing roots. That would have been a lot to fill with putty. It is also much stronger this way.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Great progress, my friend @johnb! Nice use of the Evergreen stuff!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    @gblair, @fiveten, thanks a lot. I'm really starting to like this material.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Most difficult part was close the nose part. Quite some tension force to get both halves together. Since clips and elastics did not work, Strong tape was used to hold the pieces together, myself holding the pieces together and my daughter applying the tape. Picture shows the nose after removing the tape, just a little bit of cleaning required.

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    George R Blair Jr said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Nose looks great, John (@johnb). It is great having an assistant when you need an extra hand or two. I always get nervous when I have to force pieces together and rely on the glue to hold it together. Hopefully you won't hear a loud "twang" in the middle of the night.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Nose looks great indeed, my friend @johnb!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    @gblair, thank you, George. Agree with your concern, I can only hope now that the 'twang' will not occur.
    @fiveten, thanks, Spiros.

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    Erik Gjørup said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Evergreen is indeed useful. Glad the nosesurgery came out OK with the help of the family @johnb. Fingers crossed that the TWANG kept away and the nose is intact still.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    @airbum, thank you, Erik. Fingers crossed.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Wings attached, with the evergreen in the wingroots, the fitting is not too bad. I will leave it like this for a while till the glues has dried sufficiently.
    She is really becoming a big girl now.

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    George Williams said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Looking great John @johnb, the Evergreen strip was the right way to go, and some practical help from family members is always useful, being colour blind I often have to ask for help.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    @chinesegeorge, thanks a lot, George.

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    George R Blair Jr said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    I love your jig to hold the wings in place, John (@johnb). Nice solution on this really big model.