The hangar

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Ooooh, I likey!!


This is looking amazing already!! :smiling3:
 
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Just found this Rick. Great bit of imagination. That picture is quite something and fired a spark.
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It's funny how inspiration strikes when you least expect it Laurie. The photo captures a moment in time of the Royal Air Force and of a setting not usually scene by the public which are even rarer to see these days with the amount of contractorisation around. I always found the look of bewilderment on the faces of civvies when they visited AMF at RAF Kinloss and saw the Nimrods on jacks with engine out and panels missing.
 
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It's funny how inspiration strikes when you least expect it Laurie. The photo captures a moment in time of the Royal Air Force and of a setting not usually scene by the public which are even rarer to see these days with the amount of contractorisation around. I always found the look of bewilderment on the faces of civvies when they visited AMF at RAF Kinloss and saw the Nimrods on jacks with engine out and panels missing.
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Yes I like, when visiting a museum, where they have an aircraft in a corner carrying out a renovation work. I produced some time back a short film on the Mosquito. Amazing the number of very interesting photos around. The prize one was a hut where pensioners sitting around a table, chatting, were putting instruments and other bits and pieces together.


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I noticed that the down pipes I fitted to the upright girders didn't have retaining brackets so I took them off and made some from plastic strip - but I seem to have mislaid one!


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I wasn't happy with the hangar doors, the engraved lines were too deep, too wide and out of alignment so I ripped them off and made a new set. They're painted and ready to install. The floor is done too with yellow and white lines for demarcation and towing aids. Where the paint came up with the masking tape I touched these areas up to mimic repaired sections. The back wall paint has been touched up here and there too ready for a gloss coat to protect it while I do the upright girders. It needs a wash to pick out the brickwork.


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very nice detail work so far Rick,its looking good, ;)
 
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After a week or two of head scratching thinking of a way to replicate the back end of this gas turbine engine I had a eureka moment this afternoon when I found one of those birthday cake candle holders. A nice tapered shape and a little cone shaped spike are just the trick. I cut it down and glued it to an 8.5mm disc of plasticard ready to glue into the tail end when I've finished painting the rest of the engine (Vallejo gun grey for the base colour), the tail cone will go in last.


Now, do I fit the engine to an aircraft or have it in the corner of the hangar on an engine stand/trolley?


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Nice work Rick, looks great. It would be good to see on a stand.
 
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