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Paula & Dan · Last edited by Paula & Dan on Fri 08 Feb 2008 09:48 am; edited 1 time in total

Progress of arni's build will be recorded here.

Paula
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arni · Posted: Thu 15 Nov 2007 22:21 pm Post subject:

I bought a Boeing Vertol107-11 at telford so i shall be building this.
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arni · Posted: Sun 20 Jan 2008 12:50 pm Post subject:

This is what i am doing,there is very little flash on the parts.Looks good

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gerry · Posted: Sun 20 Jan 2008 13:16 pm Post subject:

As I recall, it's another Airfix rivet king and in this case, early company quirk or not, a rub with the wet and dry will probably not go amiss!

dancho · Posted: Sun 20 Jan 2008 14:30 pm Post subject:

I was just asked NOT to remove the rivets on mine!

Surely, gentlemen, consistency...

Loll · Posted: Sun 20 Jan 2008 14:38 pm Post subject:

You don't need to open this one , you can feel the rivets through the box. .............

Nice box-art
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gerry · Posted: Sun 20 Jan 2008 15:25 pm Post subject:

Consistency - why? One man's rivet is another man's happy hours of sanding. I would recommend removing the rivets on the Belvedere as well. Do you really want it to end up looking like mine - with rivets that make it look like an outbreak of warts on a silver condom? I have tried to upload a photo of mine (Belvedere), but for some reason, the upload has failed. Probably just as well since it isn't a pretty picture.

Richard M · Posted: Sun 20 Jan 2008 16:31 pm Post subject:

My front door was sticking so I used the Belvedere to file about a cm off the bottom, door opens great now - still a lot of rivets left on the Belvedere though

Nice to see so many twin rotors being built, this one looks like a chopped down version - presumably to fit on a ship?
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Loll · Posted: Sun 20 Jan 2008 16:56 pm Post subject:

arni · Posted: Sun 20 Jan 2008 17:30 pm Post subject:

Enough rivets here to start a Frog factory,Hmmmm that's an idea...

I assembled the cockpit area into the starboard side of the fusalage and fitted the air intakes into each side,piccies will follow.

As for the rivets...
Might try shaving with them...
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gerry · Posted: Sun 20 Jan 2008 18:08 pm Post subject:

Do be careful with the sharp blade if removing the rivets. It would be so easy to slice off one of the rotors, leaving your machine with a permanent high pitched angle of incidence.

arni · Posted: Sun 20 Jan 2008 18:25 pm Post subject:

arni · Posted: Thu 24 Jan 2008 22:30 pm Post subject:

Progress is slow at the moment,after reading some of the previous posts i was tempted to sand the rivets off-easy.It was the thought of scribing new lines on that put me off that idea-I just knew that if I attempted rescribing the fusalage Mr Murphy would strike....
So I shall give them a light sanding only.

The cockpit floor will need some plastic card to fill the gaps,I might do a cargo bed floor.When i get the chance..
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arni · Posted: Wed 30 Jan 2008 20:49 pm Post subject:

I have painted the fusalage inners with H102.

And fitted the side doors,here i found the same problem as Fluff75 i.e. a rather large gap between the starboard side upper and lower doors.
The next stage will be to correct the door and to fit the side glazing.
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arni · Posted: Sun 10 Feb 2008 17:16 pm Post subject:

The fusalage is now assembled,the door gap I solved by shaving a whisker off the lower door portion (I knew those rivets would come in handy..) Then I fitted a bit of plastic card and trimmed it flush.
The fusalage has recieved two coats of H30 green,the cockpit canopy has been dipped in Klear.
The rotors have been assembled too.

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arni · Posted: Sat 23 Feb 2008 18:31 pm Post subject:

I have made some more progress on my Vertol today,I was a bit daunted about masking and painting the orange panels,it seems to have gone well enough though,so far I have brushed two coats of H82 and I think one more coat will suffice.

I have fitted the cockpit canopy,there a few gaps to deal with (not too bad..) I will use white glue here.
Also I have painted some decal sheet in H30 and will attempt the cockpit framing with this..

P.S. I am not sure if the orange should be matt or gloss?
If it is gloss I can go over it..
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feanor · Posted: Sat 23 Feb 2008 18:55 pm Post subject:

Ayup Nige...

Does this help? this is from Bolton...

Mind you, it IS red and not orange i suppose...
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Loll · Posted: Sat 23 Feb 2008 19:01 pm Post subject:

kitnut617 · Posted: Sat 23 Feb 2008 19:07 pm Post subject:

Nooo! you got to do like this

http://www.abbotsfordairshow.com/history/timeline/ch113-1977.jpg
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arni · Posted: Sat 23 Feb 2008 19:41 pm Post subject:

Thanks,Stu,Loll and Kitnuts617.
I will probably go for a lightly used version,perhaps after the third coat I will drybrush H18 onto it.
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