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Paula & Dan · Last edited by Paula & Dan on Fri 08 Feb 2008 09:47 am; edited 1 time in total

Progress of Brews' build will be reported here,

Paula
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Brews · Posted: Fri 16 Nov 2007 01:04 am Post subject:

I have a Little Nellie.
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farmroad38 · Posted: Fri 16 Nov 2007 08:09 am Post subject:

Brews · Posted: Fri 16 Nov 2007 17:02 pm Post subject:

It took me a little while to understand what you were talking about. I get those emails too, so they must know their target market pretty well!

Yes, I'll be doing it in the Bond scheme

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Brews · Posted: Fri 18 Jan 2008 00:18 am Post subject:

I'm in Edmonton for the next two nights. I'll be back home on Saturday, and will break open Little Nellie then. Incidentally, I picked up some other Airfix Helos recently, including the Lynx Mk 8, old boxing of the CH-53 (Desert One, anyone?) amongst others. I think I'll just stick to the Little Nellie for the time being, though.
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Brews · Posted: Mon 21 Jan 2008 16:19 pm Post subject:

I started by cementing my Sean Connery figure together. It fits together with little fuss - just a bit of pressure needed on the feet halves. I used MEK for glue.

Then, I put the fuselage nacelle halves together, and opened up holes for the machine guns. Again, the fit was ok. I didn't use any filler, but I used a bit of sandpaper. As the finish will be glossy / metallic, I will finish off the sanding with a coat of MEK.

The holes for the machine guns are a little out-of-whack. I used my Dremel to open them out a little more on the inside, so that the machine guns weren't "lazy-eyed". I'm still not sure whether they should be pointing upwards, as they seem to be ...

I think that the holes are not open at all, and guns are faired in quite tightly, like a Spitfire's cannon, so some filler will be needed. In retrospect, it might have been better to simply install barrels from the exterior.

On an aside, I was inspired to do a bit of research and construction on My CH 53. Unlike Gerry, I had no trouble with the plastic's ductility, and I am almost at the stage of closing up the fuselage halves.
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Ratch · Posted: Mon 21 Jan 2008 17:14 pm Post subject:

Brews · Posted: Mon 21 Jan 2008 18:29 pm Post subject:

Ratch · Posted: Mon 21 Jan 2008 19:03 pm Post subject:

I don't fancy replicating all those stickers

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Brews · Posted: Mon 21 Jan 2008 20:28 pm Post subject:

Put them all on one decal ..

No, they really shouldn't be there if you want Sean in the pilot seat.
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Brews · Posted: Thu 31 Jan 2008 06:34 am Post subject:

Here is my nacelle. Fitted, filled, sanded, polished, painted silver, masked with post-it notes and painted good old MI-6 RLM 04

farmroad38 · Posted: Thu 31 Jan 2008 08:15 am Post subject:

Excellent finish on the silver Brews!
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Ratch · Posted: Thu 31 Jan 2008 08:44 am Post subject:

Bruce, had you noticed that the location holes for the forward firing thingymabobs are missing

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Paula & Dan · Posted: Thu 31 Jan 2008 09:09 am Post subject:

That paint job looks fantastic!

Paula
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Brews · Posted: Thu 31 Jan 2008 16:55 pm Post subject:

Ratch · Posted: Thu 31 Jan 2008 19:10 pm Post subject:

I made that mistake

Paintwork looks good though

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Brews · Posted: Sun 02 Mar 2008 18:23 pm Post subject:

The 17th March is fast approaching, so I might make a bit of effort on this today.
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