discussion Richards Hurricane Airfix 1/72 GB build

[rtfoe]

Wabble,
That is a superb piece of the modellers art.

Thanks Scottie,
Perservierance to finish this when all seems lost is what is making me do this.

Cheers,
Wabble

 

[Steven000]

Great work on the canopy Wabble, looks the part have fun, cheers

 

[Jim R]

Just amazing Richard. Most of us would not even attempt something like this. You have actually done it

 

[rtfoe]

Great work on the canopy Wabble, looks the part have fun, cheers

Thanks Steven, it may look like a disaster that happens after every repair I make but I am having fun.

Cheers,
Wabble

 

[rtfoe]

Just amazing Richard. Most of us would not even attempt something like this. You have actually done it

Hi Jim, yes I have. No choice actually because it's for someone. I've learnt something about making room fo margins for errors. This is actually the second try on the top section as I had over cut and sand the part so it was too small. This time I was cautious and measured twice and sanded once everytime until it fit and left one section off to be parred and sanded flush to the angle of the two side panels.

Cheers,
Wabble

 

[rtfoe]

Only just super glued Cadburys foil wrapping on the back of the tiny rear view mirror. Here are the two tiniest scratches I've made...gun sight and the rear view mirror for the Hurricane. You can just see the gold backing on the rear of the mirror...
Just a comparison for size...
They will both be painted shortly.

Cheers,
Wabble

 

[minitnkr]

Excellent scratchery.

 

[scottie3158]

Excellent

 

[Jim R]

Great scratching on such a tiny scale.

 

[rtfoe]

Excellent scratchery.

Thanks Paul, had the pieces cut earlier but had to make a visit to the stationary shop for some superglue.

Cheers,
Wabble

 

[rtfoe]

Excellent

Thanks Paul II, tried a new brand of superglue called Sticko all written in Thai I think. Pretty good, able to adjust a little with good adhesion. It does fog quite a bit.

Cheers,
Wabble

 

[rtfoe]

Great scratching on such a tiny scale.

Thank you Jim, I'm afraid to sneeze.

Cheers,
Wabble

 

[rtfoe]

Hi,
The gun sight in its place...


Cheers,
Wabble

 

[scottie3158]

Great work Wabble

 

[yak face]

Brilliant work richard , the scratched screen looks excellent , cheers tony

 

[rtfoe]

Thanks Scottie and Tony,
I had a wonderful Christmas eve at the hospital emergency when I accidentally sliced off the tip of my third finger on the potatoe slicer. Hazards of cooking I suppose. Thought I needed stitches as there was a little bit of bone visible. X-rays were done, tetanus, pain relief injections were administered and the surgeon was called. Thankfully he was practical and said if I can live with an odd nail growth I won't need surgery(choterizing the bleed) as the tip would eventually grow back if a special dressing was applied to the wound to stop the bleeding. Testing the dressing for 10 minutes, the bleed did not show through the gauze.
Just as a precaution he set an appointment to see him this Thursday and should I bleed anytime in between yesterday and Thursday to come back immediately and he'll perform the surgery.
He wrapped my finger with the special dressing in two layers of gauze and compression bandages with instructions to remove the second dressing layer the next morning to check for bleeding and the first layer was dry and clean. No trace of blood or stains so I look forward to tomorrow's appointment to what's the next procedure.

Cheers,
Wabble

 

[Jim R]

Hope all goes ok Richard. Unfortunately that will curtail your modelling for a while.

 

[stillp]

Hope it heals well Richard. I sliced the top of a finger to the bone with a power planer aa few years ago, and it grew back but was very sensitive for about a year.
Pete

 

[yak face]

Ouch ! Been there done that richard . Thirty odd years ago took the top 3/4 inch off the same finger and went halfway through the pinkie . They flipped the top of the pinkie and sewed it back but the end of the third finger disappeared up the extractor , never to be seen again!
hopefully youll be back in action soon , speedy recovery and stay out of the kitchen in the mean time.

 

[Steven000]

Quite a potatoe slicer horror story Richard! Hope it will heal soon, thankfully those people at the hospital keep on working during the holidays Take care!