Hello everyone.

Finally got around to starting my 1/32 WNW Bristol Fighter. Nothing to report so far except that as usual this kit has been a pleasure to build so far.. I haven't got to the rigging yet..



One difference with this kit and 99% of others i have built is that I have done no airbrushing yet.. all brushing so far.

Cheers

Great start Warren, good to see you with us with such an excellent choice of build.

Thanks Keith. Lets hope I can do the kit justice. I am trying to build the WNW kits in the order they were released. This was number 4.

As Keith said, great start! keep the photos coming.
RAGIII

Go Warren Go !

Like the others , nice to see you taking part in the GB

OK.. I am going!! Thanks for the encouragement guys and the lovely Terri.





Sorry for the blurriness.. I will have to learn a bit more about depth of field with my camera I think..

Only problem I have had was with the rear PE curtain. I should have annealed it first I suppose. Something for the memory as it would have been much easier to shape methinks..

I have gone about as far as I can with my Bf110 until the brass barrels arrive from Aeroscale for my build review, so I can now concentrate on this kit and my 1/350 Saratoga. Might even start another one for the times when the other two are drying.. I find I can leave the kits for days if necessary for paint and delicate build parts to totally dry using this method of multiple kit builds.

More piccies as I do more..

Great stuff so far.

Dunno how some guys can have several builds going at once. Would that mean the the pile of clutter on my bench would be 3 feet high instead of the normal 1 foot I would be afraid my Bristol would have 15" guns and a twin tail.

Hi Warren:

Looking good so far. Looking forward to more.

Best

Mark

Thanks guys.

Marc, I have always got at least two builds going so there is always something to do on one of them.

I was trying to encourage some of my friends to take up the hobby and used your post here as an example of modeling expertise...you da man

Thanks heaps Dave. One day I might be good..

Anyway, here are some more photos of the progress of the Brisfit...


The seat belts fought me for a little while as the WNW instructions are not very clear in this area. But I finally figured out that the little tabs on the ends of the attachment buckles went into some small holes in the cockpit framing.
The cockpit assembly itself slid into the fuselage without much fuss. Only had to clamp the bottom of the cockpit in place in the fuselage while it dried flush.


Here is the Rolls-Royce Falcon V12 engine in all its lightly oiled glory. I cheated and brushpainted on the airbrush-only Testors metaliser brass colour as it is the best brass colour I have at the moment. Aluminium is Testors Chrome Silver, and the rest of the colours are as stipulated in the instructions.

Does anyone know if any paint company has released PC-10 yet?

Cheers
Warren

The Brisfit enters the spray booth for its upper colour...

Hi all. As you can see the Brisfit has got a bit further. The lower surfaces have already been painted in their Natural Linen colour and this was the Bristol all masked up and ready to be painted in PC-10.. olive green to most of us..

I used Gunze 78 on this one. All went on in the typical lovely Gunze fashion and it has been curing for 24 hours now.

Next up is the decals then I will glue all the struts and tiny turnbuckles in place.

More progress later.

Getting that 1st bit of paint down is always a nice milestone in the build. Looking forward to seeing the results.

Greetings from Downunder.

Well another day and a bit more progress on the Brisfit. I previously sprayed the undersides with Tamiya XF-55 to replicate the natural linen finish. I have now applied the upper surface colour using Gunze H78 in their aqueous range.

I will give it until tomorrow to dry, mask it up and apply the gray to the parts of the fuselage that need it.

Hi Warren – checked this build thread just now – Looking very good indeed – I'll follow your progress with great interest.

Mikael

Thanks Mikael.

Some more progress...

Hmmm.. that PC10 between the wing and aileron will need touching up..

Wouldn't it be nice to be rich enough to donate an aircraft to an air-force in todays money..
Decals are on and will be clear-coated tomorrow after having a chance to dry thoroughly. I now have to wait for my turn buckles to arrive as I do not have enough to do the kite with the few I have left, so please excuse a lack of progress for a few days..

Hi Warren:

This is really turning out nicely Warren. I like the presentation markings, quite a concept for the time. Looking forward to more.

Best

Mark

Thanks Mark.

I will only be doing little things for the next few days like wheels, prop etc until the turnbuckles get here from England.

Looks great with decals on.

Darbhanga #5? Is the a men fragrance

It sounds like it doesn't it Marc..

I finally taught myself how to make my own eyelets for the rigging so will be getting back to the Brisfit soon.

Some more progress!!

I was going to use the RB Productions photo-etch flying wires and brackets but I then found out that I needed four different sorts for this one aircraft. I only have one sort here and don't have 24 GBP to buy three more sets.. so it is back to good ole invisible thread, that I make visible with a paint marker.

I made all my own eyelets for this one as well. Easy when you know how!

Struts in. I touched up between the aileron and the wing after taking this shot.

Just a few threads..

Not to hard when you get used to it, but it is easy to mix wires up.

I am not sure if you can actually notice mush difference with the aerodynamic wires, but maybe one of the Pup's will get that treatment. It is not hard to do, just needed more than I had, and I want to finish this plane sooner than later..

Cheers

But if we didn't know how, would you take the time to show us the way?

Your doing a fine job, bye the way. Guy

Thanks Guy.

Just say the word and I will generate an article on how I do it.. Only need a few simple tools and some wire. But it is very fiddly...

On another note, I just went to use the 2BA Aero wires I have at home but the fret says they are 4BA wires?! Looks like I got the wrong fret. Have sent an email and it will be interesting to see what happens.

So no aero wires for this build. I am too impatient to finish it to wait for the other wires.

Cheers
Warren

Hi All.
I started rigging the beasty today and am learning rapidy. I am using monofilament that I colour with one of my ancient Tamiya Paint Pens that never seems to run out, XF-56 variety.
I started with the aileron control wires today.


This new camera shows it all warts and all!! I am using brass tube to simulate the turnbuckles.
One thing I would advise is that anytime you are going to be rigging a plane make sure you drill all the holes you need before assembly. I forgot quite a few in the tail area and it has been very tricky to get them done. SOme I couldn't do and had to use another method to attach the runs to the control horns. Of course they would have to use double wires for each aileron run wouldn't they. Just to make it more interesting.
More progress pics if I make any tomorrow. I have a long drive out to inspect a flight simulator.

Hi All.
Imagine my surprise when I walked into the Museum of Aviation and what is sitting in one corner, a Bristol F2b!! I got very excited until I got up close and personal and worked out it was a replica. But I still took a heap of photos of it as about the only thing I could pick that wasn't exactly like the original was that they has used metal on the fuselage rather than fabric. Fair enough as it required far less maintenance.
It was built for a series called '1000 Skies' or something similar.
For a list of other aircraft go here.
There is also about ten Caribous and a Nomad sitting in open storage outside the museum. I spotted a few I had worked on back in the early 1980s while I was at 38SQN in Richmond.
Well worth the drive and just $5 entry fee.