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Dom Smith F7F-3 Tigercat
Martian replied to Martian's topic in Building from Traditional Kits and Plans
After much fiddling I have more or less got the 2nd nacelle about right ,next thing is battery support and motor mount followed by joining the port side wing sections together .anyway here are a couple of pics. Here's hoping I can make is look halfway decent. -
that looks gorgeous Nick
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Dom Smith F7F-3 Tigercat
Martian replied to Martian's topic in Building from Traditional Kits and Plans
yes Chris the scale outlines are supposedly very accurate -
Dom Smith F7F-3 Tigercat
Martian replied to Martian's topic in Building from Traditional Kits and Plans
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Dom Smith F7F-3 Tigercat
Martian replied to Martian's topic in Building from Traditional Kits and Plans
Hi Chris I think there is little doubt that your Tigercat is a Giant Scale Twin here is a https://giantscaletwins.com/f-7-f-tigercat -
Dom Smith F7F-3 Tigercat
Martian replied to Martian's topic in Building from Traditional Kits and Plans
I will do some more searching Chris -
Dom Smith F7F-3 Tigercat
Martian replied to Martian's topic in Building from Traditional Kits and Plans
these are pics form an earlier time that I don't think I posted. Also at one stage in the distant past I opted to make the wing as one piece . first 2 pics are of the cowl made as described earlier but now covered in very thin ali sheet which will be painted and maybe distressed a little ,visible is the lipo access hatch that will be on top. -
Dom Smith F7F-3 Tigercat
Martian replied to Martian's topic in Building from Traditional Kits and Plans
Right I'm still fighting with nacelle 2 having forgotten how I did nacelle 1. the former plans don't match up but I decided to fit them then make adjustments after (butcher) it's getting there but it does not look pretty I can only hope judicious sanding and careful covering will hide the work 😞 anyway here are some pics to date -
tony nijhuis Nijhuis Lancaster 1/9 scale
Martian replied to cymaz's topic in Build Blogs and Kit Reviews
just read through all this log am enjoying ,my wife said are you still reading the same thing 🙂 -
yes
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less curry should help. The Mossie sounds exciting
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Dom Smith F7F-3 Tigercat
Martian replied to Martian's topic in Building from Traditional Kits and Plans
Oh dear another year has passed 😞 but at least I have finally put other distractions aside and am currently working on the other nacelle which is a real pig I had forgotten the formers do not work out correctly so I am modifying as I build not entirely happy with it however it will be strong enough and once sanded down hopefully will look ok. I will post a pic or 2 some time next week -
absolutely stunning work
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certainly produces an excellent result in Byron's hands I can well imagine it is difficult to work with at 30cm, one slip and it would be ruined
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that is gorgeous ,what is the covering ?
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love the detail Nick , by the way you can get really thin alli sheet that is easy to work with thinner than pop can
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lovely neat work as always Nick
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first class
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Dom Smith F7F-3 Tigercat
Martian replied to Martian's topic in Building from Traditional Kits and Plans
no sadly , I hit a bit of a roadblock mojo went but am still going to complete thanks for asking