1/48 BAT FK26 Commenced 31DEC 21 Completed 12 SEP 22

[Gearup]

The hollow interior will certainly add some depth to the model. Following with interest.
Fraser

[Boomerang]

Thank you Lou and Fraser.

Some progress.

Cleaned up interior. Have made a front and rear former plus a floor for the cabin. With that fitted and closed up it looks ok.

Not going to do interior. Will score the door outline when time comes.

Have made up a "basic" cockpit. Floor ,seat and yoke.

Seat from balsa 1/2 circle with some "grounding/earthing " mesh to simulate a"wicker" seat. A bit of copper wire for the frame.

Acrylic paint to give the wicker impression. Yoke from .4mm ply and copper wire.

Bit more work and then I can close it up.

Started on Undercarriage.


Cheers

Gordon

[Boomerang]

  Fuselage has been joined and given a couple of coats of white primer.

Need to add the channel for the engine controls from the cockpit over the cabin.

Pushing on slowly

Gordon

[Boomerang]

BAT FK26 so far......

Gordon

[lastvautour]

Looks fantastic Gordon.

Lou

[Gearup]

The open cockpit at the aft end really gives a good scale to the fuselage. It must have been like driving a locomotive from that vantage point looking over such a long cowling.

Fraser

[Boomerang]

I guess it would have been.
I read somewhere that the idea was that in the event of a crash the pilot had a better chance of survival and therefore give a knowledgeable
Account of what went wrong.

Starting to work on the undercarriage.

Cheers

Gordon

[Boomerang]

Starting to look like an aeroplane.

Looks a bit rough at the moment.

Lots of BlueTak holding things together.

Gordon

[lastvautour]

Awesome propeller Gordon. Looking good.

Lou

[Gearup]

 "pilot had a better chance of survival and therefore give a knowledgeable Account of what went wrong."

early version of a DVDR I suppose 

GFraser

[Boomerang]

 
I guess it was.

Thank you Lou.

Knocked up the exhausts out of 1.5mm brass rod and solder. The brackets along the fuselage I will use flattened copper wire.
Need to make up the radiators and attempt some embossing for the BAT sign that was on the cowling below the exhausts.
Wings are done.
Enjoying it so far.

Cheers
Gordon

[Boomerang]

Exhausts done. Radiators done. Oil cooler done. Holes in wings for undercarriage done.

More work required on Undercarriage.

Onwards.

Gordon

[Boomerang]

Lots of fiddly bits done.

Two wind driven pumps on top engine done with a core of .4mm ply and faced with balsa. Propeller from black take away coffee cup plastic.

All horns have been done from .4mm ply with a smear of superglue either side.

Cockpit coaming added. Template for windscreen cutout.

Undercarriage needs to adjusted .

Fuel filler cap added to top wing. Cap added to top of cowling. Cut from bamboo skewer.

The exhaust pipes have a bell shape on the ends. used some PVA impregnated paper . Seemed to work.

Wing struts in progress.

Cheers

Gordon

[lastvautour]

Great job to date Gordon.

Lou

[Boomerang]

Thank you Lou. Pushing on slowly .

Gordon