1/72 Liberator GR V......................................(Completed 22 Mar 2016)

[lastvautour]

My friend Mark's father flew an RAF Coastal Command Liberator GR V during WWII. He recently received some of his dad's memorabilia and found a photo of FL976 which will be the subject of this build. I will attempt to do two as one will be given to Mark as a gift once done. I hope to be completed by November 11th this year.

Drawings are scaled and glued to serial box for the making of the templates. In 1/72 scale the wings work out to 18.33 inches/46.56 cm. The wood has been selected and some templates drawn onto it.

Lou

PS I can move this topic over to the group build should anybody wish to do the Remembrance Day Build.

[lastvautour]

Block carved. The nacelles will be done as one piece for each aircraft and cut out length when needed.

Lou

[buccfan]

Good start Lou, Regards Paul J.

[lastvautour]

Thank you Paul. Progress is very slow these days.

Lou

[lastvautour]

Finally had a few minutes with the Liberator fuselages.

Lou

[lastvautour]

All major components are block carved. Contour carving has started on the left fuselage but the project will not be completed by year's end.

Lou

[lastvautour]

Progress is slow.

Lou

[buccfan]

Coming on Lou, regards Paul J.

[lastvautour]

Thank you Paul.

Lou

[lastvautour]

Wings are matched to the fuselage as well as the tail feathers. Next the nacelles and then lots of sanding.

Lou

[lastvautour]

Basic nacelle shape cut to size. Have yet to decided how to attach the nacelles to the wing.

Lou

[lastvautour]

The nacelle and wing are being mated. Found out that the front view shows a 12 mm thickness where the side view has only 10 mm (centered on inner nacelle location}. It makes a big difference when matting the nacelle to the wing. Back to the sanding block to reduce the thickness of the wing by 2 mm.

Lou

[lastvautour]

Progressing.

Lou

[Peter]

It's looking great Lou!

Peter

[lastvautour]

Thank you Peter.

Lou