Me and Frank...that 1/72 Carvair

[tor lives]

Looking very good Wal......clearly persistence pays off,
That big Boeing behind her is also coming along nicely.
TOR

[hrtpaul]

Seriously great work Wally. I could never do what you've done. I'm really liking the build so far

[Nillus]

Good heavens, you display great patience Wal.

[VH-WAL]

G'day chaps,
after my third application of Milliput and three days of sanding the saddleback problem is rectified and all the seams are now "sweet". There are a few minor flaws that will be rectified after I throw some primer on to make sure I dont miss anything. I have left the tailplane off for now, leaving that difficult fairing job for later as don't want to break it off while I am crow-barring and hammering the wing on.
As can be seen from the pictures, the wingroots on the fuselage are larger than the centre section hole in the Heller wing. I will not cut up the wing because I don't want to ruin in it in case this project goes sour.
I will be bracing the fuselage above and across the wing join, putting some kind of floor / spar structure to fasten the wing to then fill the gaps with balsa / plastic / milliput. You can see the nose is heavy...there is a ton of lead in it, I wanted to make sure it was not a tail sitter and I knew I had to add weight to the tail as unwanted side effect of bracing the tail.
I am starting to get a bit excited about this.

[tor lives]

Holy crap Wal!!!.....she is really coming along nicely, 10 out of 10 for perseverance and persistence!!!.
You are indeed a miracle worker "plastic surgeon".
TOR

[Nillus]

In honour of Wally, his awesome plastic surgery to make ugly things beautiful and his time in PER ATC...he should be called "The Doctor".
Entirely appropriate in my humble opinion.

[Adam the Akrodude]

I second Salty's comment.

Great work "Doc"!

[tor lives]

So do I now have to change his A/CAM user ID to "VH-DOC" ???
TOR

[hrtpaul]

Doc it is then

[VH-WAL]

no name change required, maybe just the avatar

Dunno about "Doc" I am reminded of that annoying modeller that called himself the "Professor"