Aerotech DH-88 Comet: Finished.

[hrtpaul]

Amamzing work Eric. Went and had a look at the 1/48 Heritage one again. Nup still can't afford it LOL

[Ericg]

Thanks boys. Ray, don't dilly daddle around when you have one in front of you next time mate, Blow some cash like AJ on a good day and you will have what you need. I asked my mate and he has said Not for sale, sorry!

My attention now turned to the rear of each cowl. It took me a while to find a period picture of the part that I wanted to modify, just to ensure that the pictures of the same area on the restored example did not lead me astray into modifying it wrongly. The kit has the cowls aft of the main wheel wells too fat... sort of like cankles on a fat chick. The real aircraft is far more streamlined and I thought that the modification would be justified. I carved the area with a knife and smoothed it with sanding sticks before blending it with wet and dry sandpaper. It improves the kit quite alot.

Resin dust..lovely stuff



Getting there





Here is the comparison between the kit and the modified cowl.







Another detail that was catching my eye on the 1930's aircraft was the small fairing just in front of the instrument coaming. As I intend to display the canopy open, I thought it would be good to include it. A small sliver of plastic card was fixed into position and then blended with mr surfacer,

Here is the original coaming. You will also notice that there are two very small pieces of plastic card at the top of each groove that the instrument panel sits in. The kit will have you inserting the panel so that it sits just outside the line of the coaming. My references of the 1930's aircraft indicate that it sits fully inside the line of the coaming so I plugged the holes. I also thinned the coaming lip.







Eric.

[tor lives]

Ray, don't dilly daddle around when you have one in front of you next time mate, Blow some cash like AJ on a good day and you will have what you need. I asked my mate and he has said Not for sale, sorry!Eric.

I hear ya!!! I kick myself eveyday that I missed out on the last one (the guy who got it bid $2.00 than my max bid.....ain't I just spewing!!!).
Thanks for asking your mate for me anyway bud...much appreciated.
TOR
PS: I wish I had the dollars to spend that AJ seems to have when it suits him

[Ericg]

$2!!!!! damn! how much did it end up going for? I paid $280 for mine delivered from Austria so they go for alot of money. Hopefully worth it. I have put out a `Looking for' on Large scale planes for you mate.

Not much of an update as I have been busy flying this little RC beast around, plus some work on a top secret project and of course the Meteor:



I almost shelved this Comet as the built up instrument panel has temporarily located itself in a concealed location of which I am not sure. I worked out that should it re-appear, then I will be able to fit it to the assembled kit so I pushed on with that expectation.

The kit cowls are a bit of a mess. The opening for the carby intake needs alot of work plus the cooling intake needed sorting as well. Glued together there is substantial gaps that need filling.



I sanded all of the detail off the cowl, and re-shaped the cooling intake.



A small tear drop shaped piece of Tamiya PLA paper, and some brass tube and it is looking alot more like the period photos.



From another angle. You can see that I have scribed a line from the leading edge of the wing to the nose cone as per references. This shot also shows to good effect the 3D look of the wing to fuselage fairing.



Its all together now and still has a long way to go to get it looking just right before the paint goes on. I have filled all of the engraved panel lines in preperation for the application of the fabric effects to the control surfaces and wing. Some other minor filling has occured to sort out some fit issues, but otherwise it isnt too bad.

[hrtpaul]

Mmmmmmm nice

[tor lives]

Geez....there is a lot more work in this thing than what I first imagined.
She is looking good though Capt Eric, I must admit to being captivated by this build.
TOR
PS: Love the RC model also....did you build her??

[Cap'n Wannabe]

Loving your work, Eric. And the RC model, too!

[tor lives]

$2!!!!! damn! how much did it end up going for? I paid $280 for mine delivered from Austria so they go for alot of money. Hopefully worth it. I have put out a `Looking for' on Large scale planes for you mate.

Eventually sold for 191 Pounds Sterling.....while getting nervous at spending that kind of money at the time of the auction, I now really regret not getting the model. Ahhh well..... ya win some ya lose some
TOR
PS: thanks for thinking of me on Large Scale Planes

[Adam the Akrodude]

Top notch work ol' boy! Don't know about you gallivanting about the skies with one of those "Hun" machines! Filthy Boche!

Hey, be a good sport and shoot down a couple of Real Estate drones while your at it - there's a good chap!

Great example of what it is to model resin kits - it can involve a lot of "whittling" - more like a wood work project! Hope you locate that instrument panel.

Cheers

Adam

[Ericg]

Ray,

I have read that Aerotech are looking at re-issuing the model. At the moment they are redoing the masters but I am not sure how far through it they are. It might pay to email them directly to enquire as to when. Hopefully some of the mods that I have completed on mine will be incorporated into it.

Eric