Taylorcraft Auster MkIII, converted Airfix 1/72 MkVI. RHAF 1948.

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Nose shape had to be corrected, yellow line from side drawing compared with the kit part.
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Corrected
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Landing gear mede from brass rod.
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Tail gear made from steel wire.
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This is how the finnished model looked. Thanks to my friend Alex (Alex K-Grelicks)) and his advice Ι realized my home made transparent part had the wrong (for a mark III) bulbous top part. But how the top transparet part of a tiny completed model can be replaced without destroying it? 🙂 an interesting chalenge...
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Top part removed using a scriber
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Masking tape used to mark the patern.
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The new part made from evergreen .005 transparent sheet attached and glued with Mr Cement lemonine glue.
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Area masked, tamiya polyester putty used to blend the area
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After painting with alclad. Aluminun colored decal used for the framing.
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Kommentare

27 25 August 2020, 23:59

Mike Grant
Very nice work on that oldie 👍

26 August 2020, 00:35

Alex K
A masterly done cutie! 👍 👍

26 August 2020, 13:17

Gary Kitchen
Great build Elias. I have an AZ Auster III For my Zumbach collection and this excellent build will be a great Source of inspiration.

26 August 2020, 13:41

Gary Kitchen
Can I ask what the block is doing in photo8. Is it holding the vacuform so you can mask and paint before cutting?

26 August 2020, 13:42

Dave Flitton
Massive work that turned out to be a nice gem

26 August 2020, 15:46

Elias Korompilis
Thanks everybody!
@ Gary Kitchen: no, it is the next step right after photo 5, the transparency is heated and pressed against the home made mold made from miliput and plasticard. Old fashioned "press forming". Had to do it because the MkVI canopy is different to the MkIII, and the thin part was necessary so the frame structure could fit inside.
The doors are made from the same material, .005in transparent evergreen sheet. Canopy framing is aluminum color decal cut to strips.

26 August 2020, 16:16

Gary Kitchen
👍 thanks Elias- top skills.

26 August 2020, 19:15

Łukasz Gliński
Brilliant, who would think this old set of sprues can look that good after all? 👍

26 August 2020, 19:30

Elias Korompilis
The model had a mistake I decided to fix. More about that at the photo captions.
Thanks for looking 🙂

27 November 2022, 22:34

Alex K
Είσαι άπαιχτος!!!!

27 November 2022, 22:38

Dimitri Sambanis
Συμφωνώ!!!

28 November 2022, 10:49

Bernd Grün
Impressive build, Elias. I'll take a seat. 👌

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The Airfix Auster MkVI mold, back from 1957 is a very basic kit by today's standards. I always wanted to built a Greek MkIII, and I had the -wrong- idea that converting a MkVI to a MkIII was a simple task 🙂

Taylorcraft Auster MkIII, converted MkVI

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