Taylorcraft Auster MkIII, converted Airfix 1/72 MkVI. RHAF 1948.
Nose shape had to be corrected, yellow line from side drawing compared with the kit part.
Corrected
Landing gear mede from brass rod.
Tail gear made from steel wire.
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...
Top part removed using a scriber
Masking tape used to mark the patern.
The new part made from evergreen .005 transparent sheet attached and glued with Mr Cement lemonine glue.
Area masked, tamiya polyester putty used to blend the area
After painting with alclad. Aluminun colored decal used for the framing.
Kommentare
27 25 August 2020, 23:59
Gary KitchenGreat 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 KitchenCan 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
Elias KorompilisThanks 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
Łukasz GlińskiBrilliant, who would think this old set of sprues can look that good after all? 👍
26 August 2020, 19:30
Elias KorompilisThe model had a mistake I decided to fix. More about that at the photo captions.
Thanks for looking 🙂
27 November 2022, 22:34
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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 🙂
