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Greg Baker
After a quick study of Uwe's album… here we go!

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat!

Alex K
So do I!

Uwe Kaeding
Go for it Greg - not much room for wiring though! I also thought you'd go for one of the AVI/LF styrene kits.

Greg Baker
If I hadn't got excited and spent $35 on this kit 5 years ago after seeing your build, I probably would've gone with the styrene - they do look really good. Oh, well, we work with what we've got...

Of course... that's only until I figure out that the correct version of the Puss Moth is the Mk. V and not the Mk. XIV and then I can't unsee the problems... 🙂

Greg Baker
As for the wiring, I've drilled out the engine cowling to create enough room to slot in the DC motor. It's VERY tight and I was very careful not to breach the surface. I haven't tested it yet, but I think I was able to get close enough. The small DC motors always have such a small shaft, which can be helpful but sometimes creates a challenge. I'll run two thin wires out and then hide them behind a small, scratchbuilt control panel. Then under the styrene floor and down through a hole in the underside of the fuselage. I'll have to put a resistor on it in the base, otherwise the motor will likely spin this little plan apart. 🙂

Живко Джаков
This is interesting! I'm following. I have a question. How do you connect the motor to the propeller?

Greg Baker
Because I can't quite get the DC motor out of the engine cowling due to the size, I'll have to add a styrene rod to the propellor and then have it go into the cowling. To attach it to the motor itself, I'll likely drill a small hole (about the same diameter as the DC motor shaft) into the short styrene rod and then fit it to the motor shaft with a tiny bit of CA glue (making sure not to get the glue INTO the motor itself). Then I'll glue to styrene rod to the propellor. It'll be tricky to keep everything centred, otherwise the spin will be off. I'll take lots of pictures to show the process... if it works. 😉

Живко Джаков
I am asking about the centering. I have some experience with DC motors. I have several similar ones collected from children's toys, but I dare not try.

Finn
Joining

Greg Baker
Centering... well now... usually what I do is drill a hole as close to the centre as I can manage it... then I drill a little bit this way... then a little bit that way... then I slice the rod until I get a bit that is arguably in the centre...

Then I ignore the wobble. 🙂

Thomas Espe
👀

Greg Baker
Alright. Some progress. I have out some of the cockpit to make room for the extra windows. I was as eloquent as Uwe, so I covered my mistakes up with some thin sheet polystyrene. Put in some wires to reinforce the wings, and got the propeller spinning. So far so good, I think.

Matthew A
Cor

Cuajete
I can't miss this!

Greg Baker
Wings attached and engine mounted.

Casey Beckett
OOH. An Omega kit - I have one of their BN Islanders - Watching this one.

Greg Baker
Got the fuselage more or less put together and painted the interior. Next up will be fitting in the windows… if I'm not back in a day or two, notify the authorities. 😉

Живко Джаков
If I have to report you missing to North Shore Rescue it will be easy.

Cuajete
The frame of those windows seems very fragile being resin. You have great skill, Greg!

Greg Baker
Thanks Cuajete - the resin is quite tricky to work with and I had to add in some extra windows, so it was a bit touch and go. I did copy Uwe's idea to use some wire supports to both hold the wings on and provide some structural stability. The only problem is that I put one of them in the wrong spot and had to cut it out to remove and replace it.

Skyhiker
I made it just in time.

Greg Baker
After an enormous amount of fiddling, I finally got the windows in place and Tintin, Snowy, and the medical kit seated. Now I can start to close it up. Thanks god.

Erik De Smet
Nice project again. A resin kit is always tricky and the tiny parts fragile, especially the u\c. Luckily this one will be flying. btw , Greg, do you mind making the propeller spinning in the opposite direction, so that it pushes itself in place ? I did it on some of my models, it is hardly visible . The main advantage is that you don't need to glue the propeller to the motor axle with ca, just a little bit of tacky paste inside the propeller tube will be enough.

bughunter
Greg is building an Omega resin bird 👍 I have some in my stash - in 1:48 as usual - but have not started one until now.

Greg Baker
You're right, Erik. I replaced almost the entire upper canopy framing with polystyrene and wire. I had to add some windows to this kit and wanted some consistency in the thickness of the frame. It was tricky to get everything glued in place, but I got it done more or less to my satisfaction. I'm hesitant to add the u/c elements because they seem rather fragile, but you're also right that it being in-flight will help a lot.

Greg Baker
I'm intrigued by the opposite spinning propellor idea. I can see where that might make things easier. Hmmmm...

Lode Schildermans
I'm in

Nicolas
Missed this one. Joining the fun.

Greg Baker
You haven't missed much... I had to redo much of the canopy... updated photos coming soon~

Lode Schildermans
I'll take a seat as well 🙂

Greg Baker
And... we're back. As I mentioned, the canopy basically fell apart while trying to install the windows, but it seems to be stable now. I also added a small tail wheel (as in the reference image) that I scavenged from the spares box. Next up, paint it pink and fix any issues that reveals. 🙂

Spanjaard
I will seat next to Lode 🙂

Cuajete
Great, Greg! 👍

gorby
Nice work on what looks like a challenging kit.

Moreno Baruffini
Wow, very nice work 👍🏻

Greg Baker
The first of my "back to school" photo album updates. This was a really challenging kit to build. I'm not sure how Uwe did such a great job on his version... The canopy/wing spar almost defeated me. The clear parts are a lot less clear than I would've liked, but at least you can tell who's flying the plane, right?

Cuajete
Great job for this hard kit, Greg. Good paint finish. Definitely much better with the wire crossbars and can see perfectly who is inside 👍
Congrats!

bughunter
You finished this kit to a nice looking miniature diorama 👍
The Omega resin kits seems to be not that easy. I have some in my stash - one day in future I will try one.

Greg Baker
Thanks guys! I can honestly say, the Omega resin kit left a lot to be desired. It might have gone together more easily if I hadn't carved out a larger cockpit area and added the cross bars. That really set me back a lot. Also, the surface in many areas (especially the wings) was not particularly clean. Defects in the mould made for odd blobs and scratches that needed to be sanded or filled to the best of my abilities.

Greg Baker
Just to show the propellor in action:

Youtube Video

Cuajete
Great, Greg! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Great job indeed, Greg!

Spanjaard
awesome!

Nathan Dempsey
Nice display. Such a rare bird too!

CaptGPF
Always love your TinTin dioramas!

Lorraine Lin
So cute!

Nils Steyaert
impressive as always 👍

Greg Baker
Thanks everyone!

gorby
Excellent result Greg!

Neuling
So nice .......... 👍

Moreno Baruffini
Bellissimo!

Matthew A
Good job you waited till you had figures before you built this. It would have been a nightmare taking it apart to add them. 🐻 Congrats on how it turned out.

Thomas Wirsching
great build so far, curious how it will look after painting

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Kirill K.
Nice work!

Neuling
Very well done. An up to date build.

Guy Rump
Very impressive build. 👍

Marcin Terlikowski
rare but intetestinh theme. Following...

Guillaume Blanchet
Thanks Marcin! It is also a very interesting build process. the model being resin only I have to only use crazy glue. It is a new learning curve 🙂

Nathan Dempsey
Interesting subject. Following 👀

Guillaume Blanchet
I'm patching the cracks in between the part (there is many) with Super glue. Take forever but it make for a very sturdy join. Even once sanded.

Timmie
Ineresting subject and build (being all resin) following

Guillaume Blanchet
Thanks Timmie! One last pass of putty & I'll be ready to do the rivets and start painting this beauty.

Mark Sherwood
Nice looking camo' scheme Guillaume. Good looking build on a rare Luftwaffe subject.

Guillaume Blanchet
Thank you Mark. This kit is as challenging (to me) as it is original. Weathering is done , next steps will be the landing gear assembly and the antenna and propeller installation.

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Guillaume Blanchet
Thank Guy, I got to finish the kit this week by adding the antenna radio wire. I'm happy with the result although there the resin seem to have reacted with the paint. There was some stains that seeped trough the paint.

Guy Rump
Beautiful build Guillaume, congrats! 👍

AndreasK
Nice work so far. I will follow 😊

John
Thanks Andreas, welcome to the show (hopefully more a comedy than a horror show).

J35J
Great work on progress, taking a chair 👍🏻

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Doubtingmango
Beautiful "low effort"😂

John
Thanks Doubtingmango. 👍 I guess "low effort" is relative, lol. I really am trying to not have things on the "shelf of doom" and complete a kit before I start another, but the point at which I say "good enuf" and move on is a moving target some days...

Doubtingmango
I get it John. I still remember the first time I forced myself to use EVERY piece of photo etch from an Eduard detail kit. I now look at the detail kits as "suggested" modifications…

Mark Sherwood
Lufferly' I've got to do an A20 sometime.

Guy Rump
Very impressive build, congrats! 👍

AndreasK
Turned out really nicely. It was worth your patience 😊

Ekki
Following

Finn
Me too

Guy Rump
Me as well. 👍

DerMattes
Following as well.

Glynn Jacobs
VERY nice work!

Cristian A
Excellent project, watching. The Argentine Étendard aircraft were effective in causing significant damage during the Falklands/Malvinas conflict.

Michael Kohl
Following

Duster_d
Modeling is enough for today. I'll continue tomorrow.

Martin
Looks very promising!

Duster_d
And, in conclusion, a short video about French "Etandards" and other deck-based aircraft, after which I want to build the F-8 Crusader as well. It looks too unusual! 🙂
Youtube Video

Michael Kohl
I am 100% with you. Having seen Super Etandards and french Crusaders in a book about french aircraft carriers made me wanna build those too. The french livery makes both planes look very elegant.

Guy Rump
Nice job! 👍

Guy Rump
I forgot to put this in the ideas so it is starting "in progress".

Made a start with the cockpit and some weight in the nose, hopefully it's enough. 🙂

Nicolas
Following

Villiers de Vos
This will not be a tail sitter! Also booking my seat.

Guy Rump
Fuselage together, undercarriage fitted and aircrew added. 🙂

Welcome Nicolas & Villiers, thanks for your interest. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes NordMito, Matti T, Villiers DV & J35J. 👍

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat.

Bernd Grün
Promising start, Guy. 👌 Looking for the final result.

Guy Rump
Wings and tail plane added. 🙂

Thanks for stopping by Robert & Bernd, as always, you're both very welcome. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Robert P, scaleffect & Bernd G. 👍

Guy Rump
The Gnat had the canopy added, masked and then primer applied (light grey). I have painted the yellow with 3 coats of Vallejo Model Air Medium yellow and 2 coats of Hataka BS Golden Yellow. Next will be the tail. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Sukhoi242. 👍

Guy Rump
Tail now painted black with yellow. 🙂

S M
Nice Yellowjack!👍

Mr D
Good to see the yellow on it, dose look good in the yellow.
Takes your time on the landing gear, can be little fiddly.
Good stuff 👌, thanks for uploading

Guy Rump
Sprayed with gloss varnish and then added the decals. Next will be adding the wheels and other ancillaries. 🙂

Many thanks for your kind comments SM and Mr D, they are greatly appreciated. @ Mr D, The front landing gear was very difficult to get off the sprue so I know what you mean. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes SM & Mr D. 👍

Guy Rump
Now completed, this is a Folland Gnat from the Yellowjacks display team based at RAF Valley, Anglesey in 1964, a forerunner team of the Red Arrows. 🙂 The last photo is a picture of the actual aircraft.

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Duster_d, JK, Franck D, Joseph L & Alex R. 👍

Mr D
Hi Guy.
Nice to see it finished 👍
Looking nice, be good addition to the collection, like the yellow rudder.
How did the yellow paint go ? Can be an awkward colour.
Nice job👌 good stuff 👍👍

Robert Podkoński
Lovely!

Nicolas
Nice result guy. 👍

Ekki
Well done!

Guy Rump
@Mr D, I used a very light grey primer followed by Vallejo Model Air Medium Yellow and then Hataka Trainer Yellow x 2 coats over that. They went on better than I expected. 🙂

Mr D, Robert, Nicolas & Ekki, many thanks for the very kind comments, I appreciate them greatly. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Christian S, Mark B, Mr D, Cuajete, Alain C, RolfRolf & 1 other mate. 👍