Toby's Whirlwind. Finished.

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When I read that the old Whirlwind that I had built had replaced an earlier tooling I had wondered how bad it must have been that mine was the improvement. Well now I know! You seem to be getting the better of it at least.
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TobyC wrote:Wings on. The positioning of the nose has proved problematic. Nothing clear on the instructions( they were printed on parchment and were in Aramaic so may have degraded a bit :mrgreen:) as to what goes where and only after a lot of research I think I got it right. If not I'll fill and reorganise. Exhausts drilled out on nacelles. Going for a dark earth and dark green top camou pattern with black underside on the port wing and Sky on the rest.

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You should be flattered. I'd be overjoyed if I can get anywhere near your standard :)
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TobyC wrote:You should be flattered. I'd be overjoyed if I can get anywhere near your standard :)
Your wings airintakes, are better than mine. :)
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Thanks Guilio.
Just tried posting some more pictures and I'm told they're too large. Just checked and they're well within the permitted size so is there a problem posting pictures atm?
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Hi Toby, I've just added an image and all worked fine.
Whirlwind is looking good.
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Thanks Jim.
It seems ok now so must have been a glitch when I tried positing the pics.

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Funny how port wings when inverted are starboard ones :oops:
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The really early pressings had instructions on papyrus... :ha:

Nice choice of colour scheme, by the way :)
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It's going to be fun unpicking this lot.

Sadly I heard something go crack when I was applying the white tac. :cry:

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Hmm. Cold be worse.

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Found that the crack was the starboard wing breaking loose.
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Good job you're not actually flying it :-D
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This is going swell. You already fixed the wing? Looks good in pic. Great work. :)
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Wing still to be fixed. No more work today as rugby beckons. Various other things are in need of attention but they can wait.
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Toby,

Wing issue notwithstanding, she's looking good!

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Great job Toby, this is shaping up very nicely.
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