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Nice work on your 3D model. You have posted interesting pictures with details of equipments between rails. That's what I'm looking for. Did you get pictures from archives or plans?

It's based entirely on what I could see in photos available via the Imperial War Museum. Size reference is reverse engineered from the only real known quantity I had, which was the Walrus aircraft. I have a 80 - 85% confidence on general dimensional accuracy based on this (it's obviously not going to be spot on, but it is visually close enough). Detail accuracy I think is fairly high in certain areas, less so in others. The hydraulic things between the fore-and-aft rails are probably the least clear component of the lot. I made several sketches to try and make sense of what I could see - I can guarantee that this is not correct, but I felt it was close enough, again. The buffers are fairly accurate when it comes to the top cylinder, the lower one is much harder to make out so some guesswork was required. Smaller details such as the hydralic locking bars for the rails are pretty close to the original, as are most of the structural details.

All of this is intended to be as accurate as I could make it for KGV. DoY, Anson and Howe had some slight differences, primarily in rail supports. Can't comment on PoW since detail shots are few.

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HI Jeff

go ......Redo all this in scratch ....the Heller part is realy ugly
A little personal work....your KGV Is worth it
cheers
Nicolas

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Hi guys,

As I was not really satisfied by the Heller part provided in the kit, event if I detailed it, i have decided to scratch built a new one. It takes me time, required patience but I enjoy doing it

This new part might not be as exact as I would like to, but for the scale it should be more than enough. Here is a picture of the work in progress



Thanks Nico for pushing me

Cya, Jeff

So much better than the kit blobs already! Definitely worth the effort

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A little update guys, I keep on working on the catapult system



A lot of things to do, work is not over

Work is still in progress on the catapult. I try to do my best to implement it, but for a 1/400 scale model, there is no miracle. Anyway, I hope that it will be better than the one proposed by Heller . Parts are not glued yet.









About the Walrus, don't worry, it will be modified too

I keep on working on my catapult, but I still don't manage to have enough time to finish this model.

Anyway I worked today on rails fittings.



Keep the faith

Hi Jeff

this catapult has received a great work that brings a lot to your model no need for PE your personal work is much finer and convincing
well done
cheers
Nicolas

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Hi folks,

The weather was really good here today, so I took time to work on my catapult. It is nearly finished, I'll have to add details and cables next time.

I'm sorry for the poor quality of pictures as I took them with my mobile phone









As you can see, this scratch built part looks a bit better than the one proposed by Heller. I hope you will enjoy it

You'll find hereafter the catapult placed on my KGV. The parts is not glued for the moment as I still need to work on it.







Cya next time all

Hi all,

Work is still in progress on my KGV. I've spend a couple of weeks on the upgrade of the walrus as the one proposed by Heller is .... ugly . White Ensign Models set had some details to the walrus, but not that much. Even with PE parts it is not looking that good.

That's the reason why I decided to completely modify it and scratch built. Here we go



The engine must be rebuilt, I can't let it this way...





I also used mastic for plastic shrinkage



I drill 0.3mm hole for wings masts. Avoid shaking !





At this stage, this is how it looks like







Then I worked on the underneath of the aircraft





Mastic is used to modify floats fitting hole on the wing as they are too large.





The next step took me time .... and patience. It scratch built a new engine nacelle with high technology tools



The nacelle is made of a plasticard tube of 2.4mm. Then I added the 9 pistons of the engine



The propeller IS the one proposed by WEM. It's a four-bladed model why in reality it is 2 two-bladed propellers offset by 90 degrees. From my point of view, it not a problem at this scale.



I did masts for the nacelle, based on copper wires.



A view of the lower wing underneath after sanding



I started painting the Walrus using a set provided by Vallejo



I first paint the aircraft with Insigna White color.













After drying, I paint upper surfaces with extra dark sea grey







So that's all for today folk's.

Cya next time

That is a vast improvement over the kit's Walrus.

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Really nice model, love what you're doing!!

HI Jef

great job on this Walrus nothing to do with the original horror
keep the way ,my friend
cheers
Nicolas

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Thanks guys for your support

I've been working hard to improve the Walrus. You'll fin hereafter the last pictures of the aircraft.











It still requires varnish and then I'll fit it to the catapult. I'm stressed anytime I have to manipulate it .... I guess you know why

I hope you will enjoy.

Cya next time.

Hi all,

First of all I wish you a happy new year and all the best for 2018

I took time today to finalize my Walrus. I'm happy of it, it is much better than the original one provided by Heller. I hope you will enjoy it













Cya next time

Good work! They were rather tough aircraft, in spite of their fragile appearance! Although at this scale, I would imagine a mis-placed sneeze could spell disaster

Do you have landing gear fitted? If so, I believe it was usually set in the lowered position for launch. They did sometimes not bother to fit it at all, though.

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I did not fit the landing gear as it is totally hidden and PE part are absolutely wrong.

When aircraft is launched, the landing gear is in up position

That's a nice model you're making there Jeff....very nice indeed..

Pete

I've seen footage of one being launched gear down, and you can see it being pumped up right after take off. But as I said, they sometimes didn't even fit the gear at all, so any configuration should be accurate

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