Andy Ball
Ah….it's started. Hello.

Łukasz Gliński
Yup, it has indeed 😁

Guy Rump
Hello, watching. 🙂

Andy Ball
I'd love to see it in Olympic - but I guess you have other ideas?…

Alex K
Following with great interest... Have it in my stash but not brave enough for it yet... (Also: I second Andy's comment - but I respect your choice!)

Łukasz Gliński
The original decals are far too yellow to use them, so neither Greek nor Oman version is planned.
The aim is to use 26decals set for the pink Barra visitor.
Perfect timing me thinks as magenta has been selected the colour of 2023 😋

Alex K
Just for the info: For anyone having trouble with the original Airfix, and by now yellowed, Olympic decals, LM decals has issued this set: Olympic Aviation Short SC.7 Skyvan (LM Decals LMX 0093, 1:72) . But a Barra visitor will be a nice companion to your Twin Otter - good idea! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Watching of course! 😉

Łukasz Gliński
Been waiting for you R. as a supplier of this kit 👍

Robert Podkoński
It is great to see it assembled finally - more so when it is such a good, dedicated modeller as you 🙂

Alec K
Taking a seat.

Gary Kitchen
Yes all aboard-can I have an aisle seat with leg room please 😄

Gary Kitchen
NIce pilots- is the cockpit all scratch?

Łukasz Gliński
Welcome mates!
Gary, you might be surprised, but it's all straight out of the box

Gary Kitchen
😄 looks very 1974 then 😄

Andy Ball
@Gary- they'd charge you a £25 supplement on Ryanair! 😂

Finn
Following

Łukasz Gliński
@Andy: Of course we would, with pleasure 😄

Cuajete
Łukasz, I'm sorry to tell you that that color looks horrible, but you can count on my axe 😄 😛

I can't miss this either. I'm sure you'll do a great job once again 😉

Bernd Grün
I'm in. Following with great interest.👍🏻

Łukasz Gliński
Welcome once again, quite an audience is gathering 😉
Currently considering how and when to rescribe and rerivet the flying shoebox, while working on the interior.
@Cuajete: Wasn't it the Barraigh visitor, I'd go for plan B: 😛
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Cuajete
😄 😄 😄

Mirko Römer
This is going to be a nice and colourful easter egg! ...errr...wait...December...

Łukasz Gliński
I won't be surprised if it takes till Easter 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
Small update - cabin and flight deck are ready. Mapped the rivets today just to sand smooth the fuselage and to find out the mapping is in the instructions too 😮 Well done, Airfix!
Next turn: adding the Skyliner door.

Andy Ball
Mapping and rescribing those rivets?- you suffer for this art Ł!

S M
Following!

Łukasz Gliński
Well, I played a bit with my Revell riveter on the Condor lately and really liked the way it works (though not the most pro riveter out there). My first kit to be re-riveted, hope it's gonna be fun. 🙂
PS. I'm gonna simplify the layout for sure 😄

David Taylor
Late to the party.

Alec K
With that boxy shape, riveting should be fun. I must admit, there is something cathartic about doing that… 😄

Juergen Klinglhuber
riveting a shoe box ?...perfect to calm down after christmas rush 😉
Nice build Lukasz - love the kit and aircraft (did mine without extra riventing operations once - but I am sure it's worth the extra efforts!)

Bernd Grün
Nice start, Lukasz! Following with interest. 👍

Cuajete
I agree with the mates 👌

Łukasz Gliński
Looks like you really like my shoebox already 😄
Alec I hope riveting will be more zen-ish than sanding and filling 😛
Juergen, yours and Roland's are my benchmark and reference 👍

Gordon Sørensen
Nice looking interior, Lucasz! Please show some detail photos of the riveter and how to use it. Interested in seeing your technique.

Łukasz Gliński
Welcome Gordon, I have no special tooling, just the simple Revell riveter:
Rivet Maker (Revell 39076, No)
Will report the riveting, once I start it, stay tuned.
Meanwhile it has been a productive weekend, I managed to start the shoebox assembly by forcing the parts to cooperate 😉
So far the fit is not bad, except for the rear loading ramp, but I had to reinforce the ceiling, so we'll see how it goes.

Andy Ball
How many kg/sqcm did you raise the pressure to to get that lot to go together? Looks like you're putting down some strong foundations which will benefit you in the final article

Łukasz Gliński
I haven't measured the lbs/sqft, but a lot was needed. 😛
As you stated A., I hope it's gonna be a base robust enough to carry all the other parts attached later.

Bernd Grün
Nice progress, Lukasz. Looking for the final result. 👀

Łukasz Gliński
I started the cockpit and gosh what a terrible fit 😮
I managed to break the windshield (not such a big issue as I can add a flat ersatz. Still the corners had to be squeezed a lot (no idea how may pounds per sq foot 😉 )
The right part took some black glue, but I think I'll leave it as is, I have no glue, ekhm, clue how to make it not to touch the dashboard, tried couple of times and nothing helps 🙁

Andy Ball
"If you're going through Hell, don't stop"….😉

Juergen Klinglhuber
Patience and Valiant - keep going,....

Alec K
I agree, you can lick this one!

Łukasz Gliński
You seem to have a lot of faith in my skills 😄
I couldn't sleep soundly last night, so I had to remove the right side glazing and will redo it tonight, stay tuned.

Łukasz Gliński
Attempt 2 finished, pics uploaded. Middle part comes from RWD-5 spares 😄 Still not happy, got some damn bubbles inside, planning to cut it and correct once again.
Slowly a vacuform part production started popping up in my head 😉

Patryk S.
Following! Looks like a tough one but you will prewail as always. It's tough for me to judge without seeing the clear parts live but maybe an attempt at sanding the parts a bit thinner and treating them with tamiya compoud would improove the clarity somwewhat and reduce the visibility of the seams where You attached the RWD-5 parts? Oh no! Now I get it! You are preparing to tackle the Czapla, admit it! 😜

Bernd Grün
Oh Lukasz, Ithink it's a hard fight with that kit. But I think you will master this challenge too. 😉

Łukasz Gliński
It's a hard fight indeed, I started to bend various transparent plastic sheets 😉
@Patryk, Czapla's on my to-do-list of course. I even have one of the later editions stashed somewhere 😄

Cuajete
Łukasz, I know that in the end you will resort to the helpful UV glue 😉 😛
You can do it... Cheer up! 💪

Łukasz Gliński
Wish I could amigo, but the hole is waaaay too big 🙁
Wasn't it a gift, I'd already be considering flying it straight into the dustbin 😉

Ralf Topeters
That's quit a challenge. I'm looking forward to see the outcome. 👍

Gary Kitchen
This seems to be the very definition of perseverance to me. Admirable stuff Lukasz.

Cuajete
This could be a candidate for the relaunch program of the classic Airfix kits, like Heron, Basset, Beaver, and so on...

Łukasz Gliński
That would be nice indeed, then I could buy another one just to copy the canopy (oh no, I started to rhyme again) 😉
I think I need a break (e.g for a XXI century Airfix project)

Cuajete
That would be nice too, Łukasz

Łukasz Gliński
So, I went for the vacu option after all. The second attempt seems v.promising, now I need to find a strong glue.

Andy Ball
Industrious. As I said! 😉

Robert Podkoński
Good work! Keep it up, Łukasz!

Juergen Klinglhuber
good work Lukasz

S M
Lots of set backs, but now you have windshield in place. Was that uv-resin any good?

Juergen Klinglhuber
constantly moving forward.....👍

Łukasz Gliński
Very slowly, but onwards indeed 😄
I find that UV thing very interesting, probably it's a kind of nail hybrid, at least my wife says it's very similar 😄
It's thinner than CA glue, almost like a varnish. Dries quite quickly (1-2 mins in UV nail tool I've got). Afterwards it's hard and sandable.
If you're lazy (I definitely am!) you can add a thin layer on top after sanding and it's clear again 🙂
And if you screwed anything and the surface underneath was relatively smooth, you can lift a corner with a sharp knife and simply peel it off.
Then you're back to square one and can repeat.

Alec K
Good info on that resin. So it's hand and sandable when UV cured, and pliable (I.e. you can peel it off) when just air dried?

Łukasz Gliński
Not exactly - all 3 apply to UV cured resin (hardness, sandability & pliability).
When not cured, you can just wipe it off.

Michael Jonker
This looks almost like it will be easier to scratch build 🙂
Good luck, can't wait to see it reveal.

Cuajete
Interesting, Łukasz 👍

Patryk S.
Nice work on the clear parts!

Łukasz Gliński
Welcome back - after multiple iterations of riveting and sanding and re-riveting I decided to take a different approach and use the rivet decals instead.
Yes, trying to rivet the thing took me all that time since the last update 🙂
Many thanks for your support 🙂 I might have given up otherwise 👍
Scratchbuilding might be even better as I lost the geometry a bit on the fuselage 🤔

Robert Podkoński
Good to see that this pretty thing landed back on your bench, Łukasz 😉 Keep it up!

Michael Kohl
I cross my fingers that this will be one of those models where you fight yourself through all the problems and through troughs of frustration to finally look at it in satisfaction.
Keep it going.

Michael Kohl
I embraced the rivet decals enthusiastically but found my experiences a bit sobering as the carrier film is quite visible and you cannot really hide it without hiding the details too.

Łukasz Gliński
Thx for the heads-up Michael, I'll cut them as closely as I can 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Started work on the tail and wings, so there was a first chance of some dry-fitting fun tonight 🙂
Actually it's a tad bigger than I thought

Robert Podkoński
Good to see her again on the bench!

Andy Ball
"it lives!!!!!....."

Łukasz Gliński
Well, it gets alive
sort of
around Halloween 😄

Cuajete
Looks great so far 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Currently looking for the right shade of pink - famous pink primer on top (benchmark) and my latest mix on the bottom. Not sure if it's still not too dark.

Greg Baker
You know I love the pink primer! Awesome. This will be epic!

Łukasz Gliński
You bet! Who do you think made me try it? 😄

Greg Baker
That's going to be my legacy contribution to Scalemates isn't it... 😄

Cuajete
Łukasz, I couldn't help but remember the Pink Panther biscuit to see that color tone on the fuselage:

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Looks so sweet 😋

Łukasz Gliński
It does indeed. Actually I'm looking for the shade between the latest mix and your cake 😛

Greg Baker
I will never be able to un-see that...

Cuajete
Łukasz, I think you are on the right track 👍