With a whole new year ahead of us it is time to start thinking about any new models ? well I was just about to pull out a kit from my stash when it occured to me that it would be better to try and consolidate a few of my other projects this year,it is so easy to get started in a new model and forget about others still incomplete,so it was time to sit down and put some discipline into what needs doing,this is what I found-
My eleven foot span Avro Lancaster is now into its sixth year of build,although 65 per cent built it still needs a lot of detail work doing to complete her,all cockpit detail has yet to be installed and following a lucky find of a cockpit canopy for her on e-bay that can be installed,the rudder assemblies although complete are not satisfactory and I intend on making a new set to improve them,biggest job of all is to remake the engine nacelles which got damaged when the model had been stored assembled in a barn which had a flood,the paper mache build ups had not been primed at the time and suffered extensive damage.
Then the big job of covering her and painting can take place,no easy matter on a model this size.
Moving onto other models the Fokker Dr.1 Triplane needs varnishing and detail work,then a crate to be made for her,my old 300 flight hours Flair Pupeteer needs a major overhaul to keep her flying,so that will be a complete strip down job,then a decision needs to be made for my Sunday Flyer which has suffered a lot of oil soakage,possibly a new fuselage on that one ?
Then a complete check up on the hangar residents to see if any mice have attacked any models this year,the little perishers made a meal of some wire harness and made a nest in a fuselage last time ! hopefully we will not have any bother with wasps nests this year either,last time one of my hangars was out of bound for months following an invasion of them.
So when you look at the work in hand it is enough to keep me busy for some time without starting anything else,so I think it is consolidation and disipline in order to get a few jobs done this year,we will just have to see how things go along.