Alex K
In! Good luck!

Chris Author
Thank you! I have still noticed, that that will not be an easy-cheesy plane. You will see, what comes out.

Cuajete
Following!

Nicolas
I'll take a seat.

Dave Flitton
Watching!!

Ben M
💺

Chris Author
... well, may I serve some drinks? Chips? Sweets? Have fun watching my troubles.

The first problems arose today when I tried to install the frames. There are no markings or reference points for this. So it was a case of guessing and sanding. And then I forgot to take a photo of it... It'll come.

Ben M
I've heard rhese old Williams brothers kits are terrible. I have a couple I'm looking forward to building.

Ben M
Okay looking at this kit's timeline it was most recently issued by "s&m models." You can't make this stuff up.

Łukasz Gliński
Oh, cool, will watch

Robert Podkoński
Watching too.

Dave Flitton
Looking good. How's the fit?

Chris Author
I added some pics before I will glue the fuselage together. So you can see, it fits pretty well. There are tiny little pins and holes, some of them I had to remove for better fitting. Even the big part from the wing fits very neatly.
This is not my first Williams-kit, I built the Curtiss Commando, the Martin B-10 and the Northrop Gamma. I never had an issue with those kits. The instruction sheet is another theme: The pictures are just a possibility what you can do and the rest is plain text. You cannot compare those old kits with new, modern ones that come together as LEGO 😉

Dave Flitton
Awesome. Watching this to the end.

Cuajete
Good progress 👍

Transall NG
Nice aircraft !
Follow !

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Not sure why, but I prefer the early windshield more. Keep up the fight 😉

Chris Author
Me too. Therefore I will not build a model of a real plane but a model of the 247 with the early windshield 😄

Łukasz Gliński
Hm I thought the late one was the one you selected 😄 Nevermind, keep up the great work 👍

Cuajete
It's already taking shape 👍

Chris Author
I designed the mask set for the use with a cutting machine. Mine is a brother scan'n'cut. The file is a svg file. If anyone is interested in the file, just ask me.

Robert Podkoński
Great job with the canopy (and masks), Chris!

Skyhiker
I'm late

Chris Author
Since summer I have a new cutter and use it for cutting masks. I design them in Inkscape and the brother cutter cuts them out. I use 2 cm Tamiya masking tape, 2 layers and the cutter cuts the upper tape. So it is easy to peel the masks off. If anyone is interested, just ask me for the file.