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Peter, are you working solely in Rhino for your projects? When I did my apprenticeship, I was taught Solidworks for 3D and AutoCad for 2D and I use/find Fusion sits between them and I'm comfy there for creating objects that aren't full of compound curves and variable surfaces. My ultimate goal is to create a Spey conversion for the Tamiya kit and possibly tidy up the Trumpeter P-38.

I did start work on some upgrade parts for the P-38 but I can't get up close with one or any decent drawings. I was starting with the props and then planning to move onto the cockpit on the Trumpeter kit. Include bits like the radiator doors and stuff.

Rear section of the exhaust has come out well. I had zero to go off for this apart from a photo taken straight down the pipe but it should give the look that photo gave.

Sums my career up to be fair!

After I got a Su-27 with all the aires cockpit/wheel bays, northstar exhausts, zacto nose, canopy, intakes, reskit weapons, begamot decals (which it appears to have), it's not far off the same price either...

Ordered the second John Kim build guide as the P-47 was outstanding.

Should have had these from the start and left the -B for the Navy! Means I can do my Italeri kit in RAF markings now though for a QRA bird. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c335406gxdvo

Well Gents, I've had an offer from a 3DPrinter to take my design and retail them. This won't happen until I'm happy with both the intakes & exhausts so they can go together as a package to fill all the voids in the stock kit. What I will say is that these are very much an eye-balled item. I haven't got any drawings to work off, I'm just using reference photos to get something that looks 'right'.

It's a really nice kit but prep all your mating surfaces properly and it'll be fine. The molds are a little sloppy but considering the price, acceptable to me.

I got an update from them direct recently, it's still ongoing.

No, IM companies have done vapourkits in the past. How long was the F-100F between annoucement and release? Revells Meteor changed versions and has been floating round for years. Tanmodels promised us a Su-33 in injection, never happened, Kittyhawk promised us a Jaguar & Buccaneer to the point of releasing CADs. HKM have been teasing a Spey engined Phantom for what seems like an eternity but don't think it'll ever come along. Just the industry and scale I think.

Don't care on price, will buy one lol. This and the Su-24 have always been on my wants list. Temp models other stuff appears to be very good as well, their build series of a Su-27 on Youtube is excellent.

Well, I think Rev 3 will be final. I'm really happy with this, just need to sort a couple of bits I've noted in an earlier post. I've had a look at commercial printing costs (I don't have my own printer, a friend at work prints for me) and it's currently ~£27 a set just for the intakes which isn't sustainable imo.

Only if something I'm building needs them and I feel I'm capable of doing them. My ultimate goal will be do a set of Spey intakes for the UK F-4 but I'm a long way off that at the moment and @Anthony in NZ will probably love or hate me for it!

I've shipped stuff from the UK to Texas before and it got held up in Chicago for about a month and this was pre-Tarrifs. Got there in the end without any additional charges.

Hard to get any photos due to the length, but Revision 2 is tested. I think the wing spar looks too blunt and I forgot to tolerance the mating faces between the two parts so they're +/-0mm at the moment whilst is a slight problem (that sanding fixes). Rivets have been reduced to 0.3mm and I've chamfered the edge to make assembly easier. Rev 3 will adjust all the above and then i'll make the STLs avaliable if anyone wants them/possibly looks at a small run for sale.

With the annoucement of Revell going down the F8 route, I was planning to bin this off but I got bored the other night and didn't have the correct mindset to build a model. Started working on an intake filler. I haven't got any drawings to correct the intake but I wanted to remove the emptiness of the kit intake. This is revision 1, Revision 2 is being test printed tonight and is longer with smaller rivets and includes the wing spar.

Whoever is picking the schemes for this and the new Sea Hurricane needs a raise. Really nice to see a big mainstream doing things like this. Downside, I need two now to do the Suez scheme AND the Halestorm option.

I just spent 15 minutes trying to figure out why the engine on my BF-109E doesn't fit. Mainly because I've never built a German fighter before and guess who overlooked the fact the engine goes in upside down...

Yeah, I've been bitching about them as well

Mays update was "12,300 parts outstanding out of 111500" so ~11% remaining. There must be plenty of money in the pot to scrap and re-engineer the kit at the final stage in product and 89% complete. I'd be less suspicious/wary if there had been any photos of the kit and the split between 3DP & Resin casting was more obvious in advance.

What's your intention with these 32nd models? I've looked at the Javelin and also the P-38 and they don't even look close to the real thing nor have any appreciable detail.

Towbar & ladder from memory.

For me, there's a reason that it only costs ~£40 and not £80+ like a Kotare/Tamiya

and include extra parts that the original 500 helped fund but won't get! Yes, I am salty about it!