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  1. I have a Tamiya Mk IXc Spitfire and would like to know if the AIMS PR XI Spitfire conversion set for the Revell Mk IX, works well with the Tamiya kit? The AIMS conversion looks like a very high quality set. I'm sure there is a lot that is usable but I am curious to see if anybody has test fitted the vac canopy and resin lower nose section in particular to the Tamiya Spit. Greg
  2. Ha! I see what you did there. Anthony, we were so close to having Sea Harriers in 1/32, my finger was itching to press a buy button. Grab some tissue before watching the video below... alas, this project was not to see the light of day.
  3. Thanks Brian, nice to have you check in. Ok, very good! Thank you Maybe we can drive some interest toward a sympathetic aftermarket outfit after all? Seems like it is worth a try. Thank you very much for showing interest in my attempt at the conversion. To those following along, I plan on diving into the build after I finish my Airfix 1/24 109. Actually, I am going to take my Hasegawa eggplane to the 2024 IPMS Nats, so that is also in front of this too. So far, my prime example for this project, is the excellent WIP by ChrisE: So good to have all of you add to the fun! I have to keep my ADHD in check to keep me from dropping everything and starting on this! Later, friends
  4. Unfortunately no, the Heritage Aviation products are not available anymore. Model Monkey? Big Tim? Care to try your hand at a nose and fuselage extension for this kit? Maybe? Please? Ha! Lets make some noise and see if our aftermarket friends will come to the rescue!
  5. I am really stoked to do this and it will be great to have you follow along. I have been tempted by the 1:48 Kittyhawk FA.2 but now that I have the unubtainium Heritage Aviation parts my ambition to build the big kits can be exercised. Im not sure which is easier to build though! I guess now its go big or go home...
  6. Maybe we could come up with a list of LSP kits that were on the market when LSP started up, that still hold up today as good quality, no fuss builds and participating group builders could choose from that?
  7. Thank you Kevin. Yes, he also does a set of nozzles for this kit too, which I have and they are a big improvement over the kit parts.
  8. I hope this little blurb helps fellow FA.2 buffs. FYI, Flightpath has introduced newly revised FRS.1 upgrades that have many useful parts for this project, like better landing gear and a host of useful items. Check it out: https://davidjparkins.com/product-category/flightpath/124th-aircraft-detail-sets-and-display-items/
  9. The GR.3 fuselage is roughly 20 3/4" long while the FA.2 fuselage is 22 1/2" long.
  10. This is the fuselage extension plug. Initially, I had only a general idea of where it should be placed. The real 1:1 fuselage extension is 13 3/4" wide. The HA resin part is just over 9/16" wide. The cut in the fuselage is made just behind the rear bulkhead of the main gear well. In order for my HA resin plug to fit, some resin needed to be removed from the bottom of the forward facing interior protrusion, which extends over the wheel well. In other words, it was fouling on the two tabs marked in red. Cut on the dotted line...
  11. Ok, this eventually will be a WIP but at the moment, it is a little side project to satisfy the curiosity of myself and some interested fellow modelers. I have been gathering kits, reference and aftermarket so I can make 1/24 FRS.1 and FA.2 Sea Harriers. Our fellow LSP member gunpowder, provided me with The Heritage Aviation FA.2 resin nose and fuselage extension. I did not receive any instructions with the conversion parts, so the question that came up for discussion was, where precisely does one make the cut for the fuselage plug? The information needed was found in the two books below and this post is for those that are interested in doing the same conversion, if they are able to aquire the Heritage Aviation parts or use 3D printed parts, in order to convert the Airfix FRS.1 into the FA.2 The Airfix FRS.1 kit is really the GR.1/GR.3 kit, with additional sprues that includes a new tooled FRS.1 forward fuselage section. The modeler has to cut the GR nose off and graft on the Sea Harrier parts. Below you can see GR.1/GR.3 fuse (bottom) next to the modified kit parts. The Heritage Aviation resin nose has been added to the FRS.1 forward fuselage and the ejection seat is a 3D printed part from Flory Models.
  12. Nuts. Thanks Kage, that saves me from continuing to try and track it down.
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