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SA-23E Mitchell-Hyundyne Starfury


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But wait kids !... we are not done yet !!.. we need those maneuvering thrusters... so out with the masters and vacu former... made a foil wrapped heat box to hold the plastic holder over the electric burner and I was off to the races.

 

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Parts cut out and centerline drawn...

 

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Thankfully I was smart enough to look at the ref drawings... the top thruster is actually NOT at 90 degree's... it's canted outboard by 9 degrees... almost got caught by that.

 

The thruster mount made...

 

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The resin thruster nozzel my friend Bill had gotten made from my master years ago...

 

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Placed on the engine it looked good....

 

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BUT.... from the side there was a BIG issue.... the thruster is supposed to be level with the engine centerline... not be angled up ! :BANGHEAD2:

 

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It's a good thing I don't mind getting nasty with plastic... :fight: ... using my razor saw I cut most of the way through the mount..

 

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The line was then widened with an Exacto blade..

 

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Glued down and sanded it looks MUCH better !!

 

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  • 2 weeks later...

Looks great as always Vaughan!

 

I was at my parents house on Tuesday and saw my old Revellogram Star Fury there. I'm still amazed it's in one piece. I think it's the first model I tried to do some tonal variation on.

 

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 Thanks Carl ! Neat when you see one of your old builds that has survived !!

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So here we are again... More trials, tribulations, glue sniffin' & general confusion ! :frantic: The build continues !!

 

With the VEN basic construction completed (I thought) I set to work on the support flanges... three layers of .060..

 

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Carefully spaced around the engine body...

 

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I thought I was all set to go.... but then I noticed something on one of the pics.... The ion vein support mounts ..... they look NOTHING like the pic from the show... and being I had assumed Revell got it right on the model had built mine the same.... :BANGHEAD2:

 

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Nothing for it but to cut off, gouge out and rebuild... there are times I think this build is like Groundhog Day... same thing over and over and over as I try to get it right.

 

New build ... laminated sheet cut to shape and glued in...

 

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It was about this time that I got talking with Lee Stringer and he very kindly sent me a bunch of renders from the actual model they used on the show !! He likes what I'm doing and is following the build... needless to say I'm thrilled and humbled.

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Needing a break from the major construction I got busy and set up the light fitting for the lighting tube...

 

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The inset tube with the LED was a bit small so I just glued thin strip at 3 equidistant points and it centers perfectly..

 

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I splashed some flat black inside the VEN to help cut down light bleed and did a test... vee half LIGHTS !!

 

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