Phantom conversion. USA to UK

[HL-10]

I have been struggling with this a bit.

The endless sanding, filling and re-shaping was getting me down and, I was not happy with the exhausts.

 

I spent the last week, while out Christmas shopping, looking for tubes of the correct diameter and

featuring a subtle taper.

 

Then in my local Wilkinsons I spotted this:

 

 

They're light bulb fittings and with a bit of work, they could be turned into this:

 

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I needed to trim the length down and thin them out:

 

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Once that was done I had to make the internal petal structure.

First I raided the Christmas tree for a decoration, from which I cut two identical discs and then

I cut a hole in the middle of them:

 

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To make the petals I made a template from paper and cut the individual parts out of Dymo tape

(Its self adhesive nature made applying them easy!).

 

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I made the petal actuators from plastic card to finish the part off:

 

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Now back to the filling, sanding and re-shaping!

Edited December 27, 2013 by HL-10

[Loic]

Excellent work !

[daveoh]

What diameter size in 32nd scale are the afterburner cans at the fuselage junction ? I know they taper slightly.

Dave

[Pete]

That is brilliant work, very clever

Well done

[Azgaron]

Excellent work! Looks great!

 

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