BLACK MAMBA Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Awesome work Derek! It is a tough project, but the effort will be worth it I'm sure. Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted June 5, 2022 Author Share Posted June 5, 2022 Thank you all for your continued encouragement and kind words. Lower radome shock cone mounting extended in order to correct the forward position an allow me to drill the hole for the G.90 camera. The next stage will be fixing the final position of the shock cone itself into the intake, so that will be point of no return. Whilst sanding and filling of the intake area continues, a start was made on the fuselage extension. looking at various drawings of the aircraft, an average calculation of 6.5 mm was arrived at for this extension. This was accomplished by measuring the fuselage shell (wall) thickness and finding some plastic sheet of a similar thickness and backing this with thinner plastic card. The sheets were cut into the correct sized strips and bent to match the fuselage shape, eventually being glued and superglued in place. Test fit. Left (Port) side completed. Right (Starboard) side in progress. Derek Victor K2, IainM, Madmax and 14 others 16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Brilliant mods, Derek! Kev Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted June 7, 2022 Author Share Posted June 7, 2022 Fuselage sections reunited once more. Radar centre body shock cone located. No.1 engine swirl vanes added to intake. Derek Landrotten Highlander, Troy Molitor, Starfighter and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted June 15, 2022 Author Share Posted June 15, 2022 Whilst I am working on the intake, destruction and mayhem ensues elsewhere! (Improvements to the jet pipe nozzles and creation of afterburner flame stabiliser rings). Derek Victor K2, Troy Molitor, KiwiZac and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Amazing stuff, Derek! You truly are a master of old school scratch-building. Kev KiwiZac and Derek B 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robthepom Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 my goodness that fuselage extension looks so simple and perfect I wish I'd seen that idea before i glued my halves I'll just have to keep my eye out for another kit Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 Thanks guys. This provides a better idea of what all those aluminium parts look like when assembled. Derek easixpedro, Victor K2, Landrotten Highlander and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 Derek mozart, IainM, Madmax and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiZac Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 You're doing the Lord's work, Derek. I thoroughly enjoy seeing each update from you. Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Absolutely exquisite, Derek! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 Zac, Ben, thank you Gents! A bit of colour added. Derek Cheetah11, Starfighter, Marcel111 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted June 24, 2022 Author Share Posted June 24, 2022 Thank you Maru. Jet pipe reheat flame stabilisers fixed in place and jet pipes attached. meanwhile, shape correction of the jet pipe exhaust nozzle shrouds are taking place (the chamfered angle is too shallow as portrayed on the kit part). Derek themongoose, Anthony in NZ, Marcel111 and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted June 28, 2022 Author Share Posted June 28, 2022 (edited) Reshaping of exhaust shrouds complete. As I had lost about a millimetre of material during the process, I had to reinstate it. Also, the kit exhaust nozzles when inserted into the shrouds were more or less flush with the ends - they should be set back inside a little. So the answer was to extend the shroud depth by about 2.5 mm. Unfortunately, I have not got any suitable diameter tubing to help me here and I was not convinced that wrapping plastic sheet around a mandrel would provide me the the seamless and concentric ring that I was looking for, so I had to do it the hard way from 3 mm thick plastic sheet! Derek Edited June 28, 2022 by Derek B blackbetty, LSP_Kevin, Victor K2 and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 Super work as always, Derek! Kev Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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