Anthony in NZ Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Well I was just having my morning coffee and catch up on LSP when I saw you posted on here! Derek, you are the master of coming up with great ideas, I love the foil on the parachute pack idea. Looks perfect. Do love seeing your work on here, really inspires me. That seat's looking brilliant Cheers mate Anthony Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 6 minutes ago, Anthony in NZ said: Well I was just having my morning coffee and catch up on LSP when I saw you posted on here! Derek, you are the master of coming up with great ideas, I love the foil on the parachute pack idea. Looks perfect. Do love seeing your work on here, really inspires me. That seat's looking brilliant Cheers mate Anthony Thanks mate...just providing some inspiration for your cockpit build! lol Derek Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Glad to see you back at this one, Derek! You might need to resize your images prior to uploading them, though, as they're massive, and take ages to load even on a fast connection. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 1 hour ago, LSP_Kevin said: Glad to see you back at this one, Derek! You might need to resize your images prior to uploading them, though, as they're massive, and take ages to load even on a fast connection. Kev Thanks Kev I don't know how to resize them? (They are in Imgur and all I do is copy the direct link button?). Cheers Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Hi Derek, They'll need to be reduced on your PC before you upload to Imgur - which also has the benefit that they'll take less time to upload! I'm having real problems with some threads now as people upload images at the same resolution they come off the camera - and it means I'm avoiding some threads as the images take sooooo long to load... Iain Derek B, mozart and Alain Gadbois 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 31 minutes ago, Iain said: Hi Derek, They'll need to be reduced on your PC before you upload to Imgur - which also has the benefit that they'll take less time to upload! I'm having real problems with some threads now as people upload images at the same resolution they come off the camera - and it means I'm avoiding some threads as the images take sooooo long to load... Iain Thanks Iain, I'll have to learn how to do that, as I am not that IT savvy and I don't really understand pixel sizes? Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 Work on the back pad continues... Derek LSP_Kevin, Victor K2, Greg W and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Not going to be much of the kit seat left soon Derek! Nice work Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Anthony in NZ said: Not going to be much of the kit seat left soon Derek! Nice work As far as the seat interior is concerned Anthony, you are correct! Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 Whilst I am waiting for some glue to dry, I decided to start work on another part of the kit, so, let the butchery continue! Derek Greg W, LSP_Kevin, phasephantomphixer and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Oooooh my kind of butchery! What’s happening here? Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, Anthony in NZ said: Oooooh my kind of butchery! What’s happening here? Well, it is known that there are quite a lot of errors with the Trumpeter Lightning kit, some minor, others, very major. One of those is the overall fuselage length, which is approximately 5 mm too short - this places the leading edge of the wing too far forward on the fuselage. Another problem, which to me personally, is even worse than the lack of fuselage length is the ventral tank, which is the wrong shape, size and depth (it is too bulbous, making the aircraft look like a pregnant guppy). This, in turn, caused the main undercarriage to be too long, causing the model to sit too high and have have an incorrect stance. That is why I have removed the rear moulded-in section of the tank in an attempt to correct it (I have no real idea how at the moment - I'll figure that out when I get around to doing it). The other main main issue, and the most difficult to correct, is the canopy and windscreen, which is incorrect in shape, position and detail. This is the one area which I shall not correct, as it would require far too much modification of the cockpit and forward fuselage to do so (I will try to correct this though on my own kit build). Other issues, which are correctable, are a too rounded wing root and leading edge (it also does not have the pronounced 'kink' at 1/4 span, so that will need adding), the rear fuselage is too 'pinched' at the jet pipes, and the internal intake trunk is, for some unknown reason, about 5 mm too short and does not mate up with the intake ring, leaving a gap. There are other issues, but these are the main ones to correct. Derek phasephantomphixer, daveculp, Greg W and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Wow, I had no idea it had so many issues. I thought had problems with the Phantom! I’ll stop complaining about my problems. This though is the kind of build I enjoy following. press on with the great work Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phartycr0c Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I know a lot has been said about this kit which makes me wonder why trumpeter got is so wrong. A real shame for such an iconic aircraft. Keep up the great work, its looking superb! Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Smith Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Excellent work! Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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