Marcel111 Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Just beautiful modelling, the front leg looks like the real thing. Cheers, Marcel A-10LOADER and patricksparks 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-10LOADER Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 I agree with Marcel, fantastic work Patrick !! Steve patricksparks and Marcel111 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricksparks Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 A little more progress on the outboard struts. Marcel111, A-10LOADER, Kirk and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flanker37 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 (edited) Man i wish a GR9 could be made from this, i wouldnt hesitate in splashing out no end of money.. Stellar work, im waiting with baited breath at the finished article Hobbyboss have lost out here with bad planning. Knowing this would be the only Harrier in this scale, all variants of the AV-8B should have been included in the box Edited June 29, 2019 by Flanker37 Squizzy 78, patricksparks, Out2gtcha and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 On 6/29/2019 at 2:28 PM, Flanker37 said: Man i wish a GR9 could be made from this, ... There's not that much that is materially different. Sure you need to come up with a new nose cone, all the Zeus system lumps and bumps plus the small matter of a Martin-Baker Mk.12 seat. There are not that many out there who can recognise the different radio controller & standby attitude indicator fit on the US aircraft or the different positioning of a couple of the buttons on the grip.* Hell, send me the big Hobbyboss kit of parts and I'll make you a nose cone to get you started!** Kirk * There are a few other odds & sods of cockpit differences and a few bits and pieces on the airframe. ** I might forget to send your kit back though. It will have a good new home. patricksparks and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricksparks Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 Put in some vents today, aluminum tubing, 1/4" inside diameter, I put them in at about a 45 degree angle(best guess) There are 2 vents on the port side(see photos) and only 1 on the staboard, mirrored at the same position as the port one below the horizontal stab. Also by accident I came across a filler I have never seen before it is a UV activated formula and it works well. I super glued the aluminum tubing in place but I used the UV filler inside the fuselage halves around the tubes, worked great, I have a small fluorescent UV light that I used to cure it verses taking it out into the sunlight. A-10LOADER, scvrobeson, Out2gtcha and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Vents look terrific, very realistic. patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Nice work (again) Patrick. Iirc, the vents are from the system that cools the avionics racks, the inlet for which is at the base of the vertical stabiliser. There's some kind of heat exchanger which connects to the equipment racks themselves. I expect the B+ has got additional gubbins (highly technical term) in there relating to the radar systems (this is why they have the additional hooded vents on the forward end of the cockpit area) and I expect this explains the additional cooling requirement and thus additional outlet at the rear ahead of the ground power receptacle door (which incidentally I just noticed is missing from the kit. Forward hinge edge of this is in the lower right quadrant of your leftmost red circle in the 1st picture). I think the angle of the outlets to the skin is quite shallow but yours are certainly close enough for government work. Thanks for sharing on the filler too. Kirk patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricksparks Posted July 10, 2019 Author Share Posted July 10, 2019 Added some more screw heads onto the fuselage halves today... blackbetty, Anthony in NZ, Alain Gadbois and 10 others 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Love that surface work! Gaz patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Terrific work, Patrick! Kev patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin_Matejko Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 You're greatly modifying this toy, it will now be a real model. patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 Couldn't agree more. This will be spectacular once finished! A-10LOADER and patricksparks 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-10LOADER Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 Wowzer, great progress Patrick !! Steve patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fvdm Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 Really terrific work patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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