Alain Gadbois Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Your wheel wells look very convincing! Its a good thing there's resin for the Trumpeter kit you could adapt. Alain mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Nice solution on the bays. mozart and Out2gtcha 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 35 minutes ago, Kagemusha said: Nice solution on the bays. X2! That probably is one of the only solution that let you keep the super nice detail of the resin bay, while getting the correct outer well setup without any gaps. Well done man! mozart and Kagemusha 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) Small steps, the first wheel well is finished (good enough for something that will rarely if ever be seen!): The other area I've been thinking about is the plethora of scoops and fairings on the fuselage, especially the starboard side. So yesterday I "sculpted" a couple of formers from Apoxysculpt, then today attempted the scoops using lead sheet. Quite promising first attempts, may also try in thin brass sheet since that's more resilient: Edited March 31, 2020 by mozart themongoose, Rick Griewski, Lothar and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lothar Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Those wheel bays look spectacular - tremendous result. Also the air scoops. Wish I could achieve similar results with my abilities. Lothar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Really like the idea of doing the scoops. May try this myself when I do my Thud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 3 hours ago, themongoose said: Really like the idea of doing the scoops. May try this myself when I do my Thud. I’ve now tried 3 ways of doing the scoops: sheet lead, thin brass (annealed), thin plasticard “plunge moulded”. The lead sheet is the easiest to work, has a good scale thickness and gives a good finish. The only drawback is that it’s not very rigid so once fitted the kit would have to be handled carefully. I didn’t get on with the brass at all well, tried two different thickness and annealed both but neither took the form of the master as well as lead sheet. The plunge moulded plasticard has potential but I need to refine my technique. More experiments tomorrow! Fanes, Derek B and stusbke 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Superb, Max! The lead sheet scoop looks very realistic. You can make it more rigid by lining the inside with UV-curing glue. Safe, quick and clean. Good work, Quang Alain Gadbois, mozart and Derek B 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 I've done scoops by cutting the ends off of bombs from spares. You can shape and thin easily, add any flange with really thin stock. Curious about the yellowed canopy, wonder if you could leave it in sunlight like a yellowed decal sheet, probably not.... Don mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Excellent work, Max! Kev mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 6 hours ago, quang said: Superb, Max! The lead sheet scoop looks very realistic. You can make it more rigid by lining the inside with UV-curing glue. Safe, quick and clean. Good work, Quang Thanks Quang old chap, that’s the perfect answer! What are you working on right now? Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 34 minutes ago, mozart said: Thanks Quang old chap, that’s the perfect answer! What are you working on right now? I originally didn’t plan any new build as I was about to move. Then the lockdown law fell . A good part of my modelling stuff is already at my new home. Happily I was stuck with the better half: basic tools and... the new IBG kit. As we don’t know when the lockdown ends, I decided to give the PZL a go albeit in a rudimentary, old-school kind of way. Can be a good, refreshing thing as we modellers have been spoiled of late. Like Paul Simon sang: ‘we can’t be forever blessed’ Stay safe everybody, Cheers, Quang BradG, Kagemusha, Derek B and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) Quang, the UV glue inside the lead foil scoop works a treat! Many thanks mon ami! I’ve only done a little today, and no pictures yet, but it’s an area that’s had me scratching my head for some while, namely the leading edge slot. The instructions, sans drawings, are really puzzling (at least to me!). Ted Taylor tackles it a different way, and John Wolstenholm a third way.......confused, I was. I contacted a chap who has made several Echelon Lightnings and he explained it very simply. The Reveal tomorrow! This needs to be addressed before the upper and lower wing halves are joined. Edited April 1, 2020 by mozart Shawn M and quang 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted April 2, 2020 Author Share Posted April 2, 2020 I found a wonderful selection of photographs of RAF Cold War jets a couple of months ago, here's some Lightning ones: Since we don't have a Reference section in our GB set up, I'll put the others in the Rules of the Road section for you to enjoy. Derek B, Rick Griewski, Landrotten Highlander and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Nice work, very happy to see the u/c bays work out so well, erm... no pun intended! mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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