monthebiff Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 You could show us your progress over in non-lsp works maybe? Your big 32nd scale build build is coming along beautifully Max. Regards. Andy mozart and Lothar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 Yep, I’ll do that Andy. Alain Gadbois and monthebiff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaffyMan Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Max The Airfix is a nice kit and I have seen a few of these made up and they look really nice on the show tables. Could always do it as a flying display - go on do it in the Non - LSP section you know you want too - it would be nice to see it come together and sit next to its bigger brother! Happy Days - Taff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 1 minute ago, TaffyMan said: Max The Airfix is a nice kit and I have seen a few of these made up and they look really nice on the show tables. Could always do it as a flying display - go on do it in the Non - LSP section you know you want too - it would be nice to see it come together and sit next to its bigger brother! Happy Days - Taff Having the 1/48 one flying over isn’t a bad idea Taff, have to give that some thought. TaffyMan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chek Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 (edited) On 4/8/2020 at 8:58 AM, mozart said: What is it about Lightnings?! On a whim I thought I might build a 1/48 scale Lightning in tandem with the Echelon one, it could act as a reference for some areas of the vac build perhaps and be posable in the background for RFI views. I know Airfix made a pretty accurate one a few years ago, but like the Trumpeter 1/32 Lightning they are as rare as hen’s teeth and damned expensive! I finally found three on eBay and all were in excess of £60.00 when postage was included. Way too much for an old man’s whim! Very late to this party, but a couple of things. The Airfix Lightnings are very good but suffer from an unfortunate broken backed look. I'm slightly surprised nobody has issued a resin correction set, even when the Eduard re-issue came out. (with apologies to the anonymous modeler whose work I've borrowed to illustrate). There's a Roly Beamont interview on Youtube where he brags about the discovery that the leading edge notch worked just as efficiently as a wing fence, but without the aerodynamic drag and the manufacturing drag and pfaff. He also mentions there's a small intake buried at the rear that was used to pressurise the fuel tanks. A small drilled hole would do although for finesse a square section mini needle file to finish is best. Also the little stiffening strut in there visible in one of your photos. Not something I could miss off as it was one of the hitherto undocumented little details I discovered (this was back in the pre-internet 1990s) when photographing the pole mounted Lightning by the roadside at Castle Motors at Liskeard just outside Plymouth on the Cornwall side. It will also make the pointy apex of the slot less prone to damage. Or it could be too minor to worry about. On the subject of canopies, there's a guy (Hofnerbassman) on Hyperscale forums who offers a remoulding service. Might be worth checking out. If the other options don't pan out. (Every time I think of the word “whim” I’m reminded of Spike Milligan and the Goon Show: “Why are you tied to that ironing board Neddy?” “It’s an old man’s whim.” “OK, why are you tied to that old man’s whim? Innocent days. ) In which case you might like this one. Man to vicar: 'i'd like to buy a church singing group' Vicar: 'You mean a choir? Man: Fine, OK. I'd like to acquire a church singing group. Edited April 22, 2020 by Chek quote mashed. stusbke, thierry laurent, mozart and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenshb Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Very crisp scribing and vent-work there Max... mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted April 22, 2020 Author Share Posted April 22, 2020 Thank you Chek, SO glad you came along, the joke was very welcome but the photograph of the strengthener in the leading edge notch even more so! All the pictures I've seen have been from an oblique angle, but yours is perfect. I've done the starboard wing one but need to do the port, it's a surprisingly fiddly bit to put in after the event! Chek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chek Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 You're welcome Max, I haven't started gluing the wings on mine (it's only been 10-odd years or so) but if it's anything like as fiddly as the lower intake lip bracing struts on a 1/48 Viggen I know your pain. mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Leduc Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 On 4/18/2020 at 1:24 PM, mozart said: Had a break from scribing and opening up holes with a bit of painting today (still work in progress of course!): Oh my... definitely got to have one in my F.3....... Dan. Derek B and mozart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 (edited) It's good Dan, but the PE seat belts that come with it are a nightmare to put together. I've spent about 5 hours so far and they are still not done, and probably not correct, but once "scrunched" up on the seat should look ok-ish! Having opened out all the 'oles on the fuselage, I'm now thinking about what needs to be done to each. I experimented yesterday with stretching some plastic tubing to get differing diameters, hit and miss to a certain extent. I glued a short section in: then when dry started to shape it back: It needs to end up looking something like this so a bit more judicious trimming/shaping needed: The larger opening is more of a challenge but like Baldrick I have a cunning plan for that one! Edited April 25, 2020 by mozart D.B. Andrus, Fanes, Alain Gadbois and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 Work on the air turbine exhaust vent. I warmed up the plastic tubing and opened it out by wangling a needle file around till I got something like the correct diameter. Once set firmly a little trimming gave something like the proper shape...not perfect but good enough! Cheetah11, crobinsonh, Dutch Man and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Max, great project my friend and as always you're doing a GREAT job at it. mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Leduc Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 10 hours ago, mozart said: Work on the air turbine exhaust vent. I warmed up the plastic tubing and opened it out by wangling a needle file around till I got something like the correct diameter. Once set firmly a little trimming gave something like the proper shape...not perfect but good enough! Oups, I should have wait for that sequence before closing my fuselage..... Dan. mozart and Dutch Man 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaffyMan Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Nice one Max - Its good to see this one ticking along and the re-scribe looks really nice close up. If only my Harries come out as well as this I'll be a happy chap - So next please! Cheers - Taff mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 Thanks Taff To be honest most of the scribing on the port fuselage side was done by the first owner of the kit, he’s made a pretty good job of it but when I was doing the exhaust vent yesterday I noticed that the air brake is virtually invisible where he had tried to correct a “mis-scribe” by sanding it. I think I need to make a template from the starboard one, flip it over and use that to re-scribe the port. Ticking along it is Taff, but rain thankfully forecast for next week so more modelling less gardening! Lothar, stusbke, TaffyMan and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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