Kagemusha Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 It certainly does, great work. I hope it encourages you Iain to crack on with the correction sets when the situation allows, or you get a Cummings access all areas and sod the consequences pass! mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Max - that's fantastic progress! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted June 6, 2020 Author Share Posted June 6, 2020 (edited) Thanks Joachim, it's surprising how things can suddenly seem to come together on occasions (after lots of detail work AND procrastination!). I'm looking at the aft end right now, so firstly putting in a couple of formers: then tidying up the fuselage to get a good fit with the exhausts, a little more sanding/thinning required yet! I was hoping to put the whole of the exhaust system in much later in the build after the fuselage had been closed up and maybe even painted but this trial has proved that's not going to be possible. Edited June 6, 2020 by mozart MikeC, Kagemusha and BradG 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted June 6, 2020 Author Share Posted June 6, 2020 The Aires pipes are much narrower than the holes cut in the framework so there's a danger of them waggling around rather a lot: so I used the outer tubes supplied with the Echelon kit, though I'm pretty sure this isn't how Frank Brown envisaged them being fitted! But it works well enough: Uncarina, themongoose, blackbetty and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 wow you're making those fits look like they were designed as a single part and not pieces. Superb. I'm gonna love your lightning when it's done! mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkeeboy56 Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Fantastic modelling! A Lightning! What's not to like? Alain Gadbois, Jack and mozart 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Great work on the engines Max! Looks like the fit was pretty good with the vac parts. Alain mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Great progress and i love your solutions mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 Thank you, I think of them as bodges! Kais 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Some seriously nice work going on with this one Max, not really been on LSP much lately as lost the interst to build for a while. Superb stuff and keep it up as coming together nicely. Regards. Andy mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 (edited) 20 hours ago, monthebiff said: Some seriously nice work going on with this one Max, not really been on LSP much lately as lost the interst to build for a while. Superb stuff and keep it up as coming together nicely. Regards. Andy Cheers Andy, thought I hadn’t seen you around! Take a break, no problems, you’ll be back building to your high standards again when the “urge’ strikes you. I’m hoping to get some more time on the fuselage later today, been fussing about (read procrastinating) long enough. I know once this tricky front end is done progress will be quite rapid, I neeed to move on! Edited June 16, 2020 by mozart Lothar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 (edited) I know we've been here before but getting this stage assembled accurately is key to the final over all look of the model. I've finally worked out the best way of fitting the fuselage sides/cockpit tub/intake trunking/radar bullet cone/intake ring/nose wheel bay so that all is aligned and mating securely. I'll be fixing this in place tonight with epoxy and leaving for a while to set, ready for fuselage close up Thursday with luck. A final check to see all's well. The tip of the shock cone is a mm too high I think but I have to remind myself that I'm using an Aires casting which was designed for the Trumpeter Lightning so a tiny compromise is necessary! Edited June 16, 2020 by mozart MikeC, Kagemusha, johncrow and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Fabulous work - you can see very clearly that this is a Lightning and a million miles away from. Trumpeters offering mozart and MikeC 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lothar Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, crobinsonh said: Fabulous work - you can see very clearly that this is a Lightning and a million miles away from. Trumpeters offering +1 - what he said mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 Haha, it’s a Lightning alright! I get a little thrill every time I go into my workroom and see it on the bench and (don’t tell anyone) but I sneak a final look before bed! Alain Gadbois, Jack, themongoose and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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