Pete Roberts Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Nice work with the wells Thierry! How does it go with the upper wing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 Hi Pete, No problem with the upper wing as the plastic of that kit was quite thin for the era. With regard to that aspect, the more recent Revell kit has comparable parts. So what is working for the new one is Ok for the old one! Obviously, you have to remove all the molded strengtheners and other small components intended to secure the moving landing gear leg. Hth Thierry Pete Roberts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 It is not that easy to keep track of all the small changes when I'm working on the kit. I realized I forgot mentioning that small landing gear bay perimeter correction! Before: After: The first picture also shows the two drain holes I have added. Greg W, MikeMaben and Landrotten Highlander 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Roberts Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 (edited) Nice work Thierry. I always thought those holes were jacking points and had a small stencil beside them "JACK" (?) Edited June 29, 2020 by Pete Roberts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 You're right of course. I mixed them with the drain holes that are noticeably smaller! Pete Roberts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 By the way, as they were the jack points you need to close them on the other side. I simply glued a sheet of plastic on the other side. Pete Roberts and MikeMaben 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 Not a lot of time to work on the kit yesterday. I added the missing brake line on the LG legs: And here's the plastic plate I mentioned yesterday. I forgot posting that picture earlier. This also showed that, as I mentioned earlier, all the elements intended to secure the LG legs have been removed to be able to position correctly the resin LG wells. This closed the jack point holes and will be right against the false floor of the cockpit to give rigidity to the fuselage/wing assembly: As you can see I also started working on the radiator... but this will be for a next episode as some elements have yet to be recreated. MikeMaben, Landrotten Highlander, Gazzas and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Continued awesome work Thierry. Ernest thierry laurent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 I appreciate you showing the prep work for the new landing gear legs. Great effort! thierry laurent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 For those interested in Mk.I plans: They are globally correct but not fully accurate regarding some Mk.I details here and there! However, they were quite useful to me. Gazzas, MikeMaben, Pete Roberts and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Interesting plans Thierry, looks like they have a lot of good info on them. Ernest thierry laurent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chek Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Very nice work so far Thierry. Regarding the drawings, I have Paul Monforton's book which is great for later types. But is there any empirical dimensional data or even just the diameter of the spinner back plate available for the Mk I that you know of? thierry laurent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 Alas no. It is a pity we do not have the equivalent of Monforton drawings for the short Merlin Spitfire types. Note the Cox drawings I linked here are considered to be quite accurate regarding the shapes and dimensions. It is rather the details that are not necessarily OK (e.g.power plug door in the wing fairing but no wing heating exhausts covers). Chek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastterry Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 And no upper wing stiffeners on a Mk 1. Nice work on this Thierry, I had one years ago but sold it on and bought a Hasegawa/Revell one instead, built as GR*U. TRF thierry laurent and Pete Roberts 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Roberts Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 No upper wing stiffeners initially on Mk !'s, but they may have been fitted later on surviving aircraft. I haven't seen any photos of Mk I's with these but they were fitted later to Mk II's so I would presume Mk I's would have got the same update. This may have led to their presence on the drawings (?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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