Anthony in NZ Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 14 hours ago, stusbke said: Awesome work... Cheers Frederick Jacobs Thank you sir!- 13 hours ago, scimitarf1 said: Great stuff - I hope that this could be productionised! Love your Tempest nose - have a couple of those ready to go. Thank you, glad you like the Tempest nose...that was a big job 3 hours ago, Marcel111 said: Loving this creative and beautiful WIP! And super clean work too, nice catch with that side panel line. I will never look at my completed Phantoms quite the same way as before :-/ Cheers, Marcel Thank you very much Marcel, your work inspires me....sorry to point out the panel line issue Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 Tried to find the GT Resin Intakes set, but all were out of stock. Then I noticed our very own Milosav1956 who posts on here has done a set. So I found a set on ebay through his shop and brought them. A Google of images shows them to look very nicely done. I have decided to potentially widen these a few mm rather than use the WH ones and making them narrower. Hope I am on the right track here... https://www.realmodel.cz/ Czech out his site... I will report on them when they arrive Cheers Anthony Marcel111, Starfighter, AlbertD and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share Posted August 20, 2020 So, after much deliberation I cut the rear engine section out of the WH lower wing. I cut it here because I will be able to put the belly strengthening strap/Doubler over the join. I will splice this into the plastic kit wing. I still need to move the aux intake doors forward one bay as they are in the wrong place Here goes nothing... Derek B, Landrotten Highlander, Coneheadff and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Brave man, Be careful cutting out those aux intake doors as they are easily damaged. Guess how I know Anthony in NZ and AlbertD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertD Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 You have nerves of steel Anthony. Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share Posted August 20, 2020 8 hours ago, Cees Broere said: Brave man, Be careful cutting out those aux intake doors as they are easily damaged. Guess how I know Thanks for the pointer! 3 hours ago, AlbertD said: You have nerves of steel Anthony. Or a fool..... AlbertD and Kais 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 No guts no air medals Barry AlbertD, Derek B and Anthony in NZ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertD Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Heck, I got stressed out about relocating the mounting holes for the outboard pylons on my build. It's easy to overthink things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo59 Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Judging by your fuselage splice I think the odds of you pulling this off are pretty good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share Posted August 20, 2020 1 hour ago, AlbertD said: Heck, I got stressed out about relocating the mounting holes for the outboard pylons on my build. It's easy to overthink things. Yes I must look into that relocation point, Chuck mentions it in his build 42 minutes ago, jimbo59 said: Judging by your fuselage splice I think the odds of you pulling this off are pretty good thanks, I think most of it is in my head...my wife doesn’t help when she sees me hacking up an expensive conversion 3 hours ago, Barry said: No guts no air medals Barry lol....right you are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertD Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, Anthony in NZ said: Yes I must look into that relocation point, Chuck mentions it in his build If you pm me your email address I would be happy to send you the PDF file that GT resin sent me. It's hard to read but the info is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 Thanks very much, PM sent! I ordered The Nautilus plates for the belly straps, I’ll see what they are like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Any good photo's of those belly straps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Cees Broere said: Any good photo's of those belly straps? I call mine a belt. Not sure you want to see it though. Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Cees Broere said: Any good photo's of those belly straps? I havent gone through my files yet to check what I have. I have a feeling I will be soon LOL I will let you know what I find. There was an extensive discussion on Britmodeller about them https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235067502-phantom-fgr2-reinforcement-plates/ From memory it should answer all our questions Cheers Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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