thierry laurent Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Hi, I'm curious: does anyone know the fate of the Echelon molds? Looking at the kits frames, they were huge and quite sturdy as I guess such female molds were made of resin reinforced with aluminium powder. ??? Thierry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 I'm interested too, especially in fresh E E Lightning mouldings (suckings?). Between Aerocraft's intended clear resin canopy parts and a host of Aires and ResKit resin, vac form has never been so inviting (especially if the LG may still be cast). Tony thierry laurent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 I appoint Tigger to hunt them down. thierry laurent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 And. … we would need the cast metal parts too. Amazing kits these were and still are. thierry laurent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 From memory the female moulds were quite substantial - and quite probably survive - but I lost contact with Frank when he packed up shop and moved. Iain Rick Griewski and thierry laurent 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 2 hours ago, Rick Griewski said: And. … we would need the cast metal parts too. Amazing kits these were and still are. Actually few of the metal parts are still required for the Lightning as most of the areas covered by them are now better covered by aftermarket: - cockpit - LG wells - wheels - exhausts - refueling probe - pitot tube This leaves the LG legs (I do not want to consider SAC ones as a really acceptable option), end of arresting hook and canopy hinge! And the situation is quite comparable for the Hunter. It is nonetheless true some items will be more annoying (e.g. technical stencils) as they are OOP for ages. Rick Griewski 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 (edited) Ah yes. Thanks for the reminder. The Echelon kit IIRC provides the technical stencils and a few flourishes for the missiles. Edited January 23, 2022 by Rick Griewski Commented about the tech marketings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Iain said: From memory the female moulds were quite substantial - and quite probably survive - but I lost contact with Frank when he packed up shop and moved. Iain Iain, is Frank still with us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 That I don't know Rick. We were members of the same model club - Thames Valley Scale Model Club - in the '80s, early '90s - when Frank was developing the Hunter and Lightning kits - so kept abreast of the projects as they developed - and built some test shots of the Hunter. IIRC he'd retired from British Airways (747 Flight Engineer?) before starting work on the Hunter kits. Frank would be in his late 80's now, I think... Here's Frank - from the late, great, Ted Taylor's website: A perfectionist - and really nice man. Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ossington 1 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Would it be possible to 'reverse engineer' a workable mould by using a vacform as a pattern? Just thinking aloud, as I have an unbuilt 2 seater Hunter in the stash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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