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  1. TeeELL
    I’ve designed and printed Vickers mgs and mounts to replace the moulded-in inverted Vs and white metal mgs provided in the kit. (I think I need to do a bit of airbrushing of the silver!) I printed the combined ‘Aldis/ring&bead’ unit, I used an etched brass ‘ring’ cyno’d to the front, it didn’t go on quite square, but it did go on so I’m taking that! You will see that the Vickers is only temporarily in place. Finally, I designed and 3D printed a set of U/C legs with sacrificial spacers:
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    What has been going on? Well, I have modified the cradle that holds the outer wing spars square and hope to fit that in place today in addition, I’ve done something similar for the U/C making the 3 components (right and left main units and the axle) one 3D printed item with sacrificial supports to hold everything correctly. I managed to successfully print the combined Aldis/ring & bead sight which will need fitting before the top wing are positioned. The challenge is the support struts between the fuselage and lower wing - in their infinite wisdom, the Hawker design team had the rear wire of the front paired flying wires pass through it! I’ll see about some photos a little later
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    I went through flying training at RAFC Cranwell 1970-1973. The JP3s were in the ‘new’ Red/White/Grey scheme, as were the newly arriving Mk5s, there were some Mk4s still on the flight line (gone by the time my cadet entry started flying post academics), the Mk4s were still in the silver/dayglo finish as they were being retired due to fatigue.
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    OK, the Sidewinders were/are built by Ratheon (iirc) in Germany and they use the US designated colour (color) of Gull Grey whereas the Skyflash is a UK missile and finished in LAG. As you’ve nearly finished, you probably don’t want to hear that! I recall that, when I flew the Phantom, the Aim9Ls were a different colour to the Skyflash and when I researched it I found the reference to Gull Grey.
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    Ian, I added inboard rigging to the upper wing (fortunately on one side only) when the rigging was actually fitted to the fuselage. I attempted to pull the monofilament out but it was so secure that the filament broke.
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    My goodness! You have been through the mills, you were fortunate with the blood clot. Pleased to hear you are through it though. As far as the drawing goes, it doesn’t have to be up to Leonardo daVinci standards ;-). As long as I can interpret it, I’ll create the 3D image and you can see how it looks, tell me if it needs adjusting, before I print it.
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    I’ve been a bit tardy in keeping up with this build. The fuselage halves have been joined and Vallejo acrylic filler used to fill the seam. that filler has been sanded back and the bottom of the fuselage similarly dealt with. Time to tackle the ‘knitting’. My method is to initially add the rigging to the upper wing (as far as possible)which allows me to create as smooth a finish as possible - after all, the top is the bit that is seen. I feed the ‘invisible monofilament’ through the hole (lets face it, no surprises there!) For clarity, I’ve substituted black 2lb fishing line: To maximise the stickshun of the monofilament, I loop it back into the exit hole: I then pull the filament back so that it sits below flush with the wing surface: once all the rigging is complete in that area, I flood the holes with thin cyno and then remove any excess. Having made a mistake and added monofilament inadvertently, I proved the strength of the method - I tried pulling the filament out of the holes - the filament broke so I had the re-drill the holes :(.
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    Bit late, I know, but what ‘grey’ did you use for the Aim9s?
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    Hi Rory, how is your recovery progressing? Are you yet in a position to attempt your exhaust ring drawing? It has been quite a while so I will need to refresh my memory of what I’ve achieved, I am in the middle of a ‘Rigging GB’ on another forum building a Hawker Woodcock but I should be able to re-visit the Mongoose at the end of next week(ish).
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    This is an image of the monofilament in situe. In this instance, each length has a knot tied to prevent it pulling through, the monofilament is pulled taught, such that the knot is hard against the fuselage, and secured with a drop of cyno. The fuselage halves have since been glued together, photo to follow.
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    I’ve started the rigging lines and flying control cables in the fuselage halves. The ‘smokey’ invisible thread I planned to use for the control cables has …. vanished so I’ve used 4lb fishing string which is 0.12mm diameter. I am using ‘clear’ invisible thread for the rigging wires as it picks up the ‘silver’ of the wings.
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    I am returned from a rather fabulous 2 week holiday in Montenegro and raring to get back to the work bench, I have to wait until tomorrow though. I shall be painting the upper wing lower surface and lower wing upper surface before I commence rigging. I must also restore the rigging associated with the cabanes and control cables in the fuselage, so I can glue the halves together.
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    I took a step back and removed the few length of rigging I had added to the port fuselage. I did this in order to airbrush the grey (Hu 106 enamel) of the forward fuselage: once it had dried, I removed the masking: As I am away for a while, the grey will have plenty of time to dry, not that it took very long do achieve a basic level of ‘dry’.
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    With the trauma of drilling rigging holes completed (well, at least until I discover I missed some), I am now starting to fit the rigging wire and control cables - better known in 1:72 as ‘invisible thread clear’ and ‘smoke’ respectively. It hasn’t been all that long since I rigged my last bi-plane (the Aeroclub Gloster Grebe) but my eye sight and arthritic thumb is definitely finding threading and knotting this monofilament more difficult. Because ‘my’ method requires the fuselage associated rigging to be added before buttoning up the fuselage, I cannot do any painting of parts; I must, therefor, leave sufficient thread inside the fuselage to allow me to pull out sufficient lengths untouched by paint.
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    When I was at RAF Valley, re-rolling to ‘fast-jets’, we had a team arrive to brief about the forthcoming Tornado ADV. One very contentious part was when they listed the weapons fit of 4 x Skyflash and 2 x Sidewinders - oh my, did the instructors (ex Phantom) laugh and point out what a backward step that was! It seems the comments were taken onboard and the F3 carried the 8 missiles. Anyway, back to scale versions. Like you, I have the FlightPath set and, whilst I’ve assembled the Skyflashes I drew the line with the Sidewinders and have opted for some 3D versions. For the red lines on the fuel tanks, have you considered lengths of red transfer strip? I am considering designing and printing a 3D triple carrier rather than trying to glue various white metal and/or plastic bits together.
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