TonyTiger66 Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 On 02/07/2017 at 6:33 AM, Nigel Heath said: That was nice but the highlight of this week's meals was a sirloin steak with buttermilk crispy fried onions: Buttermilk crispy fried onions ......... This concept should not have been missing from my life for so long. The Sycamore looks marvellous Nigel. If you write to the manufacturer; I think that they might send you another decal sheet for free to compensate. Most manufacturers are ok like that. The satin finish looks very good indeed. Best regards TonyT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louiex2 Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Excellent work and you're approaching the end of the home strech. Great save on the rotorhead. Lou in Utah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 That looks beautiful Nigel. Seriously that blue is gorgeous and it is looking well clean and neat. Oh yeah, anchovies on pizza, man of my own heart! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted July 4, 2017 Author Share Posted July 4, 2017 Quote If you write to the manufacturer; I think that they might send you another decal sheet for free to compensate. Most manufacturers are ok like that. Good idea Tony, your prompting got me to get in touch with S & M Models. They were very accomdating and said that if I just returned the remaining decals they would be happy to send me a replacment. I got that plus a covering letter in the post today. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louiex2 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 On 7/3/2017 at 3:52 AM, Martian Hale said: Quite possibly your best chopper yet, it certainly has the most visual impact. Martian Martian, I agree, with one caveat- Best chopper yet- without a fire extinguisher... 😀 Lou in Utah 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philp Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 No fire extinguisher? Say it ain't so. I do like the Nigel tease, here is almost everything, just a couple bits more, see you next week. Lou, another Salt Laker on Brit, small world. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milktrip Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Beautiful Nigel! Will this be making an appearance in the Aberdeen September show? Bring on the weekend for the final taster. Good point about the fire extinguisher by Louiex & Philp. I take it back... RE-BUILD IT! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Great work there Nige. If I may, I think your airbrush needs a tweak, lots of spatter on the preshading pics, and lots of grain in your colour coats. I think your problem might be that you are not thinning your paint sufficiently. 70% thinners, 30% paint and you must filter it too. Lots of thin coats rathe rthan one heavy coat. Re the preshading, I also think you need to use dark-ish gray rather than black even on cars the sghut lines are rearly solid black. JMTPW. Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexN Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Lovely colour scheme. It's not that I'm biassed: I love that blue! Beautiful :). Cheers, Alex. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted July 6, 2017 Author Share Posted July 6, 2017 Quote Will this be making an appearance in the Aberdeen September show? I hope so, see you there. I would have included a fire extinguisher but none of my reference photos show one. Maybe helicopters were less flamable back then. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louiex2 Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 4 hours ago, Nigel Heath said: I would have included a fire extinguisher but none of my reference photos show one. Maybe helicopters were less flamable back then. Or, perhaps they caught on fire and burned so quickly, a fire extinguisher was pretty much useless. 🤔 Lou in Utah 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 (edited) 5 hours ago, Nigel Heath said: I hope so, see you there. I would have included a fire extinguisher but none of my reference photos show one. Maybe helicopters were less flamable back then. The old Choppers had a large % of Magnesium Alloy for lightness. down side was they using stuff you find in Fireworks. Aircraft Wheels were Mag Alloys too. We had flight safety films on the helicopter phase in training showing burnt out Whirlwinds, Sycamores etc. and the stories how it happened and how fast you should run ! F1 cars had Mag Alloys and that spread to the sports car makers, reducing unsuspended weight. Got even lighter after a visit from the nearest dog, it eats Magnesium. Edited July 6, 2017 by bzn20 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abat Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Only just caught up with this Nigel, looking fantastic. Now how do you keep the yeast and the salt seperate in the pizza dough mix? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted July 7, 2017 Author Share Posted July 7, 2017 8 hours ago, abat said: Now how do you keep the yeast and the salt seperate in the pizza dough mix? By this I mean they are kept apart until the mixing starts. Yeast does not like salt and its presence does inhibit the yeast's growth but it is of course necessary for flavour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Fire extinguisher = weight. If it catches fire on start up, the chappie standing outside will have one. If it catches fire in the air, get it down, get out, If possible, retire to the nearest pub. If it catches fire after the crash, if possible, retire to the nearest pub. Await transport. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted July 8, 2017 Author Share Posted July 8, 2017 On opening my post box this morning I found that S & M Models had sent me not one but two replacement decal sheets: Excellent customer service there I think. The first thing I tackled today was finishing off the brake lines and wires to the navigation lights that I had started on last weekend: Next I used the new decals to finish off the serial number: Then I glued on the wipers with some thinned Gator Grip: I know they are a bit asymmetric but so are the real things (to my eyes anyway): Then it was the turn of the side doors again using more Gator Grip: I have given the navigation lights four coats of clear and by now they were dry so I knifed off the first of them: Here they are installed with yet more Gator Grip: I tried to glue the pitot tube on with Gator Grip but ended up using superglue: Then on went the tail rotor: The final thing to add was an aerial under the tail boom using a length of 0.2mm nickel silver rod: Apart from a few paint and varnish touch ups here and there I think I can call this little bird finished: I'll try to get the RFI done tomorrow as the sun will be in the right place in the morning. The highlight of this weeks dinners was slow cooked Hung Shao pork belly with stir-fried greens from Delia Smith's Winter Collection: Delish. Bye for now, Nigel 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Beautiful; a little gem. [The aircraft, that is; the food does not appear to be a lettuce of any description]. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whofan Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 1 hour ago, Nigel Heath said: The highlight of this weeks dinners was slow cooked Hung Shao pork belly with stir-fried green from Delia Smith's Winter Collection: Delish. My wife is very fond of Delia's recipes, but that one I don't think has graced our dining table - so a definite recommend for that one! The Sycamore looks good, too ;- ) Incidentally, do you know how Delia Smith and the Rolling Stones are connected? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 (edited) @Whofan She did the cover cake on Let it Bleed ! Edited July 8, 2017 by bzn20 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whofan Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 6 minutes ago, bzn20 said: @Whofan She did the cover cake on Let it Bleed ! Spot on! It's one of those odd little occurrences that you find out about and have to smile at, I think. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 I wonder if they ate after the photoshoot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milktrip Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 excellent Nigel; looking forward to the RFI. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted July 9, 2017 Author Share Posted July 9, 2017 The RFI can now be found here. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Thanks for sharing this Nigel. As usual I'm amazed by the micro-engineering and I've learned a lot, again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milktrip Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 what's next? There's a Radial engines group build starting at the end of this month... I'll just throw that out there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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