bull-nut Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Meant for this build to go into the DH GB, but issues with the Moth and Vampire meant that I didn't have time. Box shot: Sprues: Decals sheet looks OK, not sure if I'll have to try sun bleaching it or not yet: And for added interest, the Pavla resin cockpit set for the Cyberhobby kit. I've heard that it fits the Revell with a little modification: . Construction began with the wings and empennage: Some rather nasty sink holes in the fin tips: Opened up the "CoalHole" in the fuselage upper still need to do likewise with the FAW2 fairing: And built up the cockpit assembly: More latter. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bull-nut Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) This week I have been mostly doing family stuff, however the Sea Vixen is coming along. Cockpit and seats have been painted and installed into the fuselage, observer fairing cut open, still needs final shaping though. And I was able to wrestle the rest of the airframe together. I haven't fitted stores, gear or exhausts yet, the kit exhaust nozzles are very shallow, so I'll be opening them up and extending them with some Plastruct round section tubing, and blanking the ends with sheet. Some very nasty seams to fill, mostly around the boom joints, and I'm still undecided whether to correct the nose profile or not, I need to remove the cone to weight the nose anyway, I'm just worried I'll ruin it. I am doing the box cover scheme, by the way. I was undecided, but my youngest (nearly 5) saw the box with the model sat on top while the glue dried on the fairing, and got so excited that Daddy was building a "Flying shark aeroplane",that I really couldn't do anything else. Shame he wasn't so excited about Airfix's Defiant NF scheme, never mind. Edited July 12, 2017 by bull-nut 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Sterling work sir. Is this the old Frog tooling? Really keen to get my hands on a decent 1/72 Vixen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Nice work. Great to see these older kits being built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bull-nut Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 (edited) @Tomoshenko: Thanks. I'm not sure about the tooling, but knowing Revells propensity for re-boxing other manufacturers kits, it wouldn't surprise me. I've seen and read some good things about the Hobbyboss offering, if you can track it down. @zebra: Thanks, I have a fair few in the stash, including one or two under the old Matchbox branding, complete with panel trenches . They make a nice, nostalgic challenge over the newer "shake and bake" kits from the likes of Tamiya, new Airfix, etc. Helping to keep the skills up to scratch. Edited July 18, 2017 by bull-nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 This is definitely the old Frog tooling as reboxed by Revell, a good article about building it here with some comments about the nose. Those decals look fine to me bull-nut, any "yellowing" appears from the colour of the backing paper. Real yellowing shows in the decal carrier film around the edges of the various individual decals. Good to see how the Pavla cockpit goes in, I've the same one. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bull-nut Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 @stevehnz: Thanks for the tooling confirmation. RE the Pavla cockpit. you will need to remove some material from the bottom of the casting to enable the fuselage to close, I didn't quite remove enough, hence the wrestling needed to close up. I have managed to get the radome off, ready for weights and shimming, and started filling the sink holes in the fins with liquid sprue. I remember reading somewhere that the nose shim needed to be close to 1/8" (3mm), so cleaning up and shimming will be the main job for this week I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 That build I linked to reckoned 2mm, it sure improved the look of the nose to my eye. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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