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When I built mine, I incorrectly, as it transpired, removed a wedge from the in between section. When glued together the transition was actually smoother.....although by now somewhat shorter than it should have been. Which is why this kit never progressed much further than this!, there is a moral to this story....
Shaun's fix is better!
The lower nose is from the Italeri kit BTW
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Tidy work Bill and great to see the airframe together. Inspiring stuff
Cheers Col, it's a challenge all right, but immensely rewarding when it's nailed together. Some of the moulding is sloppy, but superb in other areas. It's as if the sprues were made in different factorys!! Hope to get some paint on soon.......
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Looking good Bill, amazing what can be done with a little determination and a big hammer....
A very BIG hammer!! Actually once the fuselage upper and lower shell's are persuaded to stay put, it takes on it's shape rather well. Airfix did a good job in that respect, BUT imagine a Buccaneer to the standard of Airfix's Javelin, or Sea Vixen OR even to Kinetic's Sea Harrier! Drool..............
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Isn't it a great feeling when you've done all the hard work , you apply the primer and there's no tidying up to do?
I dunno actually - cos it's a rarity here! Looking really good Jonners. She'll be a lot better too when the upper coats are on!
And as for a Photobucket......sheesh, took me ages downloading FIVE photo's to it and then on to here yesterday!
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The fin tip would be impossible to fix correctly as the bulbous shape runs down the fin in a sort of diamond shape? You can help it a bit with sanding. The heat exchanger is larger on the later updated IDS/ECR/GR4. be a hard fix. Have a look at Photo's.
It's a great kit, but not for the beginner to modelling.
Be time for primer soon.
I tried to sand both down on mine previously, it did improve them slightly. I had a Hobby Boss GR1 that I ended up trashing. Shame I didn't salvage the fin from that. It may have been okay, and more appropriate to an earlier mark(?) even if the rest of the kit wasn't!!
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A lot has been written about Airfix new kits. And they surely have made som nice and priceworthy kits these last years and Harriers to. But thera are ni new trainers and the only existing kit, the T10 is rather hard to find. Isn´t it time to aske Airfix about an new T10 as well?
//André
A brand new T10/12 from Airfix would be nice....but so too would a whole host of aircraft! I recently started to convert a GR9 into a T10 bu using the nose section off of an old Airfix T10, which as you say is hard to source nowadays. Italeri also did a two seater, that could also be used. As for the T2/4, thecSword kit is decent enough...and as Richard E says...Heritage do offer conversion sets.
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Great start Shaun, I think the Tornado looks best with wings swept and belting along ..like a IX Sqn bat outta hell!
You've backdated it to a GR1, I plan to do the same soon.
I seem to recall in previous threads that the fin cap needs a bit of refinement as its a bit too bulbous, and does the heat exchange fairing on the fin need sanding back a bit for a GR1?
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Looking great Bill, hopefully, this will be enough for Airfix to announce a new one just as you get it over the finish line!
Thanks! Yes, I think a lot of people are hoping for that!
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The new wingtip, with rear light fairing
The needle in the nose faired in giving a nicesharp point. A bit of fine tuning here I think...
And where we are currently, with tail on...primer on soon...
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Nice work.
Thanks Phil....
just a bit of an update....if photobucket will load that is.....
First of all the flaps and associated fairing. The flap is the kit part, filled with Milliput, A lot of fettling both top and bottom to get a fit...
The flap fitted. A bit of cleaning up to do. I've aded the rear hige panel door and removed the 5th vortex generator....a feature of the S2B
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What markings are in these kits please guys?
Thanks
Howard
Scroll up to post 11.......
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Just one minor point Mike, the glazing that is missing is for the LRMTS not the FLIR.....
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Hi Steve, sorry it's 1/48 scale, for the new Sword kit, they've released a T4 and a T5. The scheme I'm hoping for is the T5 of the preserved Cold War Jets airframe. It has the insignia of all the Lightning squadrons down the fuselage which is the problem, otherwise I could use the decals you posted the link for, that sets for a T4.
Muzz
This aircraft has I think, dual identity.....she's in "92 Sqn" markings on the port side, and 111 Sqn markings to starboard. Be nice to get some specialist decals for this........
http://www.airshowspresent.com/english-electric-lightning-t5---xs458-cranfield.html
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.I used the Quickboost replacement (for the Trumpeter kit) on mine, it was a straight forwards fit.
I still haven't built the airfix 1/48 yet and now I 'need' this!
The Quickboost replacement part is a straight copy of the Trumpeter part, so is too deep. It was so to compensate for the short Trumpeter fuselage. If used the join line should be filled and placed a couple of mm forward. Using the QB part also makes the intake bullet too far back. It's only 2mm or so but does throw everything out. Saying that, it's easy enough to mount the intake bullet and housing a bit further forward to compensate. It will improve what is otherwise a fairly decent kit.
I have the 1/48th "inbound" and am looking forward to building it immensely. I expect to be getting a couple at least....
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Thanks Pete, At Sea, Bob, Jim and Eng., for your kind words and encouragement! I hope to post some photo's later this evening on the progress made so far...mostly on the airbrakes and flaps. i may even get some paint on before Chrimbo......
Cheers
Bill
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If we're talking about 1/48th , the airbrake on the Airfix Shar is correct. It's too small for the GR3....Just as an add on note, the Sea Harrier had a shorter airbrake. Not sure why, it just does....
The Airfix Shar has the GR airbrake, which is wrong.
As far as I can recall their 1/72 Shar's air brakes were okay....
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I decided to sand and re-scribe all the lines on the Vulcan,and after losing the will to live filled what little I did. To be honest Its a waste of time in this scale and used masking to pick out the relevant areas to break the area up. Just an idea.
]Love that anti-flash white finish......just one observation shouldn't the pale red on the fin flash be at the front?
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A thoroughly enjoyable, and informative build thread! Many thanks for sharing!
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The rear of the airbrake did overlap the fuselage as per the kit.
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Additionally, it's advisable to not to glue the rear of the cockpit section to the intake section. By not doing this it allows the upper decking to fit. Check out General Melchett's pinned build at the head of this section....It appears you have mounted the airbrake bay in the wrong position, too far rear.
Shaun.
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Nicely finished off Spence....
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A KUTA build.....and a Lightning too......excellent!
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I now have the wings on! I have started the job of replacing the wing tips...with laminated plasticard. These have now been plastered with Milliput and will be sanded down to the correct shape, and nav.light lenses added...
And we have a Buccaneer shaped plastic "brick"......
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Tornado GR.4 (Revell 1/48) -New Kit-
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Henceforth, Darby's cat will be known as Tallboy.....