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  1. 71chally
    That looks a cross between excellent work, and an excellent kit, excellent! I had no interest in getting a P-40 kit but will definitely get this on the back of this build, hope Airfix will do the later variants aswel.
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    Brilliant and fulsome answer to Wessex HIFR, thank you. There was also the Inflight Refueling idea tested on the Wessex using a trailing hose from the lead Wessex, bet you're glad that came to nowt! Nice shot of Sea King HIFR here, courtesy of pprune Scroll down and there's even a HAR.3 trying it. http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/561486-hifr-hms-ocean.html
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    Abat, its's just Humbrol 165 (+ dash of white) hand brushed straight on to the foil, seems to coat and stick really well. I've since brought a sieve for this express purpose, have cut out a large piece of the mesh to use on a flat surface, lay the foil over it and keep rolling over the foil with blu tac/similar and get even better quilted results.
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    I think you may have inadvertently answered a question for me, Is this why the Wessex HAS.3 appears to have a fuel cap placed half way up the leading edge of the cabin door with the cap facing aft? Two fuel caps on the Whirly way down low on the stb'd side.
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    very nice collection, I'm fascinated by that era of wild styling & colours, with outragous raw power that anyone could order straight of the forecourt. . That was the other side to it, hang the economics and environment! Loving the Briggs & Stratton six wheeler, but will stick to their cylinder mowers. Anyway I have taken this subject way too far from the aura of the lofty Fairey design office at Hayes, on with the Barrcauda. Superb fine detail work there Tony, this is going to be another marathon build. Have you got shots of the various bits of Barra from FAAM? Unsure how much they would help mind
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    I use Humbrols polyurethane varnish (H35). I like you (I think?) I do panel by panel. So I paint the panel that I'm going to foil in the varnish very thinly but completely evenly over the area, let it dry for about 20mins, add the foil and buff smooth. I either cut the foil panel to shape first, or just after I apply it over the varnish, using the panel lines as a guide. The four shades are achievable by using both sides of the wrapper, and turning adjacent panels through 90 degrees, the grain you mention giving a slightly different shade effect. I did a B-36 like this about 25 years ago, man did I have to eat some KitKats! Edit, I applied Johnsons Kleer all over as a final gloss coat on a Cutlass that I did, seem to remember that it hid the decal film well. Try it on a test part first as I can't remember if it effects the foil finish in different ways, and would hate to mess up someone elses kit.
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    Thanks to recent production news and Johns post on the P-40 thread, it reads 'DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED IN THE UK'
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    Very nice, superb result! I use foil as well (not as tidy as yours), and using the grain technique mentioned you can get four different shades from a Kit Kat wrapper.
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    Is it me or is that the already issued boxing and scheme Be12? Think this is the new one?
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    Sorry that was a joke, that may only read well in some areas! Absolutely agree that the best way to create a decent kit is to access the real aircraft where you can.
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    They started at K, NF was pretty late production for Swordfish.
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    It is NF389 which was on squadron strength with 781 at LoS at the time. Nice shot of it here, http://www.airliners.net/photo/UK-Navy/Fairey-Swordfish-Mk3/2499397/L Unbelievably It was still flying with the ATDU until early 1953. Getting back to Whirlwinds, we've seen the minesweeper, but the 'other' service used one as a mine layer, using a device of such engineering ingenuity as to stagger the mind. They used to carry some unusual underlsung loads during airshows as well, including a man playing a piano, and a witch on a broom stick. Probably not as good as the Dragonfly carrying Aladdin on his magic carpet though
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    Great looking build and fine looking Wessex, does the Italeri kit need conversion to a HAS.1 or did they kit it?
  14. 71chally
    Nice work, and great tip on the seat firing handles!
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    I think that's a jailable offence in some areas!
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    I don't believe that the Royal Navy named it's Hiller HT.1s or HT.2s, Raven was the US Army/USAF name for the H-23 series, not sure if the HTE-2 got a name as such.
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    superb work, every stage of the build looks like perfection
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    Lovely looking build, captures the classic Wellington look perfectly
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    Thanks for the kind comments Absolutely, I find it hard to believe that the Whirlwind or S-55 family hasn't been kitted in modern times in 48th scale. I anxiously await every new Airfix announcement, thinking they will do it. The Wessex is well catered for (justifiably so), but really hope the dear old Whirlwind will be along soon. The variants and operators list is huge, so there must be a good market for a kit. I reckon if the parts breakdown was well thought out, that pretty much all variants could be covered.
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    Oh no, don't get me going on the Plymouth 'Cuda, I used to own its Dodge brother, a Challenger T/A - used to enjoy touching up the block in that orange, actually I used to just enjoy touching it up! Not quite the 426 Hemi pictured above, but a nice 360 all the same. Dodge 1970 Challenger T/A 340 Six Pak by James Thomas, on Flickr Dodge 1970 Challenger T/A 340 Six Pak by James Thomas, on Flickr Sorry to digress, I will make up for it with a Fairey design team lesson soon...
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    I certainly do and will action as soon as I can. I could only access externally today, here's the engine nacelle shape. I was almost eye level to the engine and took it from a little distance to reduce lens distortion etc. Hercules C.3 No 1 by James Thomas, on Flickr
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    Nice bit of extra info there, even Sqns of the Fleet Air Arm didn''t mention 701 linked with the trials. I've been interested in the Whirlwind with minesweeping gear for a while now, quite odd looking without that fillet, have seen it mentioned in conjunction with MAD trials as well. There is a really nice shot of it at Farnborough but darned if I can find it. It appears in this charming old shot http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205164286 It would make a good modelling subject - one day. Interesting about the Sea King U/C. My Grandad used to work with BA S-61Ns and remember him saying there was no aerodynamic reason for retracts on it, I guess that explains S-91Ls layout didn't incur a penalty. He did say that it reduced vibration and that the dials were almost readable when the wheels were up. Edit, Good little piece on 701 and the towing Whirlwind here, http://www.helis.com/database/sqd/uk_701_naval_air_squadron
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    Talk about comic timing, posted at the same time Crisp. Seems though that the Yanks were ahead of us again, http://www.winvian.com/cottages/helicopter/ Nice u/c detail, I have a fondness for undercarriages that I dare not speaketh of.
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    Just in case you miss the old birds http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3880524/Skys-limit-farmer-Sea-King-helicopter-turned-holiday-home.html
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    I think the best question to ask Airfix is if they would consider re-engineering the whole kit! It's so full of errors that it's unreal.
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