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I have this kit in the to do pile.
I've been tempted many times to start the kit. For my build I have got the Aires cockpit set which provides very nice cockpit detail and a nice fine eched HUD frame.
That kit pit is looking good with your tidy painting.
Shaun.
G'day Shaun, I think a PE frame would be nice, along with some PE belts. I think the rest of The cockpit detail is fine, especially if the cockpit is glued closed.
cheers,
Pappy
Nice one Pappy. I was playing with mine this morning; hacking the Aries cockpit about trying to get it to fit into the HB fuselage halves. Not there yet, but I'm hopeful
.I'll look forward to seeing how you go. Any ideas on a colour scheme yet? Mine will be a 'Spang bird.
Steve.
G'day Steve,
I am thinking a backdate to Gulf War 1 and Euro 1 (Charcoal Lizard) scheme with shark mouth - the classics are always the best,
cheers,
Pappy
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Very, very nice work Pappy.
Jon
Thanks Jon
Beautiful. What have you done to keep the tyres from melting the wheels into slag?I havn't actually applied any glue, I just popped on the rubber tyres to see how they look. I would have actually preferred plastic tyres.
Is there a problem with this kit's rubber tyres melting?
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Excellent build there Pappy! Certainly lo-viz wing roundels! MODeller
That was partially my fault. The grey specified is close to a medium sea grey. When I applied the roundels and lightning bolt, they practically disappeared. The markings on the real jet are a little darker though. The sheet includes a very thorough selection of stencils. It took me about two session of about an hour each to apply the little blighters. Some of the stencils are black, most are a darker grey and actually stand out, but all are unreadable as they are really only dots and dashes. I have probably got some on upside down as well!
Very nice Pappy, I really like that. Don't often see much about the Malaysian 29's.Yes I agree, especially as they are my northern 'neighbours'
I like that.Very smart.
Thanks Smiffy
Very good chosen subject which we do not see much!! Keep the kits comming pappy you build them very nice!!
G'day Eric, thanks for the props!
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going to watch this with real interest, great looking GAU & IP.
Andy
BTW mike grant do IP decals & they look great.
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Thanks fellas
I wasn't really ready to start posting this WIP, but I was having photobucket issues (all me I think!) so I submitted a test post.
I have already added the Mike Grant decals to the panel (pictures to follow) but here are some more pics. So far, no aftermarket has been harmed in the making of this hawg,
The donks,
The panel dry fitted before the MG dials were added
Hopefully I will return to this build soon, just a few others I want to finish first
Pappy
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G'day David,
The stand isn't actually finished yet. The stand itself is just some scrap stainless steel, with a metal lump sitting on it to hold it up for the pics. It will eventually be screwed to wooden base,
cheers,
Pappy
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G'day people,
I have been wrestling with my photobucket account. I have done 'something' and every time I tried to attach pictures, the post came up with 'image removed' boxes. I think its fixed now.
This is my just completed 1/72 Hasegawa MiG-29N. The Italeri kit is generally regarded as the most accurate 1/72 kit, as the Hasegawa has known dimensional issues.
This boxing includes the vertical fin extensions forward of the fin, but does not include the chaff/flare dispensers that are housed within them.The Hasegawa kit was tooling was based upon early figures, and as such it is approximately 15mm too short. Many of the panel lines are incorrect or just missing.
On the positive side, the panel lines are very finely engraved and the kit went together swiftly over a couple of weekends without any dramas. Overall, it still looks like a MiG-29, but I would try harder to find the Italeri kit f I was to build another.
I didn't try to correct the dimensional and panel errors. I replaced the kit seat with a Pavla resin item and added some rudimentary details to the instrument panel coaming, including a very basic HUD.
I did add some external detail s however.
I wanted to build a Royal Malaysian Air Force (TUDM - Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia) example from 19 "Skwadron", based in Kwantan. To represent the type specific external differences, I scratch built a bolt on inflight re-fueling probe using scrap resin bits and plastic card. The chaff/flare dispensers were added from some scrap PE. The IR sensor in front of the nose was improved by extending the flat shelf that it sits on and adding a new ball sensor using clear sprue. The small conical fairing in front was also added. Since I wanted an airborne pose, the gear doors were glued shut and the auxilliary air intakes on top of the fuselage were closed (they are moulded in the ground running position) by removing the entire panels and substituting a piece of plastic sheet with the sprig loaded suck in doors scribed in.
The decals used were from "Scale Nutz", a Singaporean firm. I had never used their decals before, but they were very thin and conformed well with no silvering.
enjoy,
Pappy
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Hi many thanks I knew the kit was not state of art, I just wanted to correct the most obvious. Looking at some pics of these aircraft in a russian book, I got the impression that originally they did not have in flight refuelling probes, were they a retro fit afterwards.
Best wishes
Charlie
G'day Charlie,
The MiG-29 was not originally fitted with an in flight refueling (IFR) probe. The Malaysian (TUDM) Fulcrums were originally delivered without the IFR probe, and the probes were added later. TUDM MiG-29's are the "N" model, and I believe that this is when the IFR probe was developed (others may correct me on this!). A couple of very small things I have noticed as well:
There is a small section of piping that sits on top of the airframe just behind the left auxiliary air intake doors. Apparently, it is associated with the IFR probe system.
There is a small half-cone shaped fairing in front of the IRST (the infrared search sensor immediately in front and to the right of the windshield) I don't what it is or what it does but it is there.
cheers,
Pappy
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Fair nuff!
cheers,
Pappy
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G'day Sniper,
Very, very nice builds, but I do have one thing to point out.
Italeri have got the tail rotor direction of rotataion icorrect. The tail rotor should rotate clockwise when viewed from the left side. Italeri moulded the blades around the wrong way. The Matchbox kit got this aspect correct.
When I built my Wessex HAS.3 ("Humphrey"), I cut the blades from the hub, pinned them and re-attached them so that they rotated in the clockwise sense.
You are not the first (and probably not the last) person not to notice the error, but hopefully a few more people will now be aware of the problem
As I have said, this is not meant to be a negative comment in any way, I think your Wessex kits look very nice, this is meant to be a constructive comment only,
cheers,
Pappy
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Yeah i think i will! I'm just going to get a vickers k gun and a few other bits and bobs from areoclub . I wish there was much more reference on this plane cos its am important one i think!
It's long distance record was un beaten untill 1945 by a B29 {with 4 engines as well!
}The Egypt -Darwin was apretty gutsy flight as the crew had to fly below 10,000' and took no parachutes in order to save weight. I f I ever come across another Wellesley, I will build a desert one as well,
cheers,
Pappy
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Yep , they were the only bombers in africa at that time ! Great Build by the way and it's got me motivated to start doing mine!
G'day Gruffy,
Thanks mate, I would love to see more examples of this kit built. Perhaps yours could be of an African veteran?
cheers,
Pappy
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Ow do Pappy, Ive never seen or heard of this one before so know very little about them, however, as a model, I have to say, its very very good
Bexy
G'day Bexy,
Thanks for the kind words.
The Wellesley did not really share the lime light in the same fashion as its for famous sibling, the Wellington, however a few did serve well in the African campaign from memory.
Pappy
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If I remember correctly Geoffrey Quill test flew one of these in his early days as a test pilot with Vickers Supermarine. I think he was fairly complimentary. Having said that, he did crash it.
Any landing you walk away from is a good one, and if the plane can be used again, then the landing was a great one
Pappy
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G'day all,
Thanks very much for the kind words.
Daz, I don't know for definite if the Wellesley had the longest wing in the RAF, but it is probably correct.
I think in some ways the Wellesley was ahead of its time, carrying its stores in underwing panniers to streamline them andthe geodetic construction were two features that come to mind.
The tooling and jig methods used to construct the Wellesley was developed into the machinery used to construct the Vickers VC.10
cheers,
Pappy
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nice work mate!
One comment if i can. On the left side of the engine sre these oil stains? If not no comment. If they are why they ppear only on one side? And why the decal is not dirty?
G'day again.
This aircraft suffered an engine failure in flight when an oil line broke, so I assumed the oil would have spilled out behind the engine cowling. I am no expert on the Bristol Pegasus (the engine fitted) and where exactly the oil lines are, so I just made a guess. I didn't think that a broken oil line would make a massive mess, but a more localised area of spillage.
The engine oil was simulated with burnt sienna artist oils.
The decal is covered in the oil paint as well, but because the oil paint is very thin, it only has a very slight brown tinge to it.
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G'day all,
I have finally completed my 1/72 Matchbox Vickers Wellesley.
The subject of this build was one of a trio of Wellesley aircraft belonging to the Long Range Development Unit (LRDU) that were engaged in a record breaking long distance flight from England to Australia in 1938. All three reached Australia, however only one aircraft managed to fly home, one returned by ship and a third, L2639, the subject of my build was abandoned.
Following an engine failure (due to a broken oil line), the aircraft made a successful forced landing. The aircrew were rescued by a ground party, but the aircraft was deemed a write-off by the RAF due to the remote locality.
The plane was salvaged and eventually sold to the RAAF, where it was employed as a ground maintenance training aid during WWII. Sadly, the airframe was 'converted to components' at the War's end and the door finally closed on this chapter of aviation history
I posed the kit in flight as the wheel wells are far too shallow and contain no detail whatsoever. I also repositioned the flight controls to depict a banking turn to add some interest. I chose to depict the time immediately after the engine failure, so there was plenty of oil streaking on the left side behind the cowl. I actually don't know how the oil pattern would have appeared, I just used some artistic licence.The aircraft used a unique pannier that I have not seen on other Wellesley aircraft. I made a master using plastic and scrap resin and cast a couple of copies. These were based on photos taken during the 1938 visit. I made then with a degree of educated guesswork, but I cannot vouch for their complete accuracy.
The decals were printed by Richard Chafer, whom some of you may recognise as Mr Gekko Graphics, and these performed flawlessly.
cheers,
Pappy
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G'day Gary,
Great looking cat, should be a stunner when it is done. I have a question w.r.t the 'winders (AIM-9P's I think?) Why do they have two yellow bands instead of the yellow/brown (w'head/motor) combo.
Is this something specific to Omani Jags?
cheers,
Pappy
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Top looking Hurri Scotty, nothing to be ashamed of there.
It looks like you are working on a Tonka in the background, could this be next?
cheers,
Pappy
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Pappy, Looks great, a bit small for me!
Lovely job, as usual.
Ta Oz!
You'll be pleased to know that I have acquired a 1/48 Revell Wessex HAS.3. Whilst another "Humphrey" would be nice, I am thinking perhaps a RAN Wessex might be nicer,
cheers,
Pappy
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Hey Pappy,
That's another cracking build.
What's happening with the RN Lynx that you started on the ARC group build?? And can we see some pic's??
Bob
G'day Bob,
Thanks for the kind words. As for the Lynx, well I was getting close to completion until I took a closer look at the Lynx exhausts. I didn't like how they just poked out. The real deal has a more subtle curve, and the exhaust tubes are somewhat buried in the body work. I removed the kit exhausts and filled with milliput with the intention to sand the area to shape before drilling holes and adding new exhausts, probably from some brass or aluminium tubing . Pictures will follow when the work is done, when I get around to it.....
Pappy
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Top job Pappy - very nice.
Did you also scratch the seat supports (Red) or were they part of the kit?
G'day Gary,
Actually, all I did was paint the inside of the windows with red paint using a fine (000) brush, simple and effective.
cheers,
Pappy
G'day Pappy, top effort mate. That is some serious detailing and in 1/72 to boot! A fine job indeed, well done.Cheers. jim
G'day Jim,
Thanks mate,
Pappy
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G'day Martin,
I bought a sheet of K &S diamond pattern mesh a couple of years ago from a railway model shop. I think that Eduard may also make a PE set for the MH-47 as well. One thing I just remembered is that Italeri got their mesh areas confused.
The mesh area on the rear of the front nacelle needs to be added, whilst the mesh areas on top of the rear nacelle is represented in plastic. I cut these areas out and added mesh here. I chickened out on making the engine inlet screens though!
I think Italeri also got their front and rear rotor blade directions mixed up.
cheers,
Pappy
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