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  1. I joined Ark (well, 820 embarked in Ark) in late-86, so I’ll be surprised if there were any significant differences between your version and mine - no CIWS yet & maybe the odd Golly aerial or similar missing from your CST version, but otherwise nothing much. Off the top of my head, the things you need to change to convert Airfix Lusty into Ark are: - different, more streamlined profile underneath the ramp - port quarter CIWS platform (again, more streamlined - see early stages of this build for details) - reinstate the forecastle & Sea Dart launcher - ditto 909s - back end of the island needs major rework - mainmast different (UAA1, 992 etc) - revert the bridge / Flyco area to original config (single row of windows) - shorten port midships chaff / 20mm sponson There will be others that come to mind as I think. I’ll add them here. C
  2. The nose OC aerial would have been well & truly destroyed by the impact, but the other 4 (aircraft sides and on stub-wings) wouldn't - and they are not visible in any photos.
  3. Thinking a bit more, the cab seen from above has Orange Crop, but the damaged cab doesn’t; they’re definitely different airframes (though still a useful photo, for which thanks to my friend John “Foxy” Connell, WAFU ninja).
  4. I reckon no RBF intake blanks, because there are no covers on the exhausts (as there are in the colour photo from the tanker) - I’d expect none or both. No idea whatsoever why the access panel to the starboard side of the MRGB was open. And yes, thin yellow tip on the blades
  5. STOP! Step slowly away from the bench. No sudden movements. Now go back to the reference shots of the damaged cab on deck. Do you see any intake grilles? Cos I don’t. They’re there in the photo of A.N. Other rotors running MAD-fitted Lynx taken from BW’s hangar roof, but it appears they weren’t on 25 May. [I suspect they’re two different airframes; trying to keep track of which airframes were in which ship on a given day during the campaign is really hard - since not all cabs were Skua capable at that stage and only a few were MAD-fitted, they probably moved around depending on the ship’s tasking on a given day].
  6. Bit more progress today: And if you’re wondering where this is going:
  7. Now working on the inside face of the “Garden Wall” - specifically the supports. There have been a couple of false starts & a lot of measure-cut-sand-swear-remeasure-cut-rinse-repeat…. but it’s getting there. The side cutters might serve as a reminder of how small this stuff is! More soon Crisp
  8. Try this: The bomb hole was somewhere between the SMR (the guy in the red FD jersey) and the steps. You could see it from some angles (there was still a slight dent), and when she was rebuilt they obviously didn't bother with reinstating all the insulation, because snow / frost melted around the bomb hole before everywhere else, like the only badly insulated house in a terrace! [I'd love to model this, but suspect I will never get around to it; scratch-building the entire innards of a Lynx with both ECUs exposed and the MRGB out on the deck is probably a bridge or three too far - still a man can dream!] Crisp
  9. Yes, that’s exactly what it is; bounced off the sea, came inboard travelling upwards through the JRs heads, through the flight deck & Lynx nose, and over the side. Bill, I’m pretty sure I have some photos of Battleship [it’s better than “gunboat”, which seems to be the press’ description of any warship] Broadsword’s deck from above, taken during a MRGB change on deck in Gib in 1990, but the configuration of the deck ringbolts won’t have changed. I’ll get back to you.
  10. I was around in 82 (sprog bridge watchkeeper & flight deck dogsbody in Fearless), but nowhere near a carrier; I didn’t start my flying training until 84. Thank you for your kind words!
  11. If you want to build Invincible or Ark (or Lusty in a pre-refit configuration), then the WEM set is essential; it sorts out the whole catwalks thing for you (which would be the toughest bit to scratch build). Atlantic Models do a Sea Dart back-dating set (launcher, blast shield & 2 x 909 dome). So that leaves the mast configuration to scratch build…. You know you want to!
  12. 90% of us on here are bonkers (and I definitely include myself in that category). But this is taking it to a whole new, beautiful level of bonkerdom - the sort of thing to which the rest of us can only aspire. I salute you, Sir!
  13. Shape refined a bit more - almost there now - plus first of two holes for berthing hawsers etc cut. About two hours’ work! More soon Crisp
  14. I do have a second hull (kind of) available, but in this case it doesn’t help; the kit doesn’t have a fo’c’s’le, since it depicts Lusty after her Sea Dart was removed & the flight deck extended forward. This changed the profile of this area significantly, so using it as a guide for the scratch built replacement wouldn’t work. The second hull will deffo help in some areas - but not this one!
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