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I've not seen one, although I'd like one for my kit in the stash. There is a multi-media kit of this aircraft that does have a wire tailboom but it would be very tail-heavy. One of the scale trade-offs we have to live with! Nice job on yours.
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Wow, nice work! She must be massive in that scale.
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Supermarine Spitfire Tr.9 - Irish Air Corps
Bell209 replied to Mig88's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
It's no better in 1/48. I did one a few years back and had similar struggles. At least you have one on the shelf (which is what I tell myself everytime I look at mine). Good work! -
The Mighty Concorde (a French one though)
Bell209 replied to TheFlyingDutchman's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Nice job! I have this in the stash to build as a BA aircraft but I'll be doing it in-flight and using your tips re the windshields to fix mine. -
There's a really good interview on YouTube with the designer of the kit. He gives a few tips on assembly, including the adding of weight.
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Very nice job! I built the C172 a couple of years ago and had to add a LOT of weight to keep it on its gear.
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Thanks all. Despite its age, this goes together really well and there are a number of options in the kit to allow you to build a number of different versions. One of the easier models I've built in the last few years.
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Finished. RFI at https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235133985-148-snj-5-g-texn/ Thanks for looking in!
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Back in 2014, I did the Boultbee Spitfire Introduction course at Goodwood. The course involved 70 minutes in a Chipmunk, followed by 40 minutes in a Harvard and a Spitfire Tr.9. The Harvard was this one: I've managed to do two models of the aircraft I flew in so far and this is the second of them. WIP is here: 1/48 SNJ Texan - Work in Progress - Aircraft - Britmodeller.com One last one with the last aircraft in the training continuum: I probably should've picked out the unpainted screws in the panels but time's against me. I needed to finish this by the end of the week as everything's going into store for an extended period after Christmas while we move to the Netherlands for a year or so. This classic Revell/Monogram kit was added to with Eduard P-51D wheels (most warbird T-6s use the Mustang wheels as they have disc brakes and anti-shimmy tailwheel tyres), Metallic Details CW-22B propeller (they're both Hamilton-Standard 2D30 props), Barracuda Studios spade grip in the front cockpit, Eduard details set (for the Occidental kit) that I used bits and pieces from and Microscale decals. Each letter and number is separate, so took a bit of mucking about! The decals on the engine cowl are from a 1/72 USAF C-130 that I had in the decals stash. None of the decals are the correct size but all are close. I made the antenna on the spine from a piece of metal rod and drilled out the pitot tube, added the ADF antenna on the belly from a modified Mirage III part and cut the elevators to show them drooped as they lock in that position on the ground. Unfortunately, the lovely artists' chalk white exhaust weathering I did on the port side disappeared with the Future clear coats; a phenomenon I experienced with the Lancaster, too despite the matt coat over them. I might need to use a different technique in future where white is used (no pun intended!) I didn't pick up until I was decalling that this particular T-6 doesn't use the standard tail nav lights on the vertical stabiliser and instead has a single one on the rudder. I wasn't about to go back and do it again! Enjoy! The Chipmunk still to come is the Heritage Models version I hunted down about a year before Airfix release their excellent version. Oh, well.
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1/48 Bell OH-13 Sioux, Italeri+BIG ED
Bell209 replied to Fuad's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
I've worked on Bell 47s and you're correct. There are a number of different diameter tubes used on the tailboom and the engine truss frames. Way too hard to reproduce in metal for me! -
1/48 Bell OH-13 Sioux, Italeri+BIG ED
Bell209 replied to Fuad's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
I've been thinking about doing this with mine in the stash. It would get very tail-heavy, though and would be very finnicky to boot! Yours looks great as is. -
Nice job. Some of those older kits can still build up well in the right hands.
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Lockheed C-130H 36SQN RAAF
Bell209 replied to Romeo Alpha Yankee's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
It'll look great in the new HQ. They should have a display case or two to keep it safe there!