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    All of Bregun's Typhoon kits use the same main fuselage sprue, so that means no 'fishplates' for any variant. As you say, for early variants, you can model the Typhoon without the plates but they will need to be fitted for later variants. Sean, nice idea about using yogurt pots, I'll take a look at that when the time comes.
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    Thanks guys, some good ideas; plasticard, foil, decals & Tamiya tape. Because the plates are fitted across seams, I think that plasticard would be best as it won't try and conform, followed by tape, foil and decal but I will experiment all options. I think the PE will be fitted to at least one of the variants to show off the interior.
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    Hi All, hopefully a quick question. I have a number of 1/72 Hawker Typhoon kits produced by Brengun that have been produced with no 'fishplates', an obvious oversight by Brengun . I know Brengun have tried to negate this error in their PE set but have reservations . Has anybody got this PE set or used it and can tell me if the etch is thick or thin? Is the PE worth the hassle to overcome Bregun's oversight? Any suggestions as to how I can produce these 'subtle' plates? Stuart
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    Great job Andy, keep it up.
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    Fantastic stuff Ian, nice to see other modellers techniques, especially the rigging. I'm taking lots of mental notes for when I get round to do my Vacform Beardmore III. Can I ask, what are you using for your rigging 'cos it looks the biz? Stuart
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    Hi Ian, Funny, I was looking at your WIP yesterday, interesting reading about your experiences, hopefully I'll learn from them. Still trying to get my head around the thin wings, its lack of anchor points for the struts and rigging. I haven't started it yet, just gathering data and I hope that things measure to scale to avoid your problems but that's modelling. Stuart
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    Thanks for getting back guys. I have built vacs before but nothing this small and I was a bit worried about the joining of such thin parts like the wings and struts. Fortunately the model is light and shouldn't have many stress points to worry about. I have done some rigging before; blinds in the upper wing and 'through' in the lower wing, should I think about a different rigging technique for such a delicate creature? Stuart
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    Thoughts please. I've just purchased a 1/72 Beardmore WB III by Joystick that I will build at some point in the future. Like all bi-planes in this scale it's tiny, and I've noticed that the wings have no under-wing parts to mate with the upper surface part. To those that know, should I be doing extra stuff to get thicker wings, lower-wing surface detail, strengthening and fixing points for struts and stuff.
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    Slow progress over the last few weeks. My process for modifying these wings was to score/ cut along the existing panel lines from root to tip. Putting the main wings aside, the slat parts had slithers of plastic removed until scale chord was achieved. Here is the HobbyCraft wing set that has been modified back to the pre 6-3 stage. Hopefully the next posting won't be so long. Thanks for looking.
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    Things are moving along albeit slowly. The completed tubs were fitted into a fuselage half. The front fitted okay as it was fitted to the front wheel well but the rear was a little more problematic having no fixing points. Using the vacuform tub as a reference, the rear cockpit was fitted making anchor points on both the fuselage side and the floor of the front tub. Fuselage sides fitted together with the Heller nose. Seems were cleaned and filled with filler and will no doubt need more work later. The area forward of the front tub is meant to be gun sight but looks like a blob and will most probably be removed and the Hobbycraft one fitted later. The space between the tubs and behind the rear tub will have decks fitted later also. Underside shot showing plenty of space to put the nose weight. Here I've fitted a 'fairing' on the underside of the tail, exhaust to be fitted later. Besides, makes a useful handling point. This will be the next major area of work. Here is the Hobbycraft wing temporarily located to give me some idea of what needs to be done next. The wings will need to be converted back to pre 6-3 wing status; a scale 'wedge' will be removed. The fuselage will need to widened and/or fillets added to wing roots to get the wings to fit. And the gaping hole at the rear is where the Heller lower wing is meant to fit and so I'll be fitting the Heller shaped part in here. Until next time.
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    I have a few Sabres in my stash to help this build along and it was easier to rob a cockpit than try and make something from the vacuform effort. Soon I'll be starting on the wings and that'll require surgery to return them back to pre 6-3 configuration. I've done this once for an F-86A, so I know what's required but the fuselage will need to be 'hacked' to take the Hobbycraft wings and not the Heller. I think only 3 were built so info is a little thin on the ground. Next stop will be fitting the tubs...should be fun.
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    For those that are interested, the Cosford Air Show was a little bit of a let down this year with a number of aircraft not turning up and cloud causing problems. The few days on the Mach Loop were also disappointing with a mixture of Hercs and Hawks being the only things showing, fast jets were told to avoid the loop after a photo was published. Hopefully it will be better next year. Slow progress was made on the cockpit tubs, the only work being done was a paint job and fitting of consoles. The Heller tub with intake. The Hobbycraft tub (with its intake that will be discarded) Until next time.
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    , nice rigging also.
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    Fuad, looks lovely...more please.
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    Lunchtimes this week were wisely used to progress this build. So much is lost getting things out and packing away, not forgetting the work colleagues who think I'm . Here we have the parts I've been working on. The fuselage halves have been cleaned up and tabs added to aid bonding later. Here I'm using the Heller front wheel well, air intake and cockpit tub. Eduard PE has been added to improve the tub. And here we have the HobbyCraft cockpit tub that's replaced the vacuform effort which lacked detail. Again, Eduard PE was added to give some detail. That's it for a while as I'm off to the Cosford Air Show before heading across to the Mach Loop in Wales. Thanks for viewing.
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    Tony, a lovely looking T-33. Love the black to aluminium transition. Keep them coming.
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    Fantastic Sabres, the Bolivian bird looking the better of the two.
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    Cheers for feedback guys. With the hash-up with the glazing, I wasn't sure if Revell were going to play ball and the kit was very near to the bin! As I have said, helo's are not normally my thing but I have two in the stash but next I want to build is the 1/72 EC-145 Rega helo, when I can find a cheap one.
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    Thanks guys, looks like you're both right; yellow and red. Looking at the rungs of the nearest ladder, it's definitely painted a light colour as it's been worn off. The addition of two different coloured ladders fitted to the TF-86 when it's finished will be a talking point.
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    Hopefully a quick question... I'm scratch building a pair of aircraft ladders to go with my TF-86F Sabre Trainer like these: http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/tf86f Can anybody tell me if the aircraft ladders for the USAF in the 1950's were painted and if so, what colour? TIA
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    Helicopters are not normally thing but here we have my recently completed Rega Helo built OOB. The reason behind the build came about after a 2014 visit to see the Swiss Air Show at Axalp. Wildgarst was our target for viewing the show but unfortunately the show was a no-go, so down we came. Well, I made it up no trouble but down was a different matter, and legs started to cave in a third of the way down. Needless to say, my fellow enthusiasts gave me lots of support with 'Rega'...and here we are. As I said, this was built OOB. Some parts didn't particularly fit well, mainly the glazing. I used the Revell red as suggested but it wasn't a good match, . No problems with the decals. BUT, when I tried to remove the Maskol from the front glazing , it was coming off in bits and seemed to be taken chunks out of the glazing! It transpires that Maskol has an ammonia base and it 'attacked' the Clear polish I'd dipped the glazing in! After about 5 weeks, Revell kindly supplied not just the requested parts but the glazing sprue . The damaged glazing was levered off with little damage and the new bits fitted and paintwork touched up. Job done.
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    Don't worry Nils, I have no plans to use the Heller wings. The lunch hour was spent marking, cutting, breaking and then sanding this vacuform plastic. A bit nerve breaking at times when you come across various thicknesses of plastic from the same mold! The canopy is nice and clear but will get dipped in the Clear at some stage. Fuselage has a nice shape with the odd dimple which will have to be removed. Panel lines are virtually non-existent so that looks like I'll have to do some scribing along the way, and I won't be looking forward to that . I've taken a look at the rear 'office' and I don't think I'll bother with it, think I'll go as planned and fit the HobbyCraft cockpit. To be continued...
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    Hi guys. Here is the beginnings of my first ever WIP. The plan is to build a 1/72 TF-86F, a 2-seater Sabre Trainer using the vacuform conversion kit from Falcon. The conversion recommends using the Heller kit which I will do but I'll be using as little as possible. The HobbyCraft kit will be used for most of it as I want to back-date the kit '6-3' wing to the narrow chord. The etched brass will be thrown into the offices as I want the canopy to be open. Not sure what the pace will be like as I'll be doing it during my lunch hour at work. Comments more than welcome. TIA
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