Bozothenutter
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Could it be that because of the Austrian the book has to be requested?
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On 8/6/2021 at 6:44 AM, Ray_W said:
On these last two 1/48 builds, I used Infini Elastic Black Lycra Rigging. On the E-3 the 0.082 mm (full size equivalent 3.9 mm) and the G-6 the 0.048 mm (full size equivalent 2.3 mm).
I used the heavier one on the E-3 because looking at images from the period it just looks to be, to my eye. I do not get too hung up on the actual size because these products are typically of a flat section (hard to detect in these micro sizes) and being a very stretchable material it is difficult to know the actual finish size on the model anyway. They are very fine and in the supplied black they remain noticeable without overpowering the look of the model. I now leave them in the supplied blackish colour. Brush painting is a challenge as they are so flexible. Marking pen and even with a supporting underside tissue sort of works. You can try pre-painting. I am happy as is.
I expect all these products are similar - Uschi, EZ line, Infini and the versions now offered by the Spanish companies.
It is a great experience using them. Glues extremely well and quickly with CA. No accelerator necessary. I typically pre-drill small holes (0.2 or 0.3 mm diameter) for securing the end of the rigging or aerial wire . A butt join will work. I just prefer the extra strength and location. Put the thread in the hole and small dab of CA and let capillary action do the rest
I make the aerial wire tensioner spring bodies and rigging ferrules from a stretched plastic Q-Tip handle (single use plastic - get them while you can). You can use eyelets if you wish and glue them in place and loop the thread through the eyelet and back through the ferrule. In the image following, I predrilled the top of the aerial mast and CA glued in place a fine piece of copper wire. Fed the Lycra thread through the stretched Q-Tip ferrule, looped around the mast wire and back through the ferrule. Tensioned it up. A small dab of CA on the ferrule and all was done. Insulators are dabs of a CA/talc mix.
Threading the stuff can be challenging due to its flexibility. I found if I CA glued a very fine piece of copper wire to the thread I could easily thread it. Having this solid end to work with is a bonus when handling.
When you tension it up, it loads up nicely without putting too much force on the attachment points.
There is a whole discussion on actual aerial wire and rigging diameters (often of a more aerodynamic flat section). The Lycra material is meeting my needs. Ultra fine fishing line and stretched sprue aerial wires have now gone the way of polystyrene tube glue - rare and special circumstances. This stuff is too easy to use.
Ray
Thank you for the tutorial and clear explanation!
Saved for future reference!
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10 hours ago, jhutchi said:
Hi,
What is BFC kit? I googled it and got Brentwood (Burnley, Blackpool...) football clubs?
Sorry, Eduard Bunny Fighter Club
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Next up, the Gordon A.A.Wilson book.
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On 8/4/2021 at 9:52 PM, FalkeEins said:
..in my to-read pile..
You might want to move it towards the bottom a bit.
While fun to read, it is more a history of Rolls-Royce, aviation and the battle of Britain.
Technical information is superficial at best, with only a two page description of a Merlin.
All in all a good primer in a non technical way.
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24 minutes ago, Chris Thomas said:
Same canopy but different windscreen.
Hmmmm...
With windscreens being thicker 🤔
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31 minutes ago, M3talpig said:
I for one would like to see how deep the issue on the Tunisian Tigers goes..... talking about Tigers and books have you seen the tank museum are taking pre-orders on David Fletchers "Tiger tank a British view"
not yet, having a look now!
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No real review yet.
Seems very thorough, with sources mentioned throughout and a list of experts longer than my arm! (David Byrden is mentioned which is good, as is Sofilein, which is WoT.....could be good, could be meh)
Printing is done on a rough paper type, which seems to have made the ink bleed out of the letters on some pages.
The ink used seems a red/brownish black. The book has colour illustrations as well, so perhaps that is the cause (I have seen colour printers do something similar).
I do wonder why this was not merged into one or two volumes though, as individually they are not that thick.(the four of them stacked are only slightly thicker than one volume of 'Tigers in Focus')
Perhaps a single volume is more manageable?
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PSA:
Dukmodell is now out of Tempest canopies 😁
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Graham Hoyland:
Only read about a third of it so far, haven't even gotten to the Merlin yet!
But so far, with all the sidesteps he makes, to sometimes the most tenuously linked stories, he has convinced me he (like me) has ADHD....🤣🤣🤣🤣
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as above....
current one is not doing anything for me.
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20 minutes ago, gingerbob said:
Not an official answer, but I don't see why it wouldn't be the same.
me neither tbh, but not being an expert.........
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being a fan of vacform canopies, would the Tempest Mk.V canopy be the same as the Tempest Mk.II?
Looking to order some Rob Taurus stuff.
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But, but, blue IS better!
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15 minutes ago, Troffa said:
love this quote:
"but one can only imagine how effective it could have been at providing suppressing fire for landing Marines. I would imagine just the long throaty cries of "bbbuuuurrrrpppp" would keep the enemy in their foxholes long enough for the individual Marines to start plying their trade."
I guess that was just what the Airforce thought.......
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23 hours ago, Mike Mcellaney said:
Are you building for competition or going to do a cutaway model to show the interior? if so then the Resicast set is the way to go around £95.00 to £100.00 plus shipping.
If you are building for a diorama only want to have some thing inside the turret and or the hull when the hatches are open consider looking at CMK the do interior sets for the M4 Sherman they do one for the Hull and one for the Turret both sets around £40.00 plus shipping, so if only the turret hatches are open then you could just get the turret one and the same with the hull as what you will seen through the hatch is minimal I am sure you could adapt the CMK kits to suit, as Das Abtelung said the turrets and hulls are different shapes so you may have some difficulty fitting the RFM interior into a Firefly without a lot of cutting and shunting to get it to fit
CMK Hull Set
CMK Turret Set
Resicast Firefly Interior
Das Abteilung as I have said to you before check your information before posting I have been on this Forum nine months before you so not a new member.
That resicast set looks yummie!
Don't do competitions, just have a sick attraction to stuff which changes every week or so....keeps life interesting.
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I think the plunger thing might be some sort of valve that opens once a compressor has built up some pressure.
In which case it will never open as the max my sil air can produce is 5 bar.
Off looking for a substitute then.....
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Hi, in need of some help.
I have a Sil-air compressor:
This one without the cover.
As the tank is only 1L and I'm using it with an air gun to clean machined parts I wanted a bigger tank.
So I found a compressor with a broken motor with a view of using the tank.
Then I noticed it has a pressure switch, mine doesn't.
So I wired mine up to the switch and lo and behold it switches on..
Dial wasn't moving though.....🙄
Hear and felt air coming out from under the switch, took it apart.
Membrane is fine., all the switch gubbins look fine as well.
The air seems to be coming from the line going from the tank to the switch.
At the switch end it seems to have a plunger, that doesn't plunge (ie close the hole).
The plunger part is not removable and is marked with an 8 (for 8 bar I guess).
Anybody know what such a part is called?
This is what the regulator looks like:
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Cringeworthy.....
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18 hours ago, Das Abteilung said:
I think it to be unfeasible.
One thing not mentioned is that the M4A3(76) was a 2nd generation "large hatch" 47o glacis Sherman with underfloor wet ammunition stowage and the hull floor deck behind the drivers' positions raised almost to sponson level above the racks and the drive shaft tunnel. All Fireflies were on 1st generation "small hatch" 56o glacis hulls with the hull floor down at hull bottom level, sponson ammunition stowage and enclosed drive shaft through the fighting compartment (while IC Hybrids had the large hatch glacis casting, they were otherwise small hatch). The 76 and 75mm turret baskets and interiors were also very different and the 76mm gun breech quite different from the 17pdr. The radio is the least of your worries.
The interiors of 1st and 2nd generation Shermans are essentially incompatible except for the large hatch 75mm M4A2s for the USMC and Russia which continued with the dry ammunition stowage (the Academy & Zvezda A2 kits). But A2s had a different firewall whose lower half intruded further into the fighting compartment than all other types. Which is why there were no IIIC Fireflies.
The M4A4 was lengthened behind the firewall in the engine compartment in order to accommodate the A57 engine. The fighting compartment was not lengthened, but the angles of the upper hull were slightly different so an M4/A2/A3 firewall will not fit directly.
Ypu come through again with a coherent answer, thank you!
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BFC change?
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How often do the Eduard BFC kits change?
Really not interested in 1/72 or Mig-21 ...
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To be clear,tjinking about an existing Firefly kit and adding an interior.
So assuming a kit has a gun with a breech, everything else is a transplant.
All the exterior details would be taken care of.
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3 hours ago, Piotr Mikolajski said:
That "just" means: redesign the entire colour layer, down to the smallest detail. This is as practical and achievable for 99% of modellers as "design yourself a kit in 3D from scratch".
Yup, but all the skills are available,think of ot, a whole new aftermarket!
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3 hours ago, RidgeRunner said:
Exactly!
Of course, 3D printers and their users won’t produce the multitude of variable colour schemes and particular configurations that you - the modeller - want.
Martin
Actually they would!
Just a change of surface to the model and done!
Lime changing a jacket.
Quest for a wartime Luftwaffe book
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that list reminds me of this, bottom of the page........
https://www.luftfahrt-archiv-hafner.de/