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    "yellow nosed baskets six o'clock high" 1/24 Messerschmitt bf 109-E by Airfix

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

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    On 13/11/2016 at 7:25 PM, stever219 said:

    AFAIK this kit never had an instrument panel transfer: the dials are on the clear sprue and are inserted into the back of the main panel.  You were (are?) supposed to paint the back of the dials black and highlight any raised details on he fronts in white to represent needles and scales as appropriate.  Sadly it didn't work too well on my first few attempts (Hurricanes) so you might want to go the Airscale route.  I'll be interested to see how you get on as I have one of these just itching to be put together.

    Correct. Nightmare!

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    It's a Victor!

    in The Rumourmonger

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    10 hours ago, stever219 said:

     

    The design of the outer panels will allow for the cropped tips on the K. 2 with no additional work.  The fin bullet is also a separate part, which also suggests a K. 2 is in the offing as the bullet on those was shorter and blunter than the bomber and SR aircraft.

     

    Airfix also credit Andre Tempest and crew on the instructions, current custodian of XL231 at Elvington, and not to include markings in the kit for her in her earlier life might, to some, seem a bit invidious unless she's planned for a future issue of the kit.  She can be modelled as a camouflaged Blue Steel carrier simply by changing the serial numbers from XL189 and using the remainder of her markings.  ('189 also deserves replicating as Bob Tuxford's jet on Black Buck 1 in which he won his AFC.)

     

    i've got one question though: to me the supernumary seat (crew chiefs, instructor, trapper, etc for the use by) seems too close to the door.  Should this be further over towards the starboard side, closer behind the co-pilot's seat?

    I was wondering the same thing.

    It's a Victor!

    in The Rumourmonger

    Posted · Edited by avro683
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    Indeed Dave but as is mentioned above the wing tips and ailerons (together) are separate parts. I just think it is a shame that the fin root hasn't been moulded separately too as then virtually all marks could be modelled.

    Boeing B-17G

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted

    On 04/01/2013 at 6:34 PM, tomprobert said:

    Let me guess... Bit O'Lace?

    Great progress so far - this is one of my favourite aircraft so will watch with great interest.

    There's some great colour images of her here: http://www.bates-r-us.org/abitolace/

    Just one thing if I may... I don't think the anti-dazzle area in front of the cockpit is actually yellow, it's actually just very faded olive drab - faded to an almost light tan colour. This was common on high-time aircraft that were bleached in the sun. The same anti-dazzle panels were present on the inboard surfaces of the engines too - but oil and exhaust stains turned these a murky brown colour.

    I hope you don't mind me pointing that out...

    Tom

    That link has a virus attached to it.

    Avro Shackleton AEW Mk. 2 Details

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted

    On 09/04/2016 at 11:27 AM, 71chally said:

    I don't seem to have that on the wheels in my kit, I do have mild sinking in the upper wing halves at the flap hinge line, and some in the stb'd fuselage half near the upper alignment pins.

    I got that on my Airfix MR.2. The upside of that I suppose is the shrinkage should be easier to fill as there are no "rivets".

    Bandai Thunderbird 2

    in Work In Progress - SF & RealSpace

    Posted

    Depends what you mean by "blinkin' big" Aoshima do a 13" version:

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    (the cockpit windows are too high up in the nose however :( )

    Then there is the Imai 9" version which is the one I used in my launch dio last year

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    (which has some shape issues, ie under the nose should be flat rather than curving upwards)

    Then there is another Aoshima which is often branded as Carlton nowadays which is 8" long - this is distinguishable as it is open cockpit windows and a nicely detailed cockpit OOB. This has a good shape and also comes with an optional grab arm that can be attached to the pod! It also has some detailing on the inner faces of the Pod storage bay.

    Then there is the kit Nigel is using which is about 6-7" long and comes with the 3 Elevator cars. (It suffers from the same shape issues at the 9" Imai)

    Here are the 13" 9" and 8" next to each other

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    Now of course if you want a REALLY big model, there is the Imai 22" kit of which there are currently 3 available on eBay at prices for $350, $380 and ahem $1100

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    There is also a large garage kit in fibreglass that is "studio scale", ie about 3 feet long...

    I saw one of those in the flesh. It's magnificent.

    Meteors! First one now finished, TWO more on the go!

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted

    HI Chaps.

    The 3 Meteors will be built to show off the upcoming Marmaduke Press decals - which I must stress are not printed yet. The plan - is for two models to show 4 schemes ( ie 1 per side) with the 3rd being "proper" LOL.

    Prior commitments over the Bank Holiday mean I may not be able to do much for the next few days.

    What I will say about the kit though is that there must be plans for an FR9 on the cards as the nose camera windows are contained on the clear sprue, and at some point the kit must surely be re-released with underwing armament- as the flashed over holes for RPs are there to see on the lower wing inside

    Both canopies styles are in there too.

    The ARN-6 radio compass housing for RAAF Meteors is on the clear sprue too, and 2 styles of aileron are in the box - the early singe tab projecting versions, and the later 2 tab flush style - and of course both big and small intakes.

    Jonners

    I noticed that there are two types of canopy too. Potential for earlier marks?

    Italeri Stirling MK1(& Guitars !), Will it make it to Telford !

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted

    Ah, pedals! I'm always happy to talk about pedals!

    Those Mk I Marshall pedals are becoming quite collectable these days.

    I used to have a CS-2 which I ended up trading in for a bass multi effect unit for the Mrs. I remember really liking it. Maybe if I can find the schematics I'll build a clone for myself.

    Slightly off subject although not for this post, there was a very interesting programme on BBC2 recently detailing the work of Jim Marshall. I thought it was fascinating.

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