Tiger331

2024-04-26T04:48:51Z

BUMP with new request

Wednesday at 19:00

12 minutes ago, 85sqn said:

For my moneys worth, I think it’s just paint used to cover the heavy exhaust staining.

The chap flying ‘U’ HV663 appears to have forgotten to retract his step, I wonder if it was still there when he got back from that sortie?

'P' seems to have the same issue with the step.

Tuesday at 03:55

Several of us (members of a SIG dedicated to another of Sir Sydney Camm's classic designs) have been speculating over the colours applied to a particular Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc in a well known photo showing five aircraft in formation. The aircraft in question is BP389/GO.G and it is sporting the Middle Eastern/Mediterranean colour scheme but the issue that is giving us problems is the large stylised streak down the side of the aircraft. At first I thought it may have been an attempt by ground crew to clean the typical exhaust staining found on Hurricanes with paraffin or petrol but the 'stain' runs under the fuselage code so it appears more likely that it was painted on. If so, what was the purpose (to counter the staining with some heat resistant paint, perhaps ?) and, more importantly, what colour was this streak ?. One of our members is contemplating a build of this particular aircraft.

Apologies if this question has been asked before !

Hoping Troy or someone else can solve this conundrum for us,

Many Thanks

April 20

My choice would be an Airfix Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 or Blackburn Buccaneer (both new moulds).

You need to take care with Tamiya 1:72 scale kits since many of them are actually re-boxed Italeri kits, most of which do not enjoy the same level of detail or fit as the afoermentioned F-4D Skyray or the ME Bf-109G-6 that you have already built, which are original Tamiya moulds.

April 20

Hi Folks,

I have a bit of a dilemma with decal markings for USAFE F-15E Strike Eagles employed on recent operations.

Both Caracal and Two Bobs Decals have released decal sheets covering those aircraft that sported nose art (CD48-149 and TBD48-265 respectively). One could be forgiven for thinking that two US-based decal manufacturers would produce decals that were quite similar but this does not seem to be the case. As the two attached photographs illustrate, the designs are quite different, in both size and colouration. The colours for 'Bullseye' (AF00-3004)(that features Woody from Toy Story) and 'Ravage' (AF91-1326) are quite different and some of the sizing is off as well.....The red 'Gears of War' (AF00-3003) nose art is markedly different. So, the question is, which is the more accurate ?. I'm not aware of either company having a reputation for inaccurate decals, which makes it even more of a challenge for me.

April 20

Armycast decals from Czechia are due to release a new sheet on the A-4/TA-4 Skyhawk very shortly, which includes markings for a RMAF example.

April 16

Managed to do a little more work on this project over the weekend. I have not got the mainplane together and suspect the detail in the wheel well will 'pop' with a little bit of a wash.

I also took the time to do some dry fitting of the fuselage......just look at that gap between the fuselage and wing..............there is NO Gap !.........absolutely nothing. No filler needed here. I have never seen anything like it before, especially on an often tricky WWII-era fighter aircraft, which regularly present issues with the wing root to fuselage join.

April 15

BUMP with updated list - SOLD items removed and some reductions and additions.

Thanks for looking

April 12

Hi Folks,

My order from arrived earlier this week but I have only just managed to open it up..............

Given my nomadic lifestyle, I have been doing Mail Order for almost 50 years now and I can safely say that I have never received a package such as this one. The inner packing is absolutely superb and has guaranteed that each and every one of these fragile parts arrives in 100% tip top condition. It must have taken you almost as long to pack the parts as to manufacture them !. I am sure the parts will match the packing in their quality but I just wanted to share this in order to let everyone know that they can order from you in total confidence. Thanks very much Alan,

Mark

April 12

Here are the photos of the outer surfaces of the wings, which I promised. I have now completed all of the sanding and they fit like a dream. Time to make a start on the wheel wells.

The rivets look far more pronounced than they actually are on the surfaces of these parts. They are, in my mind, absolutely spot on for a Hurricane in this scale although others may disagree.

April 12

Like several of you on BM, I have more than one of these lovely kits in the stash although in my 'defence', at least one of these kits will be donated elsewhere !. I am in the middle of planning and preparing a small display for the Lithuanian Air Force museum to celebrate the one Lithuanian pilot that flew with the RAF during WWII. Flt Lt Romuldas Marinkus was a night fighter specialist on No.1(F) Squadron but his time with the Squadron was short-lived when he was shot down in Hurricane IIc BD949/JX-J in February 1942 during the 'Channel Dash' by two Scharnhorst-class battleships. Romunas was made a POW and ended up in Stalag Luft III but became a key member of the committee set up to oversee the Great Escape. Sadly he was one of the 50 aircrew that were executed after their recapture. I have agreed to reproduce his Hurricane Mk.IIc as part of the display, which will also include one of my old uniforms suitable adjusted to represent a wartime No.1 fighter pilots attire, and the Arma kit is the obvious choice for this small project. My good friend (and fellow BM'er) Stephen has very kindly assisted me already, in sourcing and donating some missing code letters that I will need for the model. For once, it is my intention to build this one out of the box without recourse to any aftermarket (save the codes I have already mentioned and Dull Red Letters/Numbers from an Aviaeology sheet). My reasoning for this is to save some time and the kit does not really need much - it is superb in its own right.

The model will be finished in this scheme with the obvious difference being the codes/serial numbers

I've made a very modest start on the wings, which are absolutely superb. I'm showing the inner surfaces here, with the rather peculiar pins, presumably associated with Arma's injection moulding process. Do not be put off by these since they do not interfere with anything. The other reason I'm highlighting these parts is that the sprue attachment points encroach onto the inner (mating) surfaces of both the upper and lower wing sections. The plastic is actually quite hard so some effort is required to sand these down to an acceptable level for a snug wing fit. Most of the stubs have been sanded away in the photo, bar one on the wingtip (lower left of photo) which I have left for reference. I will post of photo of the out surfaces shortly since the detail is a work of art and superb example of the progress with modern technology.

April 12

55 minutes ago, Scooby said:

Very nice tribute you have planned.

I have met one of the those who planned the escape, we had Barry Davidson (the scrounger) speak at several of our mess dinners when I was in the RCAF. He was an amazing man and had fascinating stories. He bribed German soldiers to provide items like a camera for forgeries, train schedules, ink, pen nibs, timber, and travel permits crucial to the escapers. He didn’t make it through a tunnel that night, which likely saved his life. He was played by James Garner in the movie. I am certain he would have known Romuldas.

Barry passed away in 1992 at the age of 82.

I am almost 100% certain he would have known Romuldas. Romuldas possessed a number of additional skills, since he spoke fluent Russian and German as well as his native tongue and, of course English. He also had a photographic memory and one of his contributions to the escape committee was to memorise the various German train timetables and schedules since travel by this means would form a major part of the escape plan for most of those that got out of the tunnel. I suspect this is where Barry and Romuldas would have worked together. As I understand it, Romuldas was actually caught on a train (IIRC in Poland) with three travelling companions. They were posing as four Lithuanians returning home on leave from their work in the construction industry in Germany but of course Romuldas was the only one who could speak Lithuanian. Following capture they did not have to wait long for news that Hitler had ordered their execution.

April 11

Like several of you on this thread, I have more than one of these lovely kits in the stash and I'm looking forward to adding a Sea Hurricane to the pile in due course !. In mitigation, at least one of these kits will be donated elsewhere !. I am in the middle of planning and preparing a small display for the Lithuanian Air Force museum to celebrate the one Lithuanian pilot that flew with the RAF during WWII. Flt Lt Romuldas Marinkus was a night fighter specialist on No.1(F) Squadron but his time with the Squadron was short-lived when he was shot down in Hurricane IIc BD949 in February 1942 during the 'Channel Dash' by two Scharnhorst-class battleships. Romunas was made a POW and ended up in Stalag Luft III but became a key member of the committee set up to oversee the Great Escape. Sadly he was one of the 50 aircrew that were executed after their recapture. I have agreed to reproduce his Hurricane Mk.IIc as part of the display, which will also include one of my old uniforms suitable adjusted to represent a wartime No.1 fighter pilots attire, and the Arma kit is the obvious choice for this small project. Stephen (above) has very kindly assisted me already, in sourcing and donating some missing code letters that I will need for the model.

April 1

Update with new request

March 31

PM sent re following:

2 x Quinta Studio 1/48 Buccaneer Canopy Set Cord QP48018 £2.00 each

Eduard 1/48 Wessex HU.5 Exterior (Italeri) 48754 £9.00

March 21

Updated with new requests and traded items removed.

March 18

BUMP with updated list...........Some alterations based on sales and some prices reduced.

Thanks for looking

March 18

1/48 Bristol Belvedere or Westland Wessex

March 16

BUMP with update

March 13

BUMP with updated request for JASDF Phantom decals

March 12

On 3/10/2024 at 8:14 PM, hendie said:

You folks! Always looking for the easy way out

Since you're forcing me into it, I'll give it a bash. No promises though.

A couple of minutes in SolidWorks and one of these popped up on the screen.

Which, if the plan comes together, should fit into the front end of the rotor brake unit like so...

At the end of the day, you should have a rotor brake in the "brake on" position.

Test prints are a printing once again.

Just an FYI: For each one of these iterations, it's time spent designing - anywhere from 10 minutes to several hours. Followed by about 10 minutes per part in the slicing software (on average).

Then we have a print run - for these parts it's about three hours.

Then we have three wash cycles. Gross clean, full clean, then extra clean rinse.

Let them dry for half an hour then trim off the supports that'll break things when the supports are cured. Then we have the cure itself, followed by final trimming.

Then test fit, and repeat the entire operation if I haven't got it right!

This is great reference for fitting a scratchbuilt rotor brake to my current project while looking forward to using your parts in my next few builds !

March 10

Looking forward to receiving these in due course. I am currently wrestling with the overhead panel on another Wessex project and can vouch for the amount of fettling that I have had to do to make it semi-fit.

March 10

7 hours ago, NAVY870 said:

For those of us who weren't paying attention, can the peasantry obtain these wonders?

Steve,

Short answer is 'Yes'. See the notes on the first page of this thread and contact Hendie direct with a PM. I have been in communication with him for a couple of weeks now as we put together a suitable package for my own Wessex projects.

March 6

PM Sent re Academy A-10C package

Thanks

Mark

March 2

Hi Folks,

First and foremost, I am hoping to trade one of the sprues from a recent Zoukei-Mura 1:48 scale F-4EJ Phantom kit acquisition. I would like to trade Sprue P from the F-4EJ Kai Phantom for the D sprue from the F-4E (Early) kit (SWS-010). Sprue P includes all of the additional parts necessary to convert the F-4E (Early) into a F-4EJ Kai Phantom (other parts are already in the baseline kit).

I'm also having a change of focus in several areas right now so have some kits I would like to trade. All are mint, unopened and in 100% condition unless otherwise stated.

1:48 Scale

Eduard Bell P-39D Airacobra 'Profipack' (EDK8066) package (comes together with a host of aftermarket parts, mainly from Eduard/BRASSIN and SBS Models.

~~Eduard Mil Mi-24V Hind D 'Profipack' (EDK11150)~~ TRADED

Eduard Lockheed F-104C Starfighter 'Zipper' 'Profipack' (EDK11169)

~~Eduard North American P-51D 'Red Tails & Co' 'Profipack Duo Combo'~~ TRADED

Great Wall Hobby Sukhoi Su-27UB Flanker C (GWHL4827)

Hobby Boss Vought F4U-4 Corsair 'Late Type' (HB80837)

Kinetic F-16AM Fighting Falcon 'NATO' (New mould) (K48-100)

Kinetic F-16D Fighting Falcon Block 40 (New Mould)

ICM Cessna O-2A Skymaster 'US Navy' (ICM48291)

~~PM Models Cessna T-41 (C-172) (PM501)~~ RESERVED Philly1860

Tamiya Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk (TA61059) - PLEASE NOTE - Original box and one small part (non-essential) is missing.

Tamiya Douglas A-1J Skyraider (TA61073)

Zvedza Sukhoi Su-25K Frogfoot (ZVE4807)

1:35 Scale

Takom British Mk V Heavy Battle Tank (TAK2034)

Takom Tiran-4 Main Battle Tank (TAK2051)

Takom Boeing-Hughes AH-64DI 'Saraf' (Apache) (TAK2605)

Wing Nut Wings Bristol F.2b Fighter 'Post War' (WNW32-060)

1:32 Scale

Revell Jaguar E-Type Roadster (RV7687)

1:144

X-Models Douglas DC-8-32 'Swissair' (X144002)

MORE TO FOLLOW

Now, what I am looking for:

1:48

Airfix Hawker Hunter FGA.9/FR.10/GA.11

Italeri Westland Wessex HAS.3

Kinetic BAe Harrier GR.3

Meng Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet (any boxing)

~~Revell F-15E Strike Eagle~~

Zoukei-Mura F-4E Phantom II (Early version) (SWS-010)

1:32

Zoukei-Mura Messerschmitt ME Bf-109G-6/14 (any boxing)

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