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Welcome to the site! youll find a wealth of banter, knowledge, and tips on this forum!
Was doing some site surveys up on the North Yorkshire Moors last week! Quite beautiful up there, but also surprisingly desolate! Stick a Yurt on the horizon and you could be fooled for thinking your on the Mongolian steppes!
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@Tony C no chance of that happening, there is a scary level of logic and reason used in your decision making process.
One thing that i think is almost a great feature a lot of these museums seem to miss is just how the VARIETY of former aircraft is what makes them so unique. if we avoid kit and single engine civil aircraft, we probably only see a handful of 'new designs' come out per decade now. In the past, you seemed to get 20 or 30 new aircraft designs in a SINGLE YEAR. Prototypes, one offs, bizzare sub variants, they can be some of the most interesting exhibits at a museum, and whilst its nice seeing some of the 'iconic' vehicles, if all you do is fill all the museums with the 'top 10' planes, then whats the point of visiting multiple places, its all the same stuff just rearranged in different places.
I think the importance of Air Shows is certainly one to not be understated. I love jets and anything with wings and im down cosford every couple of months. But im a minority among friends. However, come the annual airshow, i will get nearly a dozen friends along at times to set up a few deck chairs and beers for the afternoon. Half the time they will see something flying that they haven't seen before, and within the week or so, will be back at the air museum having a look around with renewed interest. I hope only that Health & Safety restrictions, insurance , and aging air-frames, does not make this a thing of the past.
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Just caught wind of this thread and cant believe the number of airframes that may potentially be lost, particularly at Cosford. I do however see the issue. Reduced funding, limited space, and an ever deteriorating collection and less and less skilled workers/engineers to keep them in good condition.
I think if anything does look to be moving, its worth taking a trip down there to get as many 4k walkarounds and footage as possible. At least we can provide a digital alternative after the physical shoots off.
What i have noticed is that there seems to be quite a number of airframes about 'in storage' or out of public view that would be interesting in their own right. i wonder if you could make a whole museum out of the ones that others have had in storage and under tarps! (funding for said museum is a different matter!)
One can hope, without getting political in any way, with recent Brexit completion, that there would be an increased interest to preserve some of these air frames, especially the experimental British designs, to reflect our engineering and aviation heritage and history. I think theres a whole generation out there that think that the UKs contribution to aviation was the Spitfire, Lancaster, Vulcan and Tornado, and bought american stuff for everything else!
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Hope everyones supply issues have been resolved, but i had noticed an issue with something i was getting delivered and thought i may chime in if anyone is still waiting.
It seems that with the latest covid restrictions that have gone into effect in Germany, they are currently not dispatching any goods in or out of the UK, my sellers official comment was :
"Germany’s post advises that several European countries have imposed transport and travel bans on the United Kingdom due to COVID-19. The post has stopped accepting transit mail to the UK and Ireland."
Now im actually waiting for something that was coming from Texas, via UPS by way of Germany. that was purchased Dec 6th, so honestly may be still another few weeks/months before it hits the UK shores. Seeing as it looks like my Resin came from a germany warehouse, i wonder if these restrictions may be causing additional delays. -
Unfortunately we got an aborted takeoff on this latest Blitzbuild contestant. Got the model complete but ran out of time for paint decals and finishing.
Deciding to go the single seat option was definitley my downfall,as this left large gaps where the hinged 2 seater canopy would have been, and required totally scratchbuilding the rear bulkhead behind the pilot. On the other hand, i learned how to do bulkheads and also fill and sand large gaps to a degree i haven't before, so it was a generally positive experience overall.
I think next time i will attempt to do a blitzbuild with a Lidl/Aldi Airfix Starter Kit Special - choosing these 3 or 4 decade old builds for blitzes might be a bit of a tall order for my skills (and project planning)!
Hope to get this completed in the next couple of weeks.
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So after a few hours we got here
Christmas cake and primer coat
Cockpit with IP decal..... this had problems (more to follow!)
So thats where i got to by around 8pm! currently having a bit of a supper break
- now that instrument panel decal did not work out well. Little did i realise when removing it, that it had a giant transparent border 2-3mm thk in each direction. in the process of trimming that back, as its dried its come loose, torn, and generally taken a bit of a beating! so only around half the decal survives, the rest is silver and black dots to try and guide the eye away from the area.
No need to bother even making the engine i think, let alone fiddling about with detail. it wont be visible through the intakes or exhaust, so could have saved myself some time there. Now sure it will likely cause fit issues in future!
Also note to self - dont change from a 2yr old bottle of superglue to some brand new stuff mid build - the difference in thickness and speed of setting has kept me fixed a little firmer than i would like to half the parts im gluing together!
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Ok, bit of a late start! got started at 3.18pm
and first thing was a light coat of grey primer on everything. once that dries ill see how things look and begin painting and cockpit assembly. not sure if i might need to quickly fashion some kind of firewall behind the pilots seat to blank out the rear or if there will be a gaping maw left...
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Looking good! Always tempted to get me one of these Bat kits to go along with a 'what if' of the full sized version planned!
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Hello All! Ok for this year i am going to attempt the following kit, slightly scaling my ambitions back from the twin engined SB-2 of this summers blitzbuild. Thought i would stick with a single engine, and avoid the issues of a prop by going into the jet era!
So with that in mind, this is the kit i will be working on today!
Well, parts already look lightyears ahead of the Novo SB-2 i worked on earlier in the year, so lets hope less filling is needed!
From the looks of it, the instructions make this appear quite a simple build. The hope is to do this over the 2 day/12hrs per day option, and its my intention to get most of the body and interior complete today, primer sprayed this evening, and then camo and decals and stores tomorrow..... lets just see how well i stick to that.Will be staying completely stock, with some very slight additions here and there where the kit leaves areas looking a bit sparse. There is some details that im told are 'signatures' of this airframe, such as the aerodynamic fairings for the control rod horns (is this the right name, im not sure - poor res pic below, triangular shapes above and below wing at hardpoint area)
No pilot because he looks like he fell out the mold head first, and im probably going to try and raid a kit or 2 for some instrument panel dial decals (found decal sheet, has IP decals!). Gear down config, with a bit of noseweight.
All things being well hoping to kick this off at 2.30pm once ive cleared a bit more of the desk away and wrestled with the wrapping paper monster that has been created in the wake of xmas day into the recycling bin! I love the cover art, and the slightly disproportionate appearance of the single seat ground attack variant, and think that is what i plan to produce! Because of blitzbuild ruling, that means ill have a little LESS than 24hrs to get this done, by my estimates, around 22hrs. But fingers crossed this looks like a simple kit with few steps....what can go wrong!?!
Lets see how this one progresses!
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Not sure whether to add this as a comment or create its own topic, but it seems that on the main page ( https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/) and all the various subsections, a lot of user profile picture thumbnails seem to be not loading, with around 50% showing the generic 'dead/broken image link' thumbnail. I can add a pic if needed and not sure if this is specific just to my machine /internet connection
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17 hours ago, aircooled said:
So a question on modeling aircraft ordinance. Where would one find line drawings? Preferably with dimensions. I've done the usual google searches and this sometimes works but is there a book or secret website where this kind of info exists?
Try Here - https://www.the-blueprints.com/blueprints/weapons/bulletsmissiles/Its not an exhaustive list, and misses a lot of 3 views, but its a good starting point. I now inextricably find myself modelling an AKS Burlak launch vehicle concept.......
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Any 'Test Shots' of the model in resin form available yet? Looks Great!
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Ditto to the thanks @Pilgrim_UK for showing me this Obsolete series, had not heard of it before.
Some of the styling reminds me of Gasaraki, which i really enjoyed many years back, but any model kits for that universe are ridiculously priced! (quick check on ebay proves thats still the case even now!)
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Good Afternoon all,
Just wondering is this still going ahead? I am sure there was a thread/post up about the one last year several weeks before the event.
Ive looked for a similar thread for the Christmas 2020 edition of the Blitzenbuild but have not seemed to have had any luck?
I can see it is in the timetable for group builds, but other than that, see little in the way about it!After having an absolute blast with the last Xmas build, and enjoying the mid summer attempt (even if i couldn't complete my Novo SB-2 which still sits awaiting completion ) i do look forwards to trying a third!
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does anyone know if there are any 3d models of this out there?
i think it would be nice to create in 1/144 or perhaps even ship scales, as a reminder. This was always a recognizable icon, be it from Contact, the 007 Goldeneye movie, or Battlefield 4, i always found it an impressive sculpture.
Its representation in BF4 lead to what i think counts as one of the all time great 'how the hell did he figure that would work' Multiplayer kills. -
ive done a couple of searches but also cant find any threads relating to the 2020 Xmas Blitzenbuild - possibly lost in the reshuffle?
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22 hours ago, Bangseat said:
Sanded, polished and 2k coated would give you good clarity
Sorry to slightly derail the thread but the 2k clear coat stage really seems to bring out the 'transparency' of the part. Where do you buy this 2k coat from? is it a specific manufacturer, and whats the approx cost?
Im also doing some canopies as well as some things i would like to have a glass/crystal finish, but at present just come out almost frosted.
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On 11/26/2020 at 10:26 AM, Blacktjet said:
Just to jump in here with a suggestion ( there are far more knowledgeable people on here with technical advice). When I started printing with my Photon S, I was getting failed prints regularly. It now seems that I have found the sweet spot as I have zero failures. First of all, I stopped printing below 0.050, the difference is not that noticeable and the more layers you have, the more chances there will be for something to go wrong. Secondly, when ever possible, print directly on the build plate and just add supports where necessary.
These are my settings:-
Layer height 0.05 mm
bottom layer count is 3 - 6
bottom exposure time is 95 s
layer exposure time is 18 s
Light-off delay 6.5 s
Bottom light-off delay 3 s
Everything else is the same as you. Hope this helps.
Can you tell me what color/make of resin your using?
I am using a Plant based Clear resin by anycubic on my standard Photon, but your timings are quite a bit different to mine (65s bottom exposures, 8.5s layer exposures, 0.5s light off) However i AM still getting some failures. seeing the large difference between our exposure times, perhaps i need to be giving it a bit more time to cure and a little longer light off time. -
your lifting speeds on the z axis seem very quick compared to mine. have you considered trying to lower them? i think i use around 25mms.
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Just bought another 3 bottles of resin, will be interested to see if the grey is easier to work with than the clear. Also picked up another 5 sets of FEP films off ebay as Anycubic wanted $25.99 + $25.99 shipping for a pack (of 2) whereas you can grab 5 on ebay with 1st class delivery for £12.
I am sure that some of the marks left on the film by running the RERF test first time i got the printer are what is causing some of my print issues.
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19 hours ago, wellsprop said:
Did the late mark Anson ever have a rear turret, I thought that was only the early version with the wood wing and lower fuselage?
Your absolutely correct! I retract my previous statement!
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Looks good! Are you planning in the future on offering the gunnery training variant with rear turret?
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How about this unusual machine - i dont believe there has been any recreation of it at any scale, and it has some quirky design features which do set it apart from a lot of the other interwar designs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parnall_Pike
https://www.flickr.com/photos/27862259@N02/6066138396/in/photostream/ - some other great shots of the vehicle as a whole.
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Did you have much luck sorting this issue? i had seen somewhere that for some obscure reason people who had problems with USB stick reading had some success when using a USB>SD card reader and then actually put the program on the SD card. Not sure why or how that impacts.
There seems to be quite a few devices that are coming onto the market in the sphere of large format resin printers. But i think that many of them will be updated to use monochrome screens and next time round i think ill look for one of those machines.
Ive not had much printing this month at all, in resin or FDM! In fact i probably should decant the vat at this point!