Jump to content

speedy

Members
  • Posts

    2,097
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    1

speedy last won the day on May 29 2013

speedy had the most liked content!

About speedy

  • Birthday 24/06/1969

Contact Methods

  • AIM
    N/A
  • MSN
    N/A
  • Website URL
    http://
  • ICQ
    0
  • Yahoo
    N/A

Profile Information

  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Warminster
  • Interests
    Aircraft. Anything to do with Boscombe Down, ETPS & A&AEE etc.....

Recent Profile Visitors

6,912 profile views

speedy's Achievements

Very Obsessed Member

Very Obsessed Member (5/9)

1.8k

Reputation

  1. If you search my 1/32 F-4J build that's the parachute from those guys.
  2. A flawless build mate. Just lovely (the car!).
  3. I managed to find a set in Eastern Europe for not alone of cash, but like you say they are now super rare. Like you I'm intending to do a couple for my Hawks but that doesn't help you now.mill keep my eyes open.
  4. I've had a quick Google but I'd go black underneath and green on the upper surfaces.
  5. A fantastic model indeed. We're our own worst critic so don't be too hard on yourself, it's fine. Next........
  6. The RAF yearbook 1980 has an article on camouflage. Short version is; is doesn't give a timeline but a why it was done. Going from camouflage uppers and LAG undersides. Exercises showing camouflage working until hard maneuvering showed the grey, setting the seed for wrap around etc. But from the posts above its safe to take 5he time period that has been offered.
  7. Don't forget that KFS did a 1/35 thunderbird; prerequisite to the Bloodhound (i've done one) and someone purchased the Company and was doing a 1/32 bloodhound.
  8. https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/74977-westland-wessex-hc2-northern-ireland/ I really thought I'd put this on BM, but I couldn't find it!.
  9. I'm just trying a new to me item - deluxe materials, glue n glaze & rocket odourless. Might be just the ticket.
  10. Hi all. I've finished this last week and it's taken me a couple of months slow time. It's out of the box bar the data pod on the wing tip. There is no more to do to the kit, but I am going to put a pilot in it when I get one. I've chosen to model it engines running, hence the aux doors open and as intended from 1979. It's a simple kit enough and a design of its day. There's not much out there if you chose to detail it up. Kit decals were fine but I had a torrid time with the gloss varnish (W&N) I use. Perhaps it's going off. I glossed the model and putting the decals on, once dry it was obvious there was silvering. I've done the usual remedies which worked to a point. However we lost our 2nd dog within 12 weeks of the 1st, to cancer again so my heart wasn't really in it. This kit must be my nemesis as I've tried to build one twice before and it beaten me. Anyway it's done and never again. Thanks for looking Steve.
  11. As above from the Roy Braybrook book - "P62 - the airbrake was rather small by ground attack standards, but had been given strakes to improve its drag" and further on P62 - referencing the nose down pitching when the AB was opened - "trim change to an acceptable level by inserting a restrictor in the hydraulic circuit and moving the strikes to the fuselage (strikes being moved and enlarged for directional stability)". There are photos but may not reproduce very well. Steve.
  12. They would have been just visible as on the Matchbox kit (may be wrong) or early Airfix kits. I'll have a look and come back tonight if someone else doesn't. I'm pretty sure it's Harrier like.....
  13. My holiday between builds can be a couple of months. I finish a build and like most have a clean up and I then take a break. The one day a spark will happen and we're on again. Don't think I've ever finished and immediately started something else.
  14. Uncanny, I'm just about to finish my revell 1/32 kit. Looks just like yours
  15. I've noticed that before. I'm sure it's been explained on here, but buggered if I can find it....
×
×
  • Create New...