markjames68
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Plus the CAA wont let supersonic complex airframes fly in civilian hands in the uk, Mark and Ray Hanna could never get their Phantom airborne and the CAA wouldnt even let the Lightning fly out of the country, it had to be trailered
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nice, but im sure you meant upscaled to 32nd...I know it's off-topic, and I'm very glad to see any IM 1/32nd scale VVS subjects such as the Yak-3, but I'd love to see their 1/48th scale Firefly AS.7 'down-sized' to 1/72nd scale.
Regards,
Jason
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Well done magpie that was a teriffic post and bit of deduction, terriffic explanation!
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Subscrbied, will go nicely with my sons1/6 delorean and his BTTF collection
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Is this definately 1/8 . And a kit? I know its Eaglemoss but i only ask as theres a sideshow 1/6 deloren out shortly that my son has a pre order on for his BTTF collection....
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For those who haven't read anything I've written, my Airfix Do17 is a total pig of a kit and is sitting there part assembled. Nothing fitted correctly in the cockpit and the fuselage is bowed out round the bomb bay, so much so the doors don't fit properly and there's large gaps on either side of the 'closed' bomb bay doors. Perhaps I need to rip out the internal bulkheads and see if that cures it but I'm guessing it won't.
I built their recent Typhoon and no matter how much sanding of internal parts I did the front fuselage just would not close, so it's now about 1mm or so wider at the nose as I gave up and used filler. The Hurricane Mk I's fuselage also wouldn't close, so that's been fillered, not as bad as the Typhoon though. Also when I fitted the wings to the fuselage, there was a big step at the front which needed much sanding to get about flush with the forward fuselage. Suffice to say I will not be getting any more Airfix Hurricanes or Typhoons. As a contrast I build the Academy Typhoon at the same time as the Airfix kit and that was a joy to build by comparison, everything fitted properly resulting in a much more enjoyable build. Same goes for the Hasegawa Hurricane Mk I built at the same time as the Airfix kit. Granted I think the Airfix Typhoon looks better than the Academy Typhoon when built but the issue is the Academy and Hasegawa kits were much nicer to build.
I don't want and don't enjoy beating kits into submission. I expect short run kits to have fit issues but not brand new all singing all dancing (the way some people drool over new Airfix kits, you'd think they would be able to sing and dance!) mainstream kits. I know I'm not the only one experiencing issues with new Airfix kits, as I've read other people's posts too. So my message to some people is, read what the people who've built new Airfix kits say about the new Airfix kits, both good and bad and stop glossing over anybody's posts that say they've had issues. It's clear to me Airfix kits can be hit or miss and the way forward for Airfix is to sort this out so the kits are consistently good to build and QC issues minimised!
thanks
Mike
An interesting statement, ive bought and built numerous copies of both kits and had no issues at all, a little care aside they went together well, the Typhoon is tricky but no filler on cowls, etc... as far as im concerned , whilst not Tamiya fit, they are perfectly servicable and good kits, the Typhoon (24th and 72nd )the 24th arguably being one of the all time greats due to the detail and surface patina which IMHO is unsurpassed at the moment any any company in terms of capturing character.
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Your exhaust weathering on the 190 looks great
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I'm rather confused Mark - do you mean the Vulcan went inverted, rolling ? Have I misunderstood here? Mostly asking because the last thing we want is certain uninformed members of the press picking up the wrong idea and making noise - that could be most counter-productive!
To my understanding the Vulcan is not allowed, for modern display purposes, to go past the vertical in any rolling maneouvre. In its later RAF days that seemed to have been the case too, with rolls into steep turns which stopped quite emphatically and firmly just before vertical bank. I seem to recall there being more exuberant wingover efforts in earlier displays in the Sixties. I know the prototype famously rolled at Farnborough, many years ago.
Given CAA and pilot's comments I'd think a flypast implies a relatively straight run by, which could include banking back and forth in both directions to allow top and bottom surfaces to be seen, without significant maneouvring. Turns away and back for re-positioning could be done relatively flat or with climb and descent - and a steep climb away at the end would not be aerobatic. Nor, necessarily would a steep descent into the flypast line. I do hope to see her at Ayr, for one last time.
John B
The vulcan was fully inverted.. 100% at the top of her last high power climb, she climbed about 80 degrees to i guess 3-4000 feet the rolled completely inverted,everyone and anyone will tell you the same who was at fairford on the saturday, i was , to say the least , astonished, as was the crowd, as i believe were the show authorites who the following day exclaimed that' the sunday display would be far less exuberant' was i believe their actual words.
I have a perfect photo of it imverted., i will get my son to post it if we feel it prudent,....
i would make a guess that beacuse she rolled inverted, held it for a fraction then rolled back, its not classed as a full roll BUT it might have well as been, he was already half way if not more... im sure theres more guys on Britmodeller that saw it that can attest the the exuberant antics....
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I saw it fly at fairford this year at the saturday, a wingtip scraping hard turn on takeoff and a massive power climd rolling out FULLY inverted to end...... nah, thats not aerobatic at all.....
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Keith, what a cracker, the kit itself is dam good really and i have enjoyed it, but the clear parts have been a royal pain
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The Gaurdian is even refferring to the loop as' a lunatic manouvre '
Also IIRC from the news interviw last night , the ban on display manouvers for jets is temporary, not permenant
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Only from watching 2 videos of the approach i thought he had approached on the B axis and then done a ' quarter clover' manouver to end up on the A axis of the display,
Like i said, i havent watched it many times or with any great accuracy and am completely unfamiliar with shorehams layout .the photo/overlay/arrow thing above on this page looks rather inaccurate to me from what little ive seen
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Is the old matchbox lysander renowned for being a pig of a kit ?
Ive been modelling for 40 odd years and would class myself as pretty good..... HOWEVER...
The wing spar/ glazing are on this kit has made me feel like im a hamfisted 6 yr old again!,
After messing around for ages, i came to the conclusion that the spar/glazing/framework simply does not fit as supplied, i have eventually acheived an acceptable result but only after major fettling trimming which was i think lessened and helped as i elected to remove the side panes to have them open....
That was a tough evenings work.....
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laminar flow arent necessarily thin, its the thickest part of the aerofoil thats in a different place, approx 60% chord instead of 25ish
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OK, hope this is gonna work..
tommorrow morning, my son and i are off to Flying legends followed by RIAT, we are camping for 10 days and have a power socket....
First thing to be packed... A reduced but still excessive modelling tool kit and paints and lamp......
Secong thing....... Compressor and airbrush...
Third thing...... My sons 1/32 Revell BO105 and my 1/48 Revell Ventura, possibly even an extra kit incase
Oh and then some clothes and food...and the tent..... And chairs....
The plan?
Starting Friday morning and then on and off through the week between shows, we are going to work on these two kits and hopefully post WIP's here for everyone to see, and complete them before RIAT.
We hope to post normal pics but please forgive us if they are facebook links as we may struggle for signal etc........
Hope it works, should be fun keeping up with BM whilst 'mobile'........
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I just used decals, no clear dip, they are good and will work well
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I think the HpH have already shown from their decision to go ahead with a 1/48 Concorde that market research is an unknown concept to them. What next? A Myasischev M-50 Bounder?
If the company owners really feel the need to address their inadequacies by producing bigger models than anyone else why don't they at least produce kits that will sell well? Merit have pioneered 1/18 scale for aircraft, so let's see HpH produce an F-14 Phantom or an F-14 Tomcat in that scale. They'll be about the same size as this white elephant of a kit, and they'll make them rather more money.
They already do, available as kits or finished models, about 6 or 700 quid each IIRC ( for the kits)
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I trimmed of all the excess decal film and used plenty of sol, and put them on the inside, a little fiddly but the can look superb
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The 4 blade prop /aspect ratios and what looks like the shadow of a vertical exhaust make me think RE8, the one on the right has a similar aspect ratio to a camel and the port horizontal staab outline kind of backs this up.... Not a dogfight double though and i wouldnt have thought 2 1/72 reissues of 2 poor by todays standard kits that are probably older than i am is exciting news.?
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First class!
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Simplified a lot, The wings are moulded with a 3 part mould, top, bottom and central core.the top and bottom mould close around the core, plastic is injected , cools, and the top and bottom core then move away, the wing is then slid off the central core through the trailing edege( flap / aileron box), the slight flexibility of the plastic enables this.
I bet other companies have a go somewhere down the line but it does strike me as a bit gimmicky and more expense for less parts( am always a lover of high parts counts;)) also just a guess here but pretty close i reckon, it will be important when the moulded wing is pulled off the central core, to early and it will deform badly due to being too soft, too late and it may strain the plastic, quality control COULD be an issue if care isnt taken .
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Many thanks for that Edgar, now i know!
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Hi Edgar?
Going off the saying ' you learn something every day', i always thought the magnetos were the little cylindrical objects set in a slight'V' at the front of the gearbox, obviously thats not the case, can you enlighten me as to what they are,? ( from my poor description)
Thanks
Mark
Mk I spitfire tailplane rivets
in Aircraft WWII
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The skin was screwed on the bottom due to lack of access for solid rivets and a dolly, IIRC there were wooden battens attached to the ribs to facilitate this