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3 hours ago, Steve McArthur said:
I'm only seeing dead links from @canberra kid on this page, maybe he could update them. Considering the 1/48 Airfix kit came out around 15 years ago most of the aftermarket created for it is long out of production. You can look at Scalemates for an idea of what might be out there for the different kits. Two Mikes (now Phase Hangar) used to do a resin tail correction, but they got out of resin cast parts and all current products are 3D printed.
Hi Steve,
Sorry about the links, photo bucket did the dirty on me by starting to charge for hosting images and my web site went a similar way! If there is anything specific you would like to see let me know and I'll repost them.
John
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2 hours ago, perdu said:
I have been reading book one already thanks John, it got me off on the photorecce trail.
That's good to hear, Vol.2 goes into the in's and out's of the airframe.
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23 hours ago, perdu said:
Now I am confused Tony @TeeELL do I need the earlier wheels for my B(I8) or a PR7 or the PR9?
I can see I need a deeper look into the topic before I finalise on an airframe don't I?
I just imported the fan and starter bullet unit into the intake rings, wow this is another world of modelling
It feels almost a crime losing the build artefacts, the fine, intricate web of filaments that hold the parts down to stop them flying away
Is the starter bullet supposed to protrude so far?
And have I encouraged the assembly to sit far enough back or do I still have work to do here?
found them, some other little artefacts behind the sealing ring, sorted and now I am uber-happy with them
Blooming lovely
From my aspect the wonderful nose wheels I have are marvels, the mudguard & stays blow the mind
I'll be in touch
If you need to brush up on your Canberra's there is always the two volume work that me and Ken Delve have just published, also I'm in the early stages of a book for modelers on the B.2 T.4.
John
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29 minutes ago, TeeELL said:
If you want to make a Canberra with the early style wheels, I made some for Canberra kid in 1:48 but I can rescale them to 1:72. They will be a one piece item though.
And the nose wheels
I would say that, at 1:72 the ‘block tread’ on the nose wheel tyre may not be visible!
Very good they are too! Just what you need if you are building an early B.2, T.4.
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42 minutes ago, perdu said:
***Yes I know it is a plan for a Martin B57
A B.57 Canberra tailplain is a good replacement. It's one of the few parts that Martin didn't mess with too much, apart from adding some aerodynamic 'improvements' but that's a diferant story.
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8 hours ago, silverfox63 said:
Hi Bill. Check with @canberra kid, but I think from memory, the tailplanes are ridiculously oversize on the Matchbox PR9. Hope this helps you before you find out too late.
Cheers,
Chris.
They are too long in span, correcting them shouldn't be too difficult, though I must confess I've never done it on the ones I've built.
John
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This is the T,5 if it helps?
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This may help?
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On 1/21/2024 at 1:12 PM, Hook said:
I hate to bring the bearer of bad news.
*BUT*...The long and short of it, if you want to build an accurate B-58, you'll have your work cut out for you. Italeri, like on their Mirage 2000, confused the fuselage length with the pitot tube (which is not inconsiderate in the Hustler) with the fuselage length without it. This gives the entire kit a crushed look - the kit is about 12% too short, which is quite noticable.
Furthermore, this is spread throughout the entire fuselage, the wings and engine pods, also throwing off the wing sweep (again, their Mirage 2000 has the exact same issues).
It may look somewhat like a Hustler, but in a certain light* I look somewhat like George Clooney.
Cheers,
Andre
*: (ie., none)
Italeri must have a problem converting imperial to metric system as they also screwed up the B.57 Canberra.
John
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As far as I know no Stairmaster had sidewinders.
John
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39 minutes ago, Wafu1 said:
Hi there John I have had the airfix kit of the b57 b for as long as I can remember so would like to do something special with it I have the cmk update kit which has the seat add ons so will see if they work thanks for your input
If you need any detailed info or drawings/photos let me know.
John
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39 minutes ago, Wafu1 said:
Thanks for your reply I have the cmk update and the big Eduard set but would like some decent bang seats can you suggest please
Is it the 1/48 kit? The Mechanics Inc. seat ( the one with the arms rest) then they aren't too bad out of the box, the ESCAPAC seat is not so good, Aroclub did a very good replacement, but I suspect that is long gone now, so a resin seat for an A.4 or A.7 would do at a pinch, it would be far better than the kit one. Which Canberra are you planning on building?
John
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10 hours ago, Wafu1 said:
I have read that the airfix b57 can be improved with parts from a company called DMOLDS but can’t find out any more info can anyone enlighten me please
It depends how deep you want to go into fixing whats wrong with the Airfix Martin Canberra B.57. much of the kit is wrong in some way or another!
John
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8 minutes ago, Max Headroom said:
Do the NASA B-57’s count?
Trevor
I'd say so, 60 years old and still doing work for the government and military
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General Dynamics WB.57F
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On 12/11/2023 at 2:58 AM, Hoops said:
Hi John, Here are the fruits of my labor:
Harrier Vinten Recce Pod v2_2 by J2Hoops, on Flickr
Harrier Vinten Recce Pod v2 by J2Hoops, on Flickr
I know there are some panel lines and latches missing, but I am OK with that. A lot of it will be lost with the dark paint and hiding between the gun pods.
Thank you again for the help!
Hoops
Looks good to me. Well done.
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8 hours ago, Daedalus72 said:
Canberra T17s could be fitted with tip tanks or ‘pods’ which were tanks modified to hold a chaff dispenser, and as a result were subtly different to the standard tanks
The dimensions were the same though, as they were converted tip tanks. I was going to suggest the chaff podsbut didn't want to coud te issue.
John
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18 hours ago, stever219 said:
It makes not be the tanks that are the issue: I have long held the opinion that the chord of the outer wing panels on the Airfix Canberra is too great. On the real aeroplane the trailing edge is a straight line from the junction with the jet pipe fairing to just outboard of the ailerons. However on the Airfix kit the trailing edge has less forward sweep for about the first half-inch outboard before adopting the correct sweep angle. Ironically the older Airfix, FROG and Matchbox kits all got this right. I’ve been trying to devise a neat and, preferably, simple solution for some time but haven’t quite got there yet. The moment I do Airfix will release a series of blindingly accurate, LIDAR-scanned, impeccably researched and shockingly reasonably-priced Canberras in 1/72th, 1/4th and 1/24th scales; I suppose I’d better crack on with it🙄🙄...........
Steve, you're right there is a flat bit just outboard of the nacelle on the trailing edge which shouldn't be there, but the wing chord at that point is correct at 19' it is also correct at the theoretical tip at 6'6". The CA wing is only 18'6" in chord, but correct at the theoretical tip. The CA wing has a better shape for the wing tip though. I too await the arrival of the next generation of accurate state of the art Canberra!
John
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41 minutes ago, Anthony in NZ said:
Sorry to ressurect an older thread here.
I am going to put a luggage pod on my 32nd 43sqn FG.1 Phantom. Now it seems that it was not uncommon to fit the winder rails as well, but it seems to me there must have been some sort of spacer system to mount the rails slightly further out? I know the US ones had them but just cant quite tell from pics of Brit Tooms if they used the same system?
Any help would be really appreciated
Does this help?
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2 minutes ago, sloegin57 said:
Not in the UK John - true. But in the Middle East on Cyprus and Malta, they were virtually a permament fit.
HTH
Dennis
True Dennis, but as a percentage of time flown it wasn't very often, even more so towards the twilight years.
John
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The Airfix tanks are OK, just lacking in detail, you need to add the filler cap external cables for the nav light on the tip. The PR.9 didn't used tanks very often so you could use the ones in that kit for your T.17. As they come in the PR.9 kit they are not quite right for a PR.9 anyway, as the should have an adaptor plate that accommodates the diferant wing contour on the 9 where the tank sit. If you do need or want another set for your 9 let me know I have a few!
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I've been working on my PR.9 today too, well part of it 😎
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EE Canberra - correcting the Airfix tailplane
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I may have something along those lines Tony 🤔😎
John