desmojen
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Bloody hell Neil! That
(rocks)Awesome stuff, love the way you used a photo of the real thing and weathered it to match, great stuff!
Jen.
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Is everyone called Neil a really good modeller?
Very nice work so far, like the chipping effect on the floor, but I am wondering how the pilots managed to get their feet so close to the seat to chip that bit!
Jen.
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I thought it was well good too, nice one Cop!
Jen.
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In my past life I sometimes used to have to spray lorry chassis' for a local company. We used to use acrylic laquer which is properly horrible snotty stuff. Rather than thin it (to enable better coverage) we used to put it in an old chip pan and warm it up prior to putting it in the spray guns.
Luckily I personally only had to do one, it took all afternoon, and I was walking 1/4" taller afterwards from all the paint stuck to the bottom of my shoes!
Warming aerosols not only thins the paint inside a little, it also helps to keep the pressure up a bit in less full ones. Like Pingu says though, don't get it too hot!
Jen.
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Nice camo, how dod you restrain yourself from doing the NMF with green mottles one that everyone else does?
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Lovely job Karl. You are really getting the hang of airbrushing I see!
I think you might just get my vote...............
Jen.
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Today was our families day for 2007. Unfortunately the airshow was much depleted because of the date, we're celebrating the Hercules 40th year in service, but this week is the Red's week off, and hence, the rest of the RAF display aircraft!
I was there all day with our bike club and managed to tick off another ambition when I went for a little fly in a glider before lunch.
Shortly after lunch, the ambulance copter arrived for us to hand over a nice little cheque ( a recent motorcycle club fundraiser which was in aid of the Wiltshire Ambulance copter) Had a nice chat with the paramedic who claims they call us motorcyclists butterflys because we are brightly coloured, and some of us don't last long!
Was a scorching day, I'm sunkissed again and pleased to be home with a nice long drink
Pics then.
The ambulancecopter arriving
A Spitfire. As far as I'm aware, it is illegal in this country to see a Spitfire and not photograph it. So here you go
The best thing about families day is the way you can get up close and personal. 1FTS Tucano.
Couple of big ones came over.
And a little one.
And I couldn't resist this shot of one of our nice clean well cared for front line jets!
Hope you like,
Jen.
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Here's mine. Only one out of a potential three, for which I apologise
The lovely Italeri Wessex,
Jen
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Good point petros. If I were one of those blokes. I'd think about being further away for sure, tow lines make pretty good slashers when they snap!
Ok, few points raised.
Mike, yes, the aircraft is pulled along by the propellers in flight. But it is pulled by all six, over all of the surface area, not by one or two on a thin line (relatively speaking of course). The pressure created on the surface of the prop by a tow line would be immense, and almost certainly shear it off.
Also bear in mind, the engine mounts are strong of course, they pull the thing along. But in which direction? Any major side loading on them would break them and probably forcibly remove the engine.
Rdx, yes, there may well be a threaded attachment for a jacking pad (although not always) and my thought is that this would be used. Many aircraft also have tie down lugs in a similar position and these would obviously be ideal. There is also as you rightly suggest a set of standard procedures for this sort of thing detailed in the aircraft AP.
The jacking points (and tie down lugs) are mounted on the main wing spar, one of the strongest points on any airframe. A twin like this Beaufort would be basically built around a main and secondary spar linking the two engine nacelles (and main undercarriage points ) together. That's why I reasoned that the jacking points would be the most obvious way of towing it, to me anway.
Cue Edgar with cutaway drawings and AP's to prove me wrong!
Jen.
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There's no way the prop blades would take the strain of towing the aircraft like that. The hub might, but you'd have no way of attaching a tow line to the hub unless it went around the blade roots.
Bear in mind also that the towline would only follow the line you've suggested if it was under strain, and who's to say it is in this shot?
I suspect that all the people standing around may be a bit further away if it was actually under tow, in case anything snapped!
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I'd hazard a guess at the jacking points being used. You can see a cable, and it is heading off towards the general area of the engine, but I'd imagine the jacking points would be just inboard of the engine anyway, plus they are designed to have an adapter fitted to them for jacking, so fitting something into them for towing would be easy.
This would minimise the damage done by the towing operation if done carefully.
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This vandal will be sticking a scribble stick in that open wound of yours when he catches up with you! :w***:
And to the rest of you- thank you ever so much for your kind words- very much appreciated, it encourages me to get more posted- a huge thank you to you all
I'm not sure which is more impressive - the model or the smiley fest!
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Oh bum
Shoosh Neil, don't tell them! I gues I should stick to washing up eh!
Jen.
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I made it, I finally made it!
What a slog this kit has been. It's a commission build for a good friend of mine, a perfect solution thought I, a kit I'd like to build but have no space for........
I purchased it and thought the price very fine, I frottered the sprues and was impressed. Then I started making it
I decided at an early stage to add some detail. Although the kit is good, it does benefit from a few additions. I used the Eduard etched set with the coloured cockpit parts. The whole set is brilliant, and really does add to the finished model, it also doubles the price.
As well as the Eduard, I had to buy a whole Xtradecal sheet just to get a bloody cockerel!
The guy I built it for wanted 43 squadron see.
Assembly is straightforward, but you have to like filling and sanding if you want to enjoy this build. I had to cut great chunks out of it to get the airbrake to fit anything like and still had to fill. I also spent a bit of time filling some of the panel lines in and rescribing others. I added some witing behind the seat, and also on the undercarriage legs, hollowed out the APU exhaust, and made some intake blanks because Revell don't provide decent trunking, or compressor faces. Oh yes, and it doesn't fit together either.
Paint is Vallejo model air, recommended by Phil Flory as being a good barley grey match. The colour looked horribly dark until I matt coated it, but it looks ok now. Weathering is based on a couple of good air to air photos from a recent RAF issued magazine, and the RAF helpfully parked a static Typhoon at RIAT so I had some nice photos to base the intake blanks on, thanks guys!
Enough waffle, to the photos.
Jen.
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Nice work Neil, nice work
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Tamiya flat base mixed with Klear for me too. I used to use Xtracolour before.
The advantages of the Tamiya flat base method are that it is easy to vary the shininess or otherwise and it dries very fast.
Jen.
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I don't think Goose is permanent anymore either
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Try Revell's own airbrush cleaner. It not only removes Alclad and Mr Surfacer, but also (somehow) removes acrylics!
http://www.modelsforsale.com/catalog/produ...ducts_id=117365
Also lasts ages
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I found the fit of the nose parts on this kit to be a bit shady at best when I did the new parts. I intended for the new chin bit to be in one piece and a direct replacement for the original. Unfortunately, I would not have been able to cast it like that without vac equipment.
Matt is kindly guinea pigging the set for me and has had some problems with the two part chin, I will recommend in the instructions to fit the parts together at a later stage than Matt did to help alleviate the problems.
These pics are of my masters in progress, held together with tape, and show just how dodgy the fit was!
Jen.
P.S. Hope you don't mind me butting in Matt!
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I must be the only living modeller who has built an ICM Spit and not found it hard! :whistling:
Mind you, I managed to find the Eduard FW190 hard work, when the rest of the modelling world rave on about it. maybe I'm just a wierd........................
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What does a pave low do?
I took a few of it in the static park on saturday. It's one ugly mo-fo that's for sure, but cool looking at the same time.
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Is there any good reason why it would have been left in primer? Especially a primer color which is totally against the flow of the camouflaging colour coats?
Is it not more logical to assume that the colour used would merely be a fresh example of the grey already in use on the camo (or the green)? It's surprising just how quickly paint finishes fade off on real operational aircraft which don't get routinely hangared or washed.
Ref. zinc chromate. Zinc chromate is an etch primer and on it's own is not a protective coat, it is simply there to help subsequent paint coats stick properly. Modern aircraft metals have a similar colour of coating applied from the factory in an anodising process called aluchrom or similar. Same goes for primer, without a topcoat it will not keep corrosion at bay for long. So, interior green and so called zinc chromate colours are not really primers at all, they are topcoats.
Jen.
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Couldn't agree more!
John
Thanks fella's
I too bought the Mk1 from RIAT. First impressions are quite good, the surface detail on the new fuselage and wings is nice, if not as crisp as some. Unfortunately the interior is the same old massive clunky stuff as it was before. Luckily I have plenty of ICM and Tamiya spares to help me out there.
Jen.
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I went alone to RIAT on saturday. My husband was unwilling to get up at 0630, and also unwilling to pay nearly £40 to get in and watch me trailing around model tents! :whistling:
The best place to watch, take photos, and meet other Britmodellers was, predictably enough, the furthest possible point from my vehicle. On the way down I took a few photos of some of the statics, mostly Hercs! I eventually found a space (sort of) by the fence at the eastern end, not far from the start of the take off rolls of most of the aircraft. I got there in time to watch a bunch of insane women standing on top of biplanes. It wasn't the standing on top that struck me as insane, I've done that myself, it was the fact that they climbed down inflight!
I went for a little wander just before midday because I thought I had broken my camera, turned out I hadn't.
On my return I couldn't find a space, but I wanted to get a good spot for the Thunderbirds take off rolls. I spotted a small gap in between one of those stupid half tent things and a bloke on a stepladder. On insinuating myself into the gap the man (I won't call him a gentleman) poked at me and grunted that he was unhappy with me. I invited him to chill out, since, as he has a stepladder and I am but a shorty he couldn't have any trouble seeing over me. When I left I noted that he was Belgian - what a cock!
I found a space further down between two elderly gents after that and got some reasonable pics of the returning Thunderbirds.
At about twenty five to two I trundled off back up towards the models for sale tent. I had already met Vince and crossed his palm with paper on the way down. I collected my previous purchases and waited for a bunch of unlikely looking fellows to gather. When they had I went and said hello. We had a nice chat about whether Italian pilots are good looking or gay, and mentaldude explained the finer points of the ICM Mustang A to me.
On leaving, I began a very gradual amble back towards the van, taking in doughnuts and Thyphoons on the way. I stopped up at the western end to await the RAF role demo. I'm glad I did. Despite the usual extreme cheesiness displayed in the commentary, the flying was excellent and I was pleased to hear those around me commenting positively on it. The final flypast was very rousing and I was almost inclined to salute
I then walked the rest of the way back to the van and proceeded to spend an hour getting out of the car park, and then I got lost! For some reason, the way back to Lyneham wasn't signposted with natty little RIAT arrows
Anyway, enough blah, here's a few pics. I'm nowhere near trawling through them all yet. I took loads and they're mostly fairly pants. These are some of the ones that came out well straight away. I'll add a few more as and when I get them edited up.
First off, Tornado F3 from the role demo.
ZH879, newly mended this week struts her stuff.
The Flying Death Banana.
Some shiny planes.
Probably my favourite pic of the day.
The Frecce Tricolore were a definate highlight and prompted spontaneous applause from the crowd where I was. The announcer was really funny and the flying pretty damn tidy for a bunch of Italian pretty/gay* boys!
The 'solista' He had just performed a spiral climb, and the tailslid back into his own smoke.
RAF Typhoon.
My husbands favourite, the mighty B1b.
And to finish for now, a few shots of RN helis.
There you go, thanks for taking the time to look!
Jen.
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(rocks)
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Looking at Neils beautiful B-17
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As staggering as it is that they brought her home on longerons alone, I'm equally amazed that they mended it!
Jen.