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  1. That is planb Alan in Milliput but wax Colin? What kind of wax are you thinking of?
  2. This is't going to work for me, simply not sufficient materials handling experience I'm afraid but until I give up and buy a fresh* load of Milliput I am going to see how far I can take it. You never know... This morning I awoke and had a fresh morning random memory. Slip it said, you need slip, which I remembered from my second year at St Phils, Art first year, Ceramics second year and Woodwork from the first year on Thursdays. Ceramics had me making a little pot from clay worms and next an elephant of dubious shape and colour. Swiftly drawing a veil over them although mom loved them, I remembered having to use slip to join stuff together, and I think maybe to make oddball additional shapes. Thinning out airdying clay eventually gives a kind potentially useable slip-type-thinn, apologies to 'those that know' for goons reference inherent in that awful pun. Using the thinned clay as an adhesive/quasi fresh component I made the 'ear-style jet pipe extensions and had another attempt to refine the bulky roof shape. Poor but not awful, huh? Be warned, this thread could disappear into the ether at any time, I hate this stuff How the very hell does one make it smooth without overindulging in wetness that will undoubtedly result in fault lines as the clay dries? I dont know but I feel a call to my LMS for fresh Milli coming any morning soon...
  3. I might still have preferred Milliput but for now the experiment continues It is certainly mouldable with fingers and small palette knives, I am wondering whether it will be sandable after drying though. In the mean time the shape begins to appear in the tissue dampened plastic bag I wonder what kind of filler might work if any, back into damp tissue limbo again until the morrow. laters...
  4. XZ729 was well received at the club yesterday but. Is anyone up for a ride to unknown places? My bench is littered with failed pieces of Lynx that need a purpose in life and I need to learn unexplored depths of modelling like Clay for a moulded cast part, if I could just find a rear upper body section elsewhere available trust me, I wouldn't bother. I sat this morning with that fuselage and a finely warmed up dollop of plasticene, making what might have been an acceptable engine section but knowing how poor it would be for making a casting from. And there has been a packet of Pebeo sitting in a drawer just decimetres from my left elbow but which has been intimidating me silently. "You dumb pillock you don't have a clue how to use it, haven't even tried youtube which is bound to be full of advice!" I do wish I had gone to tech drawing and modelling classes as a mere child, before my concentration powers were diminished by modelling Kryptonite, I know clay modelling figured greatly in automotive classes and might have learnt how to. However I didn't so I must suck it up and get on This is a much different 'hump' to the Lynx one and since I plan to make one of these super babies the new hump seems the way ahead for me. Moving on Hmm it does feel a bit like plasticene at first, I wonder if that will last? I have noticed that as it 'handles' it becomes less friendly but not as aggressively as the packet of DAS I tried recently... It seems I cannot just walk away from the task 'til later. Into a plastic bag with a dampened tissue and a seal to be kept in the dark, cool space. And then into the dark cupboard space Which is where I keep the button lathe Tony sent me, the UV curing resin in its darkened bottle hides there too away from UV radiations. 'Spect that later today I will find that I wish I'd used Milliput...
  5. I think you are exactly on track with the tail fold, I'm glad you didn't resort to copying something like the Airwaves joke set She looks wonderful, I probably mentioned it before, awesome modelling.
  6. Thank you for that Ralph, once again coming up with the goods. I had heard about the icing risk guard removal, so that covers things nicely. Club this afternoon where this will share the competition with some wonderful modellers, real finger crossing time this afternoon. But hey even if the model isn't popular I have really enjoyed the making of it, so far out of my zone there was never going to be any comfort.
  7. She's a real cutie isn't she, a proper beauty I was a bit 'mmmmm?' about the resin bits 'fit' before, Ali but what a great build they do make. Yummy
  8. This is a wonderful Gannet, thanks for the journey to brilliance with you
  9. The final committed version is now decided, thanks for your and Ralph's essential input..I'll take a few definitive pictures after the model has been to club tomorrow. I think this can go to a RFI next too
  10. OK none, and thin yellows I'd wondered whether the Orange Crop was taken away by the impact or not, now with your assistance its to be plain with no blanks and no Orange Crop. Cheers
  11. You are always welcome Pete, hope you like it Gotta decide about red RBF Covers or nothing...
  12. I see what you mean Crisp This shot from the oiler No obvious filter mesh Nor here but When we zoom in I am not sure if I'm seeing the red 'remove before'... Or the hole in the intake area This view you mention definitely does have them Maybe a set of red covers over the hole might do... Just checking, a thin yellow tip on the blade ends? Roughly an inch anna half in from the tips
  13. Before we finish the rotor lines I had a go at doing what Airfix should have The intake filters They blithely say "aircraft can be seen without them fitted" Really? Got any pictures of Lynx sans filters? No you blooming well haven't, or you have hidden them from me remarkably well So we have (SO sorry Ian) to address the omission I took a handy piece of plastic fascia board I cut off for a different project, oh yes its not just modelling going on round here that knows, and filed a rough rounded corner profile on it to use for a mould Viola A quick pull down with a test piece and dip in thickened (By the action of time) Tamiya Smoke and leave to dry. I can play with this, seems a likely 'thing' Oh Mr Airfix, what can we do? Search the aftermarket in vain, I may refine this as a working concept...
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