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  1. I'm in the midst of a stash clearing exercise and came across an example of the Skybirds '86 Hornet F.3, a gift from my late brother. It's long past time I built this kit and I was wondering if there is anyone hereabouts who had ever done one and might have any pointers to share? I've done the usual googling and come up with a few ideas but there's little first hand knowledge online. The company ceased trading a long time ago, before this internet thingy really took off! Thanks in advance.
  2. Hi folks, Our esteemed GB fuhrer, aka @Rabbit Leader, has persuaded me to add a build here. I am going to try to update the FROG DH Hornet F3 and correct a few of the things that bug me about the kit. Masochism? Yes, but I'll consider it a small price to pay if, by annoying the modelling gods, they nudge Airfix to do an accurate new tool Hornet, with @David A Collins as technical consultant. So, what might I do? Well, reduce the thickness of the wings, improve the outline of the fin and rudder, gash up some cockpit gizmology, improve the canopy shape, and make the nose a little less blunt. We'll see how this goes; it's not a full-on accurising job, but if I do it right, it should look more like a Hornet. Of course the existing kit also looks like a Hornet oob, so I may be onto a hiding for nothing! More when I've gathered some bits n bobs and worked out how to post pics after the PB debacle. Regards Martin
  3. After three months of occasional evenings.... Here is a Classic Airframes 1/48 Sea Hornet NF.21. This has had selected areas fully detailed that are not usually covered. Also, this has had a number of modifications that are necessary to correct the basic shape: +6.5mm insert in the rear fuselage ahead of the tailplane/fin. Full depth undercarriage bays. Complete undercarriage leg, bays, and doors moved rearward by 6.5mm Filled unnecessary panel lines on fuselage and wings Added correct panel lines on wings. This was all detailed in a WIP thread here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234983720-classic-airframes-dh-sea-hornet-nf21/ . by hornet project, on Flickr A brief history to be found in Lewis Cooper's Hornet File book: Sea Hornet NF.21 VW957 was built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company and first flew in 1949. It was delivered to ARDU Culham on 20th June 1949. Entering first line use on the 17th January 1951 with 809 Naval Air Squadron at Culdrose, initially coded as 484/Q. By May 1951 it joined HMS Vengeance. August 1951 saw brief stays at RAF Coltishall, Hal Far, and Gibraltar. By February 1952 it was back at Hal Far, Malta. In June 1952 VW957 was on-board HMS Indomitable for just one month until returning to Culdrose by July 1952. Here it stayed until flying into Leuchars in September 1952. In January 1953 it was onboard HMS Eagle until March where VW957 ended its first stint with 809 NAS. Between March and August it received refurbishment at Lossimouth and Culdrose, coded CW/481. On the 2nd September 1953 it re-joined 809 NAS on HMS Eagle for the final time, coded J/481. On the 28th September VW957 was used to trial the "Evaluation of using a whistle for emergency stops." It was reported as having had a hydraulic failure on the 19th January 1954 onboard HMS Eagle. HMS Eagle said goodbye to 809 NAS in February 1954 when the Squadron was sent ashore at Gibralta. By 28th March 1954 the Squadron returned to Culdrose. With 809 NAS giving up its Sea Hornets in favour of the new Sea Venom, their Squadron Commanding Officer Lt Cdr Henley flew his last aerobatics (in a Sea Hornet) in VW957 on 7th April 1954. Two months later after a period of storage, VW957 was transferred to Airwork FRU at St.Davids in Pembrokeshire coded as BQ/415. It was used here for Radar interception training. On the 19th December 1956 its useful life had come to an end, and it was sold for scrap. Evidently, remains of six of the last Sea Hornets scrapped at St.Davids were to be found on the airfield dump for at least the next 10 years. Photo's show remains of mid-rear fuselages of these up until around 1970. VW957 was one of these recovered, the other being VX250 now on display in the DH Museum. . by hornet project, on Flickr . by hornet project, on Flickr . by hornet project, on Flickr . by hornet project, on Flickr . by hornet project, on Flickr . by hornet project, on Flickr
  4. Hello All, This is the Trumpeter 1/48 DH Hornet F3. OOB with the exception of Barracuda Wheels I won't dwell what Trumpeter did wrong as enough has been said already. Sort of looks like a DH Hornet anyways. Given that I build almost exclusively in 1/144 scale with the odd exception it was a real challenge to do a "supersized" kit. Pics via Iphone 4 so the quality is sort of rubbish, apologies... don't own a decent camera anymore. Oh, by the way, Xtradecals were also used on the kit depicting a 64 Sqdn Aircraft during exercise dagger 1948 I think. Thanks for looking and happy modelling all. Happy to answer questions. Ian
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