AnonymousDFB1 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 That is looking great Lloyd, you're setting the bar high for when I do mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j22mdr Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 very nice indeed love the rivet detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Mcellaney Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Great work there Lloyd, nice progress but I must say a tad slow for you Old Boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom51 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 looking really good especially the rivets where can i get some Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llking Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share Posted January 10, 2013 I've had to order more rivets for this build from my LHS and they are back ordered, so when they get here I'll start back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brody Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 I shall be following this build eagerly. Brody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llking Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 I haven't updated in awhile, still adding rivets I have added over 10,000 rivets so far. I still need to add rivets to the bottom and then it should be done with the riveting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steviej Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 loooookind D*** Gooooood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Very nice progress. Those decals would scare me.They look so difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buccymad Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 what can i say ,this build is just riveting...... i`ll get my Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter96 Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Lovel, lovely, lovely build and painting. Bought one of these on the cheap recently at Model Zone. Seeing your build makes me think I should dig it out of the cupboard and get cracking on it (yes, I'm fully aware that the expression "get cracking" now has an rather unfortunate conatation to it!) Many thanks for letting us see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders154 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I remember as a lad being apprenticed to Westlands and going up to the erecting shop to speak to my father who was a chargehand on the Lynx and sitting eating my lunch in the cockpit of these. A bit later on I was a progress chaser for the Lynx on the erecting shop and flight shed and I can remember that when production was at its hight we were producing 6 lynx a month and a couple of seakings. Love the aircraft and am doing the HAS3 but would like to get the blades to do a very early one in oxford blue with white writing. As a progress chaser with a licence to roam I was always at the paint shop when the masking came off a new customers aircraft for the first time. Happy days. Rodders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynx7 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Feel your pain re the riveting job. I think I must have used 2 to 3 sheets of archers on my AH7 conversion..... Well worth the effort in the end. The Lynx effect certainly emphasises rivets in the real thing and yep, an omission on the kit but I guess the compromise of a very cheap price v detail is acceptable. This is turning out to be a great build and will hopefully prompt me in to opening the model box again after a 3-4 month hiatus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynx7 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 PS please please please ensure you tint the roof windows dark dark blue and not green (as I've seen on so many builds incorrectly) and please please make sure your main rotor blades are absolutely rigid with no droop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Having used just a few Archers rivets on my Gazelle (qv Helicopter 2 GB thread), I know how much work has gone in to make this as neat as it is; top work. There shouldn't, I'm afraid, be any on the fairing over the MRGB auxiliaries (the shaped bit that leads to the front of the main rotor head, which has the holes for the hydraulics sight glasses in it - transfers in this kit); that bit is made of GRP, and not riveted around the edge. Look at the walkround section of this site. But the cab is looking lovely, for all that nit-picking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goon Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Just started mine and popped in for a search for some WiPs for reference. Somebody talk me out of doing the rivets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGKent Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Interesting topic...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caution Wake Turbulence Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Just started mine and popped in for a search for some WiPs for reference. Somebody talk me out of doing the rivets! Whatever you do, don't start counting them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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