Cheshiretaurus Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 On 1/12/2021 at 7:14 PM, Fritag said: Ha. You’re a bad man and a laggardly modeller Mark. You wouldn’t catch me dawdling like that....... What? Your my mentor Ste, I'm following your lead😆 laggardly ? Oh no another big word I'm going to have to look up.🙄 On 1/12/2021 at 9:49 PM, perdu said: Nicely done Mark, I am looking forward to seeing the print job in action. Decal paper & Microscale decal film at the ready On 1/13/2021 at 12:00 AM, Rob68 said: https://flic.kr/p/e6AdaC Unsure if this works, one of my few images of the airframes (i was there that day in 86 btw,) Nice pictures thanks for those Rob So I've knocked up the serials and applied them to the wing, Masking tape is to get them 90° to the longitudinal axis and all aligned as they are split around the main gear doors. The XH3 on the left wing seems to have gained a stretched X so I'll replace that decal. In preparation for the CFS badge on the fuselage I've cut a white background shape from white block trim film stock on the silhouette cutter. The decal has been printed on clear decal film. so would have a grey background if applied direct. New XH3 decal & CFS badge printed & drying to be applied later. Thats all for now Laters CT 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedders Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Ah good, the adverts are over and I can resume viewing. Now where were we? Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 I think we are somewhere near here Beddersbaby Nice print job Mark. Lovely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshiretaurus Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 Hopefully will finish the CFS badge tonight. I need to do the crew names. There are 2 names on each side does anyone know if it would be the same names on each side? Ie pilot & crew chief on both sides or would they be different on each side ie 2 pilots names on the left & 2 crew members on the right? I have the crew names for its final flight printed but if there were other names does anyone know what they were back in 1986? Thanks CT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back in the Saddle Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Great model of my favourite jet! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshiretaurus Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 A little work tonight CFS badges went on and the underwing XH3 decal replaced, The photos show the decal to be very proud of the surface that isn't the case in reality I think its the single light source being 90° from the camera, anyway have some Micro Set doing its work on it as I type. Next I need to draw the No step areas these are the same basic shape as the ones on the Airfix sheet with a couple of differences mainly text positioning and font and they are black not red. I'll use a scan of the Airfix sheet as a starting point and get drawing them over the next few days. Thanks for looking CT 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshiretaurus Posted January 19, 2021 Author Share Posted January 19, 2021 A little more progress with the decals tonight, I've redrawn the Keep off areas from those on the Airfix decal sheet to something that more represents those on XH304. Ive changed the shape slightly on some, changed the text font and size and of course they are now black. Here is XX304 And the changes I'll get them printed soon, just have a black cartridge that keeps blocking to sort out first. Regards CT 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshiretaurus Posted January 19, 2021 Author Share Posted January 19, 2021 Oops minor error with the shape of the above intake decals, Corrected version is on the right. both now corrected, now a happy CT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshiretaurus Posted January 21, 2021 Author Share Posted January 21, 2021 Bit more of a quick update 'Keep off, areas done. Crew names & stencils next i think, CT 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 That looks really good! Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 10 hours ago, Cheshiretaurus said: Crew names & stencils next i think, CT On that final flight, the pilots swapped aircraft, so the regular Vampire pilot was in the Meteor that day. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshiretaurus Posted January 21, 2021 Author Share Posted January 21, 2021 51 minutes ago, bentwaters81tfw said: On that final flight, the pilots swapped aircraft, so the regular Vampire pilot was in the Meteor that day. Thanks for that info, think what I will do is put all 4 names on it, and probably the same when I do the Meteor eventually. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshiretaurus Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 Slow and laggardly work going on, crew names are on and a few other decals, ejection warnings and only a couple of stencils. Need more work drawing (typing) some of the stencils for this, I think I will only do a few prominent ones, just need to decide which ones as they seem to be a little different on some photos over the years. Ive noticed that the aerials have gone walk about, the top fuselage one lost years ago and the lower one last seen on the 8th Jan post, I suspect the carpet monster! So Ive knocked up a few replacement, on the the new (well actually had it nearly a year) toy, an Elegoo Mars. I'm not really up to speed for anything useful on Fusion CAD just yet so I'm using the nice simple Tinker CAD for the moment until I learn more. I've done two types of antenna, straight one and a tapered one, think their use will not be just limited to this build. I'll fit them toward the end of the build. Hopefully I'll get more out of the printer in the future. Stencils next CT 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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