Espus Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) Next in the series "my father flew" I am attempting to make sense of the Mach2 falcon 20. (For the previous article in the series see:http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234928085-monogram-172-hu-16basw-albatross-rvhp-conversion/?hl=albatross )To compound my misery I am building two. Why? Because I promised and this kit is the only one available of the falcon 20. One will be built as the EW variant and the other in the white livery of the Royal Norwegian Flight. http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y529/espus/scan0001_zps213e2b40.jpgIf you were interested enough to open this thread from seeing the title, you probably already know the inadequacies of this kit so I shall not elaborate on them.Suffice to say I shall do battle with all of them.This build has been on the bench for a while so some of this is old work.Episode 1:I began with finding a procedure to correct the misalignment of the two fuselage halves, primarily the wing attachment. The fuselage was cut as seen on the photo and re-mounted the fuselage in a jig I made to make sure the wing attachment was straight. Then came filling and sanding down the cut and the gap that appeared from the correction.Second issue was the transparencies which are useless in their supplied form. Also the windshield slot in the fuselage is not level. I cut out the ceiling from the fuselage and made a master for vacuuforming a new one. The fuselage was sanded down a little to make it level.Result as shown. Edited July 17, 2014 by Espus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stein Meum Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Go and find F-Rsin's injection molded kit instead. Much nicer than Mach 2's effort! Stein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espus Posted July 17, 2014 Author Share Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) But that is :144 scale isn't it? Too small for my use.. how do I get the pictures to display? Found it! Espen Edited July 17, 2014 by Espus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 this looks like an interesting build and subject - I will enjoy watching it progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirfixAndy Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I wish someone would do a nice new 1/72 scale kit so I can do one of the Cobham /FRA aircraft Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Just trying to build a Mach 2 kit earns you my respect! or should that be sympathy? Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Will be watching this as I too would like to build a Norwegian aircraft as they used to visit RAF Wyton when I was there. Very interesting with what you have done so far. Where will you be getting the markings from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espus Posted July 17, 2014 Author Share Posted July 17, 2014 Hi all I know it's a bit of self harm going on building this kit. But like I said its the only game in town and with the strong interest with the family connection I had no choice but to take it on as soon as I thought I could do it.. The markings won't be that difficult as there wasn't that much markings on them. I have roundels and can quite easily make the rest. For the cheatline on the white one I might be getting some help. We will see. Espen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Nice work so far Espen, I am interested in your correction work on this since I will build the Falcon 20 one day. I worked on these aircraft during my time in the RAAF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espus Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 The Vacuuformed canopy is now cut and fitted. It took some attempts to get it right. I probably have 10 discarded ones for the two I managed to get right. And here, filled and masked. I have since increased the with of the window posts. Espen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper_city Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 This is no easy task... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 You're a braver man than I, Gunga Din.Well done so far, keep it going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Hemsley Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 (edited) I have the same kit, only destined to be an RCAF example. I noticed in one of your recent photos with the vac'd cockpit fitted and sanded, it appears that you had already corrected the cabin windows and had them masked off. Any chance of seeing this aspect of the build in a little more detail? I had already contemplated the 'same' correction (replace the mis-aligned and excessively thick cabin windows) but was a bit unsure of the best way to go about it. Scott Edited August 8, 2014 by Scott Hemsley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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