Shaun Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Another small detail to added/correct is the anti smash light on the IRLS pod. The kits strobe lens are also the wrong shape and should be more pyramid shaped. Shaun. P.S-Melchi you have mail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 very nice work! interesting to watch and take notice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share Posted September 22, 2014 (edited) Thanks Steve.......appreciated, I have inappropriate feelings of affection for such wonderful objects....... I'll set up a meeting for you...........somewhere quiet and secluded, mood music..........a glass of single malt and a hob nob maybe... just don't let Memsahib Fritag know ....Good lord yes...hadn't re read it, my proof reader is downstairs engrossed in Downton Abbey..........Sorry, bit of a faux pas there...typed in a moment of pure madness whilst watching the Singapore GP...that'll teach me not to try typing and modelling whilst shouting at Fernado Alonso whilst juggling a large mixed kebab on my lap.... Amended...... .....now no one will ever know.....'cept of course it's still in your message... Shaun , yep received and replied to... Thanks Exdraken, glad you like it... Edited September 23, 2014 by general melchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim T Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 "that'll teach me not to try typing and modelling whilst shouting at Fernado Alonso whilst juggling a large mixed kebab on my lap..." I am pretty certain that those words have never been written in that order before... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share Posted September 22, 2014 I'm pretty sure you're right Tim......not even sure who this 'Fernado' chap is anyway......possibly a Spanish Tonka pilot...........I'll fetch my own coat..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic Bonsai Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Excellent work General. You have a surprising number of errors sorted. Perhaps CAD makes it easier to make a kit fit better and more likely to be incorrect. Didn't they used to make larger scale versions of the models and pantograph them down to make the molds? Is it me or is that bulge at the base of the fin between the intake and exhaust far too prominent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I'll set up a meeting for you...........somewhere quiet and secluded, mood music..........a glass of single malt and a hob nob maybe... just don't let Memsahib Fritag know .... I am afraid that I already have historical instances of behaviour on similar seats that I am not proud of and am unwilling to repeat on a public forum.........I can only plead youthful enthusiasm and a historical difference in attitude in mitigation............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 Thanks Plastic, I'm not really sure what Revell do but I suspect you could well be right ! As for the base of the fin, yep that is something that I am aware of too, (just working up a list of things at the mo) and will address very soon.....It seems that the section is just too fat and has a prominent bulge which looks odd. The real thing is flatter though I don't think it'll be too difficult to get it right...... Here's the real thing taken from the walkaround section.......you can see it's definitely flatter with a more subtle top edge.....I have a feeling that the front section is more bulked out too ! And other shots of the area......the area is quite prominent ... http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/3/7/7/1339773.jpg http://33.media.tumblr.com/3f2eb5152877a00996549cc0e6c374c4/tumblr_naai06azn61qg98wdo5_1280.jpg Free wallpaper but if you click on the F.3 selected you can clearly see the shape of the unit.... http://www.desktopwallpapers4.me/aircraft/panavia-tornado-8986/ And here's Revells version....just looks wrong !....... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 Plaintive Fritag.....your mitigation is duly noted for the record and set aside for due consideration.......the bench shall now retire to consider its verdict.............first, pass my black cap please Darling and oh.... don't pack your toothbrush, just yet ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Single malt and a hob nob?? Man alive! Bourbons! Where has your sense of style gone? Hob nobs and bath biscuits are so yesterday. (P.S. Please send my single malt in an unmarked brown envelope.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robvulcan Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Looking great and I see there are yet more things to correct. These days you think companies would follow Dapol of the Model Railway world who release CAD of their work before the molds are made so people can point out detail errors and help them get it right before they cut the metal. It would be nice to see Revell Airfix etc do this, Though I know it would be risky to competitors seeing what they are up to etc. Looking great and nice seats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 Bourbons !!...Good grief....I wouldn't eat a Frenchman if he were glazed in honey !'....Pete, your'll just have to make do with a jeroboam of Old Moorhens Shredded Sporran which is winging its way to you as we speak...along with a couple of packets of salt and vinegar flavoured custard creams ! Rob, I suppose it's a risk asking for advice from the 'collective' whilst preparing a project away form the gaze of the competion but when left to their own devices this is what can happen....it's a shame really but better researchers would be in order for some of these companies......or at least a quick look on 'tinternet and sites like this if they're stuck !! For some silly reason I always imagine that they have huge archives of original data and photographs at their fingertips...but then maybe not. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Blinking heck .... very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 Thanks Houston, appreciated as ever.... Managed to finished the basic cockpit and everything's been put into the tub, nothing glued yet as I need to and a bit of plumbing first and be sure that it all fits ! You can't really see it but I fitted a 2.5mm green lens into the CRPMD binacle which gives a nice representation of the unit... Hopefully I'll get on with the undercarriage next and as usual there's a fair bit to cram in there.... .. The bulkhead behind the rear seat has some material covering it, (reminds me of plastic groundsheet material !), so I'll try and replicate this using either crushed aluminium foil or crumpled wt n dry paper. The climate control system tubes need tan/pink coloured hoses fitting too, I'll probably get hold of some 1mm perl hosing from Little-Cars at the next show.. GR4 from walkaround section..I assume the GR1A had the same... Cheers all, Melchie... 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim T Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 That, General, is exemplary work. The cockpit is stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucaP Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 excellent job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomjw Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Looking superb, as expected General. Did all Tornados have the seat belts stowed in the head box as in your photographs? Cheers, Tom. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 Thanks chaps, Tom as far as I know they did and still do. All of the in cockpit shots that I have, books as well as online show this to be the case and when you think about it it does make sense......so much easier to slip into something comfortable and ready for use !! Melch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Outstanding work on the tub General, very nice indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engineer66 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Excellent work there General, are you sure those seats are not 1/32 and you're telling fibs that it's 1/48? ...These days you think companies would follow Dapol of the Model Railway world who release CAD of their work before the molds are made so people can point out detail errors and help them get it right before they cut the metal... IIRC when Bachmann were 'designing' their model of the Deltic prototype they went up the the National Railway Museum with a laser scanner and scanned the original. OK this might be a bit awkward when producing a model of the Hawker-Sikorsky Hedge Sparrow (sadly the last remaining one was lost when a scrap merchant mistook it for an Austin Allegro Estate and sent it to The Far East for recycling), but if the model is a Tonka or a Bucc of which there are one or two around then surely that would be the best way of generating accurate CAD drawings? Keep up the good work General Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasacop Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Love the seats General!! However it looks as if there are 4 shoulder straps per seat! The ones you have hanging down the sides with the QRB fasteners on the seat pad don't exist on the Mk10 seat. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 Thanks again guys, Al yep, you're right..no excuses really. There's nothing quite like taking data from the original and some companies are definitely better than others for this though most have some error or another which is to a degree understandable, it's really about to what degree it is. Apparently Airfix were at Cosford taking measurements of the Valiant and yet they still managed to get some basic things wrong seemingly relying more on inaccurate drawings for some reason, though their later efforts seem better for this. The less said about certain far east companies the better, but I'm really surprised at Revell with this one. Having said that none of the errors are insurmountable and for me just makes the building more fun in a perverse way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Stunning work! Great inspiration, but fighting the urge to start mine just now, too much else on the bench. Eng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 (edited) Thanks Wasa, no problem as I haven't glued the seats in yet I can adjust them............this is where the collective specialist knowledge comes into its own ! The straps I thought had the QRB fasteners on actually seem to be part of the large triangular seat 'strap ?'....I'll just tuck em into the lower piece as per the photos, Here's a scan of an RAFG GR1A seat photo... Thanks eng, I know what you mean...too many models just not enough time ! Edited September 25, 2014 by general melchett 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasacop Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 No probs General. There are only two qrb fasteners on the tornado seat straps which are on the shoulder straps. The lap strap ends are a rectangular metal loop through which the crotch straps fit and the qrb fasteners go through the crotch strap loops and into the qrb therefore holding the driver or passenger onto his/her rocket powered armchair. The straps you pointed out in your photo are in fact part of the parachute harness. The lower strap in your photo is one of the crotch starps and shows the loop the qrb fastener goes through. HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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