Ascoteer Posted September 4, 2016 Author Share Posted September 4, 2016 Time dilation. Well it is the other side of the world! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggers Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Given that build 2 will be a 1312 Flt tanker, here is a video of stuff that 1312 Flt does (specifically the South Sandwich Islands extension - something we would do after airdropping the mail to Grytviken on South Georgia). Albeit this is a C-130J and for some strange reason the flight deck crew are wearing bone domes: http://forces.tv/37187371 Posing for the camera? Not wearing flying gloves either,sticky mitt prints everywhere I'll wager(Mrs M makes me wear DPM gloves to drive in 'coz I've got sticky-ish mitts) One assumes the frame and glass thingy in the drivers' eyeline is a HUD?,not seen them on the old K's. If so,J's are posh aren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascoteer Posted September 4, 2016 Author Share Posted September 4, 2016 Aye the J model has a fully glass flight deck with a HUD for each pilot. No Nav, no Eng. So no party down route then! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascoteer Posted September 4, 2016 Author Share Posted September 4, 2016 I had a look at the Italeri wings today.Firstly, being of their time, they have fine raised panel lines so these needed to be rescribed. Then I turned to adding the Heritage resin nacelles.You will remember that the Airfix wing needed quite a lot of modification in terms of the width and depth of the Airfix nacelle fairings (these being wider and deeper than the Heritage offerings) because, I am told, the Heritage nacelles were designed for the Italeri kit.Hmmm...Firstly, the Heritage nacelles are too long to be bonded directly to the Italeri wing. This necessitates either shortening the Heritage parts or cutting back the fairings on the wing flush with the leading edge. I elected to take the latter route.The next problem is that the Heritage nacelles are way deeper than are the Italeri fairings - by about a millimetre on the outboard engine and by about 2mm on the inboard engine. Designed for the Italeri kit? Yeah right!In order to keep the thrust lines correct I mounted the Heritage parts flush with the top of the fairings. Some building up of the lower part of the fairings will now be necessary.It seems that nothing's ever simple with Albert kits... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 What a pain Debs! But I'm sure you'll sort out them nacelles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggers Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Blimey Charlie,they're a country mile off !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F4u Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 These things are ment to test you Debs but I'm sure you will sort it ! Keep up the good work. Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Painus butteus but kinda normal for we determined modifiers. I might be tempted to cut the moulded on piece of upper wing/nacelle sections back a bit more with some additional structural stiffeners to let the filler (Plastic Paddingalike advised here) find a firm base, then simply rebuild the lower section to suit the engine mouldings The new engines are rather dogsdoohdahs ain't they Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's a disease Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 That's quite a few hours you have under your belt on type, I wonder if any other manufacturer does this ? Had many a good time down at Lynham watching Herc's. Remember one come into Shoreham when I was there it was a stretch one and when it come for it to leave it had to be timed right so there was no trains on the line at the end of the runway as she was using every inch of runway and she was quite close to the fence brilliant take off ! must of been on the limits of Shoreham's weight limits . Guy You get an ejection tie from Martin baker if you need to land in a different manner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascoteer Posted September 4, 2016 Author Share Posted September 4, 2016 You'll remember that the Nav's seat supplied by Italeri was purely of comedic value and in no way representative of the real thing, and that I had used one of the pilot's seat backs coupled to the Nav's seat base on the Snoopy flight deck.Accordingly I decided to cast some up as well as the pedestal bases for the Nav's and Eng's seats:I've also been working on the pilot's and Eng's seats using the stuff I cast earlier plus the Eduard etch: 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalbert Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 (edited) Looking good Debs Edited September 4, 2016 by fatalbert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascoteer Posted September 4, 2016 Author Share Posted September 4, 2016 I'll need to take a wee trip to either Brize of Marshalls then if I decide to do a J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalbert Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 (edited) Sorry I realised my boo boo lol Edited September 4, 2016 by fatalbert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascoteer Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share Posted September 5, 2016 Primer! After Much Prevarication (that's a village in the Cotswolds BTW), I finally got Snoopy into primer.. I used the Alclad Grey Primer + Microfiller that you recommended (thanks guys) and I must say I'm rather impressed with it. Having said that, one C-130 takes half a 120ml bottle so it isn't cheap! Also, it doesn't half pong! Oh, and the fact that I used Cellulose Thinners to clean the airbrush means that my Kitchen will be out of bounds for the forseable future. Does anyoe want to hazard a guess what the half-life of the solvent fumes might be? Anyhoo 'photos: It's now a round of micromeshing and surface imperfection filling. I always knew there would be work around the edges of the flap bays given that the Flightpath etch was designed for the Italeri (non-warped) wings. However, given the way the bloody thing has fought me at every step, given the age, limitations and inaccuracies of the Airfix kit, I'm actually rather pleased at the way it's starting to come together. 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Veeerrryyy nice Debs, looking really smooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Nice work Debs. That Alcad Primer does the biz, but you are right , it does stink a bit. (I/we use the front room for modelling , well did) and even with a booth and extractor , it hung around like the proverbial stale bottom burp. Simon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggers Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Depends on how big yon kitchen is and what sort of extraction you have. Our works paint shop is 40'x25',with both booths and cross vent blowers running,it takes 6 mins for any VOC's to dissipate fully. Try and get some gun wash to clean th'erbrush out with(have a chat with your local bodyshop). It's just as good as celly thinners,but not as nasty. Primarolla looks good Deb,I tend to use(at work and home)a fine type of Scotchbrite called "Mirlon". It'll buff off overspray and leave a fine polished surface nicely keyed for the next squirt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Oh lord a wonderful Hercules has appeared. I feel like a little boy that's gone to bed, woken up next day and peered through the curtains to find everything covered in a magical thick blanket of snow! The primer aint arf bought out the scribing details, flaps and all the other bits and bobs you've added. Will look even better with a bit of micromesh, lovely smooth finish you'll have. It's cracking stuff but it does pen and ink a bit. I think it's smelly half-life rivals Uranium 235. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 There's lovely Corvid Girl A treat worth the wait and no argument But as ye say, a shame about the stink which is why all my spraying is done outdoors or at the end of the fully opened doors garage Well worth it, a real beauty emerging here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Wonderful stuff Debs!! You should have kept your NBC gear for spraying, wouldn't have smelt a thing then! Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Oh my, Snoops looks gorgeous. I had missed a few days, so only just caught up with the Op Coldstare vid. What's that handle thing seen in the pilot's left hand towards the end, down by his / her side (almost looks like a collective!)? Seems to have some sort of ?trim hat on it? Steering a camera? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Snoopy looks great in primer brings out all the detail! Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascoteer Posted September 6, 2016 Author Share Posted September 6, 2016 You mean this thing Crisp? No idea, it's specific to the J Model. I'm guessing it's the radar controller? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 You mean this thing Crisp? No idea, it's specific to the J Model. I'm guessing it's the radar controller? That's the boy. I think it's the collective; the J has clearly ben converted to the superior form of flying controls ;-) 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 ... the J has clearly ben converted to the superior form of flying controls ;-) Wot, like Game Controllers? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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