At Sea Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Help. What is the best way to get the requisite weight in the nose of a 1/48 Airfix lightning. I usually use shot gun pellets embedded in blu tack but the space is quite limited. How have you chaps achieved 3 points of contact please. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris57 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 I go to my local Quick Fit, sweet talk them out of a handful of tyre balance weights, melt them down in a suitable container then cut them to a rough size and shape as required. Voila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhouse Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 I go to my local Quick Fit, sweet talk them out of a handful of tyre balance weights I don't think I'd ever try to "sweet talk" anything out of the average Quick Fit fitter :eek: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotel Papa Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 To come by tyre balance weights that can be molten down may soon become increasingly difficult, as these are made of zinc these days. But larger lumps of lead can still be found in fishing shops, or in the form of sheets at a roofer. Sheet lead is also easily cut, shaped and rolled, avoiding the need to cast lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welkin Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Your local hardware shop should stock rolls of roofing lead for about £20 or so; normally 2m x 15 cms - I'm not sure sure what the weight is, but it's heavy, maybe 10kg. I found that fishing weights work out very expensive, I suppose it depends how many tricycle-undercarriage kits you have in the stash but I would guess that this costs me about 20p - 50p per kit! It can be cut into any size or shape with a pair of secateurs or old scissors, or even with a Stanley knife. I bought this one years ago and it's going to outlast me; no problem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyhunter66 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Plasctecine - cheap, heavy and mouldable! Use it all the time Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhouse Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Your local church roof should stock sheets of roofing lead for free Fixed that for you ;-) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 On the Sword 1/72 kit, I stuck a bolt or something behind the rear cockpit bulkhead. Not right at the front of course, but much more room to put a heavier weight it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepureness Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Air rifle pellets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisov Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 You could always try to search out the Aeroclub white metal nose ring, think they also did u/c. Can't confirm if these would be enough though. Cheers Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilh Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 I used some lead shot from an old dive weight pouch but that would be very similar to the shotgun pellets you usually use. Try missing them up with some white flue and then fill the centre radar cone with them, and let it sit point down until dry. Then tape it into position to see if that has added enough weight. If not you can squeeze a few more in around the cockpit and above the intake pipe in the nose. Worst case add some lead behind the cockpit bulkhead, but I found filling the radar cone was enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 I found that a bi-conical fishing weight (think of two cones joined base to base) inserted into the radar bullet fairing and one or two flat lozenge-shaped fishing weights glued to the rear of the front bulkhead behind the lower engine face did the job. Fine lead shot poured into the radome with PVA (and some in the fairing behind it and above the nose wheel bay) also does the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntPhillips Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Aeroclub used to make a white metal weight that was contoured to fit inside the Airfix nosecone/radar bullet fairing, if you can't get one of those filling it with lead shot or fishing weights should do the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning1968 Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Fishing splitshot you put down the line to cock floats is quite a good choice and come in varying sizes. I find the larger sizes like SSG are good. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DINSMORE-7-WAY-SPLIT-SHOT-FISHING-DISPENSER-SUPER-SOFT-SHOT-/131707744393?hash=item1eaa64b089:g:9HIAAOSwX~dWod6GHere is a link for ebay but you can find them alot cheaper than this. Cheers, Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
At Sea Posted February 14, 2016 Author Share Posted February 14, 2016 Thank you everyone for your advice, I have had a fiddle about this morning and have managed to get plenty in. Some shotgun pellets in white tack around the cockpit and in the bullet and 8x €0.20 coins taped together to make an 'Avon' should keep her on the ground... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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