keefr22 Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 See Bill, if you'd make 'proper' moulds of the finished pack, you could make a small fortune few quid from all those following the thread who now realise they really need a 72nd Buccaneer recce pack - & maybe never did before! What, am I one of them? Me? No sir, not me, not at all..... Keith 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 Small fortune? Dammit I've spent seventy years searching for a large one and now you tell me I failed again 😬😡😥😣😤😕😢 ☺ 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 How to make a large fortune in the modelling world.....start with a very large one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 (edited) Conversely Start with nowt, don't be shocked if that is what you have afterwards Anyway, taking half an hour in the casting facility I mixed 10ml of resin and poured gently into my little plastiblob mould as there was a tad left I popped some into the 1/72 scale MB mk4 seat mould And as there was still a tad left I gave thought to the mould for the camera pack I plopped a bit in the bottom of that too I didnt want to have a gurt thick chunk of waste so this was just what I hoped for The camera pod was popped off the little piece of over-run, ready for tidying up Popped onto the base to look-see, should work out fine The Frog nose cone is a better shape than the Matchbox one so I have had it away into the garage to make a mould from it It sits in isolated and very noisy splendour as I type, the battery shaver is vibrating the bubbles out of the latex in its lego-alike box which I sealed with a coat of Klear floor sealant to curtail 'The Great Escape' from leaky lego-alike which has happened to me before Edited March 12, 2018 by perdu 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Alchemist at work here Ciao 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 Some of the support bracketry and frameworks for the camera pack being popped on along with the foundations for the two oblique mounted F95 cameras along the side faces There will be further fairings to place in and then a flange for fitment added to the bomb bay You might accurately guess I am trying to put off the mathematical bit, but its about time I got on with it As me dad used to say "Into every life a bit of arithmetic has to fall..." 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 Reading the article about the camera packs Mick Gladwin says the flare units were rarely used so I will only mark the flash unit locations out lightly, I don't expect there was much to see there anyway I hope... Still have to work out the locations though but it makes modelling the thing easier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 OK a little bit more done this evening But in best Larry Grayson style, "Not a lot" The cutaway sections were given replacement plastic for that which we had to sacrifice, ready for filing to a triangular section as on the real deals This view isn't bad and shows the re-engineered oblique ports for the F-95 cameras nicely as well as some of the flanges that need to be in the finished thing I let it set for most of the night before gently sihrscing the flanges at an angle I have filed off lots of the unnecessary blocks to give the triangular facets seen in pictures of the real-deal Yuk that is a bit horrid so I will try again to get a tidy shot, see me tomorrow or Wednesday I have a funeral to attend tomorrow so it might take a day or so before Normal Service is Resumed 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Nice work Bill. I was surprised that you didn't attack the home brewed route earlier - it seemed ripe for the picking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 I will be honest Hendie, until 'a benefactor' popped the original reconnaissance pack into the post I had no intention of travelling that path I was about to 'plain belly' both of them Then when I tried a copy because I wanted him to have it back it became obvious it was not the knees of some bees This is when I decided to look into the way of the sihrsc ninja It was expedient to modify my cast buck of the forward facing F95 casing because it had the seeds within it of 'rightness' but the rest just isn't it for me After I get back in the swing I can finish this according to the photographs and maybe get a cast or two But tomorrow I will not be capable of spending time at this, my Brother-in-law was a friend when I could use one I'm going to miss him as much as Mrs P will I think night all 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Sorry to hear of your family's loss Bill. I hope tomorrow goes as well as can be expected and we'll see you back here in due course. Bestest, Ian 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Same from me Bill. I hope the day goes as well as can be expected and do pass on my condolences to the family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 Thank you all Before I go the better picture has arrived Looks to be the right size now Untreated other side Back a lot later, bye 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Sorry to hear of your loss, please accept my condolences and I hope the day goes as well as can be expected. Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Now doesn't that look a lot better than that resin lump... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Sorry to hear about your loss, Bill. Please accept my condolences too. Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 My deepest Condolences to you and your Family! I see you got it right!!! The shape is perfect!!! Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Sorry to hear about the loss of your Brother in law. I will be thinking of you and Mrs Perdu. Martian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Sorry to hear about your brother Bill. Thoughts are with you. Take care of yourself and Mrs P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 As the others have said Bill, my Thoughts are with you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthemodeller Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Sorry Bill - a little late in responding as usual (just ask Mrs BtM)... I hope yesterday went as well as it could and we’re thinking of you and all your family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Morning Bill, what everyone else said. Hope everything went as well as poss y'day & you're all OK. Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 Yes thanks Keith, we sent my brother in law off nicely and then assimilated several bottle of tributal merlot in recognition of his long time affinity to the red wine he loved making Then I necked a drop or two of Amstel, as you do Only a drop or two for me as I was designated husband who needed to bring the gaffer home later Tonight I will salute my friend more professionally But I'm also finishing the surface detailing of the flat areas of the recce pack too That gets first go with my easily addled brain Best get on wi' it now then 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 On 12/03/2018 at 4:21 PM, perdu said: Reading the article about the camera packs Mick Gladwin says the flare units were rarely used so I will only mark the flash unit locations out lightly, I don't expect there was much to see there anyway I could be wrong, but I think that there may have actually been two different aft section parts to the recce pack, one with the ability to drop photoflashes, the other not. Requires further reading. Your work sir, is a triumph! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 "Requires further reading..." I wish I could find such reading matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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