huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Perdu.just found this https://hiveminer.com/Tags/xn957/Interesting 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 Very nice Scimitar thanks I have almost identical pictures of the bendy tail Merlin, except one of the guys aboard kept sitting on the step all the time I gave up in the end and went for a drink in Navy Wings Nice lager Now then Do you remember back a while I showed the rudimentary ejection seat with the wheel bays etcetera? I spent a quiet hour or two playing with the basics Adding bits and bobs Not a Fritagproductions effort but coming along reasonably I hazard A few additions, seat cushions and back pad bunged on The square section along the centre rail needs thinning down Probably cut them off and make better ones They're grotesquely overweight Quite like me then really This is an experiment to see how much underlap I can pull out of the resin to get casting I am building up the cockpit but there's a real sense of "move along now, there's nothing to see here" about the cockpit at the mo' latersguys 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Looks like the seat master is going to produce great resin copies Since you mentioned @Fritag, I wonder where the guy ended up being? Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 I wonder too, I hope he didn't get left in the wreckage of The Baron's Summer House after the explosion... Yes Giorgio, I have to make resin seats from this as a master The Blackburn Buccaneer has two man crewing, so the driver will need a seat too This one is obviously for the busy man in the back [yes I know you know there were two in the 'plane, but we have to do these things don't we] 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 wunnerful styrenesquing there Bill. A little bit of fettling and some micromeshing around the corners and that will stand it's own with many an aftermarket offering. yes, I finally made it back from the big easy - just taking my time getting back into the swing of things 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 I'd hate you to rush back into the fray H You are, of course right about the fettling but you know me "FETTLING'R'US" I think that might be a good slogan, hmmm.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 10 hours ago, perdu said: This one is obviously for the busy man in the back... Hmm. I wonder how well he'd have flown without the trained monkey up front. Whereas vice versa, no problem. As I said to our multi-limbed green friend the other day, no stick, no vote.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 A palpable, veritable bullseye Inner ring first try without even a sighting shot. 😉 I wish you'd gone to Heron on Saturday Crisp, would have been good to sit in the sun at an air display nattering My chum Bill is a member of Navy Wings so I had visiting privileges in the marquee and enclosure😰 Very refeened. Having flown Chipmunk from front and back I'm a naturally front seat inclined 'ex-aviator' myself 😇 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 1 hour ago, perdu said: A palpable, veritable bullseye Inner ring first try without even a sighting shot. 😉 Wouldn't want to let you down, Bill! Whether destined for front or back, that there seat of your'n is a thing of beauty & refinement. In the Braille scale to which you are unaccountably addicted (though admittedly Banana Jets are in limited supply in 1/48), it's even more impressive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 Thank you kind sir We'll find out tomorrow if it was worth doing when the first seats are pulled out of the fresh latex that is setting at the moment I understand why you like big models, lots of scope to add teensie bits to them But far easier to see my woopsies too, not as if I'm immune to buggerups Scary man! I do have a largeish (Revell?) Lynx awaiting attention, ruddy gurt thang that will be If... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 8 minutes ago, perdu said: I do have a largeish (Revell?) Lynx awaiting attention, ruddy gurt thang that will be... Assuming that's the Revell 1/32 Lynx, I have a couple in my stash. I've seen some decent examples at shows, so I'd say it's a pretty good kit. (Oh, how I'd love to see a 1/32 Sea King - but I suspect the only way I'll ever see one is if I scratch build it!) I plan to do Airfix 1/48 Lynx before anything larger scale (probably three; watch this space for cunning plan...), but there could be some serious scope at 1/32 for opening up the sliding fairing and showing some of the workings. All some way into the future, though (& I'm not talking floor polish here). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 I was offered mine for a tenner so it seemed rude to demur really But I can't see me ever finding a place to hide it Or to Ced it I've just been "explained to" That pile of rubbish next to the seat is a mess, the world would be a far healthier place if it were not so Thus spake the oracle so I have to suspend ops now until I find a tidier way of working After fifty years of messy MY WAY Dohhhh 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Good luck, we'll send a search party if we don't hear from you soon..... Ian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 3 hours ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: but the only way I'll ever see one is when I scratch build it! I corrected your typo Crisp. Just let us have the start date so I can put a reminder in my calendar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 20 hours ago, perdu said: This one is obviously for the busy man in the back 10 hours ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: , no stick, no vote.. We could have a whole new thread here...over to one of you to start. My career as a member of the Association of Rear Seat Executives came to a grinding halt when they found an issue with the shape of some bit in my left eye (The recruiter was a Nav and given that I was going to be a mature entrant at age 26 he channelled me down that route) so unfortunately I would have little to add. Anyway..wasn't there some sort of model being built here? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Seats look excellent Bill. Little bit of TLC fettling will do the job. Getting me all excited with this talk of latex etc. Can't wait - cedB style fnar fnar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Nice seats! Less so the wing folds. I'll get me coat! Martian 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 If you bring mine we can get off together... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brit-in-RI Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 On July 10, 2017 at 17:51, perdu said: The Blackburn Buccaneer has two man crewing, so the driver will need a seat too And the driver and nav seats were different... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 I do not see much difference visually to be honest The biggest difference I see is the offset to port for the driver and to starboard for the other chap Looking at the seats produced by aftermarket chaps doesn't show much difference either Can you help us out here? None of my photo references says what changes are needed I have extracted the plastic seat safely (hoorayyy) from its latex bed Tomorrow will be casting day, live resin has to be more fun than Wombledon Any differences you can point out will be entered into the separate seats for front or back 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 9 hours ago, perdu said: But I can't see me ever finding a place to hide it Or to Ced it Oi! Eh? What?... I know we discussed a 'home' for a Nimrod but is this about 'large scale things' with rotors? I have my principles you know... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 OED To Ced it too sedd itt : to hang model aeroplanes from ceilings and other high surfaces for the purpose of displaying or in some cases of hiding any visible errors Now I know your own models are exemplary but I do recall some/many/most of mine needed hiding Relations who donated big kits for Christmas, for example, were shown their gifts hanging eight feet up and exempted therefore from close study No suggestion of offloading a big Lynx was intended but if you are interested, nudge nudge... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 Some progress to show, but not yet a lot Two of the four seats ready to be trimmed of incidental bubbles two more to make I usually slice a scalpel down the 'back' surface of a tight complex build like this to make getting the moulding out easier in this case (every time is different when I'm filling the mould) there is a small piece of flash to whip off The bubbles result from the first mould being rushed because I knew I can remould it when the seat is fettled right But as I am only making a couple of Buccs at the mo' its unlikely I will bother A scalpel cleans them up nicely Here are seats two and three (one is the buck) being trimmed clean of errant bubbles Now they exist I can furnish both offices Doing that tonight laters chaps 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Impressive seats, Bill (and yes, I know that you know that I know that there's two each Bucc ) Ciao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 That is a fine piece of casting! Martian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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