rob Lyttle Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 Red Arrows videos on YouTube you've really started something now, @AdriaN (MLT) !! I could get obsessed.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdriaN (MLT) Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 3 hours ago, rob Lyttle said: Red Arrows videos on YouTube you've really started something now, @AdriaN (MLT) !! I could get obsessed.... I also have detailed photo shots of it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 Thanks, Adrian, I'm going to concentrate on wrapping these two up now, instead of finding more things to do. I've learned a lot of stuff along the way, and some of it too late to act on, but that's how it worked out. Still fancy trying a clean wheels up version sometime, but right now I'm looking at the Beech Expeditor Box for further inspiration. The little pitot sensor thing seems to have worked, for now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 Darn it, Just spotted the little vent on the nose, right behind the blade aerial. Not even a hint of it on the model. Never features in the walk round pic's either! 😠 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 "It's Deja-vu all over again!"😃 I'm into the cockpit and managed to sort out the foggy bit - most of it was me trying to make the little compass at top dead centre between the mirrors. Mirrors had to come out too, for access. Made a new handle while I was at it, And it's not RED! So this will keep me occupied for a minute. @AdriaN (MLT), have you got a decent picture of the vent on the nose behind the blade, in your ref's? I don't think I'll start carving plastic at this stage, but I thought I would try a piece of black decal - see what it looks like. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdriaN (MLT) Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, rob Lyttle said: "It's Deja-vu all over again!"😃 I'm into the cockpit and managed to sort out the foggy bit - most of it was me trying to make the little compass at top dead centre between the mirrors. Mirrors had to come out too, for access. Made a new handle while I was at it, And it's not RED! So this will keep me occupied for a minute. @AdriaN (MLT), have you got a decent picture of the vent on the nose behind the blade, in your ref's? I don't think I'll start carving plastic at this stage, but I thought I would try a piece of black decal - see what it looks like. This is the best i got!...... Edited March 1, 2018 by AdriaN (MLT) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 Thanks, that's it. Wow, not even on the centre line! Just a little NASA type about the same size as the the two beside the front of the fin which were barely hinted at. Hmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 I had a go with a piece of black decal, Could be worse. Maybe a fraction too long, which could be easily fixed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 Couldn't wait any longer. Had to make a start on.... I'll pick away at the last few details here, and try to put together a RFI when the snow goes and the sun is shining. But I gotta say, something NOT red is quite a relief, and something in foil = joy to me! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted March 8, 2018 Author Share Posted March 8, 2018 Had time to pick away at a few of the details on these two, and took them along to the club meeting. Pic by Paul Adams Still a bit to get done esp on the little one, but getting there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted March 8, 2018 Author Share Posted March 8, 2018 Yes, front probe fitted, plus canopy handle and pitot head. I've explained the pitot mod, and the handle is a piece on the sprue that I think was a u/c door link or something. I had scratch built some of those due to the tinyness and awkward position. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share Posted March 9, 2018 (edited) I managed to get a couple of daylight pictures that illustrate the foil rivets panelling on the tail end of the fuselage. The effect is subtle, but even in 1/32, I guess that's how it should be. I'm afraid those blades underside of the tail still have the remains of the Revell curved shape about them, instead of being dead flat. Too late for those, without major surgery. But we're getting there ... Edited March 9, 2018 by rob Lyttle 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 Very sad to hear, another awful day for the Red's. The pilot ejected, but the back -seater fitter/engineer clearly didn't make it. A very low level take -off incident with the wreckage on the runway at RAF Valley. So sorry for all involved. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 On 09/03/2018 at 12:28 PM, rob Lyttle said: Just WOW! This looks real. Bravo. a Sad day indeed. our thoughts are with the family involved. J 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 Hi Johnny @The Spadgent. Thanks. Remember me wittering on about the craft saw teeth pressed on the back of some kitchen foil giving 2 rows of rivets, etc. ? Well, that's them, applied and painted. My little spiky pattern wheel has been getting a workout too, recently! Rivets, don't you just love 'em? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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