Massimo Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 (edited) looks like you're going for the wings folded!!!! I knew those wings were too short!!! Edited September 22, 2018 by massimo2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Very nice tiny work Bill Foreign coin Hendie? Where?? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Positively hinged and holding folding. A fiesta of Billvixenry for the discerning modeller's minces to behold. Bravo! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 3 hours ago, CedB said: Very nice tiny work Bill Foreign coin Hendie? Where?? Its OK Ced, he's just jealous We'd best ask him which currency we need to model in I suppose... I do have the odd Euro about and unsure prospects about getting back there to spend them next year... 😷 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Bitcoin? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 Oi We're not all retirement rich tha knows Bitcoins I lost my login for the fortune in Bitcoins I amassed Anyway, I will find summat for him Poor old exile desperately wishing for reminders of 'home' Anybody got a Blue Riband? Hmm I might even have a Tunnocks Marshmallow down in the kitchen... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 Small update Wing fold area detailing at the 'just enough, not too much' level I think A drop of paint and odds and ends put in for space filling poipoises The framework in front of the retractor unit is for the locking pin operations, I think it will be busy enough for guvmint work I have finished filling in the intake area tubing but just realised it was a waste of time I'm about to fill the orifices with intake blanks and hang RBFs off the undersides all over Oh well it was fun whilst it lasted and we know it was there once don't we kiddies? 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Lovely link / hinges Bill, good job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 wot Ced said 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Liking that a lot Bill. Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 Thank you all I need to get on with building a Sea Vixen now, with the distraction of the folding doohickeys outa the way Surface detail sorting nextest 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Smart and sharp. Lovely work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Definitely a sharp job! Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 10 hours ago, perdu said: I need to get on with building Hang on..did I miss that memo or was it in one of the e-mails I filed for reading at a later date? Sea Vixen progressing very nicely Bill considering what the base is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Those wing folds are definitely taking shape well! Well done Bill! Saludos de Mexico! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted September 23, 2018 Author Share Posted September 23, 2018 Saludos de Streetly too Massimo It seems you will enjoy your location better than I, mine I saw the breakfast and thought Nigel had borrowed your login 😝 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 16 hours ago, perdu said: I'm about to fill the orifices with intake blanks and hang RBFs off the undersides all over Not including the engine inlet and wingfold covers, surely? Each to their own of course, but I wouldn't go too mad with RBF flags, it's not something you see a lot of on parked service era Vixens, pitot cover, jet pipe dust bin lids and u/c lock gags being the obvious ones. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted September 23, 2018 Author Share Posted September 23, 2018 Wasn't about to plaster her in little flags but with an empty cockpit (and cave) and folded wings I thought open intakes would be unauthentic And the intake openings are grimly in need of more, far more care And time's winged chariot is joined in a headlong dash to the third Sunday in October Cut-off day to get her on the table at Telford... With a choice of Buccaneers or Gannets 😨 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 17 minutes ago, perdu said: Cut-off day to get her on the table at Telford... That brought me back to life with a start! I have models to finish for Telford! 😱 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 It has been terrifyingly hovering at the back of my mind for a while now Only new models on our club table, probably three models per member and I only have two plus my beermat model Fingers out time Speaking of which I have been pondering this The intakes should have more actual wing space at the outboard end and be flatter top and bottom Scraping them to allow the innards to go in didn't find me the space that wasn't moulded in either so it is time for optical illusions and cyano gel with talc in it I have had to insert flatter pieces of polycard at the upper edges These will get the cyano-talc mix so I can reinstate reinvent the upper intake lips flatter, straighter and make them look slightly different Just a small difference ought to do I reckon Now this week a name from the past popped into my email inbox, huntin' shootin' type of chap name of miggers He has been watching us from afar, still beats me why he beetled off anyway but that is his business and he offered me the fruits of his own Sea Vixen research by means of the contents of his Vixen file Gratefully received Mark ta and very helpful, plenty of Vixen drone pictures if I decide I want a red and yellow one too One of the things he has joined the chorus of advice with is adding 2mm to the nose cone so it can be slightly reshaped It follows the published plans of course but looks too nose heavy and the extension can help hide the dumpiness that is not exactly characteristic of a Naval Jet Fighter So Setting in a sea of Cockpit Glue which should help keep it all where I want it half a gram of Liquid Gravity The extension should vanish under a drop of paint, we'll see Starb'rd intake with the extra bit port side Lots of mods to make including clarifying the boundary layer ducts inside the intake ducts from below-ish They will be alright on the night I think... ciao 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Isn't that a waste of caviar???? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Not an easy nor obvious reshaping, I see You'll sort it in no time Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_the_Spider Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 How much weight have you had to get in there? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 15 minutes ago, Harry_the_Spider said: How much weight have you had to get in there? Given @massimo's comments above, I would say a small jar? 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 36 minutes ago, Harry_the_Spider said: How much weight have you had to get in there? Not really sure H, the little bottle of Liquid Gravity never seems to get lighter although the amount of 'shake-n-rattle' space has got bigger I have had it for a couple of years now and when I whip the top off the little balls of unspecified mass have taken on a brownish tinge and don't pour out as easily So how much? Open a packet of England's Glory matches and carefully to avoid sparks and explosions empty the tray Then tip Liquid Gravity into the tray until it is within an eighth of an inch of the top Can you see it yet? That's about how many little lumps of gravity are in the model, much on the floor before and behind the cockpit and the rest masquerading as minnow roe in the nose cone Conservative estimates are simply that, estimates Other guesses are available, possible and even, likely H as they say TH Guess who didn't know the answer and has interrupted the washing up in favour of a far more satisfactory pastime 😉 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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