hendie Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 7 hours ago, perdu said: They just wobble when the knife approaches can't you just sneak up quietly behind them? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 29, 2019 Author Share Posted March 29, 2019 3 hours ago, hendie said: can't you just sneak up quietly behind them? Tried that They had scouts out on the perimeter and UGS set for warning No it had to be frontal with consequences.. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 Characteristically me I have been avoidng the issue of the covers, instead I have been redoing and adding to the airframe The wheel sponsons on the later Merlins carry the rear warning arrays that keep them safe This needed extra plastic adding to the basic cowling given in the early version of the kit This is now added and detailed A bit Blimey its difficult posting this on my phone but I will tell you i made dozens of fairing skins and have been passing happy moments painting them grey before I get upstairs to the study room and get trimming 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 I love these 'Ooh what's all that stuff on the bench' shots Bill: 6 hours ago, perdu said: Completely evocative of the craft. Good luck with trimmin' yer skins. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 It's all rather mundane tat really Tony Indicative of my haphazard approach maybe... 🙄🙄🙄 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 21 hours ago, perdu said: Indicative of my haphazard approach maybe... I think you've just redefined the meaning of haphazard Bill 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 Aw And shucks 😱 I love what you say, I just don't see it that way 😕 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 OK plodding on Can you see what I've done yet? ? Yes at long last Transfers going on Thanks to Richard who emailed me the instructions for the Revell version of this kit which had a far more comprehensive dec. sheet that he sent me a huge chunk of which he will not be using, I now know the placings for all the marks I have ready to use The above uses mostly the Italeri early kit marks but there is input from Richard's sheet too, thanks mate Now what can you see here? ? Yes the first set of link fairings is in place Underneath I will be carving the uppers tomorrow It's Tuesday, where am I going? (By the way, it seems I have done nothing but ask YOU questions--- Just checking to see if you are awake) A further job underway More rotary fun ahead ciao 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 And more etchy fun ahead too by the looks of Bill😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Nice fairings and transfers Bill And a Whirlwind coming! Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Merlin coming together nicely not much further to go now. What version/mark Whirlwind are you doing? Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 (edited) I'm starting to get dizzy with the rotating stuff on here, but it's all looking so good I can't look away! I'm definitely in for the old Airfix Whirlybird! Ian oh and just a guess, but the Pub? Edited April 3, 2019 by limeypilot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted April 3, 2019 Author Share Posted April 3, 2019 Winner Ian, no prizes this month sorry And the Whirlwind is to be a quicker than Ced speed Korean War H-19 Only minor mods allowed including sloping the rear of the cockpit access door/window/hatch which Airfix moulded vertical The Airwaves etch is bursting at the seams to get used so I prolly will Quick Olive Drab Brownish I believe, we'll see 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Most definitely looking forward to seeing that vintage Whirlygig! Don't know if there's any useful detail to be gleaned here Bill? https://youtu.be/7pibjAOwSrM https://youtu.be/_hEW0wAlF1I 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 A Perduwhirly? Hoorah! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Not seen this old Airfix kit built before so onwards and upwards. The attention to detail on the Merlin is paying off Bill, she is looking good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 15 hours ago, Head in the clouds. said: Not seen this old Airfix kit built before so onwards and upwards. The attention to detail on the Merlin is paying off Bill, she is looking good. The Airfix Whirlwind goes way back, originally released in RN, HMS Protector Antarctic makings, then a couple of rereleases in this 'Green Parrot' guise. Now we have the Italeri H-19 kit and the ROTORcraft conversions. Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted April 4, 2019 Author Share Posted April 4, 2019 I first remember the Airfix Whirlwind in a plastic bag in Woolworth's with BEA markings and my fading memory keeps nagging that their windows were just holes and cockpit framing was skeletal with no transparencies But this may be a false memory planted in my dotage by an inadequate mind Who knows? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 1 hour ago, perdu said: But this may be a false memory planted Not so! No 'glass' for the windows and the two pilots were just upper torsos which slotted into a strip. No seats or cockpit detail whatsoever. How we are spoiled now. Still need a new Whirlwind helicopter kit though. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted April 4, 2019 Author Share Posted April 4, 2019 Do we need a new Airfix one, or should we purrups hope for a new Itale... No let's have a new Airfix one huh? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 Hate to tell you this Bill but there now seems to be 51 shades as seen at Prestwick.: (Photo is copyright of 'Thunderbolt II' on Fighter Control) 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted April 4, 2019 Author Share Posted April 4, 2019 Blimey, looks more like Sixty Shades Nice picture Richard, captured it for my folders 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinky coffeeboat Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 (edited) And yet the recently repainted mackerel looking Merlin has a strong blueish tone to it's supposed medium sea grey, as it's definitely no where near the original MSG as we all know it. I think someone is taking the phrase "good enough for government work" a bit too literally "medium grey you say?" "Yeah, that's a medium grey..." Jeff Edited April 4, 2019 by pinky coffeeboat 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 Ooh, a Whirlwind! Cool. Martian 👽 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 On 4/4/2019 at 10:21 AM, perdu said: I first remember the Airfix Whirlwind in a plastic bag in Woolworth's with BEA markings and my fading memory keeps nagging that their windows were just holes and cockpit framing was skeletal with no transparencies But this may be a false memory planted in my dotage by an inadequate mind Who knows? You got it right there bill, that was the very early release. Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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