tonyot Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 WOW,.... That looks fantastic and wearing the best scheme worn by that variant too. I have one of these to build myself this year some time,...... I hope that it looks as good,..... was it a pretty easy build? Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 3 hours ago, tonyot said: WOW,.... That looks fantastic and wearing the best scheme worn by that variant too. I have one of these to build myself this year some time,...... I hope that it looks as good,..... was it a pretty easy build? Cheers Tony Hi Tony, thanks for the comment. By and large it was not too bad, I do not build big planes that often and I think it took me a while to adjust. The basic kit seems sound enough, the only real issues were around the undercarriage bays which need some care to get right and the long seam on the fuselage top. I found the wings and fuselage were quite flexible until everything was joined up as the plastic is non too thick or stiff. The conversion parts were a bit of a mixed bag. The solid resin for the blunt tail was OK, but the clear nose took some work and was too narrow in width but a bit too deep. I made a cut with a razor saw along the bottom of the nose just below the floor that sorted the latter and failing with Miliput took care of the width issue. The nose radome needs sanding to fit the provided opening but worked OK. I stuck the new nose and tail on with epoxy as it seems to stand handling and fills well and does not fog clear bits. The fit issue I had may not be the same for everyone as it was a big piece of clear resin and resin can do funny things as it cures. The Swift I built last year had avirtually perfect fit of most parts. The kit has a lot of parts and takes a lot of room when building, but I am now largely pleased with it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Beautiful job, absolutely great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 No pre-shade, post-shade, highlighting, lowlighting, marbling, filters, pin wash, overall wash, chipping, oil dots... What are you doing??? It's brilliant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) Thanks Ian, just out of interest is that your current cat as your avatar, because it is the spitting image of Wilf our rehomed lost cat. Edited January 13, 2020 by Mr T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Womby Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Excellent. Nice to see a Mk1. So different! David 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Really nice work on the conversion, great job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 15 hours ago, Mr T said: Thanks Ian, just out of interest is that your current cat as your avatar, because it is the spitting image of Wilf our rehomed lost cat. Sadly not. But I knew one like it once. 'Wilf' - great name! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 On 1/12/2020 at 11:58 PM, Mr T said: Hi Tony, thanks for the comment. By and large it was not too bad, I do not build big planes that often and I think it took me a while to adjust. The basic kit seems sound enough, the only real issues were around the undercarriage bays which need some care to get right and the long seam on the fuselage top. I found the wings and fuselage were quite flexible until everything was joined up as the plastic is non too thick or stiff. The conversion parts were a bit of a mixed bag. The solid resin for the blunt tail was OK, but the clear nose took some work and was too narrow in width but a bit too deep. I made a cut with a razor saw along the bottom of the nose just below the floor that sorted the latter and failing with Miliput took care of the width issue. The nose radome needs sanding to fit the provided opening but worked OK. I stuck the new nose and tail on with epoxy as it seems to stand handling and fills well and does not fog clear bits. The fit issue I had may not be the same for everyone as it was a big piece of clear resin and resin can do funny things as it cures. The Swift I built last year had avirtually perfect fit of most parts. The kit has a lot of parts and takes a lot of room when building, but I am now largely pleased with it. Thanks for that update mate,..... I will bear all of that in mind when I start mine, All the best Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Excellent build and finish! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Norman Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Wow that looks smashing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) Thanks everyone again for all the likes and comments. I am a bit overwhelmed by them as I have never had as much response to a model and I am obviously chuffed to bits at the reception the Shack has received. The MR1 has been on the 'to do' list for a while, I even started the Contrail kit many moons ago, but only got as far as cutting the fuselage out before work took up more time. Thanks again. Martin Edited January 15, 2020 by Mr T Blasted autocorrect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
occa Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 I can only second the praises, the model looks so interesting with all the paint bits and details. It's really fantastic, one of the builds I hardly can stop looking at 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Brilliant job on this MR.1! I have to say that whenever I get around to doing an MR.1 I shall go 'overboard' with the exhaust stains. Yours looks excellent clean as she is, and when I paint my MR.2, I shall do her very clean like yours - factory fresh. However, with my MR.1 I want to show the truly extraordinary amounts of exhaust the Griffons put out. On some of the early MR.1s, it looks as if the wing is partially burnt. And if anyone questions if I really went overboard, I have many photographs to prove otherwise. Best Regards, Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 That’s nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 On 2/23/2020 at 8:03 PM, Learstang said: Brilliant job on this MR.1! I have to say that whenever I get around to doing an MR.1 I shall go 'overboard' with the exhaust stains. Yours looks excellent clean as she is, and when I paint my MR.2, I shall do her very clean like yours - factory fresh. However, with my MR.1 I want to show the truly extraordinary amounts of exhaust the Griffons put out. On some of the early MR.1s, it looks as if the wing is partially burnt. And if anyone questions if I really went overboard, I have many photographs to prove otherwise. Best Regards, Jason You are quite right about the exhaust staining on MR1's, they really did push some muck out. It put me off doing one until I found a 'clean' one at the Royal Review with only about the light staining my has. I feel for the poor souls who had to clean them for the big day! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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