junglierating Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Jabba said: And us techies piling out of our tents (all dressed up in goon suits) after the initial bang had gone to look up into the sky to see (and someone filming) what was going on, only to be told over the tannoy to get back into our tents. Cor we had a hole in the ground 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammy da fish Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Just remember that the picture of trembelers or XW222 is taken as fitted out as a Mk2. There is no bubble window that was removed back in about 1990, when all of the RWR fit was put on and the back hatch had both the chaff and the IRJ fitted. I can remember the first time flying her back in.1979. Sammy the fish ex 33 & 230, 240OCU 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 Hi folks just a small update. I wasn’t happy with the bit box weathering so toned down some of the silver wear (must buy Marmite). I moved onto the cabin windows which I tried to Klear but mines contaminated with dust bits, so a new one is ordered. Anyway the fuselage windows are shocking and have scratches and air bubbles in them. 2 modelling friends at work have the Revell kit & Matchbox version and they both confirmed theirs are poor quality to (so check yours). Today I tried the Micromesh and it seemed to have worked on the scratches but the air bubbles.......I don’t know whether to drill out the bubble and Klear it hoping it will disappear. So I’m now Micromeshing the rest of the glazing. 80B1FF30-7D04-41FC-80EC-C721BAD09381 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr 8231D57C-72EE-40C5-9C1E-41794E754EDA by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr C1809FCD-873F-4CE5-8DDD-C4840D21FC20 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 The latest instalment of slow progress recently. All the cabin windows have been micro meshed and Kleared. I also kleared the main canopy and side doors. The cabin floor is in and the bits box mounted. I’ve then added the side windows and put the forward benches in. The Starboard side needs the upright bench canvas adding which I’ll do out of paper mache. The broom cupboard has been added but I’ve left off the forward facing sides so I get a positive fit. One the beach is done I’ll look at the quilted ceiling and the ceiling panelling around the cabin door area. Can somebody give me a colour call out for the load pole. 20200601_161812 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr 20200601_161758 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr Thanks for keeping with me. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephLalor Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 The late Ted Taylor had a build review of the Matchbox Puma on his Ted's Modelworks site, essentially an electronic version of his Scale Models International article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephLalor Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 (edited) The late Ted Taylor had a build review of the Matchbox Puma on his Ted's Modelworks site, essentially an electronic version of his Scale Models International article. It's at http://tedtaylor.hobbyvista.com/72-matchbox-puma/page-72.html and provides drawings for details such as the stiffening ribs in the upper transmission housing. Edited June 2, 2020 by JosephLalor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephLalor Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 (edited) Admins, can I have post 80 deleted please? Edited June 2, 2020 by JosephLalor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted June 8, 2020 Author Share Posted June 8, 2020 Today’s submission is that I’ve made the canvas backing to the forward passenger seats and made some straps. I think I’ve overdone it on the creasing but they’re in now. I also added the strip that the upper straps mounts too. The yellow warning signage on the port broom cupboard made from the spares box along with the looky likey decals to triplicate the switch gear behind the 2 clear panels. Just going to add the seat belts then I’ll look at joining it together then the roof quilting. CADB10CA-3181-4BA9-8A54-FA5AB20D71AB by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr BC1CA8B0-B162-4AD7-B3B2-1C14EE1FE7C4 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr D1CBAEE0-7DE6-464B-8974-53F12BD18ED2 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr Thanks for staying with it. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 You might want to add some tabs along the top and bottom (like you would with a vacform kit) as it will stiffen the fuselage. They'll be hidden under the floor and by your ceiling panel anyway. Load pole, black. the release handle had black and yellow diagonal stripes. (That's from memory, but I think I'm right). Somewhere by the RH front seat there's a plug for the Loadies intercom. I can't remember where though. That seat back looks a little slack, but we never ironed them anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammy da fish Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Loadpole is mainly black in colour, emergency pull handle is black/ yellow strips. The hook mechanism( bottom part is metallic greeny /grey. The hook itself is metal colour. Loadpole bay a dirty light brown or chromate colour. sammy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Sammy, that's pretty much as I remember it too. Though it was a long time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 (edited) Well in what seems ages with a break from modelling and general work/life getting in the way I picked this up again yesterday. The papier-mâché ceiling was trimmed and glued in on one side, the the other side measured and cut. Finally the fuselage sides glued together and then the papier-mâché was made wet and moulded around giving a couple of droops and I’ll fitting. Not too sure on the colour bur I suspect it wouldn’t be as weathered as the side panels. The load pole is painted and with the yellow/black stripes added but not yet fitted. I have the ceiling panelling to make yet underneath the head and I’ve opted to fit the flares instead of the rear escape hatch (yet to be added). The upper door rails were added to both sides but 3 of the 5 locating lugs were out of sync with the moulded holes. Poor photo’s below 4B54181F-B5D5-4819-83CD-2BC798B76D56 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr F6C5F2A2-6617-4AC4-AEFE-6165014D517D by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr B81BCB85-8BBA-4D35-84BF-DC8D426B270E by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr CBF02D45-9DDE-4285-BF91-94E788F6FD50 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr Edited July 9, 2020 by speedy correcting autocorrect 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 Back on this today as I’ve done loads of gardening projects and maintenance. I was looking at the filler cap and the moulded one looks nothing like the recessed one on the real aircraft. The kit is a compromise as the wall thickness simply can’t offer the recess. I think this is a prominent feature so chose to drill out the moulded feature. I cut the end of a pipette and cut it at an angle to give me the recess. A disk was added for the fuel filler cap. This has meant that an angled tube is discreetly visible on the inside but it’s not obvious. I’ve glued the sponsons which are plagued with sink holes, so I’ve rubbed the whole lot down and filled with my go to filler of Plasto. The trailing edge will need thinned as the kit is very slab like. The tail boom has been assembled and is drying. The flare fit in the crew escape hatch has been glued in. Does anybody know when (year) the tapered fairing above the stabiliser was fitted?. Thanks for looking in. Told you I’m a slow builder🤔 749E29B1-F669-4CEB-BB60-9CFC7A1E1204 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr 421CCFD7-E3C6-4509-ABE2-5D8529A02285 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr 298F053B-E318-4374-ADF6-98CE13DEA6DB by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr 338E1ECF-1C43-4F5E-B2A0-92CC45961349 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 I picked this up again a couple of days ago. The sponsons are now on having filled in the sink holes and added filler to the trailing edge as they were very thick, so they’re more of a taper now. The tail boom is on but there is a difference in the diameter between the fuselage and the boom. That’s been addressed with filler and blending. The stabiliser has been thinned out again with the focus on the trailing edge as it’s way too thick. Primer sprayed for checking the finish which has revealed a little extra rubbing. 96F822BC-212D-4A7C-A616-8068F7797582 7CE07330-F735-4ABD-AADF-3810F270197D 8A675A23-C38F-4349-823F-918565AFABCF 1E30D540-7DB8-4261-8C6A-FB8CE15468DB Thanks for looking. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 On 7/19/2020 at 12:49 PM, speedy said: Does anybody know when (year) the tapered fairing above the stabiliser was fitted?. That brings back a memory. I remember seeing them in green primered GRP back in the late 70's. They would have been a Mod or an STI. They covered the tail rotor pitch actuator. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 (edited) Hi folks it’s the weekend so an update of the last few weeks or so. Why do you find the sink holes after you think you’ve finished filling?. Mast now fitted, I didn’t find the instructions very clear at all, the placement is as per but may not be accurate; but it might all disappear when the panels are fitted. Engine bay panel glued in and the oil cooler now in. I’ve removed the moulded blank inside the exhausts of the two engines and the oil cooler, smoothed the joins and are ready for paint and placement. Can I have colour call outs for the engine bay floor and firewall panel, also the decking colour around the Mast/oil cooler. Inside the sliding cowling please That covers the oil cooler and lastly the colour of the mast itself. 20200828_074335 20200828_074340 20200828_074354 20200903_111032 20200903_111043 20200903_111050 20200911_084540 20200911_084551 20200911_084608 20200917_121746 Thanks for looking. Edited September 18, 2020 by speedy 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benbow Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Is this the sort of thing you’re after? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Just caught up and I like this, it certainly is coming together well and looks very impressive on your bench . The interior quilting looks fantastic as does all your extra detailing. Great work indeed. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 7 hours ago, speedy said: Can I have colour call outs for the engine bay floor and firewall panel, Engine bay floor and the divider between the engines were titanium as far as I remember. Those pictures from @Benbow should help, but were they ever that clean? I think the pictures are suffering from too much flash. The folding engine cowlings were the same colour on the inside as the sliding cowling. Note that under the two hyd pumps are drip shields for the generators. It got pretty oily up there! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benbow Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Hopefully added some more photos. Yes, the flash was a little strong in a dark hangar. https://www.flickr.com/gp/188081536@N05/D48zH2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 Thanks Benbow & PiL both grateful for your contributions👋. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire madman Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Looking good coming along nicely 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 (edited) Managed to get some done yesterday and this mornings rain meant no gardening, so a bit of progress. The flooring was sprayed and the firewall and floor brush painted. Then blue was mixed up to a close match, I’ve yet to do the greys as work gets in the way. The engines were sprayed then the exhaust sprayed with a faint bit of bronze and a touch of yellow. The insides were weathered with the Tamiya pastels and matt’d off. Once the panels are fitted you’ll hardy see anything so not much effort required here. F1FED082-4336-492F-9F53-9BA8A75CE1A5 81692531-A1FA-4818-B30A-B37951D267BD as you can see photography is not my strong point. I’ll retake the exhaust shots as these don’t show much. Edited September 23, 2020 by speedy 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted September 26, 2020 Author Share Posted September 26, 2020 (edited) A few additions of detailing today. Whilst looking at the grubbyfinger reference site (http://www.grubbyfingersshop.com/walkaround_galleries/Aerospatiale SA330 Puma Walkaround XW222 RAF UAS 2017/content/index_2.html) noticed far more detail to the upper cowlings, so I’ve made some adjustments. Holes drilled and I cut out the recess for the handles, adding 10thou plasticard then I added the 2 handles. I’ve added the single handle on the starboard side by the sight holes. Some shape change to the rear fairing at its leading edge and removal of material at the bottom of the same fairing. I’ve also added the alignment lug again from 10thou card. I’ve put a dirty wash on the engine/mast area and cleaned it off but forgot to take a photo (which will follow). 6DCE8FF6-14BB-417B-93DC-823D48EE262C B8B03A59-F013-49B8-BBF1-4C6ABF862E61 FBC9DA20-475F-4537-8711-E3E2A18A24E4 4E26B954-150F-4D91-98BB-AD9B0BEF7ED0 E946F6EE-1B46-4623-B1C2-50E2D358D8E2 A6846AE4-F4D2-4762-8ACD-A87BE2F0B3DE B791AFB8-1FD1-440B-B1DF-B69D6EDA3AFD 0650510B-78B3-4F92-BA0D-8295EF6C017F Thanks for looking in. Edited September 26, 2020 by speedy 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share Posted September 29, 2020 Progress yesterday. I’m starting to address the engine and mast/oil cooler cowlings. It is quite fiddly and the fit isn’t the best, but hey Ho we’ll have a go. The instruction have you fit the engines to the decking first, but dry fitting showed the exhaust cut out and the exhaust weren’t in the same place. So I chose to fix the engines to the intake panel, as this is a fixed point. Everything rearwards can be adjusted. Engines/intakes together I offered up the engine cowlings as a dry fit. Here again there was disparity in that the leading edge of the hole was touching the exhaust. So it’s been opened up a fraction, however there is too much hole after the exhaust. I’m going to compromise on this as it’s a lot of effort for little reward. You’ll see it when it’s all together to see what I mean. The rear fairing was glued in against the mounting lugs, or it’s very easy to widen that part with any downwards pressure. It’s now easier to offer up the engined cowlings with very little adjustment needed. E9CABB2D-D190-419D-AFD3-C49A07268E84 32628773-F05B-47BC-8B4B-CB3767025B8C 9F5A1078-856E-4482-9BE0-6AFA00E42FD2 CAA4332A-BD46-4D5F-A750-A8AE29F9C14B 5D2E038A-57F3-4BBC-B944-6D2D6A2C0F69 Steve. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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