Robertone139 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Howdy all, I have one of ICM's new Foxbats and a lovely kit it is, however I am baffled by the size of the compressor face at the end of the intake duct. It seems to be decidedly undersized and I wonder whether the XMM intakes correct this detail with a much larger compressor disk. Also, has anyone oredered from them before and what results? Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Just now, Robertone139 said: Howdy all, I have one of ICM's new Foxbats and a lovely kit it is, however I am baffled by the size of the compressor face at the end of the intake duct. It seems to be decidedly undersized and I wonder whether the XMM intakes correct this detail with a much larger compressor disk. Also, has anyone oredered from them before and what results? Cheers! Yes, I've ordered from XMM several times and never had an issue. Regards, Murph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARDOG Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Hi Robertone139, I haven't ordered from them yet but am about to, as soon as they get a few more 72nd items back in stock! I'll let you know when it happens! Cheers, WARDOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertone139 Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 Thanks folks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob de Bie Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 In the old Polish booklet 'Stalowa Blyskawica' there are frame drawings of the MiG-25. They show that the air intake change from a basically square cross section to a perfect circle, roughly at the well bay. They last one before the engine (I believe) is 13.5 mm in 1/72 scale. So I would expect the compressor face to have that diameter. That's almost a meter in 1 to 1 scale. What size are the compressor faces in your kit? A couple of years ago, I started improving the ICM MiG-25PD, that had no ducs at all, just a wall behind the intake. I installed a bulkhead with two 13.5-ish mm openings, then started building forward with lots of plastic card and Apoxie Sculpt. Rather ambitious, and it got the wind knocked out when I heard that later issues had ducts. If it now turns out that those are of the wrong size, I could be motivated to continue the work 🙂 Rob 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 On 1/17/2022 at 11:02 PM, Robertone139 said: It seems to be decidedly undersized Just a thought - perhaps it's a conscious case of forced perspective, designed in the kit, to make it look like the engine faces are further back than the fuselage breakdown permits..? Cheers, Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertone139 Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share Posted January 22, 2022 21 hours ago, Hook said: Just a thought - perhaps it's a conscious case of forced perspective, designed in the kit, to make it look like the engine faces are further back than the fuselage breakdown permits..? Cheers, Andre No Andre, I am not compaining about the depth, they are just about where they should be, it' the compressor disk diameter that is too small. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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