LightningBoy Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 No I don't Tweeky, I only suspect that it might be an area to support the fuselage at some point but that is purely a guess! Would be great if you know. On another matter of my Lightning ignorance, do you know what the small exhaust looking thing is positioned just ahead of a lowered port flap and just behind a lowered starboard flap?? I suspect they may be vents? What I do know is they are a bug**ger to fit and my carpet has eaten it's fair share 😬😬 My latest method is to fix them on with satin varnish then when they are dry carefully strengthen with another few coats of satin varnish. LightningBoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightningBoy Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 Brilliant Tweeky, thanks for clarifying both vents and dotted lines. As a 'Sooty' I got to run the Engines on XR770 after we finished the Check 3 and when you select reheat on only one engine it wants to leave the chocks and the thrust pushes the nose down quite rapidly which would probably overstress the rear fuselage. I remember other members of the team grimly hanging onto the rear fuselage whilst kneeling on the tailplane looking through a panel at the rear end with a torch looking for fuel leaks when reheat was selected🥴🥴 Happy days pre 'Elf and Safety'. LightningBoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightningBoy Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 No I don't Tweeky, I only suspect that it might be an area to support the fuselage at some point but that is purely a guess! Would be great if you know. On another matter of my Lightning ignorance, do you know what the small exhaust looking thing is positioned just ahead of a lowered port flap and just behind a lowered starboard flap?? I suspect they may be vents? What I do know is they are a bug**ger to fit and my carpet has eaten it's fair share 😬😬 My latest method is to fix them on with satin varnish then when they are dry carefully strengthen with another few coats of satin varnish. LightningBoy Thanks for the feedback Chis. LightningBoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweeky Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 I was a Engine Mech at Binbrook, so never got to reheat run the beast just sit on the tail watching the main reheat fuel hose go from flexi to solid once fuel started to flow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightningBoy Posted March 14, 2022 Author Share Posted March 14, 2022 Very memorable experience shifting into reheat 😀😀😀 Makes me chuckle when a Boy Racer tries to impress me at the lights 🤣🤣🤣🤣 LightningBoy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 I was at Farnborough as an ATC Cadet many many years ago when 74 Sqdn were the RAF aerobatic team. They lined up in pairs on the runway ( we were near the threshold ) and when they simultaneously lit the reheat the ground shook! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightningBoy Posted March 15, 2022 Author Share Posted March 15, 2022 Great memories Biggles, similar experience at Cold War Jets at Bruntingthorpe - deliberately not wearing ear defenders to fully experience it, Don't try this at home 😀 LightningBoy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightningBoy Posted March 17, 2022 Author Share Posted March 17, 2022 On the final stretch now... Decals are all on, those on the undercarriage doors are fitted before fixing them to model Undercarriage is built up before fitting to model and fitting is left until after all the decals are on and any weathering is done, especially on the fuselage. The small doors at the top of the undercarriage are a real challenge to fit when the main undercarriage legs have already been fitted, very fiddly. Fit them before fixing the undercarriage to the model. The shoebox is ideal to support the model at most stages of construction, undercarraige now fitted securely and left to set overnight. Ejector seats now nearly finished, just awaiting seat pan handles. I will touch up the painted areas with paint of the correct colour on the tip of a cocktail stick. Red Top Tip The main undercarriage of the Lightning is raked forward, not vertical. LightningBoy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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