Homebee Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 (edited) DMold has just released a 1/48th resin corrected E.E. Lightning intake ring http://dmold-modelworks.com/contents/en-us...ntake_ring.html Was the original Airfix intake ring wrong? http://www2.britmodeller.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/#EMO_DIR#/hmmm.gif V.P. Edited December 11, 2015 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham T Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Kind of hard to see how the kit part could be wrong!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 The leading edge on this replacement looks a bit sharper, but if you fit an intake blank you would'nt notice. Personally I have'nt noticed much wrong with the kit part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousAA72 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Hmmmm - the F2a cannon ports look very nice though!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary C Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Was the original Airfix intake ring wrong? Yes. When you look at the nose in profile there should be a continuous straight line on top where the nose transitions into the intake ring. Instead the ring flares out resulting in a slight kink. It doesn't fit very well either leaving steps in some areas. The only way to fix it is to fill and sand which is not something you really want to do on a kit with such nice panel lines. The cannon ports are much better, given that the kit representations are nothing more than shallow indents. Drilling a hole in the end of the kit parts doesn't really cut it as you need to create proper troughs. It's all quite welcome, not something I thought anyone would ever bother to correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Kind of hard to see how the kit part could be wrong!? The problem kit part is shown here- Kit ring inperfections Looks like a good fix to me. Shaun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin W Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 (edited) Im actually building this kit right now and tackled the area behind the ring on Monday. I found it needed a bit of filler so I went round the whole thing and eliminated the step. I also opened up the top and bottom gun slots by drilling part way perpendicular to the surface to get a grip then drilled along the line of the gun letting the drill start the trough. I then tidied it up with a fine rat tail file. Piece of cake. I agree Airfix should have made a better job of these though. The hardest part I found is getting the nose wheel bay aligned since the portion attached to the radar is narrower than the part attached to the fuselage. If I build another I'll widen the rear of the bullet fairing. Thanks for posting VP Colin W Edited October 6, 2011 by Colin W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Any news on this item, it's out of stock on the website? Shaun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrovian Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Any news on this item, it's out of stock on the website?Shaun. There are only two things in stock; 1/48 A-6E/EA-6B profiled intakes (for MMI kits) and 1/48 F7F-3N forward fuselage (AMT, Italeri) Is there another supplier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 (edited) How does this come up against the Aeroclub intake ring? Edited December 4, 2011 by bentwaters81tfw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Has anyone ever ordered or seen one in the flesh, now showing in stock on the website. Shaun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Has anyone ever ordered or seen one in the flesh, now showing in stock on the website. Shaun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Hi Shaun, I've got one and its rather nice, not compared it/tried it against the kit though but certainly looks nice. Shame you don't get the gun plugs with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Hi Shaun, I've got one and its rather nice, not compared it/tried it against the kit though but certainly looks nice. Shame you don't get the gun plugs with it Thats a bit of a swizz then. Looking at the pics it would suggest that you get this in the package. Saying that Bill Clerk showed how to get excellent Gun plugs with a little bit of modelling skill in his article in this months Airfix Model World. Julien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozothenutter Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Sorry to tessurect an ancient thread.... Just bought an F6 and was thinking of making the intake ring on a lathe IF it is perfectly round ofcourse....is it? Anywhere I can find the correct angles? Regards, Sudesh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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