Vitor Sousa Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 (edited) I've been tidying up the hangar and I'm ready to start But first here some photos I took of our Portuguese Navy LYNX: My idea is to build a Portuguese Navy LYNX and the Royal Navy Black Cats with the Hobby Boss kits But first a small comparison with the old Airfix kit In terms of quality of the Hobby Boss is considerably better. In terms of realism I leave to your consideration. The Box from the Black Cats kit doesn’t bring the right blades, which is ridiculous for even the box art shows the latest BERP blades So I will use the blades that came in the Airfix Box, with the little work they adapt well The problem is that the Black Cat box is for the HAS 3 (2005 Lynx I think) not for the new HAS 8 that Black Cats now use Meaning: In HobbyBoss kits (not sure if in all of them) that brings the BERP blades there is an error in the tail rotor, while bringing the two sizes of the tail rotor both are designed the same way, to rotate anti-clockwise. But it's just flip the piece F6 and glue the C25 on the other side and that will solve the problem (more info here http://www.scale-rotors.com/forum/topic/se...-n%C2%BA-87237) The only drawback of Airfix blades is that they don’t have the leading edge faceted The decals of the Portuguese Lynx aren’t very correct, so I will use the Portuguese “Santa Cruz” brand For the Black Cat I’ll also use a sheet that was around here that seems more correct to the most recent Lynx. At least on the "fade" of the insignias The Portuguese Navy Lynx will be with the doors open, so I invest in some detail (Pavla) for interior, winch and wheels area Edited November 20, 2011 by Vitor Sousa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitor Sousa Posted October 25, 2011 Author Share Posted October 25, 2011 Starting One of the Lynxs will have the doors open so I cut back on the plastic thickness Cutting the windscreen wipers I was about to close the two halves when: So let’s do something about it Moving on: Glue the halves is made gradually from nose to tail Then with a sponge and Maskol cover it all, the Maskol is very easy to apply and clean it thoroughly excesses with finger For those who mount Helicopters knows the headache that is the connection of the glazing to the fuselage, a good primary reveals everything, whether the problems are in the model or modeler Using parts from the Portuguese kit I rebuild the area of the landing gear of the Black Cat I use some sticks to better measure the alignment and do not be surprised after On this scale the thickness of the plastic is ungrateful, some sanded need Here is a detail that (in my opinion) will make a difference in the end. Compare the Before and the After Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitor Sousa Posted October 25, 2011 Author Share Posted October 25, 2011 In a side project I’m trying to scratch build the Brownin M3M Using one of the supports of torpedoes may I’ll be able to make a platform that they use to deliver "free candy" to tourists (aka Pirates) Here some pics of the Lady Eduard has a set of 1/72 Browning (for B25s I think), but I can’t use most of it So I went to the leftover photoetch and come up with this, making and remaking several times photoetch, I’ll be back with some more photos of it) (this are not the final pics, it's missing the bullets box and support, but at the end I use 30 pieces of leftover) visit this topic in the “Wanted” section and see if anyone can help me with the Decals http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=80411 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Welcome to the forum Vitor ! Very good job on the two Lynxes, looing forward to see more of it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jose cesar Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Looking fabulous my friend José César Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis pacheco Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Welcome Vitor. Another Vitor to show beautiful Portuguese planes and Helis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis pacheco Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Welcome Vitor. Another Vitor to show beautiful Portuguese planes and Helis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Wow that's some great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Enrique Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Victor, Amazing work!!!!!!! Excellent!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Now that made me laugh! Nice work and welcome Julien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard of Effingham Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 nice way to make an entry to BM! there are also some excellent photos there too. i like the one with the diver in mid flight down into the sea. trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitor Sousa Posted October 29, 2011 Author Share Posted October 29, 2011 there are also some excellent photos there too. i like the one with the diver in mid flight down into the sea. Thanks Trevor , It was the first time I photographed the LYNX and became fascinated with the machine. - - / - - Continuing with the general painting. I like a sandwich, which is a general layer in base color, then the panels lines in a grey shaded, and finally give back a thin layer of base color plus white (because of the scale effect). Although there are decals for the tail rotor red and white I opted for the mask and paint a lot of times (it’s far from done in this photo) Before I give them two coats of a future I used a Micromesh 8000 (it’s a sandpaper so fine that it seems cloth, grain is 3000 to 12000) which gives a sheen to the panels Let's start with the long task of decals In the Black Cats Lynx I advise you to cut in two halves (more and less in the vertical of the exhaust outlet) the decal of the animal's back, once is a difficult thing to manage in one piece. I chose to put the decal before painting the black spine (I was not sure how far would the decal would go) The Tamiya XF-20 color that comes in the instructions for the Black Cats Lynxs didn’t convinced me at all Maybe the color is still indicated for the former Lynx HAS3 Now it’s done, but if someone were mount this kit consider the color Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitor Sousa Posted October 29, 2011 Author Share Posted October 29, 2011 Information The Portuguese flag is green to the left of the red. But the green on our aircraft is always placed facing the front of the plane Unfortunately I believe that two LYNXs came from England painted with the Starboard flag misplaced The LYNXs, the 19201 and the 19204 In other words, these two came with the Starboard flag well designed (as a flag), but reversed with respect to our costum In this picture the 19203 has the flag as required by rule, others less so. You cannot trust these British guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 This is inspiring.....I MUST have a 1/72nd Lynx with those black cat marrkings!!!!1 where do I get a kit and the decals???? Great work Vitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitor Sousa Posted October 29, 2011 Author Share Posted October 29, 2011 where do I get a kit and the decals???? The kit I've find him here in Portugal, but the Decals came from Hannants, sure you'll HobbyBoss Lyns there too http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ML729035 But be warned that the Hobby Boss kit that comes with the decals of the Black Kats (as shown in the photos of the boxes) is for the old Lynx HAS3. No BERP blades, smaller tail rotor and so on... If you want to build a newer version of the Black Cats I advise you to buy another hobby boss kit and adapt with the more recent Decals You can find more info on that in here http://www.scale-rotors.com/forum/topic/se...x-n%C2%BA-87237 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jose cesar Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Looking fabulous my friend José César Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Frey Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Lovely work, thank you for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitor Sousa Posted October 31, 2011 Author Share Posted October 31, 2011 (edited) After 30 pieces of leftover photoetch, and some pain in his eyes, I came to this result in Browning M3M 1/72 is a real pain in the ... eyes Edited October 31, 2011 by Vitor Sousa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Enrique Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Vitor Its incredible.... Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 (edited) Lynx lollypops! Sorry, I'll get my . Great job on the models, you've got far more patience than I have! Mike. Edited October 31, 2011 by MikeR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynx7 Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Wow, the M3M is brilliant, Vitor! Looking forward to the progress on these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FZ6 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Inspiring builds. I have an Airfix Royal Navy Lynx to build and your builds provide good inspiration for this. Regards, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitor Sousa Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 Decals On and a few coats of Klear and ready for some light weathering (with oils) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis pacheco Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Looking forward to see this two lynx finnish! They look fantastic. Vitor, the stencil at the Portuguese Lynx is from the Hobbyboss decals or from Authentic Decals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitor Sousa Posted November 13, 2011 Author Share Posted November 13, 2011 (edited) Vitor, the stencil at the Portuguese Lynx is from the Hobbyboss decals or from Authentic Decals? Only the "Sonic" Nose Art is from Authentic Decals Portuguese marks (the Cross, flag, Letters and number) are from "Santa Cruz" And all the service marks are from the Black Cats Model Alliance sheet, that brings a lot of marks, for 2 Lynxs and a bit more. In terms of quality and detail the Model Alliance sheet looks much better than the A.D. I wasn't gonna put too many service marks, but then I get my high resolution photos of Lynx and found that many of them make sense to be there On this scale is difficult to select just the right amount of decals to use, because some service marks are a little out of scale, but smaller is impossible. Each modeler will choose which ones to place or not But I'll come back to this issue in more detail (as soon as our MnN is up again) Edited November 13, 2011 by Vitor Sousa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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