I have had this conversion sitting around with the Academy kit for some time now and then I realized that it would fit the time frame for this group build
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4802/40653076302_26dbc5cc45_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24WnDfE)
As you can see from the following pictures, I have drawn black lines on the Academy fuselage as a "cut here" guide due to what I consider the slightly soft detail of the conversion set. This also helps the build process as the conversion set is designed for the Hasegawa kit which is like hens teeth to get hold of at a sensible price.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4782/39800168525_3f2f76dda3_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23D1gua)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4780/40653075952_fdd3d25b68_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24WnD9C)
I'm slightly tempted to put it in Suez markings :rolleyes: but basically it will be an RN machine with no fancy detail added.
Gondor
That would be sweet. I love those Avengers
Ohhh, I'd like the set just for the belly mounted radar. Lot's of WHIF potential.
Quote from: sandiego89 on March 09, 2018, 06:16:30 PM
Ohhh, I'd like the set just for the belly mounted radar. Lot's of WHIF potential.
That's precisely why I've got one. One thing it's never going near is an Avenger.... :wacko:
Quote from: Weaver on March 10, 2018, 05:47:50 AM
Quote from: sandiego89 on March 09, 2018, 06:16:30 PM
Ohhh, I'd like the set just for the belly mounted radar. Lot's of WHIF potential.
That's precisely why I've got one. One thing it's never going near is an Avenger.... :wacko:
A Gannet ? :wacko: :banghead:
Quote from: Thorvic on March 10, 2018, 06:14:01 AM
Quote from: Weaver on March 10, 2018, 05:47:50 AM
Quote from: sandiego89 on March 09, 2018, 06:16:30 PM
Ohhh, I'd like the set just for the belly mounted radar. Lot's of WHIF potential.
That's precisely why I've got one. One thing it's never going near is an Avenger.... :wacko:
A Gannet ? :wacko: :banghead:
Nothing so predictable... ;)
Quote from: Weaver on March 10, 2018, 07:08:12 AM
Quote from: Thorvic on March 10, 2018, 06:14:01 AM
Quote from: Weaver on March 10, 2018, 05:47:50 AM
Quote from: sandiego89 on March 09, 2018, 06:16:30 PM
Ohhh, I'd like the set just for the belly mounted radar. Lot's of WHIF potential.
That's precisely why I've got one. One thing it's never going near is an Avenger.... :wacko:
A Gannet ? :wacko: :banghead:
Nothing so predictable... ;)
And why would you anyway, when the whole thing is available as an OOB kit?
Got be something WAY off the wall, like a single seater Hornet or a Firefly.
Or a Pembroke for RAF use?
Quote from: Weaver on March 10, 2018, 05:47:50 AM
Quote from: sandiego89 on March 09, 2018, 06:16:30 PM
Ohhh, I'd like the set just for the belly mounted radar. Lot's of WHIF potential.
That's precisely why I've got one. One thing it's never going near is an Avenger.... :wacko:
Under a Shacklton? One with a nose wheel that is :rolleyes:
Gondor
Quote from: Gondor on March 10, 2018, 09:28:09 AM
Quote from: Weaver on March 10, 2018, 05:47:50 AM
Quote from: sandiego89 on March 09, 2018, 06:16:30 PM
Ohhh, I'd like the set just for the belly mounted radar. Lot's of WHIF potential.
That's precisely why I've got one. One thing it's never going near is an Avenger.... :wacko:
Under a Shacklton? One with a nose wheel that is :rolleyes:
A Skywarrior would look good carrying it....................... ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
Did some more to the build today. Put the cockpit together and sprayed the interior of both fuselage half's and the cockpit as well. I have also sourced a cut away drawing of the Avenger as the Academy kit I am using has little to no detail, not that I am going to be fancy with what I am doing, just a little detail inside the wheel wells.
More cutting will take place tomorrow when I liberate the parts I want from the conversion kit, then it will be a case of fetteling the parts to make the parts fit the kit.
Gondor
Just a little progress with this today. Work was carried out on the roof of the main undercarriage bays. An ejector pin mark in each upper wing was filled and ribs have been added to the roof's as well. Just basic stuff but it makes it look busy rather than empty.
Gondor
Quote from: Gondor on March 10, 2018, 09:28:09 AM
Quote from: Weaver on March 10, 2018, 05:47:50 AM
Quote from: sandiego89 on March 09, 2018, 06:16:30 PM
Ohhh, I'd like the set just for the belly mounted radar. Lot's of WHIF potential.
That's precisely why I've got one. One thing it's never going near is an Avenger.... :wacko:
Under a Shacklton? One with a nose wheel that is :rolleyes:
Gondor
Won't work - there isn't the ground clearance under a standard Shackleton 3 for the AEW. Ask me how I know...
Now, if you replace the nosegear with one from a Vulcan... If I had the time, it's one project I'd resurrect. It's even got a coat of primer.
This is the bit I really like. Cutting things up :wacko:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4783/40772837861_d70ef3867a_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/257Xsc8)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4800/25902227827_51b616d6a2_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/FsTFUX)
The sort of green parts are the Academy kit while the blue is the High Planes conversion set. I love using my mini drill with it's circular cutting blade :wacko:
Some of the parts fit quite well as is surprisingly. I will be sticking each of the parts together, like colour to like colour prior to sticking the conversion parts to the remains of the Academy kit. Should be fun :rolleyes: ;D
Gondor
You are a glutton Gondor! I thought the light blue fuselage looked fine, but seeing like how you like your rotary saw! ;D
Love the subject!
-Dave
It'd probably have been much easier and certainly lot less messy to have taken the wing fillets out of the Academy and grafted them into the High Planes.
What can I say? I like to do some things the hard way. I can add though that all the removed parts will be lovingly stored :rolleyes:
probably in the bin......
Gondor
Why not use the parts to create a new bird, or a member of Flight 19...
Quote from: Gondor on March 12, 2018, 12:13:55 PM
This is the bit I really like. Cutting things up :wacko:
Gondor
Paging D.I. Taggart, paging D.I. Taggart ;)
Only stuck the parts of the conversion set together that I am using. This should allow me to work on differant parts at the same time such as putting the donor engine, from an Academy B-29, into the cowling once the cowling has been glued together.
Gondor
Haha that's awesome.
Quote from: Captain Canada on March 09, 2018, 04:30:52 PM
That would be sweet. I love those Avengers
On the front lines of the attack on the spruce budworm years ago. There were so many used, and crashed, in that fight, that some have said that there are more Avengers on the forest floor in New Brunswick than the ocean floor in the Pacific. ;D
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SW72115 (https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SW72115)
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SW72114 (https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SW72114)
Bloody Typical !!!! :banghead:
Quote from: Thorvic on March 27, 2018, 12:38:50 PM
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SW72115 (https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SW72115)
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SW72114 (https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SW72114)
Bloody Typical !!!! :banghead:
I agree, however I will probably like to do the French one as real world as it's not something you usually see.
Not much happening with this build at the moment as I am consentrating at the moment on the Valiant and Supersonic Trainer.
Gondor
Quote from: The Rat on March 15, 2018, 09:37:56 PM
Quote from: Captain Canada on March 09, 2018, 04:30:52 PM
That would be sweet. I love those Avengers
On the front lines of the attack on the spruce budworm years ago. There were so many used, and crashed, in that fight, that some have said that there are more Avengers on the forest floor in New Brunswick than the ocean floor in the Pacific. ;D
I thought you were joking until.... https://nbavengers.com/history-of-the-spray-program-in-new-brunswick-2/
Saw a few of the retired Avengers back in the day, early 2000s I believe, both at Fredericton ( Fred, Derick and Tony lol ) and at Moncton.