A short domestic interlude...



These are the first parts that will be getting primer on them. They have just had a dip in warm water and had a good scrubbing down with an old toothbrush. I have also glued the first parts together.

On the right side of the teatowel, in line with the eggcup, there are the engine intake parts. The kit supplies a couple of double conical shapes that act as the intake shock cones, these have been glued to the parts that represent the engine fronts. I thought it might be better for me to glue these together now, rather than trying to remove paint from the hole that the shock cones go into later.

So priming tomorrow, and only a week since I got the kit too!

Gondor

I have kept myself busy with this build, or rather, I have kept myself busy taking parts off their supports. The latest parts to be released from their scaffolding are the ejector seats, printed as single pieces  



Yes, the pull handles are part of the seat and weren't additional items, gob-smacking detail in what can be 3D printed 

Only a couple of spare joysticks and the tail bumper are left on the supports now. I still have to make sure the tyres fit onto the hubs of the outrigger wheels and tidy up the seats for all the preparation work to be completed, this is fast for me!

Gondor

VERY impressive!

I am looking forward to doing mine. Not decided on what mine will be armed with as yet, but will be mid 70's and wraparound camouflage. Could get a pair of bluewater missiles on it, as I think they could have been carried by TSR 2 couldn't they?

Quote from: chrisonord on February 16, 2024, 02:40:47 PMI am looking forward to doing mine. Not decided on what mine will be armed with as yet, but will be mid 70's and wraparound camouflage. Could get a pair of bluewater missiles on it, as I think they could have been carried by TSR 2 couldn't they?

Good luck hanging a pair of them under this thing. There is not much space for wing pylons at all which is why I don't think that it would ever have got into service.

Gondor

Quote from: Gondor on February 17, 2024, 01:29:38 AM

Quote from: chrisonord on February 16, 2024, 02:40:47 PMI am looking forward to doing mine. Not decided on what mine will be armed with as yet, but will be mid 70's and wraparound camouflage. Could get a pair of bluewater missiles on it, as I think they could have been carried by TSR 2 couldn't they?

Good luck hanging a pair of them under this thing. There is not much space for wing pylons at all which is why I don't think that it would ever have got into service.

Gondor

I see, back to the drawing board then .

Thought I had better take a couple of pictures to back up my thoughts about fitting the Bluewater.

On reflection, they might fit. It would be a tight fit though. The picture with the missile shows the underside of the wing and the slot for the engine pylon. The larger of the missiles fins are also in the picture to show how much bigger it could be although the fins would be at 45^o from the vertical and so not their full width.

The other picture shows the depth of the pylons, grey for the engine pylon and cream for the missile pylon, so this shows the amount of vertical room for the missile.

So yes, it could fit, but it would be tight.

Gondor

Quote from: Gondor on February 16, 2024, 12:57:47 PMthis is fast for me!

I'll say! Im struggling to keep up with your progress LOL     

Folding fins for your Bluewater, maybe?

Quote from: chrisonord on February 17, 2024, 01:45:16 AM

Quote from: Gondor on February 17, 2024, 01:29:38 AM

Quote from: chrisonord on February 16, 2024, 02:40:47 PMI am looking forward to doing mine. Not decided on what mine will be armed with as yet, but will be mid 70's and wraparound camouflage. Could get a pair of bluewater missiles on it, as I think they could have been carried by TSR 2 couldn't they?

Good luck hanging a pair of them under this thing. There is not much space for wing pylons at all which is why I don't think that it would ever have got into service.

Gondor

I see, back to the drawing board then .

Look at the TSR2 references, Paul Lucas BAC TSR.2: Lost Tomorrows of an Eagle, or Damien Burkes TSR2 Britains Lost Bomber, as there were a variety of missile designs developed for teh TSR2 which would be more suitable for the Project 75

Quote from: Thorvic on February 17, 2024, 04:41:20 AM

Quote from: chrisonord on February 17, 2024, 01:45:16 AM

Quote from: Gondor on February 17, 2024, 01:29:38 AM

Quote from: chrisonord on February 16, 2024, 02:40:47 PMI am looking forward to doing mine. Not decided on what mine will be armed with as yet, but will be mid 70's and wraparound camouflage. Could get a pair of bluewater missiles on it, as I think they could have been carried by TSR 2 couldn't they?

Good luck hanging a pair of them under this thing. There is not much space for wing pylons at all which is why I don't think that it would ever have got into service.

Gondor

I see, back to the drawing board then .

Look at the TSR2 references, Paul Lucas BAC TSR.2: Lost Tomorrows of an Eagle, or Damien Burkes TSR2 Britains Lost Bomber, as there were a variety of missile designs developed for teh TSR2 which would be more suitable for the Project 75

Thanks Geoff,
Gondor said  underwing space could be an issue, so somethimg small, or recessed into the bomb bay could be the way forward do you think?

Quote from: PR19_Kit on February 16, 2024, 01:03:55 PMVERY impressive!

Indeed, those seats are just 

Quote from: chrisonord on February 17, 2024, 04:48:25 AMGondor said underwing space could be an issue, so something small, or recessed into the bomb bay could be the way forward do you think?

Geoff is right. TSR2 Britain's Lost Bomber by Damien Burke has loads of different proposals for weapons that would be a reasonable fit in/over the bomb bay which could work.

Quote from: Martin H on February 17, 2024, 03:38:49 AM

Quote from: Gondor on February 16, 2024, 12:57:47 PMthis is fast for me!

I'll say! Im struggling to keep up with your progress LOL     

I should be careful, I don't want to end up with jet lag 

Gondor

Quote from: Gondor on February 12, 2024, 10:10:12 AMThe kit comes with two buckets of instans sunshine for the bomb bay which certainly look like Red Beard.

Gondor

Ohh, pictures of the weapons' please, or I can wait if they are going to be part of the in progress build.

Looks like a great kit

Quote from: sandiego89 on February 17, 2024, 05:55:04 AM

Quote from: Gondor on February 12, 2024, 10:10:12 AMThe kit comes with two buckets of instant sunshine for the bomb bay which certainly look like Red Beard.

Gondor

Ohh, pictures of the weapons' please, or I can wait if they are going to be part of the in progress build.

Looks like a great kit

So far other than a couple of minor issues with the kit, everything else is down to me. The build will use them as I don't want to mess around adapting the bomb bay for anything else.

Gondor