Look great    - and agree with Phill, take the Kudos. 

The det cord in the canopy's very impressive, was that part of the original moulding or did you add it?

OK, I'll accept it, I'm brilliant! ... ...     ... Yeah! Right!

Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 22, 2022, 01:08:52 AMThe det cord in the canopy's very impressive, was that part of the original moulding or did you add it?

Moulded onto the canopy, Kit. I haven't even painted it yet, & not sure I want to risk it, either.

Looks very good anyway, not something you see very often. 

Really, really good work!

Very good Womby.



With the guns where they are on the La200 the crew could load them by hand...



My UC legs gave way at the point where the trailing link arms pivot (after I had attached the legs to the fuselage naturally).  Where I see you have added another pin.  I reinforced them by adding shock absorbers (telescoped brass tube) between the wheel hub ends of the trailing links and the tops of the legs (completing the triangle).

Thank you, Pellson & Fred!  

Those pins go up about 3mm into the oleo & almost through the trailing arm. They should hold everything stable.

The vertical pins are to give a bit more strength to the oleo-fuselage join & the cross-pins are to give strength to the trailing-arm/axle/wheel join areas.

Hopefully that's got everything covered!

Paintwork certainly brings all your hard work together mate 

Ta, Chris!

The Valmet OY Lentokonetehdas (Valmet Aircraft Factory) Peitsi (Lance) (a.k.a.the Papukaijan Nokka (Parrot Beak)) has been a right PitA to get on its feet.

Only about half the problems are kit related, the rest are my ham-fistedness.

Anyway, she's almost at the point where I'll call her "Done for now!". I have to scratch some missile rails & build & paint some missiles .... but not now, I need a break from her.

The Valmet OY Lentokonetehdas (Valmet Aircraft Factory) Kalpa (Sword) (a.k.a. the Pitkä Nenä (Long Nose)) will be next for getting on her feet, which should be easier than her sister.

Should is one of those words in the English language that conveys a multitude meanings 

Easy?

Yeah, mostly. Just not much happening on the model building front.

However! I have got both builds to the "Waiting for Weapons" stage. Actually, just waiting for 1/48 AIM-7E Sparrows for the Kalpa; when I have them, I'll scratch build some pylons for both aircraft, build, paint & decal their respective missiles, & finish them off.

BUT, they are at the "Finished for Now" stage & photo's await below:

Valmet OY Lentokonetehdas (Valmet Aircraft Factory) Peitsi (Lance)

More commonly known as the Papukaijan Nokka (Parrot Beak) by the personnel working with & flying them, the Peitsi was designed as a high-speed interceptor. Obviously based loosely on the Lavochkin La-200 series of Soviet experimental aircraft (the Finns refuse to say how they obtained the plans for these aircraft, or even admit that they did) the two-seater was classified as a "two-engined" fighter, as its main engine was a Rolls-Royce RB.44 Tay centrifugal turbo-jet, with what appeared to be a local Valmet development of either the  Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire or the Wright J65 (again, however they got the designs, the Finns aren't talking), called the V-50, as a secondary "booster" engine. There appear to have been some issues with the metallurgy of the V-50 during the first half-decade of its manufacture that limited its ability to operate for sustained periods; however, the benefits it provided on take-off & in combat were deemed worth the effort of fitting it to the Peitsi. Whilst not in use the airflow was diverted around the engine & out two large vents in the lower fuselage sides to reduce air resistance.

Capable of carrying 2 x 500L "slipper" drop tanks, which extended its combat radius to approximately 650km (including full-power intercept climb to 12,000m) & up to 4 x AIM-7E Sparrow missiles plus another 4 x AIM-9B Sidewinders, the Peitsi was, also, armed with 6 x 20mm Hispano Mk.V cannon (later swapped out for US M39 revolver cannons).













Link: https://guyplachy.smugmug.com/La-200NJ/

  

That's VERY ingenious! And impressive too. 

I like it much more than I thought I would.