Ambitious 24-hour Build...

AeroplaneDriver · August 03, 2009, 07:30:08 PM

Right lads...my Starfighter F.1A is finished, and I still have the building-bug, so it's time for another project (those of you who have been around more than a year know that I build in frantic, non-stop bursts).

So I cleaned off the workspace, and sat staring at the stash for a while. What to choose for a quickie build since I go back to work on Wednesday morning..?

Airfix Strikemaster?
Academy A-37?
Italeri Hawk?
Hasegawa Tigershark?

no...fool that I am I decide to tackle a REAL challenge:

The kit was bought from a now inactive member on here last month, in a less than perfect transaction. The kit arrived in a Trumpeter AN2 box, with a few damaged parts (not mentioned in the seller's post), so it doesnt really fit in my anally-retentive stash, where all is organized by manufacturer.

To make the build quicker it will be a gear-up inflight build. This works for me anyway, since I think the TSR.2 looks a bit ungainly on its gear. What I still have to decide is whether it will be an Eagle or a Phoenix. If I go Eagle the backstory will be based on the cancellation never happening. Maybe in SEAC camo to go with my recent Hunter and Phantom builds. If I go Phoenix it will be the TSR.2 as resurrected by Thatcher in 1981 (actually considered, for the TSR.2 neophytes on the board). This build would have some more extensive mods. No idea on the user yet though.

So...off we go like a herd of turtles to cut-sand-and-fit!

Eddie M. · August 03, 2009, 07:37:36 PM

I really enjoy watching you work your magic. This one will be no less captivating, I'm sure! B)

Shasper · August 03, 2009, 08:48:37 PM

Are those turtles whispering or screaming?

I say go Phoenix, it'll be something different than whats been seen so far (reminds me to dust off my tessie ideas)

AeroplaneDriver · August 03, 2009, 09:01:14 PM

Phoenix it is Shas! I made the first mod (cutting off the prominent radar display on the rear instrument panel and replacing it, as well as a couple of others, with CRT decals). It will be a Phoenix, the TSR.2 as resurrected by the Thatcher government in the early 1980s.

Early ideas include:

RAF 12 Sqn Anti ship with two Sea Eagles under the wings...

Sunshine Bomber-Iraq gasses UK troops in Desert Storm...UK follows through with the pre-war threat...inflight display of the Phoenix in Desert Storm colours pitching up with the bomb doors open and a WE.177 deploying in a ballistic toss...

USAF F/A-22C Phoenix carrying HARMs on a SEAD mission over Kosovo...

AeroplaneDriver · August 03, 2009, 10:45:13 PM

Well the fuselage is mostly together, and the wing is going on. Or at least the wing would be going on if the fit wasnt ****ING TERRIBLE!!!!

I certainly hope the fit on the 1/48 TSR.2 is better than this effort....

Ian the Kiwi Herder · August 04, 2009, 01:25:01 AM

Go WILD WEASEL

I think I've made my point !

Ian

Thorvic · August 04, 2009, 04:22:36 AM

Quote from: AeroplaneDriver on August 03, 2009, 10:45:13 PM
Well the fuselage is mostly together, and the wing is going on. Or at least the wing would be going on if the fit wasnt ****ING TERRIBLE!!!!

I certainly hope the fit on the 1/48 TSR.2 is better than this effort....

Nick you should have looked up Falcons build guide, its alot easier to fit the the wing and then the top fuselage panels, the main fit problem being the the indent guides on the intake trucking as these are a bit shallow, running a file along them allows the wing to sit lower and actually fit with the rest of the panels.

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B777LR · August 04, 2009, 04:35:28 AM

Tis' begging for wings of a Vigilante, nose from Tomcat and intakes from the Eurofighter

lancer · August 04, 2009, 06:58:27 AM

Quote from: B787 on August 04, 2009, 04:35:28 AM
Tis' begging for wings of a Vigilante, nose from Tomcat and intakes from the Eurofighter

No its not!!

AeroplaneDriver · August 04, 2009, 07:31:46 AM

OK...I give up.

Not on the model altogether....it's salvagable, but if I try to do a one-dayer from it it wont be pretty. This thing needs a full day of PSR.

Oh well...a lesson learned.

Maybe I'll pack it back up and take a second look at that Strikemaster....or the A-37...or a Gnat....or a....

Shasper · August 04, 2009, 09:25:32 AM

Quote from: B787 on August 04, 2009, 04:35:28 AM
Tis' begging for wings of a Vigilante, nose from Tomcat and intakes from the Eurofighter

You lost me at the intakes (I was rather partial to the Vigi's set!)

Weaver · August 04, 2009, 09:51:04 AM

Quote from: AeroplaneDriver on August 04, 2009, 07:31:46 AM
OK...I give up.

Not on the model altogether....it's salvagable, but if I try to do a one-dayer from it it wont be pretty. This thing needs a full day of PSR.

Oh well...a lesson learned.

Maybe I'll pack it back up and take a second look at that Strikemaster....or the A-37...or a Gnat....or a....

Don't look at an Airfix Gnat!

nev · August 04, 2009, 10:59:57 AM

You chose rather poorly there mate....any of us could've told you this isn't a quick or easy build

AeroplaneDriver · August 04, 2009, 11:13:12 AM

Quote from: nev on August 04, 2009, 10:59:57 AM
You chose rather poorly there mate....any of us could've told you this isn't a quick or easy build

Yeah, but sometimes you only learn by burning your own fingers. I'll know next time I tackle it to set aside a few weeks!

Ambitious 24-hour Build...

B777LR