Wanted: Pylons/Hardpoint/Bits what you hang weapons on

Started by Silverfox, October 26, 2009, 06:37:05 AM

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Silverfox

Hey boys and girls (do we have any of those?). I'm in dire need of some jet hardpoints for a 1/48th scale project or two, since I seem to have used all of mine up (somehow).
Anyone who could offer me any would be greatly thanked and appreciated!

Weaver

Might be an idea to be a bit more specific: long, short, deep, shallow, wing, fuselage etc.... Do you need just pylons, bomb racks, missile rails etc...
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Silverfox

I need four wing hardpoints and two body ones.
The body ones are for Droptanks, so preferably need to be sized appropriately, short and shallow, and the wing ones aren't as important, but preferably should be a decent 'standaway' distance from the wing to allow for decent clearance, so perhaps deep, yet short would be best for those.
I shouldn't need any missile rails for them, as I have 1/72 parts I can improvise those with - but the hardpoints/pylons themselves I don't have any spare of, and my plasticard modelling skills aren't up to scratch.
(thanks for the tip, Weaver)

Hobbes

Silverfox: missile pylons are an ideal first scratchbuilding project. They can be made from a single sheet of plasticard (1 to 1.5 mm gives good results in 1:48). The shape can be copied from the instructions of the model you're working on. Once cut out, it's a matter of rounding off the edges.

Weaver

Or you can bend a strip of very thin Evergreen around a shorter, rather thicker piece to get an "aerofoil" section.
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones