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Operation Cosford 2012

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PR19_Kit

#315
March 30, 2012, 12:44:55 PM
Quote from: Nick on March 30, 2012, 08:37:07 AM
Might do a coat of Klear if it will dry by Saturday evening when I drive up to Telford, what do you think?

Klear dries good enough to touch in 15 mins and in 30 mins it's rock hard. It's FLOOR polish, for goodness sake!  :o
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Weaver

#316
March 30, 2012, 03:00:34 PM
P.1111 - finished!  :thumbsup:

P.7D - nozzle painted, anti-glare panel painted, all canopy frames done, silver contrast panels touched-up. All it needs now are decals.
"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

PR19_Kit

#317
March 30, 2012, 03:12:36 PM
OGL showed a few piccies of my PR19b build in progress at the recent talk I gave on WhatIf modelling and I've just finished the last stages of the BIG PR19 for Cosford on Sunday.

Here's some taster pics of the whole aircraft but I'll post a complete build thread when I've recovered from Cosford.



Top view showing the TR1 style wings and tailplane, the MONSTER TF33-200 engines plus the enlarged fin-rudder and the ASARS2 nose cone




Underside view showing the rocket exhaust that replaced the rear half of the PR19's recce pod. Note the stainless steel deflector plate under the rear fuselage and the two remaining optical camera windows in the recce pod on the PR19b variant. The original Meteor landing gear is still used but has a much wider track than on the earlier PR19 marks.




Close up of the nose, showing the UK Altitude Record plaque awarded by the FAI, Wng Cdr Tim Wheeler's badge under the cockpit and its three 'mission markers'. The latter are difficult to explain as the only PR19b never was considered an operational asset but close examination of the markers shows a remarkable resemblance to a camera lens looking down on a map of Argentina ..........  ;)
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

lenny100

#318
March 30, 2012, 03:37:05 PM
all mine finished and packed up in the travel box with a few spare kits for the other table or as fillers if needed as were making a weekend of it, Saturday at the national war arboretum in Wakefield then a hotel overnight in warington before the show on sunday
Me, I'm dishonest, and you can always trust a dishonest man to be dishonest.
Honestly, it's the honest ones you have to watch out for!!!

NARSES2

#319
March 31, 2012, 12:49:05 AM
Quote from: Weaver on March 30, 2012, 08:27:59 AM
I wonder, are these running commentaries in the interests of Martin's mental health or not?  ;)

Bit late for that  :wacko:

See you Sunday gents - see you Saturday Nick, not that your'e not a gentleman of course  ;D
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Radish

#320
March 31, 2012, 01:36:30 AM
Whooooop.....only 3 more models to finish....easy peasy.......looking forward to the mayhem.

Thinking....Sunday Cosford......Monday THE WORLD!!!!!!!! :cheers: :drink: :blink: :blink: :party:
Once you've visited the land of the Loonies, a return is never far away.....

Still His (or Her) Majesty, Queen Caroline of the Midlands, Resident Drag Queen

Martin H

#321
March 31, 2012, 02:33:47 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on March 31, 2012, 12:49:05 AM
Quote from: Weaver on March 30, 2012, 08:27:59 AM
I wonder, are these running commentaries in the interests of Martin's mental health or not?  ;)

Bit late for that  :wacko:

See you Sunday gents - see you Saturday Nick, not that your'e not a gentleman of course  ;D

aint that the truth lol
I always hope for the best.
Unfortunately,
experience has taught me to expect the worst.

Size (of the stash) matters.

IPMS (UK) What if? SIG Leader.
IPMS (UK) Project Cancelled SIG Member.

kitbasher

#322
March 31, 2012, 03:05:04 AM Last Edit: March 31, 2012, 03:07:52 AM by kitbasher
Quote from: PR19_Kit on March 30, 2012, 03:12:36 PM


AY CARAMBA!  :bow:

Markings on the Tonka's fuselage, Klear drying.
Decals/transfers on the wings in about an hour.
Matt varnish everywhere (carpet, walls, model, etc) an hour after that!
Eeek!  Running out of time!!
What If? & Secret Project SIG member.
On the go: Beaumaris/Battle/Bronco/Barracuda/F-105(UK)/Flatning/Hellcat IV/Hunter PR11/Hurricane IIb/Ice Cream Tank/JP T4/Jumo MiG-15/M21/P1103 (early)/P1127/P1154-ish/Phantom FG1/I-153/Sea Hawk T7/Spitfire XII/Spitfire Tr18/Twin Otter/FrankenCOIN/Frankenfighter

Steel Penguin

#323
March 31, 2012, 03:17:32 AM
ive got some 1:48 and 1:56 armour for the 3rd table if thats ok, and a teeny tiny 1:600 vulcan wif as well.
see you tommorow, and there will be mini rolls.
the things you learn, give your mind the wings to fly, and the chains to hold yourself steady
take off and nuke the site form orbit, nope, time for the real thing, CAM and gridfire, call special circumstances. 
wow, its like freefalling into the Geofront
Not a member of the Hufflepuff conspiracy!

PR19_Kit

#324
March 31, 2012, 03:55:53 AM
My 2nd build for Cosford has just come off the production line.

As with the PR19b I'll post a build description after the event, but for now this is the Fairey Fulmar PRIIId, a conversion from 32 ex-FAA Fulmar FIIs when the RAF found their PR Mossies in the India-Burma theatre were falling apart in mid-air due to the failure of their glue joints. The PRIIIds were later upgrades from the original PRIIIs fitted with Merlin 60 series engines and featured a multiplicity of camera positions, three of which could have their magazines changed in flight.

Needless to say the PRIIId's wings were extended to improve the high altitude performance endowed by the use of the Merlin 60s.....  ;)





Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Weaver

#325
March 31, 2012, 04:06:28 AM Last Edit: March 31, 2012, 04:08:18 AM by Weaver
Nice one's Kit!  :thumbsup:

P.7D now has roundels, fin flashes, serials and warning triangles. All it needs now (this afternoon) are red spots in the roundels and maybe a few small maint. markings. A minor disappointment is that I havn't got any of those red-text-on-white-rectangle intake warnings you see on the sides of the P.1s and early Lightnings...
"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

Martin H

#326
March 31, 2012, 04:50:01 AM
"I love it When a plan looks like it is coming togeather"  lol.
I always hope for the best.
Unfortunately,
experience has taught me to expect the worst.

Size (of the stash) matters.

IPMS (UK) What if? SIG Leader.
IPMS (UK) Project Cancelled SIG Member.

Martin H

#327
March 31, 2012, 05:00:11 AM
 :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:

Luv it!
I always hope for the best.
Unfortunately,
experience has taught me to expect the worst.

Size (of the stash) matters.

IPMS (UK) What if? SIG Leader.
IPMS (UK) Project Cancelled SIG Member.

Weaver

#328
March 31, 2012, 06:26:10 AM
Dunc that's brilliant!  :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: ;D ;D ;D


I've just hit another minor problem. The plastic storage boxes I discovered in B&Q which I though would be ideal for models turn out to have bowed bases: a slab of polystyrene foam doesn't sit flat in the bottom of them.... :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

Oh well, back to cardboard boxes... (the P.7D's fin didn't fit the new boxes anyway... :rolleyes:)
"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

PR19_Kit

#329
March 31, 2012, 08:52:48 AM
Duncan, are you coming to Cosford tomorrow? I know you said you were taking a break from the 'modelling grind' but does that include coming to shows?
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit
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