Martin Monterey MR1

[loupgarou]

As I am a pervert, after reading your earlier posts and other comments, I bought sunday in a flea market the Mach2 Kaman Huskie. 

Now that's one I haven't got, and it's a great looking aircraft to my mind. I'd be interested in what you think of it.

I haven't yet taken it off its sealed bag, but what I have already seen is a moulding defect on a rotor blade! 
And I have too the Sea Dart, the Leduc 022, Republic Seabee, and a Sikorsky S-51. I have managed to sell off a Caravelle bought while drunk. 
BTW, visiting a model show in Strasbourg (France) saturday, out of curiosity I asked a seller the price of a Planet S-51, and he answered: "No, I won't sell it, it's too horrible, dreck, it's just to show around!"   
But have bought an Hasegawa Emily for 10 euros. 

[PR19_Kit]

And I have too the Sea Dart, the Leduc 022, Republic Seabee, and a Sikorsky S-51. I have managed to sell off a Caravelle bought while drunk. 

I too have the Leduc 022, and an 021 as well, plus a Sea Dart (my second one...) a Coleoptere (!), a Ryan X-13, both X-24s, a B-45 Tornado and an RB-57F (what a surprise  )

I like the story of the Caravelle. 

[sandiego89]

Fantastic on the refueling pack!  Looks just like the photo on page 125 of THE SeaMaster book.  Well done.

Guess you wont need it for a refueling fit, but doing the top loading crane and weapons trolley (page 139) would be an interesting project.

-Dave

[PR19_Kit]

That's more down to Airfix than me Dave, the hose reel and associated stuff are superbly moulded, but thanks anyway. 

I still have to build the tank that sits forward of the reel but that should be reasonably straightforward, ha ruddy ha..... 

I AM doing the weapon loading crane etc, that's why I modelled the loading hatch open. The scenario is that the aircraft has just returned from a tanking mission and has to be loaded with a humunguous depth charge or two. 

Today I've spent literally hours cutting, filing and sanding trying to get the main surfaces to fit the fuselage. Absolutely NOTHING fitted as it should, for some reason Mach2's slots, designed to take the tabs on the matching parts, are always too small and need to be filed out. Not only that, the port wing slot was over 2mm too low and needed loads of styrene cut away before the wing surface would match the fuselage top!

I shan't comment on how the fin fitted, it just didn't, but now it does! Pics below are just taped up, I haven't glued the wings or tail on as yet.

Back to the engines and the beaching trolley tomorrow I expect.

[McColm]

Looking good Kit, now I know why I changed the tail and engines on my build. Got some pictures posted on my blog page that might be of interest to you.

[NARSES2]

I like the story of the Caravelle. 

Me to 

Strasbourg, lovely city 

[zenrat]

Not for Mach 2 kits the masking tape we use to hold "normal" kits together.  No, Mach 2 kits require duct tape...

Looking good Kit.

[PR19_Kit]

DISASTER!  

After spending some hours filing and sanding down the apology for a fuselage joint, I must have sanded off 1/2 pound of styrene and applied around the same amount of putty to try and get it even half way acceptable, I thought I'd give it a rest and move on to the beaching trolley.

THEN I found that the only bits of the trolley that I can find are the main chassis shown in the earlier pics! it looks like I've lost a whole sprue, including all the wheels etc. somewhere. 

I'll start digging in the last area the kit occupied, but I'm not optimistic. I can see the aircraft being finished a long while before I can scratchbuild all those little bits and pieces I'll need for the trolley. 

[kerick]

Simple! Start looking for something else and you will find your lost sprue! Always works for me.

[zenrat]

You didn't seal them up inside it did you?

[PR19_Kit]

You didn't seal them up inside it did you?

Hehehe, it's big enough, isn't it? 

[Old Wombat]

You didn't seal them up inside it did you?

Had exactly the same thought!

[TheChronicOne]

 

Man I hope the sprue shows up soon!  I'm having good fun following along with this. Makes me want to build mine but I'll wait until a less stressful time of year for that... say.. winter when I'm not working much. 

[PR19_Kit]

I'm STILL PSRing the fuselage! 

Work will come to a halt now till Sunday night as I'll be away prior to the Coventry Show then. Hopefully the trolley parts will dig themselves out by then, I certainly can't find the blasted things!

[Gondor]

I'm hoping that the trolley parts show up sooner rather than later for you Kit. It's no fun when you spend almost as much time looking for parts as you do building the model.

Gondor