Gannet Scale Models

[The Wooksta!]

I don't recommend dropping scalpel into a thigh. Did that thirty years back and had t been an inch another way, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

[Lost Cosmonauts]

I don't recommend dropping scalpel into a thigh. Did that thirty years back and had t been an inch another way, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

I got a good safety demo when I was young as I watched my Dad (a trained carpenter) in the loft hobby area not bother with a workbench to save a moment and balance a bit of wood on his thigh to saw. The result was as messy as you'd expect and getting down the ladder while bleeding was "interesting"

[Gondor]

I did the scalpel trick myself some forty years ago despite the Humbrol modelling knife have a knobbly end to stop it rolling 

Gondor

[Green Dragon]

Lost my scalpel once, found it sticking vertically out of my foot. Didn't feel a thing. Until I pulled it out! 

Paul Harrison

[Scotaidh]

The last time I used a scalpel was in college.  I broke the stupidly thin blade when I applied too much sideways force and the blade shattered like a New Years' resolution ... 

After that demonstration of weakness, I've never used one again.  For modeling I use X-acto knives, and I use one with a very dull blade.  I have new blades, and blade holders with new blades in them - I keep them in a small drawer for that one time in a thousand that I need a sharp blade. 

I find the dull blade much more useful for scraping duties, which is 90%+ of the uses I have that knife.  The broken-off tip is great for scribing lines in plastic and clearing dried paint from the lids of my Humbrol paint tins; the back of the blade is great for scraping down joint lines and the built-up paint on my stir-sticks ...

The only time I actually use X-actos for cutting is to cut the shrink-wrap on a new model box or to trim masking tape or separate decals so I can soak them individually instead of the whole sheet at once. 

The scalpel? I used it once after breaking the "lab" blade ... I used a hook-shaped blade to remove a small piece of glass from the sole of my foot. 

[Lost Cosmonauts]

Scalpel related accidents aside there has been some progress

Umpteen Fairey Delta 3s are off into the world and I'll hopefully get some finished pictures to share

Now the printers have a bit of capacity to spare I can try something new again. The DeHavilland DH117 is ready to try out and once printed will head in the direction of brave test pilot Kitbasher

Will amend the image embedding bit if you want you can see the render here



and layout of bits on the print surface here

[Gondor]

That looks like the slimline version of an F-89, well if you squint a bit...

Gondor

[kitbasher]

That looks like the slimline version of an F-89, well if you squint a bit...

Gondor

That and/or a pedestrian F-101B.

But hey, very excited to be test driving the kit!

[The Rat]

I don't recommend dropping scalpel into a thigh. Did that thirty years back and had t been an inch another way, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

Femoral artery?

[The Wooksta!]

Very probably.

[Lost Cosmonauts]

A bit of an epic share of images as there's been a lot happening - the good Mr The Wooksta! has kindly lent his skills to casting some add ons for the P.8 e.g. tail fins, retracted IFR probe, belly tank for your what-offing needs and those have been added to the store and are displayed below on some fetching builds by aforementioned Mr W!, Gary Marshall, Mr Martin H and Mr crudebuteffective

Single seater:









Twin seater:





AW.58 delta:





AW.58 swept wing:

[Lost Cosmonauts]

And in pictures of new additions to the range news we have:

The Fairey Delta 3 pictured almost complete by Mr The Wooksta! and as a license built Rockwell F-110 Titan armed with AIM-54s by Mr crudebuteffective, thank you gents





In answer to the siren call of the Z.122 missiles for the TSR2 and the armed Concorde earlier in the thread these have also been run off and added to the range

[Lost Cosmonauts]

P.S. I was pleased to have almost caught up with orders and managed to restock the numonday store front but that was apparently just throwing fresh meat into the lion enclosure and y'all have ransacked me again. If there's something you are after and it is showing as out of stock please drop me a line and I'll add you to the print queue. Am working flat out to keep up

[Lost Cosmonauts]

I've been busy and while I haven't updated numonday storefront yet today I think (overnight print gods willing) that I have at least one of everything and multiples of most

1/72 Blue Water missiles are new and not listed yet pending getting some pictures sorted out

[kitnut617]

And my order for the Z.122's arrived today, or I should say were at the post office when I went today. I think they arrived Friday.

Lovely bits of work they are too ---