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The English Electric Dalgety, the 'Just in case' project.

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zenrat

#75
March 16, 2025, 06:11:47 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on March 16, 2025, 06:02:39 AM
Quote from: zenrat on March 16, 2025, 05:56:47 AMI think you'll find thee is a ready supply just outside the front door... :wacko:


Hehehe, very true, but driving afterwards is a bit bouncy.  ;D

I didn't mean use yours...
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..

PR19_Kit

#76
March 16, 2025, 08:24:24 AM
Quote from: zenrat on March 16, 2025, 06:11:47 AMI didn't mean use yours...


 ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  :thumbsup:
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

PR19_Kit

#77
March 16, 2025, 10:34:39 AM
Just a slight disaster with the Dalgety.......... :-(

As I've been PSRing and filing the wing/engine combination, various exhaust stubs have broken off at various times. (Yeah, I know I shouldn't have glued them in place originally, but you live and learn) I replaced two of them with some short lengths of 10 amp fuse wire and bent them to the correct angle, but then a 3rd and 4th one snapped off, so I thought the hell with this, I'll chop them ALL off and replace them with some resin add-ons.

Except no-one does resin exhausts for Griffons, not Spitfire XIV/XIX ones anyway. So I've ordered a set for a Spitfire IX, that should do the job, and it's on the other side from the starboard wing so it shouldn't look too different. Anyway, the Big H only had ONE set of Spit IX exhausts!

Thinking I'd better get the nacelle ready for the new exhausts I started to chop ALL the olds ones off and drill and file slots for the new ones, and in the process I snapped the entire engine off the wing!  :banghead:  :banghead:  :banghead:

At least it makes it easier to file the new exhaust's slots I guess, but it's a pain nonetheless.
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

Gondor

#78
March 16, 2025, 12:02:21 PM
Is THIS what you are looking for Kit? Available through various retailers.

Gondor

My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

PR19_Kit

#79
March 16, 2025, 02:06:31 PM
It was exactly that one, yes, but no-one I looked at seemed to have any in stock.

Still, I've got the Spitfire IX ones coming now, and I'll see how different they look before searching again.
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

Gondor

#80
March 16, 2025, 02:31:56 PM
There is a set available on eBay and THIS site has them in stock.

Gondor
My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

PR19_Kit

#81
March 16, 2025, 03:51:34 PM
Hmm, both turn out to be wildly expensive once the p&p and minimum orders are taken into account. Thanks for the links, but I think I'll see how the Spit exhausts work before I go any further.
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

McColm

#82
March 17, 2025, 03:16:40 AM Last Edit: March 17, 2025, 03:20:22 AM by McColm
Got an idea for the Mach2 RB-57F four piston engines.

Gondor

#83
March 17, 2025, 03:20:21 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on March 16, 2025, 03:51:34 PMHmm, both turn out to be wildly expensive once the p&p and minimum orders are taken into account. Thanks for the links, but I think I'll see how the Spit exhausts work before I go any further.


I will check when I get home but I might have some exhausts from that kit that would be available Kit, no promises though.

Gondor
My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

PR19_Kit

#84
March 19, 2025, 01:30:32 PM
Hm, so much for that idea............  :banghead:

I tried the resin Spitfire Mk IX exhausts in the port engine of the Dalgety, and while they're smaller than the proper Griffon exhausts, there wasn't that much difference, and looking from one side to the other you'd be hard pressed to notice.

But............

No sooner had I got one side of them in place when the remaining exhaust snapped in half and one half has vanished totally. I really don't think the idea of a V9 engine would work too well............. :(
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

Gondor

#85
March 19, 2025, 03:06:27 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on March 19, 2025, 01:30:32 PMHm, so much for that idea............  :banghead:

I tried the resin Spitfire Mk IX exhausts in the port engine of the Dalgety, and while they're smaller than the proper Griffon exhausts, there wasn't that much difference, and looking from one side to the other you'd be hard pressed to notice.

But............

No sooner had I got one side of them in place when the remaining exhaust snapped in half and one half has vanished totally. I really don't think the idea of a V9 engine would work too well............. :(

I will get into the loft tomorrow and dig out a pair of exhausts for you, I might be able to find a second set and get them posted to you by the start of next week Kit.

Gondor
My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

scooter

#86
March 19, 2025, 03:21:27 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on March 19, 2025, 01:30:32 PMI really don't think the idea of a V9 engine would work too well............. :(

But that'd definitely be a bad idea... :wacko:
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Old Wombat

#87
March 19, 2025, 08:50:02 PM
I'd be inclined to leave the exhausts off, from now on, until all the rough handling is done. :banghead:
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Rick Lowe

#88
March 19, 2025, 09:19:29 PM
Quote from: Old Wombat on March 19, 2025, 08:50:02 PMI'd be inclined to leave the exhausts off, from now on, until all the rough handling is done. :banghead:

Agree totally.

PR19_Kit

#89
March 20, 2025, 06:53:53 AM
Quote from: Old Wombat on March 19, 2025, 08:50:02 PMI'd be inclined to leave the exhausts off, from now on, until all the rough handling is done. :banghead:


I'm definitely doing that, I was just trialling them for fit y'day.

But good 'Ole Alastair has come up trumps with an offer to send me lots of correct exhausts, so expect a bunch of radial engined Spitfire XIVs to appear from Scotland soon, or maybe even jet powered ones!  :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
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