Canute
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I do hope he and his family are alright. I miss his work. 😄 -
Looks like Kotare has plans to add more Spit variants. Beautiful castings and decals. Very nice.
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Great photo collection. I hope the jets stored outside get an occasional repaint. Seems they've preserved a good number of Buccs. Nice haul at the show. If I hit one door prize, it's a lucky day. Well done.
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Craig, your configuration is more of a anti-ship bomber. The AR missile is most likely launched to take out ship borne radars to allow the Bucc backseater some time to refine and shoot the the TV missiles. Preemptive shots like that are a good technique in a hostile environment. Did one over Hanoi, way back when. I know messing with a Maverick missile takes heavy concentration by the backseater, picking out a target in a semi benign environment, like a Red Flag exercise. It's not a real High Def TV picture; looked more like an old black and white tiny TV screen. That limits whose eyes are outside to just the pilot.
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Thank you for your efforts, brother.
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Don't know if maybe they put a fuel tank in the bomb bay, like they did in the F-105. Pure conjecture on my part. Maybe our resident researcher has the apropos facts?
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The Wrights also turned by warping the wing. Ailerons didn't come about until 10 years later. NASA modified an F-111 to test the concept, but I don't think it got very far. The Wrights were the first systems engineers, combining many disciplines to build their Flyers.
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I was wondering what the gizmo on the stab was. Interesting use for that flying surface. The boundary control and deicing came off the engine compressor; the F-4 used a similar system for the leading and trailing flaps on the wings. When the slats were applied, they left the tubing in the leading edge, so the jet gained about 1500 pounds of dead weight.
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So the tail-plane is a stabilator, like on the F-4 and F101. Better control at high Mach. And the old "elevators" were trim tabs. Very interesting. In Arthur's photo, you can see the pathway on the vertical tail with the indentation for the tail-plane going nose down.
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Handley Page Heyford by RGL - FINISHED - Matchbox - 1/72
Canute replied to RGL's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Nice job turning this sow's ear into an excellent model. Well done. 👍 -
Night and day with the Vector engine. And catching the twist in the motor mount? Wow, well done, Airfix.
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For the signs on paper sheets, your techniques are great. One more is to carefully sand the backsides of the signs to get them very thin, like tissue. Then glue them in place with thinned white glue. The signs should adhere to your wood surfaces, like the clapboards. Seal in place.
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Ouch. Heal up soon.
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They look very good. Almost look like they'll work. 😄
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Handley Page Heyford by RGL - FINISHED - Matchbox - 1/72
Canute replied to RGL's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Just a tad, Greg. -
Try canopy cement. It's a white glue, dries clear. It'll glue PE to plastic very well. I use it to hold metal running boards to plastic and resin cars.
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That a kit part or something you had to make up? Great idea, since these are usually tail sitting tricycles.
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Congratulations on the awards. Especially with the number of entries. 👍
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Was this a state wide event or just your local chapter. Those are some great builds, whatever level they are.
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Handley Page Heyford by RGL - FINISHED - Matchbox - 1/72
Canute replied to RGL's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Oddly interesting. I'm in to follow. -
Very nice selection, Craig. I'm sure there a numbers winners there. Good luck. Pack 'em up securely. They're too nice to risk a case of fumble fingers.
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This is an aspect of ship modeling almost never seen in our hobby. Heck of a kit!
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Jeff, I think you've got a fine start with the weathering and detailing. I'll be following along.
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Mike, I'm in, too. I'd expect the white paint was more of a whitewash over everything, so the underlying colors show through. And I have some oceanfront property outside Phoenix AZ, if you're interested.🤣
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