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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.🤣 -
Looking good, Mike.
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If you have an ultrasonic cleaner big enough to put your airbrush into, will take you well along in cleanup. A good soak in the IPA will help, too. Q tips/cotton ear buds or pipe-cleaners will help, too. Be gentle.
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That's a bare minimum of treatment. Sorry to read of your travails, OC.
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Glad to help. The RAF crews we worked with at that Red Flag were happy to show off their jets. 👍
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Craig, I inherited a canvas bag that holds all the safing pins from our ejection seat trainer. The chair had to be turned in, when we converted to the tanker, but I guess the guys in the shop liked me, so I was gifted the pin bag. There are I think 13 pins that were installed in the seat to safe all the assorted charges on the chair, since they were all exposed. That's some off those little tubes you see on the castings. The follow on jets, F-15, 17, A-10 all have ACES II seats and have I think one lever to safe the seat. Progress. Seats are looking good. Interesting feature of the Bucc was the backseat is offset from the front seat, instead of the inline tandem in most two seaters.
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A little late, but useful nonetheless. PE 1 & 2," butt snappers" to separate you from the ejection seat. We didn't have them; had a different system with drogue chutes on top of the seat. PE 5, straps to hold the flaps on top of the parachute. That 2 tone inverted U shape is the parachute container. The D ring cord runs up the left riser to the actual release loops on top of this. The 4 straps hold down a cover over this. PE 8, lower ejection handle. My go to handle in flight; it forces me to keep my arms tucked in. PE 7 & 9, I think they're part of the single release harness system favored in the UK. PE 10, lower part of the harness system and seat kit fasteners. Another part of the single point release PE 11, lap belt, obviously PE 13, Parachute restraint straps. Holds the parachute container in the seat until the seat functions to separate from you. Any other questions, just ask. And no, I never ejected from a real aircraft. Did do an ejection seat trainer, a zillion years ago.
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The PE12 parts are the lines the flyers leg garters route thru. Holds the legs tight to the seat to prevent flailing legs. 😄 PE6 is I believe a harness restraint system. Essentially an inertia reel. Pulls your shoulders back to the parachute case in the initial stages of an ejection. Had to dig up my old -1, flight manual, to look at the diagram. We were always taught to sit bolt upright before we ejected, if at all able. Of course, being Rocket Man for a few seconds could cause spinal injuries. That's why there is no padding on an ejection seat, just a piece of Nomex cloth.😉
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Avro Lancaster Bomber by JKC27 - Border Model - 1/32
Canute replied to JKC27's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Well organized build and so neat to match it to the one being rebuilt. I got to hear a Lanc, Spitfire and Hurricane at a Battle of Britain Air Show at RAF Leuchars back in 96. They made several "stately" passes over the crowd; the engine sounds were super. The crews came over to our KC-135 for beers after they landed. Somebody asked why the sedate passes and I think the Spit pilot said they didn't want to be known as the guy who pranged on of these rarities. -
Lots of straps there, Craig. Tough to do them up on alert, before the canopy came down. Did the RN/RAF use leg garters on the fronts of their MB seats? We had one above each ankle and another just above the knee. They lived in the cockpit. Held our legs tight to the seat for high speed ejections.
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I like the right hand color. The wartime photos all show a marked contrast between colors. It can't be only the gray fading to achieve the color contrast, so it must be the lighter shade.
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We've still got a few payphone kiosks around, but there are no phones in them. 🙄 Coke still comes in glass bottles around here too. It's a Latino version, made with real sugar versus the chemical additives, And it's sweeeet. Too much for me; gets my teeth on edge.😝
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Should have spotted the vertical inlet. Doh! 😁
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Must be a generic WW II single seater.
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New B-52 engines?
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A razorback C model. Nice. I don't do 1/32 a/c, mostly due to display space, That being said, they look great. My unit in Germany flew Jugs in 9th AF. Andy, good joke. They were big brutes, 14K pounds or so. Typical Republic Ironworks beast.
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Andy, I'm in. The "Tiffie", for me, is right up there with the P-47 Jug as a ground attack aircraft.
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Superb work, Gary. The mechanic under the truck is spot on. And your backdrop industrial picturs are the frosting on this display. 👍👍
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Ted, try dipping the PE into white vinegar. It's a weak acid and makes a decent etchant for cleaning the PE. Rinse with water and let dry.
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Harry, hope you have a small powered drill. Doing it with just a pin vice may be excruciating.
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I'm in, too.
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I'm in to watch. Too many cars and Model RR operating sessions right now. And Spring is springing right now; a tad early for the Smokies. I had the pleasure of flying in the first Red Flag exercise with the RAF Buccs back in I think '78. Very professional bunch in the Flag Ex, but a riot after-hours.😄 And they seemed as big a jet as my Phantom.
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