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The "Not Invented Here" syndrome. Seen it a lot in my flying career.😒

Ken

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11 hours ago, Canute said:

The "Not Invented Here" syndrome. Seen it a lot in my flying career.😒

The bane of cooperative ventures. I spent some time at McDonnell-Douglas St. Louis back in the 90s (when corporate budgets allowed office supplies with company names and logos) and there were die-hards who would cut the "-Douglas" off the end of their pencils. Rolls-Royce Derby went out of their way to ignore what was done at Rolls-Royce Bristol. As for Joint European ventures.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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I was at a Red Flag flying exercise at Nellis back in the 70s and called an A-4 Sky Hawk a McDonnell Douglas product. They about took my head off. So my beloved Phantom is a McDonnell only product. Mr McDonnell was into the occult with respect to his aircraft. Phantom I & II, Banshee, Demon, VooDoo. Happy Halloween and Samhain.

Ken

Started: MS Bounty Longboat,

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Mr. McDonnell was a character to say the least and actually acted like a human being around the workers.

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

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12 hours ago, Canute said:

I was at a Red Flag flying exercise at Nellis back in the 70s and called an A-4 Sky Hawk a McDonnell Douglas product. They about took my head off. So my beloved Phantom is a McDonnell only product. Mr McDonnell was into the occult with respect to his aircraft. Phantom I & II, Banshee, Demon, VooDoo. Happy Halloween and Samhain.

And then along came Boeing. They have out a welcome package to St Louis employees including a Boeing pin. A lot seemed to end up in the car park.

The names live on a bit though

The call sign for the X-32 at flight test was Phantom 1 (may not be the best inheritance for the wonderful F4) and the St Louis advanced projects is the Phantom Works

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I knew the St Louis facility was the Phantom Works. Nice way to commemorate the jet.

 

Luckily, there are a number of preserved Phantoms around the US. The one we got at McGuire is a MiG killer; I think USAF wanted to preserve them, rather than expending those as drones for missile testing. And a town near that base got a Thunderbird F-4.

 

Boeing has some good planes, just not any fighters in a long time. Calling an Eagle a Boeing product my be technically true, but Micky D designed and built the bulk of them.

 

I got to pick up new, factory fresh Phantoms, with one or two hours in the log book. Delivered one to the Shah, back in 75.

Ken

Started: MS Bounty Longboat,

On Hold:  Heinkel USS Choctaw paper

Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1

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1 hour ago, Canute said:

Boeing has some good planes, just not any fighters in a long time. Calling an Eagle a Boeing product my be technically true, but Micky D designed and built the bulk of them.

Yep. It goes around. There used to be a sign outside the St Louis AV-8B engineering building that said "Home of the Harrier" Used to upset the BAe people something rotten.

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I'll bet. "noive o' some people", as Bugs Bunny would say. 😉

Ken

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Apart from reflecting on the happy days in aviation I actually have been doing a bit on the Westerflug. 

I air brushed the light grey paint onto the upper half of the model and had a bit of an unexpected result. The paint went on well but maybe because of the addition of too much thinner or because the panel lines are a bit deep the panel lines came through in the black primer even after two light coats of grey. I was trying to vary the depth of colour across the wings to make the aircraft look a bit used. I suspect the addition of the blue violet leopard spots will pretty much make it worthless.

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So I seem to have got the panel lines for free.

I masked up and sprayed the matt black on the underside and completely forgot to take photos. It came out quite nicely and needed very little touch up. The wheel wells were busied up with some plastic rod hydraulic tubes and brake lines on the gear legs. I forgot those photos too.

Then it was time for the scary bit - the leopard spots. I trialed sponge pieces and tried to make a cardboard mask and didn't like the results on a few test pieces, Eventually I settled on using a cotton bud with just the tip wetted with paint and then the excess dabbed off. 

I found it harder than it seemed to try to get a random pattern but I found that working the dabs over in about four layers got something that I think is acceptable. Possibly the spots are too big but I think teh overall look is okay. A gloss coat was added and the decals went on very nicely. The naughty insignia on the tailfin was a nice two piece decal that was easy to line up

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I put the rotors on - and they spin - although twiddling by anyone else is banned,

The canopy has been masked and painted. Some basic touch up to follow

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The kit instructions list a raft of Mig weathering products but I'm at a bit of a loss to know whether it really makes much sense. The engine exhaust are in the matt black part of the paint scheme so sooting is not going to show. I've added a bit of bare metal around the wheel wells and gear but I don't see much scope beyond that. Any thoughts would be very welcome.

Thanks for all the interesting input and the likes and for stopping by. Better photos tomorrow I hope

Alan

 

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Alan, I think soot would be appropriate in the exhaust. You could dust Pan Pastel chalks for that. The paint scheme turned out well. That's a pretty standard night fighter scheme with Lichtblau over Schwarz with Grauviolett mottling. 👍

Ken

Started: MS Bounty Longboat,

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Thank you very much Craig. Much appreciated. I think its given me a bit of confidence to try another aircraft soon. This is a great kit for fit and detail. Their interpretation of the concept is quite good. It would be interesting to know if it was ever expected to make a conventional take off. Once the tail comes up those rotors get very close to the ground.

Alan

 

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4 minutes ago, Canute said:

Alan, I think soot would be appropriate in the exhaust. You could dust Pan Pastel chalks for that. The paint scheme turned out well. That's a pretty standard night fighter scheme with Lichtblau over Schwarz with Grauviolett mottling. 👍

Thanks very much Ken

I'll try some sooting while I'm finishing the details. 

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That is truly a one of kind model it will draw attention.  Beautifully done.

Mark
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Splendid work mate.

 

OC.

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What an interesting subject Alan!  Great job on the camo too - this is really cool, certainly a conversation starter!

Mike

 

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Cool looking contraption🙂. I love the camo paint job! Very nicely done Alan. 

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2 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said:

What an interesting subject Alan!  Great job on the camo too - this is really cool, certainly a conversation starter!

Thank you so much Mike. I was very nervous about the camo. Now I can dust off the Me262 kit. Its definitely an interesting subject. A STOVL collection would be an interesting project with this at one end and the F-35B at the other. So many models out there

Alan

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I added the wheel well doors and the canopy after a dip in clear coat to get rid of the scratches. I used some Mig streaking wash to add a bit of leaking oil from the gearboxes at the wing tips.

Some sooting around the exhausts and I think this one is finished.

Photos aren't much better. I need to work on the lighting but at least the canopy is in place.

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Thank you for all the kind comments and the Likes and for stopping by.

Alan

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Would love to see you do a Harrier  to go with  your scheme.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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On 10/10/2022 at 5:57 PM, king derelict said:

Thank you very much Mark. Maybe I need to build a V-22 to park next to it

Alan

A V-22 would be bit of icing on the cake.  

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

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Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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8 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

Would love to see you do a Harrier  to go with  your scheme.

 

OC.

I have a real affection for the Harriers. I spent five exciting years supporting the AV-8B, GR7 and Sea Harrier when accident and maintenance issues were getting us a lot of unwanted attention. It was great project to work on. The USMC really wanted to keep the aircraft viable and the airframer, engine company and customers all really pulled together. 

I would really like to do a Sea Harrier, GR7 and AV-8B.

Alan

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1 hour ago, king derelict said:

So many kits - so little time. 🙂

I contemplate building "my" STOVL birds. I have the X-32B, F-35B (Green Knights) I need to add the Harriers and the V-22

Alan

You could also acquire a Glencoe #05201 which is the McDonnell XV-1 convertiplane...

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In a yummy 1/32nd scale, price looks quite reasonable as well... We could do a dual build on her.... {chuckle} she would be perfect for the Rub-n-Buff treatment....

 

This one is mine... they are not hard to find and are still reasonably priced...

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Or perhaps a Bell XV-3 Convertiplane.... can't get anymore STOL that these...

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I just acquired one myself, there are several still available but they are becoming hard to find so the prices are going up....

It's only 1/43rd scale so it won't fit my collection unless I upscale her...

 

I've got lots of projects as well, just not enough time for them all... {chuckle}

 

EG

 

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1 hour ago, king derelict said:

I have a real affection for the Harriers. I spent five exciting years supporting the AV-8B, GR7 and Sea Harrier when accident and maintenance issues were getting us a lot of unwanted attention. It was great project to work on. The USMC really wanted to keep the aircraft viable and the airframer, engine company and customers all really pulled together. 

I would really like to do a Sea Harrier, GR7 and AV-8B.

Alan

A very underated  Jet    with so  much  style,    Kinetic  do some really nice  1/48  kits  of Harriers    and I think  Hasegawa  do some  AV-8   kits.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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