Pics of your models, please!

[Le TVR]

Eric Mc said:

everything you need to know

Eric Mc said:

three TSR2s actually built

Interesting because I was going to do it as XR228, last one off the line. Information was that it was assembled and fuel leak tested but never got to the paintshop before they broke it up....

[Eric Mc]

That gives you total freedom to pick your preferred scheme.

If you want me to, I could scan in some of these profiles to let you know what the various possible schemes looked like.

I'd need your e-mail address to send the scanned images as attachements though.

[gopher]

Le TVR said:

Interesting because I was going to do it as XR228, last one off the line. Information was that it was assembled and fuel leak tested but never got to the paintshop before they broke it up....

going O/T for a wee mo...

I did a summer job in the early eighties at Cosford (My old man was ending his 22 there) in the museum.

Once all the exterior exhibits had been washed down we were asked to clean up (ie sweep the floors) at two of the hangers at the back of the airfield. In one was a load of old airfield vehicles and equipment and a dismantled Dinah (I would imagine it is the one they got flying some years later - sat in the Pilots seat whilst in the hanger, that was a strange feeling), and in the other was a number of aircraft and helicopters.

In this second hanger was also a huge amount of stacked boxes labeled TSR2, many with the original (I assume) packing slips attached (the dates on them were early 60's).

I could not understand why there was such a huge number of what I assumed were spare parts, I know packaging adds to the size of parts, but there were a very large number. The largest pack was slightly larger than one of the tailplanes , and there were probably high hundreds of packages in the 2 foot square sort of size.

Don't get me wrong I'm not a fantasist I know TSR2 will never fly which is why I have always been confused by the long-term storage of these parts.

Oh Well

As you were..

edit - they may not have been labeled TSR2 - although a number certainly had this written in marker pen on them, however if they weren't labeled TSR2 then it did have the serial number on which I used to check aircraft type (quite easy in the museum) - memory is a bit hazy after 16 years.

Edited by gopher on Thursday 2nd August 12:29

[Eric Mc]

The RAF Museum retains many sets of spare parts as "museum" objects. Some may be used in refurbishing displayed aircraft. Some may be used as display items in themselves.
I visited the main RAF Museum store when it was at Cardington and they had rack upon rack of spares - many for aircraft that no longer exist (spare canopies for Hamilcar gliders, spare truss sections for the R101 airship). It was a fascinating place.

The Mitsubishi Dinah was never restored to flying condition. As far as I know, it's still on static display at Cosford.

I saw it when it in 1988 was held in store at RAF St Athan.

[gopher]

Eric Mc said:

The Mitsubishi Dinah was never restored to flying condition. As far as I know, it's still on static display at Cosford.

I saw it when it in 1988 was held in store at RAF St Athan.

My only "memory" of a flying Dinah was seeing a picture of one (flying) on the front cover of Flypast magazine, however this was sometime after my interest in such things had waned and prior to it picking up again.

I suspect you are right and I was mistaken as I certainly can't find any reference to a flying Dinah. (now I have looked)

Cheers

Paul

[Eric Mc]

As far as I know, it's the only surviving Dinah anywhere.

The St Athan collection was redistributed to other RAF Museum collections so some of the aircraft I saw back in 1988 are on public display elsewhere. The two seat Fw190 is at Hendon.

[Le TVR]

Eric Mc said:

If you want me to, I could scan in some of these profiles to let you know what the various possible schemes looked like.

Thanks for the offer. I just think that it really should be in anti-flash though. (and I have a large quantity of gloss white covering film which should be OK then)

Anyway the photo of XR228 shows that parts of the fuselage were already white. Guess that means it came from English Electric and not Weybridge then?

There were lots of stories about large quantities of parts etc being misplaced and XR220 apparently sat hidden under tarpaulins in a hanger for many years.

Edited by Le TVR on Thursday 2nd August 13:46

[S4simon]

Something a little different. I've added fibreoptics for instrument and external lighting and micro leds for the MFDs and HUD. This is an Academy 1/32 F16. :-)

[CIS121]

S4simon said:

Something a little different. I've added fibreoptics for instrument and external lighting and micro leds for the MFDs and HUD. This is an Academy 1/32 F16. :-)

Nice. Have you got a photo of the whole model?

[S4simon]

Err - Thats' taken me 9 months to get to that stage. Not very quick these days. I reckon another month or two.

[UKbob]

S4simon said:

Err - Thats' taken me 9 months to get to that stage. Not very quick these days. I reckon another month or two.

They build real cars in less time ya know

[cinqster]

My latest project - a 1/8th scratchbuilt Porsche RS60

[UKbob]

cinqster said:

My latest project - a 1/8th scratchbuilt Porsche RS60

Knowing very little about modeling, Id be keen to hear how you made that. It looks good.

[RVVUNM]

slartibartfast said:

heres 'one' of my choppers
haven't really got many pics of my airplanes infact don't know how many i have

[IMG]http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y231/paulj1969/T3D/?action=view&current=april06219.jpg[IMG]

heres my jet engine
[IMG]http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y231/paulj1969/engines/?action=view&current=jet003.jpg[IMG]


heres an Alien i built from kit
[IMG]http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y231/paulj1969/props/?action=view&current=feb04193.jpg[IMG]

dog burster
[IMG]http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y231/paulj1969/props/?action=view&current=dogbuster3.jpg[IMG]

face hugger

[IMG]http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y231/paulj1969/props/?action=view&current=chestbuster3.jpg[IMG]

Edited by slartibartfast on Saturday 21st July 11:39

Edited by slartibartfast on Saturday 21st July 11:44

[cinqster]

[/quote]Knowing very little about modeling, Id be keen to hear how you made that. It looks good.
[/quote]

Bob, this is a new way of modelling for me so I'm still experimenting with it. The body 'buck' is made entirely from ordinary car body filler layed onto a balsa armature. The photo shows it after the filler has been applied but without any sanding - I'm in the process of shaping it now!

The story so far can be found here:

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthre...

Edited by cinqster on Friday 9th November 11:30

[UKbob]

cinqster said:

Bob, this is a new way of modelling for me so I'm still experimenting with it. The body 'buck' is made entirely from ordinary car body filler layed onto a balsa armature. The photo shows it after the filler has been applied but without any sanding - I'm in the process of shaping it now!

The story so far can be found here:

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthre...

Fantastic job! I read your updates on all 4 pages, the photos and work done is quite extraordinary, fascinating stuff. How many man hours are you into your project so far?

[cinqster]

UKbob said:

cinqster said:

Bob, this is a new way of modelling for me so I'm still experimenting with it. The body 'buck' is made entirely from ordinary car body filler layed onto a balsa armature. The photo shows it after the filler has been applied but without any sanding - I'm in the process of shaping it now!

The story so far can be found here:

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthre...

Fantastic job! I read your updates on all 4 pages, the photos and work done is quite extraordinary, fascinating stuff. How many man hours are you into your project so far?

Not logged it, but I'd guess about 200 hours so far. A lot of that has been researching and compiling reference and drawing up componants that are yet to made. Hoping to have it done by the summer!

[UKbob]

cinqster said:

UKbob said:

cinqster said:

Bob, this is a new way of modelling for me so I'm still experimenting with it. The body 'buck' is made entirely from ordinary car body filler layed onto a balsa armature. The photo shows it after the filler has been applied but without any sanding - I'm in the process of shaping it now!

The story so far can be found here:

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthre...

Fantastic job! I read your updates on all 4 pages, the photos and work done is quite extraordinary, fascinating stuff. How many man hours are you into your project so far?

Not logged it, but I'd guess about 200 hours so far. A lot of that has been researching and compiling reference and drawing up componants that are yet to made. Hoping to have it done by the summer!

Then what? Crash testing before you design and build the production models?

[cinqster]

UKbob said:

cinqster said:

UKbob said:

cinqster said:

Bob, this is a new way of modelling for me so I'm still experimenting with it. The body 'buck' is made entirely from ordinary car body filler layed onto a balsa armature. The photo shows it after the filler has been applied but without any sanding - I'm in the process of shaping it now!

The story so far can be found here:

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthre...

Fantastic job! I read your updates on all 4 pages, the photos and work done is quite extraordinary, fascinating stuff. How many man hours are you into your project so far?

Not logged it, but I'd guess about 200 hours so far. A lot of that has been researching and compiling reference and drawing up componants that are yet to made. Hoping to have it done by the summer!

Then what? Crash testing before you design and build the production models?

Nope, then the mighty 917!

[Negative Creep]

A few of my efforts


Tamiya 1:48 Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate (Hurricane / Gale) "Frank"










Hasegawa 1:72 Bristol Beaufighter mk VI







Academy 1:72 Spitfire XIVe







Italeri 1:72 Junkers Ju 87D 'Stuka' Russian Front







1:72 Spitfire collection: at the back is a mk.1, then USAAF mk V, mk IX, RAAF mk IV, mk XIV

Edited by Negative Creep on Monday 12th November 17:15