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  1. Wingco57
    Ok. A small update. On the British Phantoms the fuel dump valves were shortened to fit the smaller aurcrafr carriers. The RAF ones had them too. Just cutting off the J-type valve, filing shorter and put the valves at a short dihedral stance. Quick and easy. Cees
  2. Wingco57
    Thanks chaps. But it is no masterclass, just plodding along until something familiar emerges. Such as the basic shape of the fintop. Still needs details such as engraving of access panels and fairing it in with mr surfacer. The shorter fueldumping pipes to follow. Cees
  3. Wingco57
    By your command....... The plastic inner rings of the Revell tape rolls are 3 cm in diameter and perfect for the exhaust cans although they need to 1.5 cm long but that is no problem. We come to that later. First to see how to make the deeper rear section. Having Frank's article doesn't mean it's easy. Cees
  4. Wingco57
    Gaz, it is supposed to look very much different from the US Phantoms.
  5. Wingco57
    Got me some goodies for the cockpit. And the intakes have been cemented in place. I feel a sanding and Milliput session coming up. Cees
  6. Wingco57
    I'm tempted.
  7. Wingco57
    It takes a lot of cutting, adding plastic and sanding to get a reasonable fit. But this is as good as it gets. Milliput will be used to smooth things out. Hope you like. Cheers Cees
  8. Wingco57
    Getting there. Cees
  9. Wingco57
    How about oilcanning on the figure or is that too overstated? Cees
  10. Wingco57
    The force is extremely strong in you. Me likey! Cees
  11. Wingco57
    It's difficult to stay on topic eh? What a cat-astrophy! Cees
  12. Wingco57
    That makes 2 of us Anthony Cees
  13. Wingco57
    You are right Jeroen, compared to that figure the rocket is huge. Cees
  14. Wingco57
    Hang on...this might actually work. Cees
  15. Wingco57
    Very nice tom. Cees
  16. Wingco57
    Some more work done. The flaps were sawed in to enable the underside to be bent downwards later. Further work on the intake trunks. The top fillerpieces have been glued in. The flat pieces have a purpose and prevent the filler pieces from sitting too low. You see them cut away later. My take on the inner intake pieces. I assembled the cut off pieces and inserted a piece of plasticard in the join forcing it outwards. Later the missing pieces will be added from card and the insides smoothed with miliput. At least that is the plan. If it fails I will use the easy way....intake covers. Cheers Cees
  17. Wingco57
    Haha, nobody can blame me for not making the most accurate FGR then. I like that. Cees
  18. Wingco57
    Very nice Jeroen, I may warn you. Once you start scratchbuilding there is no way back! Cees
  19. Wingco57
    I agree, better to check wartime period photo's. I remember seeing some AVRO drawings that showed the table to be of wooden construction. The Mk X (Canadian) differed in many details, the table being probable one of them. Cees
  20. Wingco57
    Thanks chaps for the info. I think a lot of people are not aware of the many changes regarding the Spey-powered Phantoms. By the way, can anyone point me into the direction of some usable scale drawings? Cees
  21. Wingco57
    Thanks for thinking of me Carl. Some more sawing was in order. I seperated the front of the bottomsection in order to fit the cockpit after the wing and fuselage have been assembled. In that way the cockpit will not be damaged during the cutting and sanding proce and the parts can be cemented together. I made a straight cut across and the joint looks to be perfect. Also very pleased with the wing to fuselage join where the widened section fits nicely on top. That will save some filling. Very pleased with the progress so far. Cees
  22. Wingco57
    Thanks Nige, That (razor)saw I have since 1988 and it has made many casualties over the years. It still is quite sharp. If a kit is released before I finish my conversion I don't care and would buy it anyway as there are plenty of interesting liveries to model. Cees
  23. Wingco57
    I would suggest the shrouds fitted in front of the ailerons would give the wing the required height to enable the tips to fit well. If you don't fit the shouds the ends could sag and impair the fit of the tips. Purely theoretically speaking mind you. Cees
  24. Wingco57
    Thanks, I noticed and I plan to build up that "bump" with Miliput. The top has to be smoothed out anyway after the intakes were widened because of the piece of plasticard that was inserted the smooth flow of the sides was interrupted. Cees
  25. Wingco57
    Well...as promised the butchery has begun. Cuts were made to enable the intake fairings to spread out and connect to the widened intakes. Pieces of wedge shaped plasticard fill the gaps. So far so good. Cees
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