HubertB

Of course. I always am ... Btw, printing a spinner should not be a big issue. If someone is willing to do the research and give me the basic dimensions and profile, it's a few minutes design, and a few hours' printing job Hubert

Good choice with the Naxos antenna. It looks cooler, IMHO Hubert

I have one … Hubert

Interesting technique for sure. Thanks for posting it 👍. Hubert

On the other hand, nobody will be able to tell you which is the right configuration. It’s like a wedding ceremony « speak now or shut-up forever », so you can say « I do » to whichever choice you want Hubert

Me too … although I do not understand what dogs have got to do with it … Hubert

YES ! How did you guess these news made me happy ? Hubert

Hey, Kai …. Is it done yet ? Hubert

Mmmmh, John, and how come ? … Hubert

Beautiful ! Hubert

Well, she fought you, but you prevailed in the end, and in a masterful way. You can be proud of your achievement, Gary. And, by my standards, 5 months is lightning fast ! Again, well done 👍 ! Hubert

Excellent fix, as one could expect from a talented modeller like you 👍 ! Hubert

What they said 👍 ! Hubert

Well, any smart businessman would know THIS is a subject that provides the recipe to print money by truckloads … TWO of the modelling industry’s top-sellers but ONE mold only 🤩 ! Yeahh, I know … I am a business genius : whom do you think Elon, Bill, Jeff and Mark learned their trade from 😎 ? Hubert

Get well soon John ! Glad it turned out OK for you. Hubert

Gotta say that, in as much as I don’t really fancy the splinter camo, the shape of the Viggen is certainly not only impressive, but quite handsome, in my eyes, at least. Of course, it pales against the pure sexiness of the Draken, but still one of the best-looking of this generation. Nice work, Mark 👍 ! Hubert

Get well soon, my friend ! Hubert

Great work, Craig ! Hubert

I already hate the standard flies that come buzzing when I am sitting in one lounge chair, so I really would not relish one the size of an eagle … Hubert

That's because what you are seeing is an -a, not a -c version. The -c was significantly different, with, among changes, the dorsal spine, a taller fin and rudder, an engine the thrust-line of which was lowered by 30 cms, a higher position of the seat in the cockpit (the two latter mods to improve pilot's vision), a different engine, a larger cwoling, etc... I love your experiments with oil paint. Learning a lot with this ! Hubert. PS: I have to ask .... Is it done yet ?

The more I see your work, the less I regret jumping on board Great job. I hope I will be half as good as you with mine, Mark. Hubert

The engine shown is more likely a Pegasus than a Mercury (assuming the prop is prototypical, 3-bladed ones were fitted to the -24, not the -11) and the designs evolved over time anyway. As I mentioned, the « blob » on the front is a kind of pressure monitoring device. It was standard on the Bristol Jupiter and its derivatives like the Mercury. It was also used by Gnome and Rhone, who first produced Jupiters under licence, than went their own way, but reused some engineering features of Bristol engines. It was certainly present on the G&R Mistral 9 which I designed when Marcin and I wrongly assumed, for a few days, that the Paris Air show 1932 P-11 c prototype had a Mistral fitted rather than a Mercury. Hubert PS: … and the spark plugs show on the sides of the Bitzkrieg cylinders

The glossy appearance in Krakow is a recent repainting. Here are the ones I took back in 2011. Btw, I had forgotten I took a pic of the engine next to it. Although the color of the crankcase and pushrods' casings is anything but prototypical, you can see the ignition wires running from the plugs on the sides (remembering I had those would have saved me a looooong internet search for my own P-11c). HTH Hubert

Don’t worry too much about the ignition wiring, Rob. My P-11 is stalled because of my AMS on just the ignition wires ( but it’s just a lame excuse, because I could finish it anytime now). They run from the sides of the cylinders to the base of the intake manifold, on the rear of the engine, and will be barely visible behind the engine fairing, through the aperture of the cowling. Only the experten (like me) will know. Hubert

Very nice, Rob. and I confirm that this is not the ignition harness. On these engines, the spark plugs (two per cylinder) were located on the side - left and right when wiewed from the front - of each cylinder. Hubert