Meteor F.8 Fisher conversion

[benjaminsummerfield]

 

 

Finally it's arrived! I only had chance for a quick scan but it seems excellent!

 

Thanks to Kagemusha's heads up I got the donor HK F.4 for £55 delivered from lucky model so it's cost about £120 all in so not to bad at all for a comprehensive conversion.

 

Watch this space I'll post some more pics tonight.

[kahunaminor]

Decided on a scheme yet?

 

Regards,

[benjaminsummerfield]

The 615 squadron one in silver

[mgbgtv8steve]

Talk about 'hot of the press!!' Arrived this morning and briefly reviewed this afternoon - now that's what you call a dedicated LSM reviewer!

It looks terrific and I'm sure will result in a 'corking model' to go alongside the F.4 - can't wait!

 

regards,

 

Dad

[benjaminsummerfield]

Took a few pics. Not intended to be a review as LSM may yet get a review sample.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Paulster]

Lot of resin for a "conversion" set. Seen a couple of Paul Fishers kits and am always amazed.

[mgbgtv8steve]

Now that looks good and seems to offer 'plenty of bang for your buck'!! I've built - yes and finished! - the Paul Fisher's Hunter T.7 and I thought it was amazing - may even do another!

Looking forward to the build!!

Regards,

 

Dad 

[tony o]

Hiya Ben,

             That`s a nice conversion set and it should result in a great model but as a fellow Lancashire lad you should really be going for the 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn option based at Woodvale!  

Cheers

             Tony

[Dave J]

Oh crap... This is calling out to me now.. The conversion set looks great!

[benjaminsummerfield]

Hiya Ben,

That`s a nice conversion set and it should result in a great model but as a fellow Lancashire lad you should really be going for the 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn option based at Woodvale!

Cheers

Tony

Blimey didn't realise that. Might have to do that for old times sake.

[tony o]

Blimey didn't realise that. Might have to do that for old times sake.

611 Sqn operated F.8`s in silver and in camouflage,......... so either would be OK, but the camouflaged ones with the later fully glazed canopy do look very nice indeed!

Cheers

          Tony  

[benjaminsummerfield]

I'm torn at the mo. A few nice schemes where I could mask the squadron markings myself. It only comes with the large intakes so needs to be one with those, I like the early canopy too.

[benjaminsummerfield]

PROGRESS!!!

 

Got chance to do a bit tonight so thought I'd break the back of it and do the two main cuts.

 

Dymo tape was the trick here to keep the cuts straight and accurate and I used progressively bigger scribers until I could use the razor saw.

 

 

 

Not a lot left of the kit fuselage!!

 

 

 

 

 

Lots of excess plastic!

 

 

 

 

[Guest Kagemusha]

Pity they didn't just do a full fuselage, hope they do for the FR.9 and nightfighters. Good luck with it, great project.

[benjaminsummerfield]

Pity they didn't just do a full fuselage, hope they do for the FR.9 and nightfighters. Good luck with it, great project.

Hardly seems worth using that little of the kit fuselage, gonna be bugger all left of the HK kit for the two seaters!

 

Done all the major cutting now, fits pretty good, especially as I haven't done any cleaning up yet.

 

 

[Paulster]

Bet this thing won't be a "tail sitter".

[benjaminsummerfield]

Right haven't had a lot to report as I've mainly been cleaning the resin up, but I sprayed the inside of the intakes silver today and that's allowed me to get the wings together. The way the resin intakes are cast means you can't put them in place once the wings together, so I've glued the wings and left the intakes loose and I'll Super glue them tomorrow once the plastic has fully dried. I also added a bit of wiring and piping to the intake faces to add some interest for anyone daft enough to look inside.

 

 

 

 

You might also notice that the tails on, I cut it off as accurately as I could with dymo tape and used a sanding block to make sure the mating surface is truly square but i have a slight step between the two. After a first attempt I plugged the kit fuse with two part epoxy putty and added a brass rod to give it some strength and allow me to take my time adjusting it. I'll be interested to see how other modellers fair and wether it's my shoddy cutting or slight shrinkage.

 

[Wingco57]

Ben,

It is always difficult to get a good fit with such sets. The brass tube you use will give strenght to enable you to make a good joint.

Cees

[Paulster]

I retract my statement about it being a tail sitter.

[tony o]

Its coming on well Ben,.....have you decided upon a scheme yet,.....all green or silver and black?

Cheers

           Tony

[benjaminsummerfield]

Its coming on well Ben,.....have you decided upon a scheme yet,.....all green or silver and black?

Cheers

Tony

Not yet mate, I emailed a fella from the 610Sqn association who might have more pics. Waiting to hear back.

[James H]

I'm having the same issue with the tail on mine. Removed plastic to the panel line and got a beautifully squared off joint. If I push the tail into each fuse half, the fit looks great, but when i put the fuse halves together and plug the tail in, there's a serious step.

 

I have a plan to fix mine, and I'll post it in my topic if it works.

[benjaminsummerfield]

Sorry for the lack of updates fellas, managed to get the cockpit done, the ejection seat is excellent and a few airscale placards have livened up the "Coal hole". Found it quite hard to make the black interior interesting so scruffed it up a bit. Few more bits to do like the framing for the gunsight and the ladder structure over the ammo bay but I'll leave them off until the end so they don't yet damaged.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Wingco57]

Great looking bangseat Ben,

Cees

[benjaminsummerfield]

It's in one piece!