One-Oh-Four Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 I'll take part with a Meteor F.4 from the (then) Dutch Air Forces, as they were still part of the Royal Army at that time. The Air Force only became the Royal (Netherlands') Air Force in 1953.... In any case, the Dutch Meteors weren't the most colorful variants to ever see the skies, but hey... There aren't many photos of the F.4 around on the internet either, so you have to make do with some early ones, BEFORE the introduction of squadron and base-colors. www.strijdbewijs.nl www.gahetna.nl / fotocollectie Anefo, J.D. Noske The second photo is from September 28th, 1949, showing a Meteor that made a crash-landing near the fishing town of Volendam, showing the squadron code "3P", meaning it was from 324 Sqn. The trigger to start the kit was a scale modeling day, organized by the Aviodrome Aircraft Museum on Lelystad Airport on June 20th. http://www.aviodrome.nl/dagje-uit-aviodrome?gclid=CjwKEAjwwZmsBRDOh7C6rKO8zkcSJABCusnbJ2GHPWa1iPn7Qk2rK6rPNFwMpY9N3MDpD_AI33QnFhoCtLTw_wcB The first thing to keep in mind is that the sprue attachments are on the contact surfaces of the fuselage halves and have to be carefully removed. If that is don, it's advisable to treat both contact surfaces to a little sanding with a sanding stick as there are some slight irregularities around the aligning pin holes, as you can see. To be continued. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted June 21, 2015 Administrators Share Posted June 21, 2015 Nice one! Great photo's too by the way. What AM will you be using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Great subject, would look great next to mine. Will surely be following this one. No pressure,........ Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbeek Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Nice, like like that foot too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One-Oh-Four Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 Foot? Foot? Oh you mean the bread rolls with cheese? Yeah, Dutchman..... On the penny...... Brought my own food..... As for the aftermarket, Jeroen, I'll be using: Fisher's long chord intakes: www.hyperscale.com The Eduard Interior Zoom set: Jeroen Peters http://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/3022-eduard-gloster-meteor-f4-interior-and-seat-belts/ Brassin wheels & mudflaps: Benjamin Summerfield http://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/3038-132-meteor-f4-wheels-for-hk-kit/ HGW Q-Type harness: And I have to scrounge a Hawker Hurricane seat from somewhere. My PCM Hurricanes have made themselves scarce as they don't seem to want to be violated.... In any case, I progressed with a set of ailerons (with "working" trim-tabs) and a rudder..... Photos of this breaking news will follow shortly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One-Oh-Four Posted June 27, 2015 Author Share Posted June 27, 2015 Welllllllll, in the opening post I remarked that it was quite visible that the mating surfaces of the fuselage benefit from a light sanding before assembly. I didn't vector in the consequences of down-sampling the hi-res image by uploading it to Photobucket so: As you can see, the mating surfaces are just slightly uneven. Also, the sprue attachment points are located on the mating surfaces. No problem at all if you are aware of it and devote a little bit of time to making sure that the surfaces are correctly levelled. I tracked down one of my PCM Hurricanes and nicked it's resin seat. This one will be the furniture of the Meteor's office: As written earlier; I have been working on the ailerons and rudder. That's because I have the weird preference of finishing as much sub-assemblies prior to starting building and painting cockpits, wheel wells etc. Maybe it's just a form of flight to committing to the serious aspects of modelling! In any case, during my flight a made somewhat of a boo-boo with the ailerons. Fitting them together it's readily apparent that a seam will be visible at the aft end. That's because the insides aren't totally flat but seem "sort of" bevelled at the trailing edge. The elevators show the same problem. I lightly sanded the part and the bevelled edge shows up lighter (above the trim tab) because the sandpaper didn't touch the surface there: The only solution is really to lightly and evenly sand the part on a piece of sandpaper that is fixed to a piece of glass or something flat & straight like that. Somewhat akin to the sanding done on vacuform models! The only drawback is that that could make the ailerons and elevators somewhat too slim for the wing or horizontal tail... Otherwise the consequence is a seam at the trailing edge that needs to be filled. getting the trailing edge of the ailerons and elevators thin enough will prove to be difficult without destroying outside detail. Even if the Meteor was built rather sturdy, it didn't have the 1-inch trailing edges like the Javelin for instance had! In any case, I wanted to be able to position the trim tabs after assembly, so using Gunze or Tamiya Extra Thin cement between the parts was a definite no-no. I used a VERY small amount of CA gel for the trailing mating surfaces, making sure that no glue could reacht the axles of the trim tabs. The fronts and sides of the assemblies could then be glued with a modest amount of Extra Thin cement. To be continued. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Hi big guy, Had the same problems during my build, and the method as described by you works very well. The upper fuselage seam is challenging but the plastic is thick enough to stand some rigourous sanding. Reinforcing the joint with superglue helps too. Cees 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulster Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Keep telling myself not to get the Meteor. But every time one of you guys starts one, I start getting the itch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One-Oh-Four Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 Wellllllll, building the F.4 looks to be rather trouble-free and potentially fast. I'm not convinced by the curvature of the sliding (and fixed aft) hood and still waiting for Paul Fisher's F.4 canopy correction set. But if that shape doesn't bother you, chances are that the shape of the front of the engine nacelle doesn't either. Get one and build it! Converting the F.4 into the F.8 with the Fisher set is somewhat more involved....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Fit the canopy last, don't let that slow your Meteor down. Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One-Oh-Four Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share Posted July 14, 2015 Yes, and I'll saw the head armor loose from the aft cockpit bulkhead so the canopy, head armor and fixed aft canopy can be replaced! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One-Oh-Four Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 Fit the canopy last, don't let that slow your Meteor down. Cees Was nice meeting up with you at the Aviation Megastore yesterday! As we discussed the Meteor too; I WILL let the canopy slow the Meteor down. It may be my own autism-thingy but I can't put my heart and soul in a build if not all the parts are sorted. I then have simply a fear that the whole model would sit almost finished for months in the cabinet, waiting for that last part.... And yeah, even with my track record of finished builds I have that fear.... So the Meteor goes on hold for a little while. In the near future, Huub and I are going to try to make a master for a vacform canopy. If that's succesful and I find someone that can form the canopy, the race is on again! In the meantime, since I have also bought HK's Mosquito, I'll start that build! I'm looking forward to extra detail the cockpit on that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted August 11, 2015 Administrators Share Posted August 11, 2015 In that case I'll hold with the Meteor as well. I will be waiting for your canopy. And I will be asking for it a lot. Just so you know... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Erik, It would be nice if an accurate canopy can be produced before my retirement and would certainly order one. I liked building my Meteor despite the incorrect canopy. Even with the kit canopy it looks like a Meteor, here is my build. You and Huub Huub Barbatruuk are certainly qualified doing a master. Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One-Oh-Four Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 Well,.... mainly Huub Barbatruuk...... I'm a friggin' newbie as far as making / sculpting masters are concerned.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators James H Posted August 12, 2015 Administrators Share Posted August 12, 2015 Huub? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One-Oh-Four Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 Yeah, my mate who also does the organization of our yearly trip to Telford. You know him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One-Oh-Four Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 I decided to move this WIP from the HK Group Build to the Competition. The kit hasn't been worked on since June 2015.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 About time then........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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