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  1. Great stuff, keep going Ken! You are doing a great job finding all the pitfalls for the rest of us, cheers, Pappy
  2. G'day people, I want to build a Cougar/Super Puma and want to open the two hatches in the cabin floor. I have found some pics of the under fuselage lower door open/missing but the cabin doors installed/closed. Whilst I am sure the loadmaster could just lean out the window to get a better I think it would also be common (and easier) for the cabin floor doors to be opened. What I need to know is do these cabin floor doors open downwards, upwards or would they be removed altogether when the when the under fuselage winch is used? cheers, Pappy
  3. The PT imagery was displayed on the Radar Indicator Display (RID) and was present before the F-111Cs underwent the AUP mods. The FOV was diivded into an upper and lower display depending on which sensor (Radar or PT) was the sensor of interest. The RID was located on the right side of the cockpit, so yeah the PT display was on the rights side (the navigator's side) although a small flap on the left could be raised to allow the pilot to view the display as well. The Has kit is not perfect but the difference in nose profile is not that noticeable in 1/72, I could certainly live with
  4. It is a dark blue similar to the blue of the (full colour) RAAF roundels, insignia blue would be about right. It should be a semi-gloss finish, not full gloss, cheers, Pappy
  5. Depending on the version, you also have wrong pylon and dump mast shapes (for the FB -111A/G) , for the F-111C AUP, the cockpit details that are not correct (the Eduard PE sets do not offer AUP details), and the PT pod is also not accurate. The RAAF decals are also pretty bad (colours wrong, roo shapes awful), incorrect bomb racks, the list goes on.... The re-tooled Academy kit did update the cockpit side consoles and instrument panel to represent the AUP cockpit, and also corrected the nose gear bay which is now very accurate, however the main gear bay was not updated and is very
  6. G'day Dio, I just pin-washed the u/c bays with thinned oils. My reasoning is that the more you put on, the more you have to remove, so less really is more in this case, cheers, Pappy
  7. G'day Scott, Funny you should bring this up as I was doing some work on this one today. The eagle eyed may notice that there is a small bit missing from the lower right corner of the outer left wing's flap. Unfortunately I a managed to drop the outer left wing panel (the breeze lifted it off whilst the paint was drying) and now I have a little repair job on my hands😠 G'day, Weeeellll, truth is I didn't do it, it is pre-painted photo-etch, all I did was stuck it onto the kit part which is bereft of any detail,
  8. Thank you very much Chris, exactly what I needed, cheers, Pappy
  9. G'day people, I am chasing some pictures of the aft cabin bulkhead and engine well housing (sorry I don't know the actual name of this bit but it is the U shaped bit that extends forward of the aft cabin wall) without the sound proofing installed, cheers, Pappy
  10. Why don't you guys try searching for images of RAAF F-111G's instead? The astro compass was removed but the fairing it sat within remained. It was a raised rectangular section in plan view which blended into the curved upper fuselage section forward of the windscreen. There were ex USAF FB-111A/F-111Gs that served with the RAAF before their eventual scrapping, although at least two airframes survived disposal
  11. G'day Vidar, That was a lucky escape, even in consideration of the severity of your injuries and given the alternative. I know that people who have used a Martin Baker seat are given a certificate and a special tie, is there any equivalent for using the ESCAPAC seat? In any case you are a member of a very exclusive club, cheers, Pappy
  12. Awesome reply, thanks Thommy! G'day Scott, Thanks very much. The SH-2G really just needs painting , I should get back to it, cheers, Pappy
  13. Thanks very much for your comments. SERNAK, I agree that Kinetic could have done more. The canopy affords a good view into the cockpit and the supplied level of detail is lacking. Wheel bay detail would have been nice but unless you pick the kit up, you cannot really see much. I don't regret adding the additional details but I suspect most people will be happy with what is provided. I think the bigger disappointment is that absolutely nothing is provided aft of the cockpit. I would have happy with just a floor and rear bulkhead but as this kit is a notorious tail sitter, this space
  14. Thanks Dio, but there are far deserving people on this and other forums that deserve that monniker. G'day people, A little more progress today. The wing mounted searchlight has finally been closed up The reflector dish had some PE elements added. These parts were small, it was like trying to assemble a small PE spider, but I got there eventually Next up, I replaced the kit supplied dump masts with some bent pieces of brass tubing. The kit parts are supposed to be butt glued, which means that they
  15. G'day people, Well, after wrestling the canopy seam into submission, I am ready to move on. This aircraft is a natural tail sitter (in real life too in the engines were removed!) so I have I have added about 15g of lead sinkers to the engine nacelles in area behind each engine I have also added about 45g of lead sinkers to the area immediately behind the cockpit. Of course I should have done this before I joined the fuselage together but I am actually an idiot. It was a tricky affair and I had to remove one of the seats to get sufficient access but I manage
  16. G'day fellas, I just used some thin cement but made sure the two halves were clamped better this time instead of relying on capillary action alone. It seems to have done the trick because the canopy seam has now been treated and the assembly has dipped in Future to restore clarity and shine. cheers, Pappy
  17. Scott that is a great idea! My only reservation is that I want to dip the canopy in Fiture before attaching and that the canopy needs to have an overhead panel and some PE attached internally. Attaching the canopy then sanding it may result in some of these delicate bits falling off? I will have a think about it but it sounds promising, cheers, Pappy
  18. No probs Hooker, glad that was helpful G'day people, I have been working on the inner wing sections today. The underside nacelle to wing joins are not too bad The upper wing join will need a second application of putty to eliminate 'ghost' seams due to putty shrinkage I also noticed that the upper surface of the inner left flap has a weird 'step' moulded into it. I hadn't noticed it earlier and I would have preferred to deal with it before attaching the engine nacelle, but I will jus
  19. Thanks very much fellas, I really appreciate your encouragement. Hooker, I am not sure what effect you mean? The wheels are replacement resin items as I am not a fan of the way Kinetic has you trap a single piece hub between two tyre halves as invariably this means eliminating a seam that also means losing the tread details. All I have done to the tyres is to paint them in a very dark grey (not black ) and then pick out the wheel hubs in semi-gloss white followed by the application of a pin wash using oil paints thinned with some white spirits, cheers, Papp
  20. Cheers Calum, I am not shooting for 100% accuracy on this one, just trying to pop some details out. The kit has a number of inaccuracies, some of which are easier to correct than others. The fuselage has accuracy issues as the section aft of the wing is too long and it appears the rear observation windows may be in the wrong spot, more info here: http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2011/07/s2f-one-more-time.html G'day people, The fuselage is nearly done. The seams have behaved and I only need to re-scribe a few lines before the canopy can be added
  21. Thanks very much. The hook just did not look right OOB. G'day people, Well, I have managed to get the fuselage nearly together, I still need to clean up the seam on the canopy. Kinetic provide the canopy very unhelpfully in two parts, no doubt to capture the bulged windows. The seam between the two front windows will proved very tricky as there is not much frame material separating the clear sections. The upper fuselage has several sink marks corresponding to the location of the alignment pins which will require some put
  22. G'day Calum, Many thanks for the link, I have already found a bunch of stuff I got wrong! Seriously, I want to build a RAN Tracker at some point so the walk around will prove very useful when the time comes, cheers, Pappy
  23. cheers Brad Yia sou megale! (nice Prowler work BTW) G'day people, I managed to get a little painting done today. First up, the arrestor hook has received a base white coat in preparation for (yet more) masking and the application of black stripes Next up the rocket launchers The main gear bays where also given a coat of white followed by the application of a subtle wash. From my pictures, it seems that these bays did not get overly dirty so I will keep the weathering eff
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