Pappy121

G'day people So, some plumbing wok today. I have added a little bit more detail to the main gear bays to increase the busyness. I dam not shooting for complete accuracy, just a sense of the real thing and something to apply a wash around, The weapons bay doors had their hinges removed and replaced with PE 'piano hinge' parts The searchlight housing has been faired into the starboard wing Although not the best fitting part, it was not difficult to accomplish, just requiring filler an

Thanks very much Dekon G'day people, I managed to get some prep work in on the undercarriage today. The upper section of the nosegear unit is supplied in two halves. This makes for an awkward seam and the crossbeam halves bridging the upper yoke section did not line up nicely. My solution was to cut away the central section and replace with plastic rod, simple and effective, plus no seam to tidy up. The PE oleo scissor links and tie down rings were added and this part is ready for paint. The main gear units were next and

G'day Dekon, No probs, the instructions recommend 50g, so I will start there. I won't be opening the ditching hatches, none of my pics show them routinely open. the canopy affords a pretty good view into the cockpit in any case Cheers CK, G'day people, Well, first to catch you all up, I have splashed some paint around, this is what I ended up with, Next up, I have been beavering away on the weapons bay,

Ouch! G'day Dekon, I hope you can get back to it. How much nose weight will thing require, most of the on-line builds that i have read indicate that a reasonable amount will be needed. G'day people, The props have been cleaned up and look good, there were only some minor sink marks on the rear faces which were pretty easy to eliminate the kit donks look okay as well. I have given them a quick blast with some aluminium The cockpit has received some random details in the form of circui

G'day people, I am building this as part of a group build on another channel, but I would like to post progress here as well, It the Italeri re-pop of the Kinetic kit. The kit has a few shortfalls and mistakes which have already been well documented. I will correct some, and others I will live with. I had ordered some PE when I bought the kit but made a start in the meantime, assembling what I could. The cockpit parts were cleaned up in anticipation of the PE. The detail provided in the kit could best be summed up as 'sparse' so it was no big lo

Wasn't this ruled out due to weight concerns? I believe that the current MB Mk.16 seat has now been re-designated US.16 and that when low speed/low occupant weight issue was being sorted, the ACES 5 seat was considered as well, cheers, Pappy

G'day Mark, No not just the piston thingy, the whole headbox shape is different. 82Whitey51 had posted some pictures of the F-35 seat in an earlier post but the whole PB ransomware issue meant that the links were broken. He has kindly re-sent the pics to me and is happy for these to be re-posted here. The lower edge angles upwards to allow the oxy bottle to nestle underneath Notice in the attached pic below that the headbox has a triangular shape in side profile. Compare this to the pic in the earlier post and you can clearly see that the headbox is no longer the same,

G'day mark, I disagree, I think the shape has changed. I just did a general F-35 search, but the pic in the link below is a good illustration of what I mean. Once you notice it you cannot unsee it. The headbox is definitely a different shape. There is a raised structure on each side of the headbox. On the early headbox version (pre-mod), looking from the side this feature starts at the lower forward corner and angles upwards towards the upper rear corner. On the post-mod version, a similar feature is present however it now starts at the upper forward corner and angles

G'day people, I have an ejection seat question that I hope someone in here can answer, apologies if it has been done to death already. I know that there was some sort of issue with the F-35 ejection seat vis weight restrictions and the original parachute configuration. Looking at the current online pics, it seems that the parachute headbox has changed shape at some point. I have the 1/48 Meng F-35A kit and the kit's seat headbox has a rectangular shape in side profile, however most of the current pics I have seen seem to indicate a more triangular side profile sitting

G'day people, Heaps of info in this thread and I am working my way through it slowly, but there is a lot to digest. I have an ejection seat question that i hope someone in here can answer, apologies if it has been done to death already. I know that there was some sort of issue with the F-35 ejection seat vis weight restrictions and the original parachute configuration. Looking at the current online pics, it seems that the parachute headbox has changed shape at some point. I have the 1/48 Meng F-35A kit and the kit's seat headbox has a rectangular shape in

Apologies, I meant Two Mikes! Thanks for clearing that up, cheers, Pappy

G'day Steven, A lot of those aftermarket bits look like the Two Bob's resin parts, did Phase Hangar Resin take up the molds? Good to know that these bits are available again, cheers, Pappy

Thanks Shion, I didn't know they had a name! cheers, Pappy

G'day people, I was looking through the instructions for the Meng 1/48 F-35A and came across something that has me scratching my head. There are four optional blisters included (parts F23-26), two for the upper fuselage and two mounted on the underside. Can anyone shed light on what these are for? (remove spaces in HTTPS to view link below) h t t ps://www.cybermodeler.com/aircraft/f-35/pages/dayton_f-35a_14.shtml h t t ps://www.cybermodeler.com/aircraft/f-35/pages/dayton_f-35a_18.shtml My guess is that they amplify the a

' Thanks very much fellas. unfortunatwely I am away from home for a little while and comms are a bit spotty at the mo' so there will not be any updats for a fe weeks , but thanks for following along, Pappy

Cheers mate. I did something very similar however I used some PVA (wood working glue) which i simply cleaned up with a wet finger, simple and cheap! It goes on white but dries clear. You can see if you have a good 'fillet ' in the gap before it dries but you don't get the cracking or shrinking and it is not grainy either. G'day people, Well, in between bouts of seam sanding i have been busy on other bits. Kinetic stuffed up the rear RCV part E25. The part fits very well as per the kit instructions but the details have been transposed. The rectangular outlet

Thanks Joel, but there are some errors (now fixed!) which required some re-work. I just use a sewing pin inserted into a pin vise and a scribing template. It is pretty low tech compared to some of the dedicated scribing tools available, but in my experience the tool used is secondary to the oerator's skill, so no use wasting $$$ on a specialist tool when a cheap solution will work just as well. G'day people, Well, I am slowly bashing the underwing seams into submission, but in the meanwhile I have been keeping myself busy with the undercarriage. Kinetic insi

G'day people, It is with a heavy heart that today I must inform you that I have lost my little mate 'Spike" This little guy had stuck me with me from the start of this build but sadly today his journey has come to an end. After fighting on despite many blows from my clumsy fingers, Spike finally sustained a mortal blow and there was noting more I could do for him so I had to put him out of his misery, RIP Spike On a happier note, most of the seams are behaving well. Just

Thanks CO G'day Matt. I haven't built the Has AV-8B, but I do have the GR.7/9 boxing and I assume that a lot of the fuselage is common between them, but not sure how valid a comparison between the FA.2 and the Harrier II series jets would be. It would be more useful to compare the Kinetic and Airfix FA.2 kits as that would be comparing apples with apples. The Kinetic kit costs about twice the asking price of the Has kit. Both have recessed panel lines and both are pretty accurate shape wise from what I have seen. Both kits also have th

Thanks Joel, I am no means an expert, but I do find that I get better results when I have pics of the subject in front of me. The 'net has been a real boon for modellers and many subjects which may have previously only been found in expensive reference books are readily available and for nix! The PE does make me look better than I am though I do not like the pre-painted colours. G'day Matt, Thanks but I am not sure what you are asking, better in what regard? I will need some more context before I can answer your question cheers, Papp

G'day people, Well, I started the day by painting up the seat and adding some PE loveliness Pavla offers a resin seat however unaltered, it is far too tall to sit in the cockpit. You would have to reduce the raised plinth that the kit seat rests on which could be tricky. In any case the kit supplied seat is very nice and really only lacks the seats straps to look convincing. The kit decal sheet even includes a pair of data plate decals for the seat headbox (not mentioned in the instructions) and the PE set also supplies pre-painted stencil pla

Rubbish! Kinetic attempt to get a lot out of their molds and this means that sometimes additional panels need to be added in order to make different versions from within the same kit release. Whilst this may mean some test fitting and adjustment is required (in other word modelling skills) it is not significantly removed from a manufacturer like Hasegawa for example. Kinetic do make detail mistakes as I have already mentioned and they are far from perfect but I don't agree that in general they are a 'construction nightmare', G'day Joel and welcome aboard, hopefully I ca

G'day people, I cracked the bags on this one today, I enjoyed building my Kinetic FRS.1 So it will be interesting to see how this one goes together as this was the first release in Kinetics's Harrier 'family' of kits. Also, having already built one, I should be able to avoid the pitfalls inherent in the kit. I tend to jump around and build in sub-assemblies rather than strictly follow the suggested assembly sequence and this build will be no exception. For this reason I began with the main wheel well which received some PE

Sort of, bleed doors = air goes out aux inlet doors = air come in Lovely build ! Pappy

G'day George, You have made a great job of that kit. One (minor) thing I will point out (and you did ask for errors to be pointed out) is that the auxiliary air intake doors are not open on the ground without the engine running. With the engine running and low forward speed e.g taxiing and take off, these doors are sucked open to allow more air to enter the engine. As speed increases, these doors are closed, Great model though! cheers, Pappy