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Gates Learjet 35A - RVHP 1/72


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Magnifique, a real work of art. When will the lights be switched on?

Just ask for it :)

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I glued the MLG and soldered the LEDs.

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LUX FUIT

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Bottom side.

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Closer. The size of the LEDS is just incredibly small. It was a real challenge to solder the four connecting wires without melting anything around.

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The front gear is finished and I sand slightly the tires to even out small differences between all 6 tires.

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Here we are: the Learjet sits proudly on all its three legs.

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Next are the gear doors. The front ones are wrapped, so I flaten them out with my hot air gun at 100°C.

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This bit of brass will become an antenna. I started with the largest one to get sp,e practice. The small protruding pin is the link to the body of the aircraft.

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Finishing of the surface. The red arrow points to the 0.3mm pin.

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Drilling the hole for the antenna pin. It must be exactly centered on top of the body. Note all the dust that collected on the model since July...

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Here is the first antenna. I will paint them all in one batch.

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With my finger as a scale.

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Closer, for the short-sighted people like me :-)

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The heavy guns have arrived from Hong-Kong : the power supply is to feed my models with electricity without a wall socket, for a periode covering an entire week-end or more.

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1. A 220/12V, 250W power supply to feed a charger.

2. The charger loads my LiPo battery packs rated 4'000 mAh and above.

3. The packs finally deliver the energy to the models.

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My small week-end production: 28 small parts, most of them antennas, plus pitot tubes and AoA sensors. Many parts are built by assembling and soldering three components.

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All parts have a location pin to be inserted into the body of the model, either cut out or added ba soldering.

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All parts are brass, which I love for its ability to be easily shaped by cutting, filing, sanding and soldering.

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