Stephen Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 I didn't get any pics but they had these for sale at Telford this weekend. Stephen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DonSS3 Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Added for your perusal: http://belcherbitsblog.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Added for your perusal: http://belcherbitsblog.blogspot.com/ Don, I don't see anything new on Mike's blog about the S-2A conversion apart from the old announcement he made in a blog post. Do you have a link to any new information or photos? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
belcherbits Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Don, I don't see anything new on Mike's blog about the S-2A conversion apart from the old announcement he made in a blog post. Do you have a link to any new information or photos? Guys I am on the road in the UK at the moment and will be updating my website when I return in a week. The CS2F conversion is brand new, first sold at Telford. The part number is BB33, price is $31.99. It includes correct nacelle ends and short span tail planes. mike Belcher Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Cool beans, I'll be on that one. You have decals going with it as well? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 (edited) Guys I am on the road in the UK at the moment and will be updating my website when I return in a week. The CS2F conversion is brand new, first sold at Telford. The part number is BB33, price is $31.99. It includes correct nacelle ends and short span tail planes. mike Belcher I assume that one would still have to perform surgery to shorten the fuselage? I've got the S-2E kit and am planning on backdating it to a short fuselage US-2B. At first I thought it was just a matter of taking out a section of the forward fuselage but it appears that one will also need to perform much more involved surgery on the aft fuselage. Might be a bit more work than I had planned on. Any forecast on when the Kinetic S-2A will be out? Edited November 17, 2011 by 11bee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DonSS3 Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Don, I don't see anything new on Mike's blog about the S-2A conversion apart from the old announcement he made in a blog post. Do you have a link to any new information or photos? Sorry, Kursad, that's the only info I had. I"m sure once Mike gets home and gets settled back in, he'll have an update for us. Here's something else to peruse if you don't have it bookmarked yet: http://www.belcherbits.com/index.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scooby Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I assume that one would still have to perform surgery to shorten the fuselage? I've got the S-2E kit and am planning on backdating it to a short fuselage US-2B. At first I thought it was just a matter of taking out a section of the forward fuselage but it appears that one will also need to perform much more involved surgery on the aft fuselage. Might be a bit more work than I had planned on. Any forecast on when the Kinetic S-2A will be out? I got an email from Raymond and he stated the short fuselage Tracker is at least a year away. So it is the Belcher conversion for me! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scooby Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Guys I am on the road in the UK at the moment and will be updating my website when I return in a week. The CS2F conversion is brand new, first sold at Telford. The part number is BB33, price is $31.99. It includes correct nacelle ends and short span tail planes. mike Belcher Are the decals printed too? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Litvyak Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Us 72nders are left to ourselves for a CS2F, eh? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martin_sam_2000 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Are the decals printed too? I am not sure if they are all printed but I saw a test print at Hobby Center here in Ottawa. They look great!!! Sean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I got an email from Raymond and he stated the short fuselage Tracker is at least a year away. So it is the Belcher conversion for me! Looks like I will be doing the same. I'm fine w/ the forward fuselage cuts, however the cut aft of the wings (per the Belcher blog) is problematic at best. Even if you can make the cut perfect, you will still have to mate up the fuselage sections which will be slightly different diameters. I may pass on that one, especially since the Tailspin Turtle website only flagged the forward fuselage as the problem. I'm still disappointed that something so basic was missed by Kinetic. It didn't have to be this difficult if just they took a few minutes to verify their measurements. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 (edited) Note that a CS2F conversion would probably also work for building a short-fuselage S-2A as used by many countries like Japan, Thailand, Netherlands etc. in addition to Canada. Many of the parts needed are already included in the S-2E kit. My international S-2 Tracker sheet already has options for several of these countries in addition to a Canadian example from the 1980's. Edited November 28, 2011 by KursadA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott Hemsley Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Us 72nders are left to ourselves for a CS2F, eh? I don't recall what forum I got my answer from, here or the 1/72 Scale Aircraft site, but I was informed that the Hasegawa Tracker is fine for a CS2F with the exception of the aft portion of the engine nacelles and that 'correction' is quite simple. For me, back when I did my Tracker, it was folding the wings while at the same time, maintaining some semblence of structural integrity with the wing-fold. Scott Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird3a Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Us 72nders are left to ourselves for a CS2F, eh? To add to Scott's info; IPMS Canada's RT Vol 9 #1 & #2 (Jan,Feb '76) had and excellent article on accurizing the Hasegawa Tracker for Canadian service. Cheers, Tony Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Litvyak Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Thank you, Scott and Tony! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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