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To my mind, this site offers the best info for Spectrum and here's the Angel pages;
http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/an ... eptor.html;
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Bruce
http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/an ... eptor.html;
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Bruce
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Has anyone found any decent screen grabs of the interceptor? Searching online results in mainly other models and CGI or very small images.
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Intakes...
On my Imai example, I added two wheels to represent fan blades, for the two engines. I then added the two intake vanes.
The Airfix kit provides a piece of what looks like mesh, with two lines to represent the edges of the vanes.
I was correct.
This cutaway;
http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/an ... print.html;
...shows something alongside the front of the engines. I'm guessing that this is the vane for that side of the aircraft.
I think Titan has the most-right idea to date.
Regards,
Bruce
On my Imai example, I added two wheels to represent fan blades, for the two engines. I then added the two intake vanes.
The Airfix kit provides a piece of what looks like mesh, with two lines to represent the edges of the vanes.
I was correct.
This cutaway;
http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/an ... print.html;
...shows something alongside the front of the engines. I'm guessing that this is the vane for that side of the aircraft.
I think Titan has the most-right idea to date.
Regards,
Bruce
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I think the cutaway contains some supposition as looking at some clips 'suggests' Airfix may be right about the mesh but the vanes need to be deeper.
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Here are some useful stills I've pulled off YouTube.
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...And at this point, the evidence screams at us that the kit is not 1/72!
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The dimensions of the real Angel are as follows;
Length: 60 feet*
Wingspan: 35 feet*
With the model coming in at a length of 18cm and a 9.8cm wingspan, the model works out at a scale of 1/102 by length, 1/109 by wingspan.
*From "Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation Cross-Sections", Graham Bleathman, Carlton Books Limited, 2000,
ISBN 1842224115.
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Bruce
Length: 60 feet*
Wingspan: 35 feet*
With the model coming in at a length of 18cm and a 9.8cm wingspan, the model works out at a scale of 1/102 by length, 1/109 by wingspan.
*From "Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation Cross-Sections", Graham Bleathman, Carlton Books Limited, 2000,
ISBN 1842224115.
Regards,
Bruce