Cheers Toby, Kh.
David.
Lancfan's shark ***Finished***
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lancfan
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Re: Lancfan's shark
David.
If you forget the past, you may lose the future.
If you forget the past, you may lose the future.
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lancfan
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Re: Lancfan's shark
The wind generator and stretched sprue interplane rigging has been fitted.
The exhaust, engine and propeller have been glued in place and the struts have been fitted to the floats.
Finally the floats have been fitted and painted and the stretched sprue aerial wire were glued in place to finish the model.
The prototype Blackburn Shark II K4295 fitted with floats in May 1935 for trials.
Critique:
Despite its age this is still a good model, the interior needs some work to meet modern standards and the float attachments are a little vague but there is nothing wrong with this kit that the average modeller can cannot easily deal with. The poorest part is the engine (part 60), this was replaced with a suitable unit from the spares box. The best kit to buy is an early Frog boxing as the later Frog kits do suffer from a little flash and the Novo kits suffer more so of course.
David.
The exhaust, engine and propeller have been glued in place and the struts have been fitted to the floats.
Finally the floats have been fitted and painted and the stretched sprue aerial wire were glued in place to finish the model.
The prototype Blackburn Shark II K4295 fitted with floats in May 1935 for trials.
Critique:
Despite its age this is still a good model, the interior needs some work to meet modern standards and the float attachments are a little vague but there is nothing wrong with this kit that the average modeller can cannot easily deal with. The poorest part is the engine (part 60), this was replaced with a suitable unit from the spares box. The best kit to buy is an early Frog boxing as the later Frog kits do suffer from a little flash and the Novo kits suffer more so of course.
David.
David.
If you forget the past, you may lose the future.
If you forget the past, you may lose the future.
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TobyC
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Re: Lancfan's shark ***Finished***
What a great result. Well done.
Enjoyment over accuracy. That's my motto
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iggie
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Re: Lancfan's shark ***Finished***
That's really great work!
Best wishes
Jim
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Jim
If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing
"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
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splash
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Re: Lancfan's shark ***Finished***
Well done it looks brilliant, I now want to move my copy further up my build list.
Regards Splash
Regards Splash
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
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gnomemeansgnome
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Re: Lancfan's shark ***Finished***
Excellent work as we have always come to expect.
Ego no habeo consilium.
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ICBM = Insatiable Collector and Builder of Models