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Aermacchi PSS project
Timbo:
Another Taff here - although Dad was born and raised in Lisburn :-)
Great to meet you at the weekend John, pity that Saturday was the only good day of the two. Ive emailed you about the foam cutter wire tension thingy....Tim Mackey
Ray Jones (Taff):
Thanks Fred it's pleasure to be part of the forum i sincerley hope to see some you you guys 'over the water next year and of course you are welcome here in Wales at any time ,it was a also great to meet up with JP and chat we din'n fly but we made up for that with a good old 'chin wag' happy landings ,Ray :)
Hawk172:
Just a few pics from my Island Models Aermacchi MB-339 build, which I'm hoping to have finished in time for the October PSSA Event on the Great Orme, Llandudno!
All the major construction work is complete, I've made a few minor mods to improve robustness and scale profile but basically it's a stock build from what is an excellent kit.
The veneered foam wing is effectively complete, here covered in antique Solartex ready for paint...
Wing root detail showing servo bays and vac formed air intake mouldings in place.
Underside of wing showing the large ply load spreader I've added for the wing bolt...
Wing tip pods are all complete, ready for paint - retained with little magnets on the tips and on a former inside the pods...
I've cut the moulded fin back a little on chord and added a (fixed) balsa rudder with a revised profile to obtain a more scale profile...
At the back I've added a scale jet pipe...
Hawk172:
I've fitted a 1/2 depth cockpit bathtub, enabling a little more scale detail to be added soon...
This shows the underside of the cockpit floor, the forward wing mount former and the servo mounts for the elevator - fus is of excellent quality!
Pilot ready to go - just needs an office detailing now!!
I've strengthened the wing bolt mount using 1/2" hardwood rails which extend along the inner fus walls fore and aft of the mount plate.
Ill add more pics as I make more progress over the next couple of weeks.
Hawk172:
I'm finishing the model in the new 'low vis' colourscheme of the Peruvian Air Force, don't think that's been seen before on the slope so nice to have something a bit different!
(Photo courtesy of Airliners.net - Sergio De La Puente)
John Pearson has been a massive help here and has been good enough to supply me with all the decals beautifully tailored for this scheme, a combo of waterslide and cut vinyl - according to John these will now be made available for future kit sales if you too fancy this scheme!
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