Robert Porter
Senior Master Sergeant
I have some! The are great! Much sharper than the older ones, however nothing beats a scalpel for sharp. I just can't find a handle to fit the blades I have. Scalpels are bloody confusing in what works with what.
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parsifal
Colonel
maybe something new, such as "Desert storm" or "The Falklands"
mikewint
Captain
Robert, not sure wherein your scalpel confusion lies. Blades are of various shapes and sizes all numbered just like X-acto blades and most of them are very similiar though the X-actos tend to be thicker and will take more pressure.
Scalpel handles also come in a wide variety of shapes and styles. It is important to note that NOT all blades fit all handles so make sure the blade style you want fits the handle. Blades #9 through #17 fit handle #3 while #18 through #26 are for handle #4. GENERALLY handles #3 and #4 are the most useful for modeling and personally I prefer the #4 handle in the comfort style with a #36 blade. I also have several style X-acto handles with several blade styles though #11 seems to be the most useful the majority of the time
Scalpel handles also come in a wide variety of shapes and styles. It is important to note that NOT all blades fit all handles so make sure the blade style you want fits the handle. Blades #9 through #17 fit handle #3 while #18 through #26 are for handle #4. GENERALLY handles #3 and #4 are the most useful for modeling and personally I prefer the #4 handle in the comfort style with a #36 blade. I also have several style X-acto handles with several blade styles though #11 seems to be the most useful the majority of the time
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Benevolens Magister
Trainers works for me, if it includes post war to current.
Robert Porter
Senior Master Sergeant
The supplier I have found, the only one, sells blades as for LG, SM, MED handles not fitment numbers. So I now have 200 blades of the types that I wanted that do not fit any of the 3 types of handles I have. Their handles use an entirely different numbering scheme that does not match the one for their blades so I gave up.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Guys, can we keep it on topic? This isn't about scalpels!
Trainers work for several people now. More comments welcome.
Trainers work for several people now. More comments welcome.
Robert Porter
Senior Master Sergeant
Yep no worries
No f***ing way Jim !This build is my jam! I might actually build something!
Me too, only really got a BAE Hawk, though could do my Bf 108 as a transport ?
Edit: just remembered I have a Sword models EE Lightning T5
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Benevolens Magister
Got a Vampire T.11, Gnat T.1, Jet Provost T.5, Hunter T.7 (conversion kit with Academy Hunter F.6), and Hawk T.1, all 1/48th scale, and a possible Spitfire T.9 scratch-build project, again 1/48th scale.
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Benevolens Magister
Thanks my friend.
If i do it, it will be this one, for my friend Max, who got a flight in it in 2015 - lucky sod !
The original aircraft was flown by New Zealander Johhny Houlton (as a standard Mk.IX), and retains his Squadron markings.
If i do it, it will be this one, for my friend Max, who got a flight in it in 2015 - lucky sod !
The original aircraft was flown by New Zealander Johhny Houlton (as a standard Mk.IX), and retains his Squadron markings.
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fubar57
General
Look forward to it Terry if you do. My options are a PT-19 Stearman (RCAF) and then a T-6. Have to check references on this one and see what it takes to make a Harvard IV
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Benevolens Magister
Geo, have a look at my Harvard build, somewhere in the S to F threads - it's a Mk.IV, built from the Italeri (ex Occidental) kit.
Main external differences are a longer exhaust, and the rear (fixed) canopy section was slightly longer. I 'winged' it by adding an extra vertical frame which, although not 100% accurate, it still being short, looked OK.
Also, many Mk.IVs had the main gear doors removed.
Main external differences are a longer exhaust, and the rear (fixed) canopy section was slightly longer. I 'winged' it by adding an extra vertical frame which, although not 100% accurate, it still being short, looked OK.
Also, many Mk.IVs had the main gear doors removed.
Crimea_River
Marshal
I would do an RCAF Avro Anson.
mikewint
Captain
Quibble...Quibble...are you then switching the build to trainers? Or keeping the original "Prototypes/Weird". If I get my Maus finished I was thinking of my Huckebein 1/48 as an entry
Crimea_River
Marshal
The original build theme would still stand. We are talking about a possible second theme for a split build like we did for GB33.
mikewint
Captain
Okey, Danke Andy
Seems like a plan is forming for the alternate....
