Subject: Re: ARC submission TSR2
From: "Steve Bamford ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Colin Whitehouse" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 11:35:54 -0800

Hi Colin,
Thanks for sending in your TSR2 article...it looks excellent.  I've got a
bit of a backlog due to "Silly Week"....and I'm catching up on my e-mails
which I fell behind on due to Christmas and Silly Week etc.  I'll e-mail you
when your article goes on ARC.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

Live like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

----- Original Message -----
From: Colin Whitehouse <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 10:10 PM
Subject: ARC submission TSR2

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> Gallery Template #10
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> "BAC TSR2 Dynavector 1/48 "
>
> by "Colin Whitehouse"
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>
> Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg here
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>
> Another classic kit from Dynavector, this time the TSR2. I have seen
> the 2 surviving TSR2's at Cosford and Duxford in the UK but it wasn't
> until I had it on the work bench that I realised how big this plane is.
> I have photographed the model next to a Phantom to give an idea of size.
>  The kit fuselage comes in 4 quarters, the front section split
> vertically and the rear horizontally. Each section is the length of an
> average 1/48 kit.
>
> Click on images below to see larger images
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> Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 03.jpg
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> photo 03.jpg
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>   Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo
> 04.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized
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>
> Construction basically followed the instructions in the kit and the
> excellent review by Ted Taylor, with a couple of exceptions. Firstly the
> rear fuselage was reinforced around the weapons bay by gluing some
> plastruct box section over the inside of the weapons bay doors. This
> keeps them nice and flat and provides and anchor for the cross beams to
> keep the width correct. Because the finished model is so heavy I
> anchored the supports for the undercarriage bays here as well. Secondly
> I dispensed with the kit exhaust nozzles and replaced them with
> electrical conduit. I have done this on a few kit now and the TSR2 was
> fitted with 20mm OD. Available at electrical stores for $2 per meter,
> its cheap and easy to work. This allows you to have a jet pipe with no
> internal seams to worry about and also allows them to be fitted after
> the fuselage has been joined, thus also allowing the join for the
> fuselage halves to be made and sanded to a crisp edge which would not be
> possible with the pipes in. The conduit was sharpened to give it a thin
> edge and looks the part (photo 3). Photo 9 shows the structure in the
> rear fuselage as describes above and also the frame to allow the
> insertion of the jet pipes later. One of the pipes is resting in place.
> Ted noted that the kit is weak in the front corners of the rear fuselage
> so I filled these with PVA glue to prevent me from sanding through them
> later. As it turned out not much sanding was required but I think the
> extra strength is good on a model this size.
>
>
> Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg here
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>
> Photo 9 also shows the front fuselage assembled as per the
> instructions. I added some more detail to the cockpits which was lucky
> as the canopies are crystal clear and the interior can be seen, even the
> rear cockpit despite the small windows. The rear fuselage was taped to a
> piece of 2x1 timber and the front offered up until perfect alignment was
> achieved and then they were glued together. The main joint was laminated
> at the rear of the intakes and came out very strong. An excellent piece
> of kit engineering. For the undercarriages I glued the legs to the
> fuselage before fitting the bogies and adding brake lines. Thus ensuring
> the 6 wheels are all on the ground.
>
>
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> Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 06.jpg
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> photo 06.jpg
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>   Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo
> 07.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized
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>  Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 08.jpg
> here.  Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of
> photo 08.jpg
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> The finished model was painted with Humbrol 130 white as recommended by
> Ted with under and over shading to give depth. The tail and underwing
> areas are Alclad II Steel and Aluminum respectively. A wash of Raw umber
> was added after the final cost of Kleer (Future) to pick out the detail.
>
> One of the hardest things about this kit was photographing it. White is
> very hard to photograph and it took a lot of fiddling with both camera
> and software to get some detail to show up. Also the plane is so huge I
> couldn't get it onto my usual background hence the close cropping and no
> profile view!
>
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>
> Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 09.jpg
> here.  Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of
> photo 09.jpg
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>  Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 10.jpg
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>
>
> Photos and text 2004 by "Colin Whitehouse"
>
>
> Colin Whitehouse
> AB Food and Beverage Thailand Ltd
> +66 (0) 2 363 9000
>
> Colin Whitehouse
> AB Food and Beverage Thailand Ltd
> +66 (0) 2 363 9000
>
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