Aeroclub early Lockheed Neptune

[adey m]

Aeroclub Lockheed Neptune is coming along slowly but steadily, not a model for the faint hearted, requires much cutting away, fettling and a bit of correcting. I decided on the later version with MAD tail because the vacform clear tail turret of the early version was a poor fit, and also decided to leave off the dorsal turret. Getting quite a bit of lead in the nose was challenging, had to cut out the cockpit and windows and build a cockpit interior too.
Found some more suitable main wheels in my spares to replace the poor white metal kit ones.

[MikeV]

Nice one !!

You would think, wouldn't you, that someone would have done a new Neptune by now?. That said I've built it and agree it takes a bit of fettling, but it is essentially the right shape - and the vac canopies are thick enough to take some fettling.

Good to see one coming along so well - did you pick up the handed engines that John missed ?

Damn shame they got rid of the one at Cosford.

Mike

[adey m]

Thanks Mike, yes I did discover that the engines have been moulded with the same number of exhausts on both sides, but only after I had already drilled them out, hey ho.