Aeroclub early Lockheed Neptune

[adey m]

Aeroclub Lockheed Neptune is coming along slowly but steadily, a challenging model, requires much cutting away, fettling and a bit of correcting, but worth the effort. 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, nose observers position, nosewheel bay 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.

[daveF]

Very nice. Looking forward to seeing that some day.

Mike: don’t tell me that the Cosford example has been scrapped? Please, no!

[daveF]

It’s gone to Morayvia.

[MikeV]

Interesting statistical footnote - given that there's only about 60 of us members, your Neptune seems to have attracted global attention....check out how many views the post has had!