AV-8B Harrier II Plus
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1 21 March 2018, 10:27
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interesting idea to use magnets to attach the drop tanks... you can have them or remove them any time you want now.
10 April 2018, 06:51
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Inspired by Milan Mitev's crazy Harrier Youtube Video
Probably makes much more sense in 1/48, there's just more room to drill for bigger magnets. It's not really workable in 1/72 as I made it. I'll try longer pins next time, but the drilling could get tricky.
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10 April 2018, 07:04
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That's a very cool idea. Maybe you could post a video on how you inserted the magnets for us rookies. Very nice.
10 April 2018, 10:44
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Thanks!
@Paul Moore: there's nothing more to it than drilling holes and glueing à magnet in one and a pin in the other. You really don't have a lot of room for error in 1/72 though, and it's tricky to get the alignment right.
The magnets are 1x1mm, the pylons are 1,4mm wide, so make sure to pinpoint the center before you drill. On this particular kit the sway bars aren't on the pylons, so I drilled 1mm until the magnet fit and then added a strip of .5mm plasticard to represent those.
This resulted in a hole about .5mm deep, and the pins look about the right size for suspension lugs but the charge isn't really stable. Will be ok for display and pictures though.
I'll try either longer pins or magnet+magnet next time, like this guy did on his 1/48 helo: Youtube Video
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10 April 2018, 13:27
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Woops, seems like scalemate doesn't like timestamped youtube videos, but the link works.
10 April 2018, 13:29
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Finally finished that one. Colour of the topside decals was off so not all were applied (see roundel).
21 December 2018, 10:40