Revell Learjet 35A/C-21 USAF/USAFE

[Guest]

Cheers Ian that is how I thought it should be. easy enough to correct as they are only fixed with CA.

[papa 695]

Looking very good Terry

[Guest]

Cheers Ian

[flyjoe180]

Looks good Terry. As Ian says, there is minimal dihedral on the tail planes.

[Guest]

Thanks Joe I have rectified them this evening and they look as they should now.

[Guest]

Tonight I have started some work on the engines. As there is a difference in the military variant I am altering them accordingly. I am going to add thrust reversers made from styrene sheet but before I do that I need to lessen the depth of the engine mount. On the Learjet 35A there is more of a moulded look to the engine as can be seen below. The left hand engine has been altered ready for the reversers to be added with a little more sanding to be done. Where as the right hand engine is how it came out of the box. [ATTACH]89929.IPB[/ATTACH]

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[Guest]

Looking good there keep it up terry

[flyjoe180]

Doe sit have bucket reversers on the exhausts Terry? Most early Learjets had no reversers, some had a drag chute. Doesn't make for efficient operation at short airfields, or indeed at any airfield if you drop the chute.

[Guest]

Looking good Terry, never realised what a nice looking aircraft this was.

[Guest]

Thanks guys, Joe it does indeed have the buckets I didn't know some of the earlier ones used break chutes. That would explain why on some pictures I have looked at they appear to have a cap on the tail of the airframe. All the ones that I have seen go through Fairford have had the buckets fitted. It has got me thinking maybe the USAF ones have been upgraded to give better operational capabilities.

[Guest]

Over the last couple of days I have modified the engines so as to fit the reverse thrust cans on. These are being made from styrene sheet with a masking tape stencil.[ATTACH]90129.IPB[/ATTACH]

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[Guest]

a quick update on the engine progress.

The reverse thrust bucket doors are on and still need a bit of shaping once the hinge covers are added. There will also be a need for a small amount of filler.[ATTACH]90295.IPB[/ATTACH]

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[flyjoe180]

Nice job Terry.