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  1. certainly not back in my era. We tended not to drop them in the water so didn't need that garish decoration. (apart from the one that fell into the South China Sea in the 90's that is) When PE works, it really works - those window frames are a treat to behold. I'd say no. To me, PE has a frame. And plastic kits don't have a sprue either (well they did have but that was cut off back at the molder). They have a runner, runner system, or a runner tree, or to be more technically correct, a melt delivery system. See ? ya learn things on this forum
  2. and vice versa ! I'll try and stay a few stages behind you so that you can do all the hard work and figure out the problems ahead of me ! Well, it looks like there's lots of interest in this little adventure - should be a fun ride ! Let's not focus on the negative aspects of the kit and instead, look at this as an opportunity Hey, as Crisp said earlier - this may be my quick win ! (which is a.k.a. The kiss of death to us engineers around here!) I'll be looking for everyone to shout out when (preferably before...) I get something wrong. I know nowt 'bout Scouts. The exhaust thing you just mentioned being a prime example. I saw what I thought were different exhausts in a few photo's but wasn't sure if it was the angle of the photo causing a visual wobbly. I'll be doing a Scout AH1 around 1982/83 era - so are these exhausts usable ? If not I think I'm down to using only about 4 parts of the kit now - and what should they look like for that era ?
  3. this has to be one of, if not the best copter build I have ever seen. It really brightens my day when I see a new post in here
  4. I read a lot of reviews on these - I was considering one a while back. The general consensus seems to be that they are not very good - but most people seemed to be trying to cut metal. My concern would be that you have a high rpm motor with very little torque to resist the forces of cutting. I ended up being very close to buying one of these "bead" cutting lathes but thought they may have the same issues, so then started looking at buying a motor, controller and all the bits to make one. In the end it wasn't much cheaper, but a whole lot more work, so took the plunge and bought the mini lathe - and have to say that I am glad I did. (getting a 25% discount did help!) I wouldn't let experience prevent you from buying a lathe. I'd never touched one in my life before, but am learning as I go along - which is one of the reasons for starting this thread - so we can all ask questions and learn from each other. - And, it's fun !
  5. I wondered when this was going to kick off again. Nope, there's two yup, two
  6. would anyone by any chance Bill, have a decent drawing of the engine ? preferably a side on, and top view ? I've seen a few isometrics on t'interweb, but they're not much good for getting dimensions from - oh, and does anyone have any dimensions ? oh dear... it's started
  7. I hesitate to call this a build thread just yet. It's more of a holding area while I sort out what needs to be done. (and maybe keep Bill quiet for a little while). This is purely a diversional build from my current train build which has now lasted around two years. I'll use this to provide myslef with some light entertainment when things get heavy down in train land. So, what are we doing here ? The topic title says "Scout" - it also says "1/48" and no-one make a 1/48 Scout do they ? Well, of course not - why would I make it easy on myself ? I am attempting to make a Scout AH1 from the Fujimi Westland Wasp something or other. Should be nice and easy n'est pas ? Well let's take a look shall we... First the good news.... the fuselage isn't too bad. There are a few gaps and some misalignment which should be easily fixed with a little fettle here and there. The bubble top canopy looks to be a good fit here on the starboard side. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of the fit on the port side. Nothing seems to match up at all, not to mention that there seems to be a divot missing from the top of the canopy. Well then folks, let's continue. Surely it can't be that bad now can it ? What about the interior ? Well, this isn't going to do.... looks like there will have to be some scratch building done in here. Oh my dear lord.... according to the instructions, this is the main rotor gearbox And it does NOT get any better from here on in.... this bit of Robert the Robot with Bell-bottoms purports to be the engine This is "other bits" of the engine ! Looks like we had a bit of hole slippage there - don't you just hate when that happens ? The "almost" complete engine..... sorry this just isn't going to do ! EHhrrrrrrrrrrrr..... No ! No freakin' way ! Sorry sir, it just ain't happenin' OK Bill... happy now are you ? look wot you went and done ! I foresee some scratching in my future - now I need to do lots of reseaaaaarch cos I'm pretty sure the engine, gearbox, interior and other bits do not look like the parts supplied with this kit. ... to be continued (but probably not anytime soon!)
  8. Creeping forward... Withe the dynamo fixed in place, it was the turn of the support brace. I made one up in styrene but wasn't happy with it, then found a piece of brass angle which worked quite well. A small hole was drilled to accept some brass rod for the brace to the dynamo. The "clamp" was made from a scrap of styrene drilled through then cut in half. Now all fixed. T'was surprisingly difficult to get it all to go together. More scraps were called into action to make an electrical box, and the first decal of the build was added. The electrical box was then wired to the dynamo using lead wire. - decals also added to the dynamo. I think there's supposed to be three wires, but two will do for now. If I get really bored, I'll add a third! And the electrical box was fixed in place with E6000 Now that has just got to get painted another shade of black and I *think* I can call the underside finished, at least for the moment. Of course, usually when I come out with that comment I then find something else that needs done - but let's roll with that for now. And I just found the "not finished" part ! The chain for the dynamo and the belt to the bogie still need added ! Oh well.
  9. C'mon Crisp - that sponson looks like a bit of a half hearted effort. I thought you would have done better than that after all the effort you've put into this ! fuselage looks great though !
  10. Frank - you brought up a good suggestion. I was talking to one of my cohorts at work and he informed me that he had bought a wood lathe, as you say, they are much cheaper. He then bought an X,Y vise and fitted that to the wood lathe giving him a lot more capability. It's certainly one way to go
  11. I think it was something to do with aircrews getting bolshy and demanding time to get out of the things before they sank. Martian and to give them time to get their lunch box out of the back end
  12. it has to be mousy brown. Didn't everyone in WWII have mousy brown hair after all ? I thought only film stars were allowed to be blond and redhead ?
  13. easy - the scouts in HK had all the doors removed - this photo here claims to be a 660 Sqn Scout in HK around the time I was there. (Though I have also found photo's with all doors present - and with front doors fitted and rear doors removed, and with and without flotation gear)
  14. It's done ! I don't know how to add that fancy link that shows a preview of the thread so I'll resort to the old fashioned way... Mini Lathe Thread Started Here...
  15. Following some discussion in one of my builds, we discovered that there are a few mini lathe users on this board. Several of us are quite new to the lathe business, so we thought it would be worthwhile to start a thread focusing on lathe topics. Tips and tricks are welcome, along with any useful tools, accessories etc. Also welcomed would be some photo's of the parts produced from your lathe - ideally with some description of how you achieved the final product. I'm starting this thread as a place holder. Hopefully we will see some lathe users (and some potential lathe users) contribute to the information here. If you have questions - ask and hopefully some of the more experienced lathe users can help out If there's enough traction, perhaps this could be made a sticky.
  16. and there was me thinking you were quoting Ivor Cutler ! In other news... what have you gone and done ! (to me ???) I took a closer look at the Wasp Scout-to-be tonight. Aside from having to cut off various carbuncles and reinstate aerodynamic fuselage bits... The engine.... well, at least I expected that. It shall be good lathe practice. The main rotor gearbox -makes italeri's Wessex attempt look like a finely crafted miniature ! The transmission deck - fits nicely on the port side (only) The double-bubble top - fits on the starboard side reasonably well. The port side is all kind of jacked up. The front where it meets the fuselage is I think I'd better start a thread on that soon - it will probably run longer than my train has !
  17. Re: the vortex generators... I'd try and find a piece of Ø1.5 half round styrene rod - run a file along the top of the arc lengthwise to flatten it off a touch. Then use a sharp blade to slice off little thin slices to create the individual vortex generators. Then I'd get someone else to glue them in place for me !
  18. working on it. I'm working on it ! I've spent the last couple of evenings assembling and pouring over photo's. I'm currently trying to figure out the best way to remove the big lunch box that those fish 'eads tacked on the underside. There's a substantial amount of fuselage that needs culling - and therefore replaced with something much more befitting an aerodynamic flying machine. The lathe will definitely come in handy for Nimbussing, but I'm kinda limited to just making things different diameters just now ('cuz of limited tools) - and SWMBO is keeping an eye on me. So nimbussing may test my engineerygenuity skills to the max.
  19. Not much to report this evening, but things continue to progress. The dynamo was given a coat of alclad primer, and offered up to the chassis. - And whaddya know... it looks as though everything is going to line up - i.e. the dynamo pulley is in line with the pulley on the bogie wheels. Being really honest, this is much more down to sheer luck than any form of judgement. However, I'm grateful for small mercies. I'll take it ! The main brackets were fixed on with E6000, along with a couple of Meng bolt heads to add that extra industrial look. The dynamo was then given a coat of aircraft interior black to add an additional 40 shades of black to the overall look of the chassis structure. And when viewed from the right way up, it's almost convincing ! There's still some cables to be added along with an electrical junction box, followed by the angle iron bracket that holds the dynamo at a fixed distance from the bogie. I'll need to have a look around for something that will work as the pulley belt. Oh, and I need to find/source/add a chain that gets attached from the chassis to the dynamo, which is some kind of safety feature I guess - though if the dynamo fell off, I don't see a chain holding it for long. I should really start thinking about getting rid of all the dust that's collecting on the chassis and getting some kind of protective cover for it while I'm not actually working on it
  20. Bill, your arch is a triumph of micro engineering. I was looking at mine last night ... the Wasp that is. I couldn't resist cutting a few parts off the runner tree and trimming some flash. BUT DID NOT START BUILDING ANYTHING... just yet ! I am going to have trouble creating that archy thing in 1/48 - how you do it in 1/eleventy-two is beyond me. If you don't mind, I'll be pulling on your knowledge of things Wopse and Scouty to guide me and keep me on the straight and narrow when I attempt my conversion as I know absolutely nowt about these strange creatures. They were just insects at the other end of the airfield when I was busy getting sunburn in HK. I did manage to find a bunch of photo's of 660 Sqn Scouts with and without the safety bra, but haven't made up my mind if I'll be attempting such madness just quite yet... (though I do feel a side build coming along soon as I am beginning to feel a little over-trained recently)
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