Jessica Posted October 11, 2013 Author Share Posted October 11, 2013 Putsy Putsy was grounded due to an engine failure. Unaware that stacks of surplus engines were available at RCN station Shearwater, the owners sold it, and it ended its days as a houseboat on Gander Lake in Newfoundland. If the wings don't work out, I could always make the boat version... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 (edited) Nice work Jessica. I like it a lot!That I have missed this one before. I must be blind. Keep up the good work. Cheers, Edited October 14, 2013 by Arniec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted October 20, 2013 Author Share Posted October 20, 2013 I keep coming back to look at the coke-bottle canopy, and the more I look at it, the more I think that I can't stand the thought of actually using the beast. At some time the mould rusted, leaving behind an awful rash inside it which leaves it less than clear So I've concocted a cunning plan... Of course, it could still all go pear shaped. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 I like the way your cunning plan is shaping up, ooks more of a peach than a pear if you get my meaning, the flat panels of the canopy lend themselves well to what I think you are about to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Looking good so far. Have you thought of plunge moulding? When (hah!) I get round to mine, I'm considering that method. I would mould a couple so I could cut open the side panels. Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 The instrument panel looks great. I love the compass! You might be able to fold a lot of the canopy if you can find some thin enough sheet, but sticking it together would be the hard bit. Vac forming might be easier - vertical sides and plunge moulding don't mix in my experience. Regards, Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperService Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Agree with Adrian about the plunge moulding, There is an alternative cunning plan. Have you a dental technicians nearby? They use vac forming for dentures. The one just down the road uses clear sheet as well. Cost me two packets of chocolate HobNobs. The vac-forming gadget they use can be had for about £100 off ebay so could be a good club purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Think it's normally used for for gumshields TBH.....Dentures are mostly still done with boil out castings from wax models IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperService Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 That would make sense Sarge. It's also used to make a cover for shipping them to prevent the plates breaking or deforming. All I know is they do a very good job and are a lot easier than anything else I've tried.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 (edited) That sounds very posh.....The mob I worked for packed 'em in a tatty Ziploc if you were lucky! A job long departed and not even slightly missed.....It was like living in the Tooth Fairy's nightmares! The gadgets were good though.....I really do miss my KaVo desk & handpiece. Edited October 31, 2013 by Sgt.Squarehead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted November 2, 2013 Author Share Posted November 2, 2013 (edited) Some goings-on have been going on in Walrusville. The wings are sanded, likely needing to be sanded some more. The green was to show how much I took off, and how much more needs to go The engine pylons go on. These needed some severe carving out of their flash A test fit The wings are a trifle sloppy in their sockets Sloppy and floppy though it be, it's beginning to look like a walrus as long as I squint in the dark Now my challenge is to make a canopy frame without gluing it irretrievably to the fuselage in the process. Foil will likely be involved. Edited November 2, 2013 by Jessica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 No idea how much skill and swearing was involved in getting the parts to this stage but it's looking great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenko Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Now this is looking good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paganpete Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Looking so good Jessica! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 I like the idea of painting the wings to use as a guide to how much needs removal. What tool have you used, a sanding block or a rasp? When I look at the specimen in my to-do pile I wonder whether scratch building with plastic card and a balsa wood core would be easier! Will you be cutting out the bomb recesses in the wings as the kit doesn't have them but every photo I've seen of the wings do? Jess your perserverence is inspiring (and probably perspiring too). Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted November 2, 2013 Author Share Posted November 2, 2013 I used my dreaded BHF*, then a sheet of wet'n dry because I can't find the sanding sponge I was going to use. I'll be going with the assumption that since this was a civil conversion the bomb recesses would have been covered over. That's my story and I'm sticking to it! *BHF= Big Honkin' File Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham T Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 So glad I've got the CA kit! Looking good though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted November 13, 2013 Author Share Posted November 13, 2013 (edited) My first cumming plan involving building the frames from plastic strip was completely and utterly unsuccessful. Undeterred, I turned to my second cunning plan, and using the tape outlines, cut a canopy out of clear acetate. After coating it with Future, I'll attempt to superglue it to the model, hopefully without supergluing the model to my fingers in the process. Edited November 13, 2013 by Jessica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 What a cliff-hanger! Hope that canopy pulls through Beautiful work Jessica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Waiting with eager anticipation on this. Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 Okay, I got rather more superglue on my fingers than I wanted, but the canopy is now firmly fixed in place. I'm going to have to polish that excess glue off before painting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Wow, that's neat! Those "just fold and cement" jobs are always *much* harder than they look! Regards, Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 First class modelling that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 That is great work on the canopy! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Fantastic job Jessica, did you realise how much work was ahead before you started this ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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