Louis Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 (edited) Hello, I want to make this Voisin since long time ... in fact since I saw the magnificent Voisin from "Cage à poules" here:http://fighters.forumactif.com/t34885-voisin-10-lar-hi-tech-au-48eme?highlight=voisinhttp://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19848 I searched a long time on the internet, but they are not a lot of information regarding the "Voisin X lar" So I decided to make a Voisin 10 Ca2 armed with a gun. Now I no longer need to look for photos, they are there:http://memorial.flight.free.fr/Voisin10uk.html As the manual said, the Hi-Tech kit is not ACCUTAMYGAWA ... The cockpit must be done: I deleted the floor to have a flat on and to have well flat walls. Hi-Tech has had the good idea to provide "opening" of the cockpit for a version other than that of the box (the bottom part of the picture). Amounts are cut into sections "evergreen" 0.25 X 0.75 and glued to the stems T The edge of the cabin and floor profiles are 0.5 X 0.5. and 1x1. Everything is painted in aluminum and will be skated. I started but I did not used to work the aluminum. I grope ... The seat is photoetched part but does not suit me. It is redesigned to resemble that seen in "memorial flight", not forgetting the big cushion. it will add the belts. The dashboard will host the big compass. It will be placed in the hole in "half circle" on the shelf made for the occasion. The steering wheel is redone from the kit by rounding the corners with a round file (in red). It's a bit long to do ... The two blocks down the handle are those of the kit, the top of the handle toothed wheel is made from a "trap" photoeched of the board of DV eduard (I have no punch to make records so small ..). It lacks the chain and cables. Does anyone know what the purpose of the wooden thing full of holes? Do the holes allow storing ammunition for the gun ? Much like storage for wine bottles? Maybe it is a reinforcement to stiffen the structure. Or protection for hiding cables through the cabin (read on a forum) The rudder and the handle close to the seat: 3 switches on the dashboard, turned on a lathe with one plastic rod (diameter 1mm) and a selector (?) on the left side. The dual throttle. The circular arc is a piece of lead wire crushed with a ruler on a glass plate. The handles are made of plastic. Both sides of the cab are glued and must be abraded copiously... Some pictures showing the airplane Voisin Ca2 before restoration ( Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace / Memorial Flight). The aircraft had been modified to fly without the pilot. 1923-1924 And drawings ....http://www.techno-science.net/?onglet=news&news=3957 "Le monde illustré avril 1923" Regards Regards Edited April 29, 2017 by Louis 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Nice detail going on there. The real thing looks as if it shouldn't be allowed to fly if at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moaning dolphin Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Looking very nice, I have never heard of this aircraft before and to be honest the real thing does look a little Wallace and Grommit! You have my attention, looking forward to seeing this go together. Cheers now Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share Posted June 29, 2015 (edited) Thank you!!! Looking very nice, I have never heard of this aircraft before and to be honest the real thing does look a little Wallace and Grommit! You have my attention, looking forward to seeing this go together. Cheers now Bob On the left : "Restoration", in english http://memorial.flight.free.fr/indexuk.html Regards Edited June 29, 2015 by Louis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Sonno Pazzi Questi Romani....you're doing an excellent work here......It's absolutely amazing. Definitely.....I'm going to stop building models. Tomorrow morning I'll start fishing trouts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Great work! I have this kit somewhere deep within the stash. I never started it due to lack of reference material so I shall be following what you do here with particular interest. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 The "Thing with all the holes" looks like a cover over a structural member to protect the gunner from snagging himself on it. The holes are there to lighten the cover as much as possible. The ammunition bins are at the sides of the cockpit floor between the holey thing and the rear bulkhead. It also looks as though the gunner could sit on it while aiming the forward gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted June 30, 2015 Author Share Posted June 30, 2015 The "Thing with all the holes" looks like a cover over a structural member to protect the gunner from snagging himself on it. The holes are there to lighten the cover as much as possible. The ammunition bins are at the sides of the cockpit floor between the holey thing and the rear bulkhead. It also looks as though the gunner could sit on it while aiming the forward gun. I think that too. The wooden cover is the location of the axis of the handle which passes through the fuselage. This aircraft had a cockpit at the front before being moved to the back. And Storing ammunition is not a good idea ... Especially That There's ammunition boxes are on the sides. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 (edited) Well...The windshield is not beautiful, it is full of bubbles and not transparent at all. Its central part is too short and I think I'll have to cut it to enlarge a little.In addition I split ...In front of the windscreen there are two components that can (for real) open and which are partly transparent. So I just removed to replace with a piece of transparent plastic. It's a little too flat now ... I'll stick can be above the two components to put a little thick.I made a fire extinguisher to put next to the cannon (shot plastic).The engine does not please me. It's a shame it's all there but everything is crooked. I need a plan ( length width height etc) to built the engine (renault 12fe). If you have one... I bought a machine gun Hotchkiss M 1914 models directly from GasPatch, delivered in 4 days. I let you judge the pictures the quality of their work:http://www.gaspatchmodels.com/accessories/Regards. Edited July 10, 2015 by Louis 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Nice work as always Louis. I think you might be better off scratch building a replacement engine though, surely it would be easier than trying to bring that awful kit offering up to snuff. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) Nice work as always Louis. I think you might be better off scratch building a replacement engine though, surely it would be easier than trying to bring that awful kit offering up to snuff. Martin Thank you Martin. I'm agree with you.. - The seat is finished. - The 47mm gun (Hotchkiss): evergreen 2.4mm tube. Evergreen 1mm: The breech: Regards Edited July 15, 2015 by Louis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted August 17, 2015 Author Share Posted August 17, 2015 The biggest parts of the gun ready to be glued...The two parts glued together ... of course the wrong place.The good one and XF18 Tamiya:The handle of the gun and the trigger.The groove is engraved with small tool shaped screwdriver.Regards. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 (edited) Hello!that's all there ... except for the sight too fragile, the cable from the trigger and a bit of paint retouching.Regards Edited August 20, 2015 by Louis 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Another informative post but then we have come to expect that of you. Looking forward to the next update. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 Thank you Martin! The engine is started: I made it in two parts to be able to easily put the binding that connects the two parts.The lengths are calculated from the plan with more or less accuracy ... Ditto for the general shape of the engine block. You can find the plan here: http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/443899Renault12FeFi0003.jpg http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=205134RenaultV12220hpEndX.jpg http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=797815Renault12FeFi0001.jpg http://www.hydroretro.net/etudegh/renault.pdf The top of the cylinder head is flat:The cylinders will be glued in pairs. we must also make a mold, making the two cylinders, gluing, sanding, decorate, remould them etc, etc ...Regards 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 (edited) The four openings on the cylinders are cut into 1mm diameter rod: Regards Edited September 4, 2015 by Louis 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 stunning work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 It s already obvious that your engine is going to be light years better than the kit offering! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted September 26, 2015 Author Share Posted September 26, 2015 (edited) Hi !I remade the cylinders entirely with evergreen plastic, I could not stick the small parts cleanly with superglue on the resin parts, and their foot was too short. It was long and painful ... The springs are made of copper wire (gold), found in "fly fishing" shop. It is thinner than the wire.I wanted to make them conical. Well... believe me it is difficult to find the point suitable for winding the wire over.Finally I 'm using an old needle (fine) my airbrush (Pasch).Everything is covered with "surfacer". Welds are plastic yarn stuck to the liquid adhesive and crushed with the back of the tweezers The shape could have been crowned at the top ... but I do not want to start over.Tomorrow I make the mold.A + Edited September 26, 2015 by Louis 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankymodeler Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Excellent work! I like your method of reproducing welds, very effective. Eric aka The Yankymodeler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 Thank you!After two molds ... and half the prints unusable, I managed to make 6 pairs of cylinders I needed. They are far from perfect.The base of the cylinder is not flat and I can not sanded properly for they become. So I had to drill holes in the top of the engine block so I can place them correctly. .It's long to do ...This one is the most successful of the entire series.The mold is made of a single piece of silicon, cut with a scalpel only at the base of the cylinders to limit the track joint.Of course there are lots of bubbles in the resin.Rest sanding.Regards. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashman Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Now that's nice metal painting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Those cylinders look pretty good to me! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace From Outer Space Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Superb work Louis! Your engine is fantastic and I really like the way you created the welds using string, Cheers Viv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share Posted November 20, 2015 Thank you! Hello,That's allA+ 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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