TonyTiger66 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 (edited) The 'General' head magnifiers look very useful Alex. I willl have a shop around for a pair. The Pathé film is superb. I was surprised to see a sign off of the Prince's Highway today for the 'FAA Museum'. The car I bought was in North Nowra, the museum is close by. Mrs. T. asked what it was and I must admit I was a bit puzzled, I had always thought that the FAA was just for the UK. We didn't have time to call in, but I found this about it; http://www.navy.gov.au/history/museums/fleet-air-arm-museum I must go. If not tomorrow, very soon. As an aside I'm now the owner of a rather effete but usable blue Peugeot 306 convertible. At least this one has rego and runs well, so for the first time in a long time, I have wheels . I hope it makes it back to Canberra without going up in a puff of smoke . At least the radio works, so I can listen to music to drown out the sound of the knocking from the front sway bar.... The website/blog link you provided is great . The very last part of my grandfather's wartime RN career was with the BPF. The little he said about skirmishes with the Japanese is, yo be honest, really upsetting. Stuff that definitely affected him for the rest of his life. Probably the bits regarding getting ID tags off if bodies floating in the sea was the worst. Hmmm. For those selfish, reasonably local and personal reasons it would be great to see your Seafire as a BPF model. I found it interesting that on an American 'utoob' vid of the BPF, the commentator refers to the Seafires as 'Seaflys'. Quite a nice name actually! Hope the herbs survive the coming heat. I'm very partial to a bit of Parsley. All the best from an extra night in Jamberoo (cos it's really nice, and we're all stuffed with bangers and mash from the'Bistro'), TonyT Edited January 28, 2017 by TonyTiger66 Spelling: 'last' not 'lady' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Would the likelihood of catapult launching be a factor in the presence/absence of the headrest? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Hello, totally off topic , but I came across this now again . A german serie, which I think you don't know at all ( but a good old one), and I like the music, especially the guitar riffs on that. Good old music. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 42 minutes ago, Sgt.Squarehead said: Would the likelihood of catapult launching be a factor in the presence/absence of the headrest? I'm sure I've read, somewhere, that the Seafire had a headrest because of catapult take-offs and arrested landings. Of course, I can't find either a photo (of a Seafire III) or anything in writing to support my belief. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexN Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 Hello Gents, my apologies for not having responded sooner - I am still feeling clagged up and generally ennervated. Today's burst of 44 °C heat hasn't helped - the air condtioner has been struggling too. I will give detailed replies when I can get back to the computer, since fighting the ipad and 'multiquote' and giving each post the attention that it deserves is beyond me at the moment. Cheers, Alex. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexN Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 Note that I have been assembling some photos for your interest, and hope to post them within the next day or so. A. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Hope you feel better soon Alex. We all seem to be going down like ninepins at the moment with various bugs don't we? Sent after a minute of tapping and swearing using an iPad. For 'ninepins' autodefect put 'nipples'. I've no idea how people use these in business, they must just be sending each other streams of soft-porn gibberish.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexN Posted January 31, 2017 Author Share Posted January 31, 2017 I was going to fold everything into one post, but I've decided to split the replies from the photos and stuff. Just as well, as I can't get Suckfari to add some blank lines above Mr Tiger's post. I can't drag the little square with arrows at the top LH corner of his quoted post to move said post.I had to switch and reload pages to force the 'clear editor' function to operate - then I could add some lines of text the do the quoting. Doing Attempting to do that on the ipad would have resulted in tears rage and fury at bedtime. Right. On 28/01/2017 at 23:32, TonyTiger66 said: The 'General' head magnifiers look very useful Alex. I willl have a shop around for a pair. The Pathé film is superb. I was surprised to see a sign off of the Prince's Highway today for the 'FAA Museum'. The car I bought was in North Nowra, the museum is close by. Mrs. T. asked what it was and I must admit I was a bit puzzled, I had always thought that the FAA was just for the UK. We didn't have time to call in, but I found this about it; http://www.navy.gov.au/history/museums/fleet-air-arm-museum I must go. If not tomorrow, very soon. As an aside I'm now the owner of a rather effete but usable blue Peugeot 306 convertible. At least this one has rego and runs well, so for the first time in a long time, I have wheels . I hope it makes it back to Canberra without going up in a puff of smoke . At least the radio works, so I can listen to music to drown out the sound of the knocking from the front sway bar.... The website/blog link you provided is great . The very last part of my grandfather's wartime RN career was with the BPF. The little he said about skirmishes with the Japanese is, yo be honest, really upsetting. Stuff that definitely affected him for the rest of his life. Probably the bits regarding getting ID tags off if bodies floating in the sea was the worst. Hmmm. For those selfish, reasonably local and personal reasons it would be great to see your Seafire as a BPF model. I found it interesting that on an American 'utoob' vid of the BPF, the commentator refers to the Seafires as 'Seaflys'. Quite a nice name actually! Hope the herbs survive the coming heat. I'm very partial to a bit of Parsley. >snip< All the best from an extra night in Jamberoo (cos it's really nice, and we're all stuffed with bangers and mash from the'Bistro'), TonyT Thank you very much for the RANFAA link, Tony - I was going to look for it myself but got side-tracked by the Armoured Carriers website ;). Well, that's my excuse, anyway. I found out about the existence of the Oz FAA when one of my PhD supervisors let slip in casual conversation that his Dad was the Big Boss of the Oz FAA. I should have asked him more about it at the time... I am likewise very keen to visit the Nowra museum: and the one in Melbourne, and Wollongong, and Camden/Picton, and... one day. Sorry to hear of your grandfather's wartime experiences: many of those exposed to the Japanese on a first hand basis during (and after the war, when nine FAA aircrew were executed by a prison camp after the Japanese Surrender) had horrific tales to tell, from what I've read. My late Uncle Harry was a navigator in the RAAF in Burma (in either Bostons or Ansons - or both; I haven't been able to track down which yet), would never talk about it, and he wasn't imprisoned and tortured. Thankfully the Japanese of today are completely different! Although general population may not have reflected the behaviour of the Japanese Army (the worst offenders as far as I know) in any case. Typical of the Yanks to get the name wrong - maybe they thought that they were being funny. The Boss keeps trying to grow parsley, but things keep eating the seedlings. She has let two of the plants got completely to seed in the hope that we will get at least one decent plant. We will probably end up with a lawn of it... Hopefully you got the new car home in one piece! On 29/01/2017 at 06:12, Sgt.Squarehead said: Would the likelihood of catapult launching be a factor in the presence/absence of the headrest? I think that that was the reason. See my next post... On 29/01/2017 at 06:40, bbudde said: Hello, totally off topic , but I came across this now again . A german serie, which I think you don't know at all ( but a good old one), and I like the music, especially the guitar riffs on that. Good old music. >snip< I enjoyed the theme tune - but particularly the guitar work as you said yourself. I remember enjoying watching Drei Damen vom Grill here in Oz in the late 80s. And, of course, Inspector Rex in more recent times. Woof . On 29/01/2017 at 06:56, Beard said: I'm sure I've read, somewhere, that the Seafire had a headrest because of catapult take-offs and arrested landings. Of course, I can't find either a photo (of a Seafire III) or anything in writing to support my belief. Ditto my comment to Sarge - see next post... 14 hours ago, TheBaron said: Hope you feel better soon Alex. We all seem to be going down like ninepins at the moment with various bugs don't we? Sent after a minute of tapping and swearing using an iPad. For 'ninepins' autodefect put 'nipples'. I've no idea how people use these in business, they must just be sending each other streams of soft-porn gibberish.... Thank you for your kind wishes :). I have what pleases me to call the auto-corrupter - I like your 'autodefect', too - on all of my electronic devices that can process text. All of the them! I finally lost it after one incorrect apostrophe too many and did the lot. Problem slovde - altoghhou not ncessariuly my spelingn... I shudder to think how many people have lost their jobs because they didn't check what the aoto-corrupter had done to the missives. "Honest, Boss, the computer did it" may not have cut it as an excuse: a bit like the old 'the dog/cat ate (etc.) it" homework excuse. Going down like nipples? Hmmm... I want the old : rofl : back . Ah, found it again: . The new one just doesn't do it for me, I'm afraid. Too mawkishly sentimental, as I like to say of such rubbish. Photos and Seafire commentary in the next post! There's quite a lot to add, so it will be a while before it appears. Cheers, Alex. <-- not a detective dog 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 (edited) Hello Alex. Like to see your further progress Die drei Damen vom Grill was a cool show. I liked Brigitte Mira on Tv. I know Kommissar Rex, but haven't seen it The only austrian Detective serie, which is really cult for me, is Kottan ermittelt, That was really funny. True anarchy : Polizeipräsident Pilch at his best. He had so much to struggle with in his position and life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kottan_ermittelt https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX4Iz0RdtuIgLKvy10RJ9Om3AjQRaZiK0 I Don't know if you understand it, but also worth watching it Edited January 31, 2017 by bbudde 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Alex, I've been going through my limited resources (because I've just started a Sword Seafire III) and, as far as I can see, Seafires had headrests. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexN Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share Posted February 1, 2017 Rightio. I'm feeling a bit more human bean-like today, so I have done some preparatory work on the Seafire (which will be part of a subsequent post, as will the replies to the above comments by Benedikt and Simon - in a separate post after this one), and have enough bottle to do this post while the latest item is baking in the oven: 1. Weathered Seafire Mk III no. 1. Some notes: RAAF P-40 Warhawk droptank (100 tanks acquired for 1 case of Scotch); replacement port wingtip and aileron; reduced and refined canon blister and no canon-blanking stub; cordite stains on sings; MGs have been fired so outer MGs haven't been removed; mid-longeron stiffening fishplate; Aboukir tropical air filter under nose; prominent weld seams on fishtail exhausts Photo via the Armoured Carriers website's 'Seafire Variants' page Weathered Seafire Mk III no. 1 by Alex1N, on Flickr 2. Weathered Seafire Mk III no. 2: further along the deck. Notes: slimline low-drag canon blister; heavy exhaust staining with long plume reaching back past the centre of the fuselage roundel; heavy scuffing on wing root; heavily weathered paint from the harsh sub-rtopical conditions; no canon stubs; chalked-on(?) 'S' on starboard fuselage roundel - could mean any number of things; Sutton harness visible through aft fixed canopy (between Frames 11 and 12); little evidence of stencils, plus wing walkway markings partially overpainted on port side; again, prominent weld seams on fishtail exhausts Photo via the Armoured Carriers website's 'Task Force 57 Operation Iceberg I' page Weathered Seafire Mk III no. 2 by Alex1N, on Flickr 3. OK, here's a headrest picture: most probably a Seafire IIc. Big, innit?: Image © Imperial War Museum. FLEET AIR ARM SERIES, ON BOARD HMS VICTORIOUS. SEPTEMBER 1942. (A 12548) Fleet Air Arm mechanics carrying out adjustments to the engines of a naval fighter aircraft. Copyright: IWM. Original Source: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205145965 Image via the Armoured Carriers website's 'Seafire Development' page FLEET AIR ARM SERIES, ON BOARD HMS VICTORIOUS. SEPTEMBER 1942. by Alex1N, on Flickr 4. Seafire headrest. Possibly the same aircraft or from the same cohort as photo no. 3 above, so it's a Seafire I or II. Note also the old-style reflector site but with rectangular glass, and the old-style rectangular rear-bview mirror. Image captured from British Pathé film clip via the Armoured Carriers website Image © British Pathé Seafire headrest by Alex1N, on Flickr 5. On the other hand: no head rest on this rather shot-up Seafire Mk III, just landed-on. According to the Armoured Carriers website on HMS Indefatigable (see here for more information on the Indefatigable and her sister-ship HMS Implacable). Note also the mid-fuselage stiffening plate, mismatched wing markings, extensive scuffing of the wing root, starboard canon stub (on a replacement wing from a scrapped 'dud'), canon fairing broken apart by the barrier (recoil spring exposed), and wooden propeller blades missing (characteristic of bouncing and missing the wires, which also meant ending up in the crash barrier). The tip of the remaining one blade broken; port u/c leg has broken off or collapsed; the replacement starboard wing is going to be replaced yet again once the aircraft is offloaded for repairs - unless the aircraft gets pushed over the ship's side this time Image via the Armoured Carriers website A rather shot-up Seafire, just landed-on by Alex1N, on Flickr 6. BPF Seafire from HMS Implacable (Indefatigable's sister-ship) being disentangled from a crash barrier. Note lack of headrest, the open flaps-down indicator, mangled starboard aileron, and cordite stains on wings Image from the Armoured Carriers website's 'Seafire - Operational History' page BPF Seafire from HMS Implacable being disentangled from the crash barrier by Alex1N, on Flickr 7. This is a repeat image from the cluster cribbed from the 'Farewell to Sydney' film clip from a few posts back. This is a Seafire Mk III from the HMS Indefatigable, which supplied the Seafire Combat Air Patrol (CAP) for the British Pacific Fleet's 'Task Force 57' participation in the Okinawa invasion (Operation Iceberg I, Oolong and II). Note the conspicuous lack of headrest in this British Pacific Fleet aircraft (destined for waters around Japan). Also note the late-war rounded aerodynamic rear-view mirror housing, gyro gunsight, and the canopy release handle Seafire LF Mk III head armour plate by Alex1N, on Flickr 8. And for Mr Tiger: it's not Parsley - a bit closer to the present day. "I am the Scary Lion", as a matter of fact; I'm scary around the front...And I'm scary around the back!" - and my favourite Teletubbies clip (I watched the whole original series with my young daughter). A couple of famous British actors did the two voices for this little gem: Film clip © Teletubbies/BBC/BBC Worldwide So. Headrests for the Seafires up to the Mk IIc, and no headrests for the Mk IIIs in the British Pacific Fleet posted to waters off Japan in mid-1945. I have so far found no headrest information for Seafires Mk III prior to that, i.e., between Mediterranean/Atlantic operations, and the BPF in Operation Meridian, (the destruction of the Japanese-held Palembang oil refineries on Sumatra). The CAP Seafires were not involved in the two strike operations in late January 1945, their job being to protect the Fleet from raiders from nearby Japanese air fields (including from a Kamikaze flight of five aircraft). The only photos that I have seen on the Armoured Carriers website have been Seafires in action from a distance (out of the range of the Fleet's flak cordon) I have decided to do the Seafire from HMS Indefatigable in mid 1945, since that is the period from which I have most photographic information: NN212 of 887 Naval Air Squadron, S112. This aircraft shot down two A6M5 Zeros on 15 August while piloted by Sub/Lt G.J. Murphy, according the the markings notes in the Pavla instructions. A note on aircraft BPF letter codes, extracted from the Armoured Carriers website: BPF aircraft codes carrying the following letters on their tail can be identified as belonging to the following fleet carriers: N = Implacable; P = Victorious; Q = Illustrious; S = Indefatigable; W = Indomitable; X = Formidable. The first digit of the three-digit aircraft identification number = crew number, so single seat Seafires are '1, Fairey Fireflies are '2', Avengers are '3', etc. There were also codes for carrier deck of particular ships, which were apparently different to those on their aircraft, and there were also separate RN carrier codes for each of the ships invovled in Operations Iceberg, but I'm not going to muddy the waters by including them here: more detail can be found on the Task Force 57 page of the Armoured Carriers site. Cheers, Alex. is relieved that @keefr22 never pops up, since he's a bit worried about 'Little T' wanting to eat him for lunch... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexN Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share Posted February 1, 2017 8 hours ago, bbudde said: Hello Alex. Like to see your further progress Die drei Damen vom Grill was a cool show. I liked Brigitte Mira on Tv. I know Kommissar Rex, but haven't seen it The only austrian Detective serie, which is really cult for me, is Kottan ermittelt, That was really funny. True anarchy : Polizeipräsident Pilch at his best. He had so much to struggle with in his position and life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kottan_ermittelt https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX4Iz0RdtuIgLKvy10RJ9Om3AjQRaZiK0 I Don't know if you understand it, but also worth watching it >snip< I always wanted to learn German at school, and because only French and Indonesian (took both) were offered (no Latin, either ) I tried learning the language from a book/record tourist's German package. It didn't go well. This had repercussions for a young alex when it was in Germany briefly in late 1982 and then in a very cold mid-January 1983 im Hamburg 'mit keine Deutsche'... 6 hours ago, Beard said: Alex, I've been going through my limited resources (because I've just started a Sword Seafire III) and, as far as I can see, Seafires had headrests. See my post above - definitely not the last word on the issue though... Is there a link to your Seafire III build? I'll do post some of the sporadic and minimal Seafire work in my next post. Cheers, Alex. <-- doesn't know Deutsche either... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 You've, clearly, done more digging than me on the matter of headrests Alex. There isn't a WiP yet because I only started it last night and all I've done is start the cockpit and haven't taken any photographs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 8 hours ago, AlexN said: Alex. is relieved that @keefr22 never pops up, since he's a bit worried about 'Little T' wanting to eat him for lunch... It's OK Alex, I've mollified him with a giant cow pie... Drat these notification thingies, I'd somehow missed this epic before. 31 pages to read? I might be some time...!! K & little T 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexN Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share Posted February 1, 2017 is greatly relieved! Nothing like a giant cow pie to distract a ravening carnivore . Cheers, Alex and a greatly relieved , both of whom welcome you and little T . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Excellent observation and deduction on those frame grabs there Poirot. Signed: Baron Hastings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexN Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 20 hours ago, Beard said: You've, clearly, done more digging than me on the matter of headrests Alex. There isn't a WiP yet because I only started it last night and all I've done is start the cockpit and haven't taken any photographs. I feel as though I have headrests coming out of my ears ...... I'll keep an eye out for your progress, Simon . 1. Separated 0.6 mm ring and 0.4 mm tube. Still threaded on the 0.2 nickel silver rod Separated 0.6 mm ring and 0.4 mm tube by Alex1N, on Flickr 2. Ring and tube together - and off the rod Ring and tube together by Alex1N, on Flickr 3. Ring and tube - sitting on the wide end Ring and tube - sitting on the wide end by Alex1N, on Flickr I decided to make some more casts: 4. Bubbles! More than a few... Bubbles! by Alex1N, on Flickr 5. Bubbles here too. Epoxy resin without filler powders, etc., since I thought that I would get a more resilient, less friable end-product (I've made small test items from cured resin before, very easy) Bubbles here too by Alex1N, on Flickr 6. Newly-cast items for the Seafire, plus the excess resin left in the milk bottle lid used to mix it in Newly-cast items for the Seafire by Alex1N, on Flickr 7. Closer-up view of seat support frame and Frame 12. The many small bubbles coalesced under squeezing the mould parts together into a few larger ones - as can be seen here Closer-up view of seat support frame and Frame 12 by Alex1N, on Flickr 8. Almost cleaned-up cast items: really easy to do with neat resin Cleaned-up cast items by Alex1N, on Flickr I was reading @CedB's lovely Spitfire Mk IX thread yesterday morning, and paid specific attention to his use of Plasticine as a support for spacing the blades of his five-balded propeller. I realised that something of the sort (vide also the use of a support for the seat centre section some pages back in this thread) was what was needed for supporting F11 for drilling the holes for the head armour plate supports. Ced's post linked to here (it's a habit from my 'research' days to refgerence everything...): So, out with the FIMO, not having Plasticine at the moment - and FIMO, when baked, doesn't stick to things quite as much: 9. Support for drilling armour plate bolt holes in Frame 11: F11 pressed into a piece of kneaded FIMO Support for drill.ojng armour plate bolt holes in Frame 11 by Alex1N, on Flickr 10. Frame 12 removed from FIMO pad Frame 12 removed from FIMO pad by Alex1N, on Flickr 11. F11 back on the FIMO pad after baking the pad (without the frame) at 110 ℃. I had to carve some bits out to get the part to lie flat after distortion from removing the part prior to baking (should have used cling wrap or something as a release agent) and possibly from baking. Sticky tape still used to positively locate and steady the part... F11 back on the FIMO pad by Alex1N, on Flickr 12. Double-sided tape for holding the armour plate part in place, preventing the plate from skating about all over the place when placed over F11 Double-sided tape for holding the armour plate part in place by Alex1N, on Flickr 13. Prodding the armour plate into position: not quite there yet. Note the damage to the armour plate caused by careless handling Prodding the armour plate into position by Alex1N, on Flickr 14. Holes drilled- but were they in the right place? Holes drilled by Alex1N, on Flickr 15. Bolt-holes drilled in F11, plate/template removed. The top pair are perilously close to the edges of F11 - a bit of tinkering will probably be in order in due course. This is a result of trying to retro-fit a aprt from another kit that was never meant to be in this one - and with quite a different shape to the other kit's F11 too boot... Bolt-holes drilled in F11, plate/template removed by Alex1N, on Flickr 16. Pieces of 0.4 mm tube in the drilled holes - a sort of test-fit. Using tweezers with unaligned points is a recipe for - feeding the carpet monster! Which is why I used tubes without rings for this escercise Pieces of 0.4 mm tube in the drilled holes by Alex1N, on Flickr Follow the following link to my Seafire flickr album... Given the hybrid nature of F11 by now, I am reasonably happy with progress on it, given the scale. When I'm at the bench these days, I seem to spend more time sitting there pondering, than actually doing anything to the bits and pieces - most of it is trying out alternative assembly sequences in my head. And when away from the bench, too. Which a rather prevaricating way of saying thatI may not get anything done today, either. Cheers, Alex. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexN Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 On 01/02/2017 at 22:13, keefr22 said: It's OK Alex, I've mollified him with a giant cow pie... Drat these notification thingies, I'd somehow missed this epic before. 31 pages to read? I might be some time...!! K & little T You may want to skip the pages and pages where I waffle on a treat off topic... On 02/02/2017 at 06:24, TheBaron said: Excellent observation and deduction on those frame grabs there Poirot. Signed: Baron Hastings. Thank you, your Baron-ship. Eet ees ecksairceesing zee leetle grey cells, Mon Ami. Apologies for the Belgelish. And that, too. I am now faced with very gingerly drilling or tube-punching a 1-ish mm hole and making four sateliite pinpricks (for the headrest bolt holes) in the top part of the armour plate. If, in fact, that dark circle is a hole. Glueing on a headrest would have been a lot simpler... That has to be done before mounting the armour plate to F11, so I had better add that to my list. Maybe a small disc of black transfer or a blob of paint... The idea of a very large hole in the middle of a piece of armour bothers me a lot, I have to say. Even with a headrest in front of it, and especially without. Something of a puzzle. Maybe it was in fact paint... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 6 hours ago, AlexN said: When I'm at the bench these days, I seem to spend more time sitting there pondering, than actually doing anything to the bits and pieces - most of it is trying out alternative assembly sequences in my head. At least that is doing something mentally productive. I seem to sit at the bench staring blankly into space. And then occasionally falling asleep....! I'm still playing catch up Alex, so don't know the 'back story' to all the rather good moulding of tiny parts and the even tinier bits of metal working happpening in this post, but it all looks rather fiddly - and rather neat! Little T says good morning & that he's just enjoyed a nice breakfast of half a great white shark. Heaven only knows where he found that in wet South Wales this morning! Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexN Posted February 3, 2017 Author Share Posted February 3, 2017 Hmmm, curiously, it's a damp day here in New South wales - well, the Blue Mountains, anyway - drizzle and mist for part of the morning. "You can't eat too many half-Great White Sharks", says . Of which there are an increasing number (of GWSs) in Oz coastal waters. People complain about this, but the stupid fools don't seem to realise that said coastal waters are the sharks' home and dinner table, and they visit them at their own risk. If the sharks started walking about on land munching people, on the other hand, that would be a totally different bucket o' snakes... Rather like one step forward, two steps backwards today. 1. FIMO F11 support with 'bolt' holes, after drilling holes though F11 FIMO F11 support with 'bolt' holes by Alex1N, on Flickr 2. Four Armour plate 'bolts' with 'knurled nuts': 0.6 mm rings glued to the 0.4 mm tube (possibly) with CA. Two 'bolts' were too short, so some more had to be made... Four Armour plate 'bolts' with 'knurled nuts' by Alex1N, on Flickr 3. More 0.6 mm rings cut More 0.6 mm rings cut by Alex1N, on Flickr 4. Cat 6e network cable external shielding braid, 0.08 mm thick! Just the thng for cables in a 1/72 aircraft cockpit :). The twisted-pair cables inside were in fact 0.135 mm (copper) - quite a bit thicker Cat 6e network cable external shielding braid by Alex1N, on Flickr 5. Lid with pieces of 0.08 mm wire. The glue-covered pin was used to apply, er, glue to the 'bolts'.... Lid with pieces of 0.08 mm wire by Alex1N, on Flickr 6. Piece of 0.08 mm wire with test bends, as a possible replacement for the broken-off electrical lead coming down from the voltage regulator on the Pavla F11 part Piece of 0.08 mm wire with test bends by Alex1N, on Flickr 7. Plastic jar of 0.08 mm wire offcuts: safe and secure. I probably have kilometres of the stuff in the shed, in actual fact... Plastic jar of 0.08 mm wire offcuts by Alex1N, on Flickr Follow the following link to my Seafire flickr album... Not a lot of progress for almost an hour's fiddling - I had expected hoped to be a little further along, for example, having glued the 'bolts and nuts' to the armour plate. I did manage to retrieve a couple of drill bits from the 0.4 mm tube stock by dint of poking them out again with a length of 0.2 mm rod, though. And have some nice thin usable wire as well, so I can't really complain. Cheers, Alex. doesn't like the sound of Great White Sharks at all, and would prefer that Little T gobble 'em all up, munchy munch... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 This all looks very technical and impressive Alex! Also the reference shots for the sea fire are very handy, I do love a well weathered aircraft Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 0.08mm !? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 He's going to make it fly. I know he is. He's wiring it up! Incredible attention to detail Alex. Good tips and ideas on alternative sources for tiny detail parts too. TT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bbudde Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Hello Alex, haven't heard from you for quite a while. Still alive? Hope you are doing fine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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