Wonko the Sane Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 (edited) Busy with a 1:8 scale Wessex Edited October 22, 2016 by Wonko the Sane trying to post photo 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Link won't let me look! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 "You are not authorised to download this attachment." Rather than just link to another forum, can't you add some photos here too? Sounds like a great project.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonko the Sane Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 On 10/19/2016 at 5:04 PM, Radleigh said: "You are not authorised to download this attachment." Rather than just link to another forum, can't you add some photos here too? Sounds like a great project.. I cannot add photos... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonko the Sane Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy wood Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Wow, just, wow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coneheadff Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 WOW!!!! Is it completely scratch build? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonko the Sane Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share Posted October 23, 2016 7 hours ago, coneheadff said: WOW!!!! Is it completely scratch build? hi coneheadff... no... the fuselage and printed parts are from http://www.redlodgehelicopters.co.uk/wessex.htm there will be a lot of scratch building on the details though W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonko the Sane Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share Posted October 23, 2016 work done on "metalizing" the steps to simulate wear through the paint to the metal in later stages of the build.. Hinges trimmed for engine covers W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonko the Sane Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share Posted October 23, 2016 just to give you an idea of size... I am 6'2" W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coneheadff Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 She's huuuuge! Can't await to see your progress. Maybe it will motivate me to start my 1/32 Wessex :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonko the Sane Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share Posted October 23, 2016 15 minutes ago, coneheadff said: She's huuuuge! Can't await to see your progress. Maybe it will motivate me to start my 1/32 Wessex :-) I will be using the 1:32 to copy details. The Sky model is absolutely stunning w.r.t detail...used the p.e to make the mesh screens for various parts W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Amazing, fair play to you. I guess this is r/c too? Brave man flying all that work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonko the Sane Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share Posted October 23, 2016 4 minutes ago, Radleigh said: Amazing, fair play to you. I guess this is r/c too? Brave man flying all that work!! Thanx Radleigh... of all my hand built models, this 1:7 scale UH1-B has the largest Ar$$ pucker factor...3 years to build W 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 oh boy.... and of course W O W ! The magnificent Walter in B I G lovely stuff already Wonko I'm in, in awe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Great stuff,.....I`d be too scared to fly them! I once saw somebody crash their work of art on its first flight and it hit a boulder in a river, so the parts drifted off downstream,......it put me off RC for life and I can still see him crying in my mind today,.....poor bloke had taken 4 years to build it and he had been so proud taking it from the van!! Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coneheadff Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 This is really going to be a great build! Can't awaitto see your progress. How have you made the PE parts? CAD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonko the Sane Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 5 hours ago, coneheadff said: This is really going to be a great build! Can't awaitto see your progress. How have you made the PE parts? CAD? I photo copied the 1;32 model's PE parts, enlarged till I got what I wanted and sent the images to the etchers. They digitised it and voila!! W 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonko the Sane Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 did some work on the cabin step and the seat frames W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coneheadff Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 (edited) Great idea with the PE parts! One question...do you have any good pictures of the air intake? There are many from the back, but none from above looking into the intake. Edited October 25, 2016 by coneheadff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonko the Sane Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 17 minutes ago, coneheadff said: Great idea with the PE parts! One question...do you have any good pictures of the air intake? There are many from the back, but none from above looking into the intake. Which air intake coneheadff ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coneheadff Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 (edited) Main air intake for the engines Edited October 25, 2016 by coneheadff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggers Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 On 23/10/2016 at 20:37, Wonko the Sane said: Thanx Radleigh... of all my hand built models, this 1:7 scale UH1-B has the largest Ar$$ pucker factor...3 years to build W Nice Wonko.Turbine powered?,wouldn't work quite the same with a yowling smoking glowplug in it I guess.Is the Wessy going for turbine power too? On 23/10/2016 at 23:29, tonyot said: Great stuff,.....I`d be too scared to fly them! I once saw somebody crash their work of art on its first flight and it hit a boulder in a river, so the parts drifted off downstream,......it put me off RC for life and I can still see him crying in my mind today,.....poor bloke had taken 4 years to build it and he had been so proud taking it from the van!! Cheers Tony Saw a similar thing with an old mate's big scale Jim Davis Spitfire years ago. He'd flown it once,maybe twice.It was a beauty,flaps,retracts,the whole shooting match. He brought it down in a howling power dive,pulled out a bit too tight and the port wing folded back against the fuselage as the mainspar gave way. There wasn't half a thud............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonko the Sane Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 Hi Miggers All my builds are electric(battery) power.... Always sad to loose a model... W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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