hendie Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 30 minutes ago, keefr22 said: I didn't realize they made 1:1 resin nose cones 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAMP man Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 To paraphrase the words of Father Ted, 'the one in front is small 243 is far away' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Mashbox nose looks the more credible to me Bill, with that Joe Bugner-like kink to the conk: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 1 hour ago, hendie said: I didn't realize they made 1:1 resin nose cones Stopped the thing tail sitting.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 (edited) Well look at us, no frost nor do icy winds blow, well not very icy Howsomever icy winds DO blow over the Frog Buccaneer programme I had holes to fill in the front of the fuselage, and Milliput to use so I whacked up a dollop last night and did the trick with it but I also had to cut back the fore edge of the engine's nacelles to suit the length of the Maintrack intakes Brian sent me in my hour of need This gave me some very worrisome results, bear in mind this fuselage side now needs sihrscing back to the slim profile so the intake unit is not yet flush but I get this The leading edge fillet isn't lined up yet but the top and bottom edges are where they ARE going to be There's nearly an eighth of an inch to lose someplace Here's a bare-bones picture of the filled but unfinished fuselage which I suppose I might try to carry on with but I am pretty well displeased I cant even get my dander up by taking a run round the recent Hendie shots because his ip was blocked in the latest attack by the hacking scum Grrr Anyway in slightly nicer news There was enough Milliput for this another view almost hard enough for sihrsc I found out when scratchbuilding the Sherpa that if I drop a rule down into the Milliput it will find the level I need to file down to by stopping where the file did I expect to be Palouste casting soon ciao Edited March 21, 2018 by perdu 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 54 minutes ago, perdu said: if I drop a rule down into the Milliput it will find the level I need to file down to by stopping where the file did That's an excellent tip Bill! I'm sure you'll come up with a similarly good idea to sort that fuselage out! Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 (edited) Keith, I must say "I huv me doots" as Paw Broon used to opine in the Sunday Post Or wuzzit The Sunday Mail, onyways disnae matter, the task became a bit of a yawning chasm last night 😠 Edited March 21, 2018 by perdu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 1 hour ago, perdu said: I found out when scratchbuilding the Sherpa that if I drop a rule down into the Milliput it will find the level I need to file down to by stopping where the file did ciao Excellent advice, never heard of that before now Try and keep the faith with the Buccaneer, not easy in such circumstances. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 I'm trying to be positive, in fact in positive I'm trying Kinda To be honest though I can't see yet how I'm going to remove so many acres of plastic and still have a fuselage This might, yet, be a dead parrot (blue?) 💩. 😱 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 4 hours ago, perdu said: The leading edge fillet isn't lined up When it is Bill, won't the intake rotate downward in toward the fuselage? Might that not close the gap at the bottom up a little? I'm sure it'll give you a better idea of what you need to get them to mate up, it's really difficult to see when everything isn't where it ought to be... Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 We'll find out later Keith, when the Milli is a bit harder still In the meantime this has been happening You can probably see that it hasnt been too happy to be sihrsced but of course nothing tells sihrsc to b. off She do what she want to like any lady do And stuff happens This shows the lighter areas from the rule depth gauging which helps guide the file Looking at the unfilled bits you would think there was more filling needed than actually was But blimey, it's proper hard for the file card Oops I thought I took a better one than that but I didnt, the file needs unclogging every couple of minutes because the Milliput has not entirely set off This is ready for a polish, then into the latex vat for buck moulding Now then About that fuselage... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Good luck with the Fulselage Bill. great work over the weekend. Johnny. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 Thanks Johnny, fingers crossed but... The intake nose is in 'just about' the right place with the pronounced bottom (pronounced bum?) curve rising towards the front edge If I try to work in the devils mensuration (the millimotor) it's about a two mm ledge up on top, that''s a lot of filling goo comparing the two s1s Means I will have 'not a lot' of trimming back to do when they are glued in, though I think I may redarken the inside This one will have a closed canopy (didnt I mention the open one? oops) so it will be darker inside So maybe not Forward alignment So much employment for Dolgellau, such much! In other words Go on Try convincing me THIS isnt horrific Try if you like, it's n o t working Anyway it cant ALL be fun Photorecce pack again, you thought I'd forgotten it I hoped I'd forgotten it but no, consider it noticed I have been seeking a way to show the flare packs in the rear of the body This is a Windows Word graph grid reduced on the scanner to give me eleven rows of symmetrical frames, three abreast at thirty three millimotors long and eleven wide then dropped off its carrier paper and dropped onto the deck of the flare bay Then lined up with the six inch rule and the outlines cut away good huh? No you're right it is abysmal, so But it is a start, a WIP whatever that means hence Scraped clean and awaiting plan D...E....oh F Even... They do look as if they are just proud of the surface, though the lens windows are definitely sunken into the casing more tomorrow maybe Off to read how Hendie's been getting on today 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAMP man Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Yo ho Bill, I know little about Buccie bits, but it looks to me that if the intakes could shaved/cut/butchered at the point where they touch the wing leading edge the profile of the resin part would better match the kit. Any resultant gap would then might be filled on the fuselage side of things. Only a thought Feeling your pain Strickers the empath 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 (edited) 14 hours ago, perdu said: ...I still see no wheels...careful Bill!!! Whatch your back!!! Edited March 21, 2018 by massimo2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 Wheels, do not, I say do not jump the gun my friend This is not a Palouste model which will of course have wheels and stuff This is a casting buck from which WILL appear Paloustes that will need wheels and their backs watching 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 The recce pack is looking good Bill. Could the flare hatches/packs be scribed in, or perhaps just lots of small squares of 5 thou? I assume you will cast from it and produce millions of these packs for the wider buccaneer good? Cheers Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 ...well...forgive me Bill...I don't know how that hapeened, but I hadn't seen any of the pictures showing the air intakes fit aand the recce pod progress!!! Everything looks great! It's also nice to see the side by side view. Different kits, but both spot on, at peast at the rear. The front is still off limits as you're working on the intakes, thus I couldn't say, but for sure they're both Buccaneers!!! Looking forward to see the next progress on the intakes. Good night! Massimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 8 hours ago, perdu said: Go on Try convincing me THIS isnt horrific I'm afraid there's going to be a huge lot of filling to do, here ... I think I lost track of something, though: why are you using those resin intakes? RECCE pack looking great, BTW Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 Can someone take Giorgio over there and explain, oh OK I'll do it Giemme my friend, these Buccaneers are S1 types S1 types have skinny intake bodies, kits you can buy for bus fare prices do not Massimo it is my fault for spreading the ancillary bits over two builds, I will not do that again I think scribing in is the way I am going. we'll see 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 33 minutes ago, perdu said: Giemme my friend, these Buccaneers are S1 types S1 types have skinny intake bodies, kits you can buy for bus fare prices do not Ah yes, got it - now I remember. Not that I was thinking you were going to use them resin intakes to self inflict a hard punishment ... no, not me, honest guv' Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 Hmm Don't you think the punishment is harsh anyway? Blooming continentals and cruel senses of humour, huh And it started out as such a nice day. 😠 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 13 minutes ago, perdu said: And it started out as such a nice day. 😠 Apologies Bill, I'll buy you a beer in Telford (whenever I get there ) Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Could you return it to an S.2? Even the intakes moldings look a bit ghastly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 If I don't scrap it I'll persevere with it I want a white bird as well as the grey and white I have a set of transfers for both types you know 😉 I can beat the skinny intake profile fairly easily with drying resin mix Ho hum, on with the motley 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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