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Fozzy

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  1. ........and here they are placed in the Spats............... Thats it for now as I think my monitor is about to pack up on me!!!...........more expence! Next time I post I will show you how I tackled the dreaded Cowling cheers for now Fozzy
  2. Can't have undercarriage legs without wheels...........so here goes The wheels were shaped from Balsa wood and then covered with plastic card and then the tyres were made from electric cable insulation.......sounds crazy but quite effective .These pics make them look naf because they show only half of them.....thats because only the bottom half will be seen and when they are painted up they will look authentic...I bloody hope!!!
  3. ...................Bits of plastic were cut to add a bit of detail here and there.Here are the finished undercarriage wheel spats........
  4. I carved out a male lug which would adventually fit into the lower fuselage............... and then made the Landing lights.These were made by first drilling out a hole in the front of each spat at the appropiate place,and backing the hole with sticky chrome foil.The top of a clear cocktail stick was then placed inside the hole and the glass was replicated out of the clear packaging plastic.With the cocktail stick against the chrome foil any light shinning on it makes it look like a lamp!!.............
  5. The wheel Spats were first shaped out of a block of Balsa and the undercarriage legs were shaped out of Hard wood(I used Hardwood here as the legs will take all the weight)...........here they are PVC'd up and undercoated........
  6. Nice one Cliff!! My attention now turned to the dreaded undercarriage!!! This was rather a difficult shape to replicate and after carefull thought I decided on using Balsa wood and Hard wood as the main materials.The pic below shows the exact materials used........... That is Balsa wood and Hard wood,plastic card,clear cocktail stick ,clear plastic packaging and sticky chrome foil paper!
  7. ............and here are 2 pics of the Elevators fitted...............
  8. Elevators were next and this was done the same way as the Rudder assembly
  9. So now I had to tackle the tail unit.I decided to make it out of solid Balsa.A block was put on the plans over the tail and then cut to shape.Then it was a case of sanding down to shape.Once I had done that then it was glued into position and the area beneath the tail was then skinned with paper card.When I completed gently marking out panel lines I then gave the whole unit the PVC treatmaent as described before..............I presume you understand all this? because i dont!!..........anyhow heres a pic
  10. Engineer?....I wish!!then maybe I wouldnt have so many probs putting it together!!.....No I'm retired Rishi,but have worked in many a hanger as I used to be in the Army air Corps as a Aircrewman! Cheers to Jamie and Mish Fozzy
  11. I wish I was an Engineer!! but i'm afraid you assumed wrong !!Years ago I used to be an aircrewman in the A.A.C (Army Air Corps),and up untill I retired 3 years ago I was a fully qualified Driving Instructor!!now I'm a lazy sod! Thanks for the Duxford Museum contact number,I tried them once before with a Mustang I built ,but no go.Maybe I'll give them another go. Cheers for that Foz
  12. Thanks for the advice Kev....Have tried to donate to museums before ,maybe I will try again with this one Cheers Fozzy
  13. Yes your right ...I'm just as mad as you guys.....well I will be by the time I have finished this build
  14. I don't know why photobucket keeps on deleating my photos ....will fix tomorrow!!
  15. These next 2 pics you can see some type of finish on the sufaces that I have applied.The system I use is ......... 1. First paste on with a brush diluted PVC glue and let dry.Repeat this proceedure 3 to 4 times. 2.Spray the area with undercoat.I use Humbrol 64. 3. Spray on 3 to 4 coats of Johnsons Klear.....or any sealant coat. This will hopefully seal the wood or card ready for painting later.....or not!
  16. Here's another angle....the white top piece you see is simply a piece of card paper stretched over the pre prepared frame work of Balsa
  17. Just to let you all know that all of this was done some time ago and I'm posting all of this untill I catch up with myself!. I now had to tackle the front end of the Lysander which in the real aircraft is metal skinned.This was replicated by blocks of Balsa wood glued in between the front formers and then hand sanded down to the shape of the Fuselage.In this next picture you can see that I have done this as well as adding another piece of Balsa above it and sanded to shape
  18. Heres another angle of the construction In this shot you can see the cockpit area
  19. I started with the Formers ,glued the Longerons in place and this pic you can see the Stringers in place
  20. I built the fuselage some time ago and I apologies for not having detailed pics .The plans I used (got from the internet......real crap ones.should have got better ones,and later on in the build I payed for it as you will see )...anyway the plans were placed on a cork board and the balsa strips were pinned and glued over the plans untill dry....I'm sure you know how its done!!
  21. Hi everyone So I am recently new to this forum and have introduced myself in "Ready for inspection" with my Stuka.As I think I mentioned I normally make scratch built models and am not too sure how this project will go down with you guys! I decided to build this Lysander as I would normally do and it might be interesting to you how I attempt to put it alltogether!! I will not be using any after sales goodies for this build.The main materials used is Balsa wood,plastic card,paper card and wire.I shall be vac forming my own canopy,painting my own decals and consructing parts out of what ever I can lay my hands on!.I dont know why I picked such a hard subject to build except I guess I like a challenge and I'm a bit mad.........and ofcourse I like the Lysander! I am having problems with downloading photos so please bare with me(I am sure I will sort it out soon!) Here we go then..chapter 1.......................Here are some pictures of the Fuselage consruction.
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