perdu Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 (edited) Might be six, don't panic Mr Bob 😮 A week to the end of this month, four weeks of next month and one week into February Yup, it's six Edited December 23, 2016 by perdu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moaning dolphin Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 3 hours ago, perdu said: Might be six, don't panic Mr Bob 😮 A week to the end of this month, four weeks of next month and one week into February Yup, it's six Phew! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 (edited) Did anyone notice we've had another Christmas pass us by? Well it didnt pass but touched lightly thank all that's blessed Anyway I have been tiddling about with stuff here and stuff there There I will deal with there when there's much of owt to share, here's where here comes in Small beer again "little and occasional" is the watchword I made some wheels recently you may recall and spent some of last night fashioning the new yokes for the legs and then adding the yokes to the old stem sections I'm rather (some may say uncharacteristically) pleased we were pulled up over the wheel diameters but if that isn't what we come and post for I am unsure what else it might be? After James setting us on the way with actual, proper sizes (which I hope some of you have saved for accurising next year's Airfix Wasp) I was in a position to learn about the wheel locking systems in use on Wopses (kind of...) 0.208" = 1/72 scale 15" It is obvious that every suspension leg on the Wasp is identical to the next/other and I see the wheel lock is inside each wheel in the same place too What we have is a locking device on the right/starboard face of each wheel as it sits in its caster pointing forward The leg is designed so it has the same tie downs and clamping frames for the purpose of being port or starbucks, just with nuts, bolts and piping reversed for opposing sides of the airframe Good idea, saves money and brain power So does this gain the favour of the collective? these pictures highlighted a slight irregularity on the front port tyre, now sorted from the side over here these spindles are not yet fixed in position but the next phase will result in them becoming permanant structural artifacts soon The locking units are almost invisible here and not a lot more visible in the walkarouds round hereabouts, 's'amazing how rare pictures of them are Also I have been playing with the ultra violet setting resin my wife treated me to as an early Christmas pressie Here is one of the internal canopy framing being attached along with a linked set of collectives being assembled for something "over there" It is going to be fun to start making wiring and wriggly pipery for upstairs next Soon be painting time Edited December 30, 2016 by perdu 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Looks good from here Bill! Martian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 I have to say it - it looked good before - now it looks GREAT ! it was worth the hassle wasn't it ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Nice work on the under carriage it looks great from here. Have a good New Year Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Yep. That's doing it for me. A bit like the old painter's trick of looking at your work in the mirror, I often find that it's only after looking at the photos after a session that I notice when something is astray. Seeing your structure there in its current state Bill reminds me just how much the Wasp seems to spring from a 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' design sensibility; being up close to the real thing only serves to increase this sense when you see how it only seems as substantial as a 60s saloon car. I'm still incredibly fond of its buzzing gangliness when you see one flying... Tony 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Looks good from here! Happy New Year! Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 Yes a timely reminder Happy New Year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Bostin' work as usual Bill. If I may be so bold I have a suggestion for your next build: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 Not going to surprise you is it? I did consider that at one time a long time ago But not naval is it? Not really aeroplanes either... But... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Beautiful. Next should be a fully functional wing-folding Gannet, or maybe a Seamew... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 (edited) Seamew Would it shock you to know I've built one of those already? Flew quite well for an old Keil Kraft rubber job... Dammit I'm a 'Child of the Fifties' all that stuff is grist to the mill However I doubt if we'll be having Shorts's little aberration this time around Edited December 31, 2016 by perdu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 2 hours ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: Beautiful. Next should be a fully functional wing-folding Gannet, or maybe a Seamew... I have one of those in the stash Crisp and copies from the AP . No; stop putting daft ideas in my head, there are more than enough of those there already! Martian the Sorely Tempted 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Happy New Year Bill Them wheels look great to me, good job Sir! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Amazing. That's all I can think to say on your ability to make a full set of wheels from scratch. It hardly conveys my admiration for the effort and ingenuity you've put in to this one but it's all I can offer at the moment. Well done sir. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted January 5, 2017 Author Share Posted January 5, 2017 (edited) Well I finally decided on the wheel directions, they only seem to caster oddly in flight so I have gone for a more or less ahead posture And now the front legs are in, glued and trimmed at last Now I can get Wasping So to mark the occasion, yaw pedals with stirrup loops for wobblychopter ops I know they don't show well from this angle This angle does show that there's lots of scope for a very sharp new scalpel blade round the legs, front one needed a bit more off but I needed some height to hold the leg angle a bit of scalpelling will soon sort that Im not happy with the back window either. Lots of scope for modelling here then I will start decorating the engine deck Shocker will be spotted in when the paint is done, I'm hoping to use Albion AlloysTube for the fescalised bits I admit it, quite pleased with the wheels Edited January 5, 2017 by perdu 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 And so you should be, they're most excellent! Top job Bill! Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 I would be too, they look great - even pointed in the same direction! Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 not just the wheels Bil - that entire undercarriage looks great ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 You have every right to be pleased with that undercarriage. Martian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Very nice Bill and I think you deserve to be more than 'quite pleased' - great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 The whole thing is very pleasing Bill! Great work. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell209 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 And I thought I was pushing it making a 1/48 Scout from the Wasp kit! Outstanding work so far!! By the way, I think you'll find the wheels are generally canted inward when operating from ships to prevent the aircraft rolling off the deck. They're then aligned manually to move it into/out of the hangar (AFAIK). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 I rarely compliment other men on their lower regions Bill, but in your case... ...that's a very impressive undercarriage you've got there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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