71chally Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: Aerodynamics are aerodynamics, whether it be the offset engine nacelle on a Walrus... In all the years that I have been casually interested in the old Walrus, it was only on a visit to FAAM last week that I noticed that the engine nacelle is indeed angled off centre! Supermarine Walrus L2301 by James Thomas, on Flickr Talking of Flickr and Wessex, a good friend of mine (Chris England) regularly uploads his old slides, here's his latest Edited September 7, 2017 by 71chally 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted September 7, 2017 Author Share Posted September 7, 2017 (edited) Just how turned wonderful that one of his pictures is my own HAS3 huh? Its great to have a nice colour shot of 406, thanks James ☺ Must add that that 406 isn't mine which is XP150, this is a replacement aircraft I suppose XS862 is this beauty but most of the detail detailing is the same. Edited September 7, 2017 by perdu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 4 hours ago, 71chally said: In all the years that I have been casually interested in the old Walrus, it was only on a visit to FAAM last week that I noticed that the engine nacelle is indeed angled off centre! To think that there was once a time when I wouldn't have been interested in that observation James. That's a character-full image of the old wallower BTW. Nice one! Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share Posted September 9, 2017 A bit more done here The weapons pylon I built was based on guess work, (I have very few useful pictures of the HAS3s pylon attachments, even fewer ofthe bracing stay locations but we do what we do) and was not long enough to let any stores hang away from the fuselage So I cut it off The tank has been painted and the 'Phenolic Materials' stickers applied, the tank was painted with my Sovereign Hobbies RAFBG which has started the ma and pa of all rows with She over the smell So to keep the smellies away I mixed up some RAFBG-alikes from Vallejo paints which seem close enoough I used some to patch the seams on the two piece tank, doesnt look too awful to me Dollop of Blue, tiddle of black and a further tiddle of Light Grey and the obligatory wibble of German Camouflage Green (colour numbers available if you need them) and its OK This is the Cleared Colourcoats BG I think I'll sand that back a tad with micromesh, its a bit less smooth Butchered pylon here repaired one here awaiting a paint job this afternoon I have the pylon cover ready to apply once I find the bracing points for the fore attachments so I will picture that when its ready to go on looks OK on the side there now to me laters, I'm off to check my models before they get on the club stand at the Sutton Coldfield Show tomorrow next 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 (edited) Coming on very nicely, green in RAF BG, I'd never have guessed! You've probably seen this, but just in case, Edited September 9, 2017 by 71chally 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share Posted September 9, 2017 Yes James hundreds of times It took you to show it before I noticed the 'from ahead' views down the side of the page Doh. Anyway that's about where we are now, awaiting paint but still without a clue as to the forestays it must surely need 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted September 11, 2017 Author Share Posted September 11, 2017 Short update, I hope this will be done by Sunday for the club comp table It certainly will be on our table at Telford anyway So far Tail rotor not ready yet, but High Voltage aerial warnings and exhaust warning signs on And (not as visible as I hoped but...) the rotor head has some detailing We knew about the droop stops but I have also added the damper pistons and the head lubrication pipes Antennae to come and aerial wires for the long wave stuff cabin roof concertina blinds, OAT and wipers swing arm steps to come too and air bottles for the flot gear, I changed my mind, white flotation canisters coming too Rotor head will have actuating levers from under the roof Will not be awfully accyrate, I am not taking the turtle back off again but there will be a simulacrum of a swash plate thingy Another attempt at home brew RAFBG new bottle Vallejo Blue 70.925 about thirty percent Extracrylix Ex Dk Sea Grey XA1004 and a dash Vallejo German Cam Dk Green 70.979 Not perfect yet but I have hopes for a later mix, this may only need shining up with a dash of Clear Also needs the Pingery bean can thingy underneath and other little stuff but I'd say on schedule for Sunday Oh yes pleased to add, the Hansom Cab picked up a first in class at the Sutton Coldfield show Chuffed is today's colour 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 18 minutes ago, perdu said: Chuffed is today's colour and so it should be Bill. Excellent job there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 On 07/09/2017 at 2:49 PM, 71chally said: (Chris England) regularly uploads his old slides, here's his latest Lovely photograph..thanks for posting it. What are the protrusions fore and aft of the tail wheel? I've never noticed them on the Wessex before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 yeah I noticed those, new on me as well. Lovely looking build there Perdu! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Nice, very nice Bill. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 I amguessing it is some kind of ground handling assembly I saw it a few weeks ago on another Walter, never got to thinking it through These are the times I wish I 'did' pprune, somebody there is bound to have the missing clue 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted September 13, 2017 Author Share Posted September 13, 2017 And as if by magic and by dint of possession of a file with a drawing This appears I wish I had the legend for the drawing though, its always good to know which part is the left handed hackle bearer slide wherry isnt it? Today has been a wrestling with Zip kicker, Roket max and grey nylon thread day And commencement of the swashplate dooberrie from an old Airfix Navy Lynx wheel, no less Yesterday I made the concertina sunshield for the cockpit roof panels Pictures of these endeavours laters, but first I have to open holes in the engine cover for the front scissor links to sit in 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 hmm, that looks like that if you lifted the aft bar it would push away the pad ahead of the tailwheel. Wonder if it was an integral chock type thing for when they operated from frigates etc? Or it is a sliding hackle bearer for the fricket gurst. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Yes, I would guess it's a foot operated tailwheel brake. The sticky out bits either side must replace the usual towbar spigots, which, as we all know, are integral with the tailwheel axle. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 A second look begs a rethink. The part 39 is where your towing/steering arm would fit. So what the part 8 & 22 are for I have no idea. Something must fit onto the part 8 though. Or else why have those holes? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted September 13, 2017 Author Share Posted September 13, 2017 part22 is obviously for the catapult slings, what's the matter with youse guys? tsskk! fun this game, is it not? 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted September 13, 2017 Author Share Posted September 13, 2017 But, back to the day job huh I used the thinnest paper I could find to lay some Vallejo 70974 Green Sky on and cut it in a strip wide enough for the roof windows(ish) Happened to be a receipt from Poundland I used a piece without printing on, when cut I took a ten inch half round... well you know the rest, and using the diagonal unseconded cuts I scored lines to represent the folded strips of sun shield (files have two sets of opposite cuts to enable filing in right or left handed mode although they generally cut easier for 'righties') This strip was cut into two pieces for inside the roof Twenty or thirty years ago I'd have rigged up the wires the shields hang from but that is out of my league nowadays so I just stuck the concertinaed paper up in the roof I think only YOU will know, should be OK The creases show on the piece of spare paper shown here This evening I have been adding some of the seventy trillion little white and yellow transfers on the Modeldecal sheet Some I say, some The instructions do not state which ones serve for which of the choices on the sheet so I am doing it judiciously I judge which ones to use This and are about all I feel like sticking on I did add one piece of my generic 'Black spaces behind metal mesh' decalcomanie to the tail pylon I might consider talking off the original upper one and adding more of this type, looks better doesnt it Won't take long to take care of that minor glitch-up Does the rotor head stuff I put in show in this shot? Ye e e e s you can see the oil pipes and the bodies of the dampers so I will call that a win, I am building the swash plate assembly with three links to go in and adding tail rotor details including the compensator type things at the back of the rotor gear Also been casting wheels for the Gannet and the Buccaneer and the casting at the Bucc's tail that pushes and pulls the airbrake I will get them out of the mould tomorrow OK that is it for tonight, ciao 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 1 hour ago, perdu said: I might consider talking off the original upper one and adding more of this type, looks better doesnt it it does indeed Bill. Very nice work as always. It's certainly come a long way over the last week or two 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 There's more modelling in that update than I've managed to do in more than the last week or two! Excellent stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 A really interesting update Bill, It's absorbing watching top notch modelling like this . Best regards TonyT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 9 hours ago, perdu said: I did add one piece of my generic 'Black spaces behind metal mesh' decalcomanie to the tail pylon I might consider talking off the original upper one and adding more of this type, looks better doesnt it Yes 9 hours ago, perdu said: Does the rotor head stuff I put in show in this shot? Yes 9 hours ago, perdu said: Ye e e e s you can see the oil pipes and the bodies of the dampers so I will call that a win, I am building the swash plate assembly with three links to go in and adding tail rotor details including the compensator type things at the back of the rotor gear Lots of modelling needed with these rotary wing craft. Makes for jolly enjoyable and impressive Bill threads tho' so mustn't grumble..... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 Cracking work as usual Perdu, still struggle to comprehend that is 72nd! 13 hours ago, Pete in Lincs said: A second look begs a rethink. The part 39 is where your towing/steering arm would fit. So what the part 8 & 22 are for I have no idea. Something must fit onto the part 8 though. Or else why have those holes? 39 looks a bit weezy for a towing attachment to my eyes, wouldn't the normal axle towing attachment work through the cutouts in the main parts? I wonder if 22/8 are some form of hold down point for deck ops? Or maybe even kick bars for setting the brake? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted September 14, 2017 Author Share Posted September 14, 2017 (edited) Cheers chaps, thanks for that Now the important bit, that diagram Its obvious to me that you must use the normal axle tow points to get proper, undamaged tail wheel operation so I looked again and from what I'm seeing attaching the tow bar will push part 39 down and release the deck locking device/brake pad to enable towing Huh? 😀 Today some of us has got to make that pesky weird shaped hoist lamp I wish I'd made a dozen years ago Also need to paint and fit Napier Gazelle jet pipes, hoist, pinger and assorted antennae Whatcha think? Wipers? And cockpit opener handles when touching in yellow upper works, which incidentally are called 'canopy' in an AP I've seen The canopy includes all the gearbox and rotor gear covers, I suppose it makes sense... 😱 Android text handling stinks Really stinks😟 Edited September 14, 2017 by perdu 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 The Wessex is really coming to life in your hands Bill More and more stunning craftsmanship! Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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