TheBaron Posted March 17, 2019 Author Share Posted March 17, 2019 5 hours ago, giemme said: Nice progress despite of the lazy mood.. And getting lazier by the hour this evening after a huge curry (Murgh kabuli) with hot chili pickle.... 4 hours ago, hendie said: These days he'd probably be asked to supply his own cushion, and by the way do you have £50 to help with the Avgas? Who gave you advance sight of the next Defence Review? Bloody MOD leaks like a sieve these days.... 🤪 2 hours ago, limeypilot said: I can't help thinking though, they fitted a forward firing, fixed machine gun. That implies that they thought an Anson could actually catch and get behind another aircraft to shoot at it. The ring sight must have made it look like the pilot was wearing a monocle in head-on encounters... 2 hours ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: Avro’s designers seem to have similar views to Fairey’s... Might explain the recruitment posters: 'Jockeys wanted - apply within.' 1 hour ago, Pete in Lincs said: It's a lie I tell you! Work uniform is dark black. I'd picked up that blue two piece from the dry cleaners for a lady friend. Still doesn't explain the hairstyle tootsie! 💇♂️ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Pale yellow bobble hat and the bobble blew off? No? Drat! Well at least I was wearing steel toecap boots. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Yeah , they had to be small so they could kiss the C.O.`s butt, (Air Ministry Reg 87931653/76). Nice work in the front off Tony. Just enough to show without being to crowded. Simon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 More internals - nice, even though they won't be visible, WE all know they're there Thanks for the link to the saw Tony - on the shopping list… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Gaahh. Sometimes I just can’t understand youse guys... Nice interior though. Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 18 hours ago, Pete in Lincs said: Well at least I was wearing steel toecap boots. You and her both! 18 hours ago, Spookytooth said: Nice work in the front off Tony. Just enough to show without being to crowded. Thanks Simon! Even a shadow of structure tucked away inside and peeking out through a window can be enough to give a sense of 'fullness' sometimes, can't it? 😁 14 hours ago, CedB said: Thanks for the link to the saw Tony - on the shopping list… You'll be making your own cufflinks before you know it Ced! 🛠️ 14 hours ago, AdrianMF said: Gaahh. Sometimes I just can’t understand youse guys... No use expecting us to make any sense Adrian! Bee-zahly, I'd gone to bed last evening oblivious for some reason to the fact that I didn't have to go into work this morning on account of it being a Bank Holiday here. It must have been the endorphin rush from all the chilli pickle last evening! Anyway, jubilate and inner shouts of joy over the early morning cup of tea at this recollection and into the studio for a full-morning of activity, intent on getting the bulk of the remaining fixtures sorted. I needed to be careful about some of these additions (on account of the internal framing) so went round and pencilled the diagonal and uprights in against the fuselage walls to make sure that these correlated with the parts being added. Sitting just behind the rear wing spar to starboard is a large upright electrical services panel. The body was built from some Evergreen channel and although I did read in the manual what the various gubbins on it were, I forget exactly - a couple of dials and three banks of what look like fuses (?), which were similarly built from scraps of plastic: Usefully, once installed this panel become a 'pillar' to buttress the (now rather flexible since thinning) roof section on that side. Also quite prominent to starboard up front on the 2nd pilot's side are a diagonal banks of fuel cocks. These were similarly built from channel and 0.5mm discs punched out with the RP Toolz set: I know: there should be four cocks not three - @limeypilot will have spotted this imediately! I don't have any sub-0.5mm punches though so only three are available for this mission as a result. A bijou check-ette with the framing in to see that there are no differences of opinion over placement: Looking nicely busy in there now. The radio dept. has been neglected until now so first job in this area was to build the crystal monitor unit that perches on the windowsill beside the radio-op's shoulder like a small bird-box: I elaborated the stand for this part beyond the original (on grounds of strength) by soldering an extra vertical strip underneath so that it could be epoxied to the fuselage wall beneath the sill rather than sitting delicately (and courting being repeatedly snapped-off) on top of it. The whole sub-assembly was built from cut-down flap cover from the PE set , which was too small to use on the corrected ones. The Hallicrafters S-27 set that was installed for the Knickebein mission simply has to be present and I'd been wondering for a while how to approach this. I also needed to gauge how big it would be relative to the interior fittings and recalled that the reconstruction of the Knickebein episode from the BBC's Secret War series featured one of these sets in an Anson. There's even his Woollardship to scale it against! From this I noticed that the Hallicrafters set was much bigger than the usual Anson radio fittings on that table, so I had to desolder the middle shelf that I'd built previously if it was to look authentic. Never mind. 🙄 Plastic looks too 'blurred' to my eye for things with little knobs on at this scale, so I decided to see if I could adapt the original radio from the Flightpath set so similarly desoldered and unfolded, working out that I could re-fold it slightly further along to make it the right width: The dial on the Hallicrafters set is quite prominent but thankfully nearly matches that on the PE: I'll add a couple of scaps later on to make the sides of the dial more acute. After some further refolding and soldering on of scrap wing flap, an S-27ish block emerged: One of me knobs dropped off during soldering as those bits are so close together that it's tricky getting the tip of the iron in close enough to make the bond. Test-fit of the port side with the frame in: That interior frame had dropped inside the fuselage when I took this shot btw so ignore the disjointed angle between radio table and spar... With no visual or written documentation as to what other radio elements may have been installed on Bufton's aircraft, I'm going to leave it at that rather than add fictitious guesses that may be completely inappropriate. The only thing I can say for sure is that the electrical supply had to be rewired for DC to work with the Hallicrafters radio, though what this may have entailed for radio fittings and aerials is way beyond my expertise. Luckily the ground crew are in the process of preparing the aircraft for its forthcoming mission so not everything is installed at this stage of proceedings. ... ☺️ Seat for gun turret and nonslip flooring, relief tube, for'ard parachute stowage...the list goes on... Hope your weeks all got off to a good start. 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amblypygid Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 It's got knobs on! God's blood, Tony, what modelling mojo is in that chilli pickle? And do you eat it, or rub it into your finger tips while prostrating yourself before the holy sihrsc? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 1 hour ago, TheBaron said: One of me knobs dropped off during soldering At the risk of being relegated to the naughty step (I now have my own cushion. Splinters y'know) Ahem, F'nar woof bark! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 1 hour ago, TheBaron said: and into the studio for now there's posh! Most of us have only got basements, or sheds, or tables, and there's you got a full blown studio begads. 1 hour ago, TheBaron said: With no visual or written documentation as to what other radio elements may have been installed on Bufton's aircraft, I'm going to leave it at that rather than add fictitious guesses that may be completely inappropriate. 1 hour ago, TheBaron said: The only thing I can say for sure is that the electrical supply had to be rewired for DC to work with the Hallicrafters radio, though what this may have entailed for radio fittings and aerials is way beyond my expertise. would googling wartime AC DC converter or summat yield any steampunkish contraptions that may be Baronized? splendid work as always. I'm looking forward to all the headsets and curly wires that should be littered around the internals like McDonalds cartons around a shopping mall 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 The radio looks great Tony. Did it pick up the Light wave? Smashing stuff. Simon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 5 minutes ago, Spookytooth said: Did it pick up the Light wave? Stupid boy, Pike! They were flying at night. In the dark. Doh! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 2 minutes ago, Pete in Lincs said: Stupid boy, Pike! They were flying at night. In the dark. Doh! How do they see the radio then? Simon 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Carrots. Due to wartime cuts the BBC only broadcast the lightwave during the day, at night it was the darkwave. (Sorry, I've been listening to the Goon show again) 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 2 minutes ago, Pete in Lincs said: Carrots. Due to wartime cuts the BBC only broadcast the lightwave during the day, at night it was the darkwave. (Sorry, I've been listening to the Goon show again) Did that mean longer programmes during the summer then? Simon. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Not normally. they had to make allowances for the wear and tear on the announcers evening dress. This was of course worn as a matter of course, unless they were broadcasting from Submarines. BBC oilskins would then be issued. Broadcasts while airborne had a whole different dress code which was regularly posted in The Tatler, lest anyone forget. If the listeners found out about improper dress it could mean a posting to the eastern front. Norfolk! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 5 minutes ago, Pete in Lincs said: If the listeners found out about improper dress it could mean a posting to the eastern front. Norfolk! OH no!!!!! Not Norfolk!!!!!!! Simon. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 And for multiple offences, a month in Bridlington, where the announcers accents would have people in the street pointing at them. The shame! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 2 hours ago, TheBaron said: Test-fit of the port side with the frame in: Hello Tony, Just that: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 The pic Benedikt quoted is absolutely impressive, Tony! And very explanatory of the immense (and artistic) job you're doing on this model Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 The radio looks singularly effective. Martian 👽 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 50 minutes ago, giemme said: The pic Benedikt quoted is absolutely impressive, Tony! Seconded!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 7 hours ago, TheBaron said: What did I just see? 🤯 amazing. Jont. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pheonix Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 8 minutes ago, The Spadgent said: What did I just see? 🤯 amazing. Jont. My sentiments entirely. I cannot find words to express my admiration for what you are doing here... P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Marvellous detailing on the panel Tony and oh, that radio! Excellent work, again See, I can read a post without commenting on all the cocks and knobs. Oh, dammit 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 I’m not that impressed, to be honest. That radio is quite clearly set to a completely implausible frequency. Schoolboy error. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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