Terry1954 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Wow, impressive detail indeed. That's a reaction to the brass, not the iPhone, although I guess it's due some credit! It's all quite an incredible level of detail especially that second picture of the upper side floor plates. Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Nice brass Crisp In fact that stuff is astounding, wow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Wow, what photos! Now I have iPhone 11 envy, again Great work though Crisp - that detail is impressive! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) And 'low and behold', all can see. Good work. Stuart Edited April 1, 2020 by Courageous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) Crisp, fine. Crispin (my proper name), equally fine. Even Crappers (my FAA nickname), fine (if you actually know me!) Crispy? Not fine. Bacon, duck skin, pork crackling, Findus flipping pancakes, all sorts of other stuff. But not me. Edited April 1, 2020 by Ex-FAAWAFU 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 7 hours ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: Crispy? Not fine. Removed with apologies. Stuart 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gisbod Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Lovely work Crisp, Learning a lot looking through your thread - thanks. I’ve just got the tweezer set, very good for the money! Guy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foeth Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 I also ordered the tweezers, even though I have drowned many "super tweezers" already 🤨 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelholic Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 All this hoo haa about a set of tweezers? Mine came Monday with a pair of side cutters😏 Tom 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 Ced is going to need a wheelbarrow for all that commission 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Hang on a minute, I just checked mine again. It says made in Bath...... Terry 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 56 minutes ago, Terry1954 said: Hang on a minute, I just checked mine again. It says made in Bath...... Terry What! You got me, I even checked my packet. Then I remembered the date… Good one Terry! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) Tonight’s instalment - easy to describe, for once; finish folding and installing the other 4 gun breeches that mirror the 4 from the other day. Then thread each brass barrel right through the block, all the way until the end of the barrel fits into the tiny hole at the inboard end of the breech. Now you see why it was so vital to ensure that everything was properly lined up when building the block originally!... and hey presto!, you have something that’s starting to look like an 8-barrelled Pom-Pom: Nice, huh? Tomorrow we move onto the ammunition feed on either side(unless work gets in the way; all a bit mad at the moment). Crisp Edited April 1, 2020 by Ex-FAAWAFU 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmaquette Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Wow, Crisp, that is lovely work. Amazing that you got everything to fit together and line up so well with so many parts at such a small size! Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 On 01/04/2020 at 00:26, Ex-FAAWAFU said: Crisp, fine. Crispin (my proper name), equally fine. Even Crappers (my FAA nickname), fine (if you actually know me!) Are you entirely sure it was wise to mention the Crappers bit Crisp? We all want to know the reason now, don't we Guys? The pom-pom is exquisitely beautiful. Well done that Earthling! Martian 👽 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Seconded! And the photos are pretty amazing too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted April 2, 2020 Author Share Posted April 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Martian Hale said: Are you entirely sure it was wise to mention the Crappers bit Crisp? We all want to know the reason now, don't we Guys? Crappers (or “Harry Crappers”) is quite widely used to mean socially confused, or whatever your euphemism of choice is for being drunk. It arose on 705 (Gazelles); at the end of the course there was an awards night (best student, most improved over the course, highest ground school marks, plus many more light-hearted ones) sponsored by Pussers Rum. I won 2 awards so by the end of the evening was speaking fluent nonsense, though very happy. Less so the following morning, when I had the hang-over from Hell. Two of my course-mates ended up on 820 with me, so the nickname stuck. Everyone in the FAA has a nickname, and usually it’s the one that the recipient / owner least likes - none of your macho US-style “Maverick” nonsense. At the time I wasn’t wild about the name - some over-earnest nonsense about not wanting everyone to assume I was a p*ss-head (I wasn’t, especially by the standards of my contemporaries!). It stuck nonetheless. Now I’m perfectly fine with it (though only by my friends from that era). By coincidence, one of my 705 course-mates lives not 10 minutes walk from me now, so any vague hope that my wife (who met me post-RN) might not know the name was quickly dashed! 1 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 (edited) OK... morning everyone. We now move onto the ammunition feeds on both sides of the mounting. Fairly obviously, these are a mirror image, so I’ll only show one side in construction. You start off by building two of these; here shown after on left & before on right. These represent pairs of ammo belts, and are a simple interlock of the grooved plate at bottom right with the piece seen above it, and then the ends folded down through 90 degrees. You then fold the two boxes that will contain the ammo feeds; again before and after seen here. The two long things sticking out & up eventually fold across the ammo feeds, but you have to get them in first! ...like this. ...and eventually like this, with one ammo feed box on top of the other. The pair is then glued into that circular plate - you can see the tabs on the boxes and the slots on the plate. Finally, the foldy thing on the right fits around the bottom of the boxes. Done at about 3 o’clock this morning when I couldn’t sleep! More soon Crisp Edited April 4, 2020 by Ex-FAAWAFU 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Tiny stuff Crisp - could we have something for scale please? Pin head perhaps? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 18 minutes ago, CedB said: Tiny stuff Crisp - could we have something for scale please? Sure. 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Impressive And you did that at 3 am.... Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutcastJoel Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 I couldn't do that with a magniying glass just after my cornflakes, seriously lovely work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Wow, that scalpel is enormous! Terry 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Certainly is, crikey! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdave22014 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 (edited) No wonder you're only putting them on one side! They're minute. I've got the Tamiya Yamato in the stash. I don't want to think how many guns she has..... Edit: 24 AA guns 😮 Edited April 4, 2020 by Bigdave22014 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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