Ex-FAAWAFU Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Lovely stuff. I too support the mass balance theory. I bet sorting out the tracking of those beasties was a reet palarvah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 8, 2020 Author Share Posted June 8, 2020 Yes they are described as bob-weight arms in the AP Crisp, utter bonkersness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Spiffing work old chap. Getting me all rotor happy again. I wonder if I could fit in a little un after the Venom. 🤔 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 3 hours ago, perdu said: Yes they are described as bob-weight arms in the AP Crisp, utter bonkersness. and if Bob wasn't flying that day then??? Lovely work Bill - you never fail to impress when you get tore into these things . 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 (edited) Stunning job on those rotors, Bill Ciao Edited June 9, 2020 by giemme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 Thanks, guys, more done this a.m. New blades cut and trimmed And glued in Front rotor awaiting tidying From below Basic blade attachment plates to be fitted here A quick look to see if... Yes that looks reasonable there I wonder how it will look at the back? It's OK I can pretend the blades are going to fly in the other direction Some work done on the rear rotor head this morning too, still a WIP, suitable for in here huh? And so at last we have a pair Today I will be mostly tidying ... 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Nice work Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 You've carried out a great piece of micro engineering there Bill, excellent workmanship Stay safe Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Love those rotor heads Bill. Martian 👽 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kay Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 The thing I like about Bill's Billds is how we spend ages with lumpen shapeless blobs, covered in filler and paint and hard to tell one end from another, then all of a sudden a fabulous model emerges. 3 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 4 minutes ago, Heather Kay said: The thing I like about Bill's Billds is how we spend ages with lumpen shapeless blobs, covered in filler and paint and hard to tell one end from another, then all of a sudden a fabulous model emerges. That is so true! Must be some sort of sorcery, methinks... Ciao 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Great work on those rotors Bill!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Heather Kay said: lumpen shapeless blobs Sorry Heather did I leave the webcam on when disrobing last evening? Apologies, must remember to switch off the interweb before changing for dinner. But seriously I should apologise for subjecting you all to this drivel over such long time periods, to be fair these days my activity is at nigh-on glacial speed. It is what it is... 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 No apologies required Bill. Except maybe for the webcam bit, but definitely not for the modelling! Ian 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 +OK Ian nix to the webcam, phew. ( I thought I was going to have to get one...) I keep looking at this publication. It would seem churlish not to to use it much for construction business so Which gives me courage to dive sharply in with flattening the oddly shaped arm to blade plates What a tough critic macrotography is huh? Those spider arms look better to the human soul than via the eye of the computer 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 35 minutes ago, perdu said: What a tough critic macrotography is huh? 'Tis your own fault for getting it in focus! Ian 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 Bloody tough audience round here... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 5 hours ago, Heather Kay said: The thing I like about Bill's Billds is how we spend ages with lumpen shapeless blobs, covered in filler and paint Oi! I resemble that remark Heather! I'll have you know that back on Mars I an considered quite a catch. In a Huff of Mars 👽 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Ranger Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 6 hours ago, Heather Kay said: how we spend ages with lumpen shapeless blobs Reminds me of my first marriage! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 "Quite"? I heard a sto.. No actually that could well, well might have been an entirely different Mar.... No actually I didn't hear anything at all. And no it is NOT going to be a subject entered in a Vogon poetry competition any time this millenium. No honest... No. Phew I hope we missed the bus there. Anyway, go away. I'm busy. I have to check on other builds other places too you know. And work out how to do these blimming understructure straps. And with tapers... 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 marvelous work Bill. Those rotor heads deserve to be wrapped in elbow skin and swung proudly under the back end of a large canine I'm still always blown away at what you can pull off in that scale 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wince Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Not a helicopter guy but love this and attention to detail. Bravo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 10, 2020 Author Share Posted June 10, 2020 It's always been an affliction, sort of, kind of sorry for the failure to proceed it usually induces. Its getting to be time for real colours instead of insinuating that colour wasn't applied. I have to size and print the various airframe instruction decals which littered the airframe after the silver/white scheme vanished into Grey Green camouflage. In a frenzy of masking up all the maintenance instructions in any colour were trimmed close and taped over. Makes for interesting white panel decals, very interesting ones of funny shapes with no white outlines where there's no lettering. Fun to type even more fun to cut out close to the letters. Of to MS Word for the next phase... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 10, 2020 Author Share Posted June 10, 2020 Sorry, meant to pop in the state of play for the day set. Must be paint as soon as the horrible masking is on. Laters guys. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Cool! And I never thought I'd say that about a chopper... (Ducks and runs for cover ... ) Ciao 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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