Pastor Rich Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 I think it safe to say, Peter, that you're mojo has been restored! The kit within the kit is fabulous! It will be a shame to paint it all as this is a work of art as is. At least we'll have these picts to remember it all by once the fuselage is closed-up. Cheers! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 We're running out of superlatives here. @Mike really needs to hook this site up to a thesaurus. I'll just say that once again, I'm amazed. 26 minutes ago, airscale said: there is no way I am going to even try and make things like control surfaces work! Then again, I may have to demand a refund. 28 minutes ago, airscale said: wierd gizmo's either side of the upper central part Knurled knobs (f'nar) Obviously meant for adjusting something in small increments. Something to do with the guns? Alignment? Sights, I imagine, would be ring and bead. AFAIK they were usually fixed so not that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 25 minutes ago, Pete in Lincs said: We're running out of superlatives here. @Mike really needs to hook this site up to a thesaurus. I'll just say that once again, I'm amazed. Then again, I may have to demand a refund. Knurled knobs (f'nar) Obviously meant for adjusting something in small increments. Something to do with the guns? Alignment? Sights, I imagine, would be ring and bead. AFAIK they were usually fixed so not that. Round counter that clicked over with every round fed into the breech? Chris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 2 hours ago, airscale said: Thanks Chris - actually I have a pretty small, cramped desk with a mini-lathe (that is currently broken) and a mini proxxon milling machine - I just wish I had a fantastic workshop! Wow now I am even more in Awe now, this is sorcery surely. Great IP, Gizmo and gun breaches, I especially like the laminated wooden handles OMG. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Animal Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Wow. It’s not so much a single model as a whole series of exquisite objects flying together in perfect formation. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonners Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 I’ve just caught up with this, Peter, and I’m even more impressed and astonished than I was previously! Stunning work. This also makes a great reference for anyone building a Fury in any scale, though almost certainly not to this standard! Jon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 I hope nobody says Proxxon milling machine to CedB. Wonderful artistic technicalities, again. You always amaze us, I am so glad you share your model making with us. Proxxon... No I would not be able to put it to the glorious use you do. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Juliet Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 You, sir, are one gifted individual! Well done - such a great WIP! AJ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 Thank you chaps - very kind I thought I might change things up a bit having been in the 'pit for a few weeks (and while I search for pics or drawings of the ammo boxes / chutes...) so thought I might make a start on the lower wings. These are more simple than the uppers (no ailerons) so are better candidates to learn on.. .. I copied the techniques in the Alcorn book - they made it look straightforward ..first up make a brass template of the rib - thankfully these are constant chord across the span until it gets to the tip.. the holes they are pinned through are the centrepoints of the two tubular spars and match the mounts on the brass tube fuselage section... after making about 30, they are put together as a laminated block (using broaches to align them), clamped and finished to all are identical.. as the book says, they were taken out and 'shuffled' a few times to get them equal.. ..i created a drawing of the wing with the outline & rib position marked and then stuck lots of little plastic 'U' channel strips where each rib meets the leading edge. The leading edge itself was a bit of half round plastic strip.. ...cut the tip shape from black plastic card so I can see the midpoint during sanding later and stuck those to carbon rod spars.. ..also made a jig for each wing so the assembly is flat & true.. ..started adding the ribs having reamed the holes to fit the spars as a tight fit.. ..there is a loose rib yet to be attatched at the root so the root rib is double thickness.. ..added the ribs to the tip as blanks and sanded them down, also added a folded litho trailing edge for a nice crisp edge.. ..added lots of sheet strengtheners - even with these the wing doesn't have a great deal of torsional strength against twisting, so will have to watch for that.. ..also added mounts for interplane struts and rigging... just thick 3mm card & brass tubes for now ..then realised I had not allowed for dihedral (doh...) ..so I put a slit in each spar and built a jig so I could crack them and CA at the right angle... once that was done I added a brass rib at the canted angle and backfilled with CA to surround the cracked spars - all seems strong enough thankfully.. ..and now I have started experimenting with scoring ribs into sheet with a ballpoint pen in order to skin them... I will most likely do one big skin and wrap around the leading edge.. ..this is all uncharted territory for me, so we will see how it goes TTFN Peter 25 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Very good work Peter. It's great to see modeling problems figured out and overcome. I was wondering what you were going to cover it with given all skinning on your previous projects. Thanks again for sharing your efforts. Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Wonderful workmanship, looks fantastic Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 1 hour ago, airscale said: .this is all uncharted territory for me, so we will see how it goes Uncharted territory? So long as you've packed some Kendall mint cake, you should wing it. Ahem 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Pete in Lincs said: Kendall mint cake, "My dad has just brought me the "Socialist Party" . Great work as ever Peter. Simon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 That last update is one of the most informative, useful and clear posts I have ever read on Britmodeller! So much to learn here. Top shelf stuff sir! 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted December 6, 2020 Author Share Posted December 6, 2020 Morning ladies On 11/29/2020 at 5:28 PM, Britman said: Very good work Peter. It's great to see modeling problems figured out and overcome. I was wondering what you were going to cover it with given all skinning on your previous projects. Thanks again for sharing your efforts. Keith Thanks Keith - I will skin the wings with plastic, vacform the fuselage (adding stringer efects to that), skin the nose in metal but for an actual fabric effect I am not sure yet how I will do that ..after a little interlude on the wings, I went back to the cockpit.. here, behind the instrument panel, you can see some shapes for the ammo boxes and feed / eject chutes - they are the diagonal lines above the left & right bits of the panel, and the ribbed metal panels below it - it turns out the mysterious cogwheel assemblies to the sides of the upper IP are also related..... ..I went back to my chap with some drawings to see if he had any for these, and lo and behold we have these two.. the box.. ..and the feed chutes - note the cogwheel gubbins can be seen here... ..I made scale drawings from these drawings and cut out the shapes in litho - with these i used plastic stock to bulk out the shapes & skin them.. ..same principle for the boxes and their attatched feed chutes... here I am aligning the chutes with the real-world position of the guns in the model via stock blanks.. ..also satisfying to find the cogwheel thing I made aligns perfectly - i just need to figure out how to break them out of this sheet and fit them (or not, I may just leave as the IP covers most of this...) ..here the guns have been painted, they have also been adjusted as the R/H gun cocking handle is actually inboard, plus both cocking handles have been shortened as per pics... ..also the mounting frame has been constructed from soldered brass parts with some castings ground from tiny aluminium blocks.. ..it is critical to ensure all these sub assemblies work as a whole and fit with each other, so everything was dry assembled - here the seatbelts have also been made from rolled lead.. ..I can't actually assemble it until the IP is complete as there is no way to add it after assembly - I should get the instrument decals sometime in January so all this will be shelved until then... ..so likely back to the wings - I have been experimenting - the tips are hard as there are compound curves the sheet doesn't want to take, and in one good skin, I found the Tamiya thin pooled in places (because I sloshed it on) and deformed the thin skin - so lots more to try / learn... ..until next time.. TTFN Peter 27 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 !!!!! 😱 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, airscale said: l but for an actual fabric effect I am not sure yet how I will do that Not to be smart but I’d have thought you’d use fabric with dope. I’d imagine a very fine weave cotton trimmed (sheets will have a threads per inch rating) sewn, glued and doped could look right. Stunning work as usual. Edited December 6, 2020 by Marklo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 (edited) Superb work as usual Peter. Fascinating to watch. Re: the fabric wing covering. Isn't there a decal manufacturer that makes fabric/canvas effect decals? *Edit: I was thinking of Aviattic https://www.aviattic.co.uk/linen-effect--wood-grain-decals.html Scroll down for clear version for use over silver. Since these are 1/32nd scale I'm not sure if these would suit what you're considering Peter. Edited December 6, 2020 by geedubelyer Decal info added 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Lovely Ammo boxes/feed gear. Shame it has to be put to one side for a while. But that means more wing magic, so it's not all bad. The fabric effect. Would it be effective to roughen up the card with abrasive paper? A coat of paint or clear on top of that might do it in this scale. Worth a bit of research maybe? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastor Rich Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Even at 1:18 the bits and pieces of the interior are impossibly small! Kits within the kit as usual and each brilliantly done. [ insert standing ovation here ] 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Great work indeed, all those intricate details are amazing. Simply stunning Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LorenSharp Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Is the only comment I can make that has any intelligence to it. "looks around the workshop" You sure you don't have a Mr. Miniaturizer stashed somewhere? All the adjectives I would like to use to complement this AWESOME endeavour just can't do this justice. so Well Done! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAMP man Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Nice ! (def. arcahic) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Absolutely stunning work sir. This is a masterclass in modelling. I watch each page with incredulity knowing that I could never reach such standards. Can't wait for the next installment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rOEN911 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 (edited) Antonis here my friend ,you have done amazing work as always some times i think you are not human, about the cover have a look the Lightweight materials we using for super light indoor planes ,it might be something that works for you https://www.freeflightsupplies.co.uk/index.php/products/lightweight-covering-materials Edited December 9, 2020 by rOEN911 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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