Westland Wyvern S4 - Trumpeter 1/72

[giemme]

Top job, Ced  

 

Ciao 

[Pete in Lincs]

On 1/31/2021 at 11:43 AM, Biggles87 said:

PS One thing that’s always puzzled me about the Wyvern. If contra-rotating propellers where supposed to counteract torque, why did it need such a huge fin?

Makes it easier to reverse park on a crowded deck.

[philp]

Another fun build and your Suez stripes came out better than my only foray into that field.

 

[CedB]

Thanks Mark, Mark, hendie, Adrian, Iain and Giorgio  Pleased that you like it.

 

11 hours ago, Pete in Lincs said:

Makes it easier to reverse park on a crowded deck.

Thanks Pete  

 

3 hours ago, philp said:

Another fun build and your Suez stripes came out better than my only foray into that field.

 

Thanks Phil - looks good to me!  

[philp]

17 hours ago, CedB said:

Thanks Mark, Mark, hendie, Adrian, Iain and Giorgio  Pleased that you like it.

 

Thanks Pete  

 

Thanks Phil - looks good to me!  

Yeah, but up close.

 

[KevinK]

On 1/31/2021 at 3:43 AM, Biggles87 said:

PS One thing that’s always puzzled me about the Wyvern. If contra-rotating propellers where supposed to counteract torque, why did it need such a huge fin?

 

Real answer: for directional stability. The contraprops move the aircraft's centre of pressure a long way forward (lots of effective side area) and this needs to be counteracted by more side area aft - hence a big fin.

[CedB]

5 hours ago, philp said:

Yeah, but up close.

 

Ah, the 'masking straight lines on a fuselage' problem!

Hopefully, with Mark and Bill's help, we have a solution.

Hopefully.

In the meantime we can use the 'applied in the field in a hurry' explanation  

 

5 hours ago, KevinK said:

 

Real answer: for directional stability. The contraprops move the aircraft's centre of pressure a long way forward (lots of effective side area) and this needs to be counteracted by more side area aft - hence a big fin.

Thanks Kevin - that explains it, she is a big bird  

[Biggles87]

Even more difficult masking slightly curved lines on a banana shaped fuselage, but you managed it.

 

John

[CedB]

Thanks John  

[philp]

On 2/3/2021 at 1:24 AM, CedB said:

Ah, the 'masking straight lines on a fuselage' problem!

Hopefully, with Mark and Bill's help, we have a solution.

Hopefully.

In the meantime we can use the 'applied in the field in a hurry' explanation  

Actually more of the not getting the masking tight when painting with rattle cans.  No airbrushing on this build.

 

But I use the applied in a hurry excuse.