Marklo Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 (edited) Isn’t the internet wonderful. Scale plans found and downloaded. Will just have to scale them whenever I decide to try to make one. Btw @AdrianMF what scale are you working in 1/72 I presume. Edited March 29, 2021 by Marklo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Marklo said: 1/72 I am not cognisant of any other scales apart from 1/1... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 I found a sneaky moment of hobby time before work this morning to cut out some revised wing blanks. I’ve got some superglue drying on the edges for when the laptop goes away this evening: 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 Sanded down, sealed with superglue and sanded down again.I’ve had to repair a little bit of leading edge with filler but I’m pretty chuffed: I've put some strips of masking tape on temporarily to check my aerofoil profile over the whole wing. I’m happy with that too: There are some dings in the original flat balsa surface underneath but I will deal with them later when I’ve added the nacelles (which will doubtless lead to more dings). 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 2, 2021 Author Share Posted April 2, 2021 I wanted to get the wings and fuselage together before starting on the nacelles so I can get everything pointing in the right directions. So I got my big Empire vac form box out and covered most of it with paper to give me a small working area. I used a piece of cardboard for my plastic frame and drawing pins to hold the plastic on. Crude but it works: I moulded in 20thou and, appropriately enough for Easter, the halves are eggshell-like: The shape is a good fit over the drawing but I will have to add a bit to the tail to get the point back: 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Wow. And I thought you were going to paint the bucks and leave it there! You could flog these you know.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 5 hours ago, CedB said: Wow. And I thought you were going to paint the bucks and leave it there! That was my thought too; should have known better Very nice work Adrian 👍 Cheers, Stew 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonners Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 On 3/28/2021 at 12:41 PM, AdrianMF said: the black outline starts to show through the filler when you are getting close to an edge when sanding it down; and when it goes white, it’s time to stop sanding! What a brilliantly simple idea...why didn't I think of that? Hmm... I do like unusual British prototypes, especially those with odd (and, in this case, apparently made-up) names! This is coming on a treat, Adrian. I'm unable to do any modelling at the moment, otherwise I would definitely have entered this GB, so I'm keeping in touch with the hobby via BM. Ive just found this thread so I'll keep a close eye on your progress, if I may, and no doubt pick up more tips along the way. Jon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 3, 2021 Author Share Posted April 3, 2021 12 hours ago, CedB said: paint the bucks and leave it there! That would be far too easy! Where’s the fun in that? 7 hours ago, Stew Dapple said: should have known better So should I! As it turned out, the makeshift cardboard support worked well enough, and I only burned my fingers a bit... 57 minutes ago, Jonners said: I'm unable to do any modelling at the moment I hope your modelling mojo returns soon! I will try to keep you vicariously entertained. So I had a featureless fuselage and a full width wing. Where does one start? I put the pieces in a box with some glue and shook it, but it’s not that sort of kit... I cut out the cockpit opening and added a couple of bulkheads to the fuselage, then cut two rectangular slots to take the wing. I should have built those into the buck to take some of the trial and error away. I cut the wing centre section away to make tabs to fit the fuselage. it was all a bit wobbly. I needed to take some degrees of freedom out of the wing/fuselage assembly. In particular I wanted to nail the dihedral and sweep of the wings with a positive spar that I could slide together inside the fuselage. I built a makeshift dihedral jig and cut up and folded the plan to sit on top of it. I cut two lengths of Albion Alloys tubing to slide over a single longer length. I cut two slots into the wing tabs and pushed the tubing assembly into the slots and lined everything up on the jig. Then I put a blob of superglue over each side, making sure to keep way from the join. TL;DR I did this: 10mm of dihedral (5+5) and the sweep is bang on: And it all fits together: Phew! Now to invent a cockpit... 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonners Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 2 hours ago, AdrianMF said: I hope your modelling mojo returns soon! Nothing to do with mojo - just circumstance brought about by working a long way ftom home! This is looking great, and coming along very quickly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 4, 2021 Author Share Posted April 4, 2021 This morning’s fun and games: Now leaving it to dry while I do some 1:1 woodwork. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 4, 2021 Author Share Posted April 4, 2021 Well I am struggling with working out what scale I’m in today! Snargasher with 1:1 jigsaw puzzle tray for a friend’s Mum: Close up of the canopy blank, edges outlined and ready for some goop: 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 4, 2021 Author Share Posted April 4, 2021 Car filler sets fast in the sunshine! It also fills up booboos in mitred tray corners... anyhow, ready for more vacforming: [edit] It strikes me that the Snargasher had quite a serious design flaw if the Aeromodeller plans are to be believed. The front canopy slides back under the middle canopy (as seen in photos), then the rear canopy opens by pivoting upwards at the front (like the Seafox), sweeping an arc under the middle canopy. Looks like two canopies trying to occupy the same space to me. None of the civil livery photos show the rear canopy open, and all the service livery pictures show the rear canopy removed. Hmmm. And I still have no idea about a cockpit layout. Three-seater with pilot, radio op and gunner. Wondering about a Swordfish-style coaming for the back two. I know a photo will turn up as soon as I cut plastic... 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 4, 2021 Author Share Posted April 4, 2021 Cockpit-schpockpit. Nacelles look like far more fun next. First make a hole: 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 4, 2021 Author Share Posted April 4, 2021 Well it’s parked for the evening. The nacelle structure is all there and the outlines of the air intakes have been added: Slightly clearer view of the nacelle: Time to cook dinner! 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 Well car body filler is great in so many ways, but Milliput is great for modelling: I've managed to get the step behind the cowling and nacelle (it’s better than it looks here!) and I’m hoping it will all sand down without needing too much touching up. Hmm... cockpit or tail while that sets? 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 60 thou to tailplane. There’s nowhere to hide when you get the sun on it: 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 Fins and rudders done: ...and a mounting slot cut: Although the leftover scrap of Milliput has hardened, the nacelles still slightly show thumb marks, so I am leaving them in the sun this afternoon before I start sanding. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 I’ve done a cockpit, so now you can all send me links to the online copy of “The Snargasher Haynes Manual” to show me what it really looked like: I’ve gone for a two-seat configuration, which agrees with photos that seem to show the head of someone in the back seat. The middle portion of the cockpit would have been unusable because of the sliding and pivoting canopies. I tried three seats in the remaining space, even with a Blenheim-style tip-up seat, but I couldn’t get anything that convinced me. I further surmise that it was never equipped with a gun or radio because it remained civil registered. So, it’s time for some paint! 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 Paint-Schmaint. The nacelles are dry and in need of sanding. One down: 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonelKrypton Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Adrian, You certainly have a good formula for creating these scratchbuilt models; simple and efficient. cheers, Graham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 38 minutes ago, GrahamCC said: simple and efficient Thanks, I wouldn’t want to see what hard and disorganised looks like! Anyhow, two nacelles down and time for a little treat before cooking starts: As is always the way, there’s still a surprising amount to do, but it feels like it’s reached the “fix up a FROG model” sort of stage so it’s a lot less scary now. 9 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 Quick session before work this morning. The cockpit finally gets paint: And I’ve added some tabs to support the fuselage join, made from curved offcuts from the curved cockpit opening so that they conform to the fuselage cross section. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 That is some really amazing work happening here! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 8 hours ago, Bengalensis said: amazing I was truly amazed just now. I didn’t fancy gathering together the domestic vacuum cleaner and paint stripper gun at 21:30, so I tried a quick plunge mould. It worked: Zooming out from the scene of the crime, you can see that this was strictly a one off! It’s not quite a good’un (a bit of rippling) but it was closer than I had any right to expect. Proper moulding tomorrow evening... 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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