Cees Broere Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Amazingly simple and simply amazing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeff Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 This is looking great. Not I'd want to attempt a vacform, yet alone something that size!! Keith 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snafu35 Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Hello, Tom. The photos of the landing gear look very much like 3D computer modelling work. It is not the case? Everything looks perfect: the construction, the method, the photos. I think that I will stop looking at your work because I am drinking too much beer! Regards, Eric-Snafu35 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Creative work on the landing gear. Looks like it will be plenty strong enough. Enjoy the skiing and make sure you don't damage your own landing gear! Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 The gear looks great. I have every confidence in it. Enjoy the trip and take care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 Coming along great Tom, I am sure it will be still standing when you come back, anyway enjoy your holiday skiing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 You make it sound effortless. But flippin’ ‘eck the results speak for themselves 👍 Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Well, this is pretty fabulous, Tom 😲 once again, your creativity is impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted April 4, 2023 Author Share Posted April 4, 2023 After a glorious week skiing in the Dolomites of Northern Italy, I returned and tentatively opened the attic to see if the Stirling was still standing on her new legs… …and thankfully she was! The undercarriage hadn’t budged even a fraction of a millimetre so I’m calling it a success. I’ve added a few more bits of the main structure from more spare sprue: Now it’ll be the long task of making and adding the many other details to really bring these to life. Saying that, I’m off to France for a week now so actually it’s heading back into the loft for the time being! Tom 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 29 minutes ago, tomprobert said: I’m off to France for a week now It's a tough life but someone has to do it. Have fun! Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieW Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 We all had faith in the sturdiness of your undercarriage. Eek I just realised what I have written! Enjoy France. Richie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 1 hour ago, tomprobert said: After a glorious week skiing in the Dolomites of Northern Italy Weather looks great and pistes look quiet. Not jealous at all; nope, not in the slightest…. Glad you had a good time, Tom. Enjoy france. Oh; and seeing as this is a modelling site…. the undercart looks impressive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Good to see that you got back all in one piece Tom. The U/C still standing , great. Simon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerausfb Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Soldering brass rod is not that difficult, honest. You clearly have some skills as shown on this superb build and I think learning how to solder with a few Carrs solders of different melting points and appropriate fluxes would just add to your repertoire Andrew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuraiwarrior Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Welcome back from the Skiing trip Tom. Hope that you are refreshed and re-energized for the next instalment of this project. That is when you get back from France, you lucky devil...... Enjoy, will wait for the fun to continue. Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted May 23, 2023 Author Share Posted May 23, 2023 (edited) Evening all, I’ve not neglected this build but, as usual, I’ve been working on other projects whilst keeping this ticking along. It’s been a long task, but I’ve more or less completed scratching the main landing gear - there’s the doors and their actuators to add as well as brake lines and the like, but these will go on when the gear is properly installed. I just thought I’d post a quick phone pic of them as they currently stand - I’ll get the decent camera out over the next week or two and take some more detailed shots. Not too bad considering this started as some spare sprue from the HobbyBoss B-24! Happy days. All the best, Tom Edited May 23, 2023 by tomprobert 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whofan Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 I don't know how much of a help it might be Tom, but the latest ( June ) issue of Scale Aircraft Modelling has a feature on the Stirling. I found it most interesting, but whether you;d get anything from it to the model only you can say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 Those UC units look brilliant and the building method both novel and practical. Consider several of your ideas here stolen! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieW Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Bandsaw Steve said: Consider several of your ideas here stolen! More than once! Staggering scratch building Tom. Making such symmetrical but complex parts is a huge achievement. Richie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted May 24, 2023 Author Share Posted May 24, 2023 21 hours ago, Whofan said: I don't know how much of a help it might be Tom, but the latest ( June ) issue of Scale Aircraft Modelling has a feature on the Stirling. I found it most interesting, but whether you;d get anything from it to the model only you can say. Thanks for heads up on this - I’ll have a look as one can never have too many resources. 21 hours ago, Bandsaw Steve said: Those UC units look brilliant and the building method both novel and practical. Consider several of your ideas here stolen! Thank you! And do steal away… 19 hours ago, RichieW said: More than once! Staggering scratch building Tom. Making such symmetrical but complex parts is a huge achievement. Richie Many thanks - it was a little tricky at times but as the gear is identical on either side it was a case of having made one, just copy the measurements and make another. It did take a while though - and there’s still more to add. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 22 hours ago, tomprobert said: I’ve more or less completed scratching the main landing gear And more or less (ok more) achieved yet more magical modelling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidl Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 On 4/5/2023 at 6:57 AM, Tigerausfb said: Soldering brass rod is not that difficult, honest. You clearly have some skills as shown on this superb build and I think learning how to solder with a few Carrs solders of different melting points and appropriate fluxes would just add to your repertoire Andrew Hi Andrew Gidday from a soldering newbie and klutz from Brisbane, Australia This dark art is the source of acute frustration to me I'm constantly in awe of the neat soldering work some can achieve and the fact that their soldering actually works ! I think I've done my my basic homework and reading I know about surface prep and cleanliness I have a variable temperature soldering iron and I think I'm using appropriate solder and flux for both basic and silver soldering but still cannot get a clean and tidy result or any result sometimes !!! .... Would you mind running through the list below and giving a bloke a few tips please ? I suspect the metal might be too cold and the iron correspondingly not hot enough or perhaps my flux or solder selections are poor What temperature range would you recommend for, firstly what I will call basic soldering, and second, silver soldering does that temperature setting change if you are working with flat PE and then move onto rod Should I just forget trying to silver solder What flux should I be using Is flux core solder OK to use if so what would you use ? what is the best mix of solder and flux to use for brass rod and Does that change if you are soldering flat PE ? Any help or advice very gratefully received Regards David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted May 30, 2023 Author Share Posted May 30, 2023 Evening all, After a glorious weekend away walking in The Lakes... ...I thought I'd have a proper test-fit of the gear as well as take some piccies using the decent camera set up. The undercarriage isn't attached yet as there's lots of detail still to be made and added to the bays - not to mention the painting of both the bays and legs - but a set of metal pins inserted into the spars as mounting points and holes of the correct size drilled into the upper-most past of the gear legs means they are a snug push-fit and support the model without glue. I've also made the basic twin-rear wheel set up by utilising Beaufighter tail wheels and legs, which with some mods have done the job. Not perfect replicas, but once the bays and doors are finished off not much will be seen anyway. It all looks very gangly at the moment, but when the undercarriage doors are added as well as the bomb bay doors, it should look the part. What to tackle next? The bomb bays or engines? Decisions, decisions. Onwards and upwards, as the old saying goes... Until next time, Tom 33 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuraiwarrior Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 Hi Tom, That looks fantastic. The walking in the lakes obviously has done you good, and your modelling skills have been 'honed' yet again. I am really enjoying seeing your Stirling progress, and the info you have given along the way. Super stuff Tom, looking forward to seeing the next instalment. Thanks for sharing. Kevin; 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieW Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 1 hour ago, tomprobert said: What to tackle next? The bomb bays or engines? Decisions, decisions. Onwards and upwards, as the old saying goes... It won't go upwards without engines, I just want to see them really. It looks superb Tom, up close and in the plastic it must have great presence even in this partially built state. Richie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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