BrianBrachiopod Posted September 27, 2022 Author Share Posted September 27, 2022 Having now resolved the wiring problem, I finally glued the cabin deck into the starboard half of the fuselage. I have tidies up the catering area at the back of the plane as well, and also mounted the propellers. I used fine brass mesh for the overhead luggage racks. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianBrachiopod Posted September 27, 2022 Author Share Posted September 27, 2022 Mounting the propellers, I came across an unexpected oddity: When rotating, the prop blade tips almost touch the fuselage. I had to trim about 1mm from the tips & reshape them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianBrachiopod Posted September 27, 2022 Author Share Posted September 27, 2022 The other thing I did this afternoon was make the diorama base. The concrete texture is Liquitex heavy body acrylic paint over sheets of abrasive paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianBrachiopod Posted September 27, 2022 Author Share Posted September 27, 2022 Finally for today, I found time to paint the Bedford fuel wagon & slap the decals on. I made the hoses with lead solder covered with ultra thin shrink tubing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Russell Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 This is looking really good with some very nice detail touches. it should be an impressive diorama. If you are still thinking magnets to hold fuelage halves together be careful as they are very strong. I suggest a magnet on one side and a Halbach Array on the other. Here's a (not very helpful) picture of G-AHOK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Brian, the skills on display here are truly amazing. Really looking forward to the next installment. 🙂 Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianBrachiopod Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 Thanks @ColinChipmunkfan for your kind words. As I said at the start of this saga, 1/72 isn't really my thing. About half of my models (I normally scratchbuild) are 1/33 or larger. (The other half being fired clay prehistoric animals). I did, several years ago, get a present from my daughter- a 1/250 IJN Yamato battleship, that ended up costing well in excess of £900 by the time I had bought every upgrade & photoetch available, and then electrified all movable parts. I said at the time "Never again!" and here I am struggling with another small-scale model that tortures my failing eyesight! Back to the Valom Viking build: I made another realization today- Now I have the cabin deck with its seats, passengers & baggage all tucked safely inside, I realise that when I slide the diorama base apart to split the fuselage to reveal the inside, the starboard half will be making contact with the base on only two wheels, & the port side attached by a single wheel. My solution is to display the plane as if there were some last-minute repairs needed prior to take off. i.e. I will have to have tripods under the wing tips to prevent the halves tipping wingwards, and ladders attached to the wings to prevent the halves tipping fore or aftwards. Al least it'll make the diorama more interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianBrachiopod Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 Much of today has been painting passengers for the queue outside the plane. (Some time ago I acquired some Preiser 1/72 & 1/78 figures, and wondered at the time whether I'd ever find a use for them). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 That looks like plane on a check with air lines ( for air powered tools ) trailing everywhere . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianBrachiopod Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 I made another discovery today: AI knew that most septic vacuum trucks are usually emptied by the tank tipping up and the back plate hinging, but it seems at least some have two large nozzles at the back- One as a subsidiary input, and one as a high pressure pump outlet. This gives me a wild idea. I'm not spoiling the surprise now (some of you will probably guess what I have in mind), but I'm going to have some fun with this diorama!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattlow Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Great work, I love the features you're adding... Makes for a really interesting read and it's going to be a fascinating diorama. Matt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Russell Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 4 hours ago, BrianBrachiopod said: and one as a high pressure pump outlet. This gives me a wild idea. 1/72 scats would be very very small............... 😃 I am quite enjoying this build and I am impressed with your work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 (edited) Ours had a suction and pressure selector ,suck to empty the kite's tank ,pump to empty the truck . Before I got to Brize there was a story somebody connected up to a VC10 and selected pump instead of suck .. It was a bit messy and the bog door was open so it wasn't just confined to the toilet . We had Commer Karrier Bantams . Can't imagine a tipper honey truck or where they even tipped it , had strict dumping rules . We had tipper refuse Bantams though . It's more like a slurry btw mixed with Racasan . Hell of a subject I didn't think I'd be mentioning on a modelling forum . Edited September 29, 2022 by bzn20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianBrachiopod Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 11 hours ago, bzn20 said: Ours had a suction and pressure selector ,suck to empty the kite's tank ,pump to empty the truck . Before I got to Brize there was a story somebody connected up to a VC10 and selected pump instead of suck .. It was a bit messy and the bog door was open so it wasn't just confined to the toilet . We had Commer Karrier Bantams . Can't imagine a tipper honey truck or where they even tipped it , had strict dumping rules . We had tipper refuse Bantams though . It's more like a slurry btw mixed with Racasan . Hell of a subject I didn't think I'd be mentioning on a modelling forum . I rode in one for a few weeks in 1973. That one definitely tipped. It wasn't done often- mainly for maintenance. The guy who drove it told me a small dog got inside the tank once. (The way he described it, the dog was sucked in, but the man was a bit of a joker, so few people believed it). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianBrachiopod Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 After I wired up the electrics earlier in this Valom Viking build to check it out, I discovered that if I reduce the voltage from 5V to 4.1V, the props rotate at a semsible speed. (At 5V, they spin fast enough to break the superglue bond and fire themselves across the room. One of my last jobs was to mount the buck converter to supply the 4.1V. I also added a timer relay so that when I start prop 1, prop 2 starts automatically after a minute (As a pilot of the real plane never tries to start both props at the same time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianBrachiopod Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 It took over an hour of tinkering to get the boarding steps right. (They're not perfect now, nut I have to stop somewhere). The plane is now close to being finished. (I think). (Fingers crossed). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianBrachiopod Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 That last post was my state of play as it was late last night (but I felt too tired to boot the computer on to post the picture). But, now, (as far as I want to go for now) ... ... The Valom Vickers Viking is FINISHED. LOTS of pictures to come. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianBrachiopod Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 Few more pictures taken as if closer to ground level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianBrachiopod Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 Has anyone spotted the obvious oddity yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianBrachiopod Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 A few more: (LIGHTS ON, ONE ENGINE RUNNING). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianBrachiopod Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 THE OTHER PROP SPINNING. Separating the halves (without the expected yet feared disaster). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianBrachiopod Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 A few more pics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianBrachiopod Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 And, for those who haven't spotted it yet ... ... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winded Penguin Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Mind boggling imagination and ambition needed to create this lovely diorama. I've enjoyed following, thank you for posting 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianBrachiopod Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 2 hours ago, Winded Penguin said: Mind boggling imagination and ambition needed to create this lovely diorama. I've enjoyed following, thank you for posting 👍 I do my best work when my mind is boggled 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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