Mattlow Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Love it! 'British Excrement Agency' is priceless.. Matt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Russell Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 The whole thing is brilliant - well done!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 (edited) On 9/29/2022 at 3:47 PM, BrianBrachiopod said: obvious oddity yet? All good and very clever open cabin display ... Are the engines on that kit too close to the fuse ? You shaved the prop tips but those 4 cowlings are hinged backwards , they are longer at 90 degrees than the prop tips and won't open completely and hit the fuselage - . Well done Edited October 2, 2022 by bzn20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianBrachiopod Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 5 hours ago, bzn20 said: All good and very clever open cabin display ... Are the engines on that kit too close to the fuse ? You shaved the prop tips but those 4 cowlings are hinged backwards , they are longer at 90 degrees than the prop tips and won't open completely and hit the fuselage - . Well done Thanks. I checked at the time (sometime last week): On one side (I forget which one) only one tip was too long (by about 1mm), & the other prop had 2 tips (adjacent, not opposite) that were both too long by about 0.75mm. No problem after I corrected them. It could have been a moulding quirk of my props, or I may have misaligned the nacelles. All good now. Both engines run smooth with no undue vibration. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianBrachiopod Posted October 3, 2022 Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 @bzn20: My son looked at you post yesterday, and my reply, and he pointed out to me that one of the things I said in my reply didn't make sense: He suggested that if I had misaligned the front sections of the nacelles, because they are slightly tapered and therefore quite self centering, (given that only one or two of the prop tips were affected), it is far more likely I made a different & fundamental error. (In fact, he made me look a bit silly): He suggested (& I find myself agreeing with him) that, while I may have also not fixed the nacelle fronts on properly, I also, most probably MISJUDGED the placement of the motors themselves such that the shafts were aligned eccentrically. I can't believe I made such an error, but it seems that's what I did. My son also said I did the build far too quickly! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Swindell Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 21 hours ago, bzn20 said: You shaved the prop tips but those 4 cowlings are hinged backwards , they are longer at 90 degrees than the prop tips and won't open completely and hit the fuselage - . The Viking had removable cowling panels, are you thinking of the later Varsity which had the hinged cowl panels? Viking Varsity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Dave Swindell said: are you thinking of the later Varsity which had the hinged cowl panels? Viking I sure was Doh ! 😳 Well spotted Dave Edited October 3, 2022 by bzn20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Wow! It was just bits of plastic last week, now it's an engineering masterpiece diorama! such innovative work and oozing atmosphere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 These are beautiful results, if whimsical! I greatly appreciate the floorplan, too, which I will scale up for my own use. How you managed to do all this in the timespan you allocated is beyond me. Do you ever sleep? Well, it looks great. As for my techniques, they are irrelevant to the results you achieved here, which I would be hard-pressed to copy. Best regards, and sorry for the tardy note! Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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