Hold my be.. place A Song Of Volts And Water

[perdu]

I am a huge fan of  the Swann-Morton Brassie Colin, and although I own one of the new fangled stainless steel looking one, with finger grips already, I dislike its grip and general feel.

 

It doesn't grip the blades as well as the brass one either.

 

And yes I have more than an adequate number of Swann-Morton cut and stab tales to relate on some dark night when the wind howls round the winter eaves and the coals settle in the grate.

[TheBaron]

Never less than a pleasure to see craftsmanship of this quality Bill. Lovely work.

[perdu]

Thanks Tony, more to come but there is a colossal amount of work teaching myself how to fix broken gearboxes which put everything else on hold.

 

I have received my turbo nose for my 1/72 scale Otter which will be along soon after the Beavers.

 

Yes two Beavers, but first the Croman S-61s and the Sea King HC4 to be completed to close rotary wing work this year.

 

Good to see you getting on with the Wasp too.

[perdu]

Work for the Turbo Beaver has begun

 

Nose shape next for the mould making factory

 

 

 

The intention is to serve my Beaverey addiction by making several noses for Turbo-birds.

 

SO many Turbo Beavers so little time

 

This addition will also give me  the chance to cut off a new proper windscreen shape at last.

[giemme]

More @perdu magic! Cool!   

 

Ciao

[hendie]

Now this should be interesting...

 

 

 

[heloman1]

Looking good Bill, can't beat a nose job!

[perdu]

I ordered a Khee-Kha models nose for my Otter and have been in frequent comms with Lars about Otters and Beavers resulting in me getting this, this week.

 

The pencilled lines above show the extended length of the Turbo's fuselage

And the new Otter nose sits waiting for Otto (ter)

 

While below after discussing building casting bucks with Lars I have decided to try a planked build up for this one

[The Spadgent]

looking good Bill.

 

Insert a Giff of any meme guy eating popcorn here.

 

[giemme]

38 minutes ago, The Spadgent said:

Insert a Giff of any meme guy eating popcorn here.

There:

 

And while you're at it, why not also  

 

 

Ciao

[perdu]

In Beavertown today, windows have been the experiment du jour

 

Blown side door windows are the 'look' gone for by Beaver operators in the touristy trade, Harbour Air as much as many of the others and the electric Beavers have 'normal for HA' blown ones to replicate.

 

This one is only held in place by luck and the faintest dry smear of 560 glue but the next act will be to dilute some 560 and get the glue all round the opening.

 

 

"It's a million to one chance!"

Let's see shall we?

Diluted 560 will also be brought into the main screen attaching game too

[perdu]

Dammit failed...

[perdu]

I don't care, the bubble was too large really, a chance to get it better now.

[Billos]

Keep going Bill, at this rate I will be in Vancouver before you finish! (planned for mid-2026)

[perdu]

I admit being distracted by a (new to me) gearbox overhaul, but if you're there take your camera OK?

 

☺️

[Dazey]

I am just seeing this now – most impressive modelling. And an interesting subject, to boot!

 

Regards,

David

[perdu]

Thank you David, too kind.

 

Well how can I break so many hearts in one go?

 

I know, tell them all that their favourite clear parts adhesive has failed to win me over.

 

Again.

 

I've tried before to use GS-Hypo successfully and in the interest of giving everything a fair whack I bought another tube and set to on the Beaver.

 

I religiously followed the ill set out instructions that one has to destroy the box to read.

 

And once again bad news for the GS-ers amongst us.

 

Thick blobby glue slowly extruding from a ridiculous little pipe/nozzle/tube, well frankly it didn't impress me, but I let it set for twenty minutes before attaching the clear parts.

 

Set the whole thing aside for a day and be prepared to wipe excess away with an IPA loaded rag.

 

 

Utter tosh, it hardly caught anything in an adhesive grip but had horrid glue blobs inside the windows frames.

 

Does any one else's GS-Hypo ooze slowly down the pipe or do I have a faulty tube?

 

Anyway, some minimal window progress

 

The port door window is OK and signed off ready for masking (Masking is the next big bugbear down the line)

 

 

I think this thinly sliced window works

 

Still working on  the starboard side though.

 

 

Bad seals round the screen at the moment but I hope/expect I will be able to fix that later with a film of Mr Surfacer 1200, like the rim above the screen too.

[hendie]

Sorry to hear about your experience with GS Hypo, Bill.

FYI - that's not the way I use it, probably because I've never bothered to read the instructions.

At the first squeeze (as lightly as possible) you normally get a wad of uncontrollable goop rushing out of the nozzle. I wipe that away then wait for residual pressure to take over and get a nice even, controllable flow which I then apply to the part. I then stick the windscreen (or whatever) in place - at this point I don't worry about excess Hypo oozing from the joint. 

Now, I wait about 10 minutes or so to let the Hypo skin over.  Once the skin has formed you can take a scalpel and very lightly score the excess ooze at the joint. Once scored, grab an end with a pair of tweezers and it will just peel away nicely. 

 

 

[perdu]

Hmm

 

I have come to rethink the glue then if you have such good results, let's face it we've seen the results you get.

 

I think I may have a duff tube of glue so I have ordered another one! 

 

There is no way the tube I have would get a nice even, controllable flow from mine...

 

Its on its way which leaves me a tube of goop to play with for now

 

My tube feels as if the contents have already begun drying out...

 

 

Just tried to get an even flow to use

 

 

Ho ho ho

[The Spadgent]

Both windows look good to me.  I will need to try plunge moulding . (If I say it enough it might just happen🙃)

even though one didn’t stick the process and elements are sound. 
 

looking forward to more escapades. 
 

Johnny

[perdu]

Differing escapades for Johnty, you'll all remember this wont you?

 

No I know you will remember, although you can be forgiven for forgetting, the Beaver, time its taken to get the gearbox finished in the garage, but this bit is about the actual truck shifting it about.

 

Info on the vehicle is sketchy to say the least out here in the real world so in order to cobble together the truck I needed to start with a little truck body I could play with.

Step up to the mark Hot Wheels, with a quite eclectic range of tiny pick ups which sit near enough 1/72 scale to be a workable choice.

 

I found one in my local Poundland store, sadly not for a quid but three seems a decent price to me, a Studebaker truck that looked to be convertible to a Ford looking chassis with fillers and files drawn into action.

 

Seen here in an early attempt.

 

Yes Ford fans, there is a very long way to go but I think it'll be OK

 

Another look at the look I am aiming for

 

I am a bit worried about the mass of the actual overhang behind the wheels, but that is a useful looking box of hydraulic tricks in front of the radiator...

 

I had to whip the Stoodi apart to get working it up so that gave me a partial/chassis floor unit to base the build on.

 

 

And here is the beginnings.

 

A brace cross chassis at the front

 

 

Perspective is not my friend.

 

 

Here the cab interior is keeping it all legal, like.

 

When the glues are set I can then begin making the rest of the lifting frame to use on my Harbour Air floatplanes.

 

 

OK that is this morning's minor update, yes its a vehicle but I don't think it ought to go to vehicles, do you?

 

I think of it as integral to the ElectroBeaver, thoughts anyone?

[giemme]

1 hour ago, perdu said:

I think of it as integral to the ElectroBeaver, thoughts anyone?

I concur. Excellent scratch building work, BTW  

 

Ciao

[81-er]

A very fine bit of work going on there, Bill

 

James

[perdu]

Thanks chaps, I will continue here

 

On we go, frame is partially complete

 

 

With the intention of achieving this, but proper.

 

 

This is only to go to show.

 

Calculating sizes for the lifting brackets, in large angle iron pieces.

 

 

I'm enjoying this.

[giemme]

43 minutes ago, perdu said:

I'm enjoying this.

Me too!    

 

Ciao