Alain Gadbois Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Very nice scratchbuilding here! Suggestion for the exhausts: temporarily fix the engine and cowl in place, figure the length of one section of tubing including the angle where it contacts the ring. Do all the sections to insure they are all identical ( jig ?), glue to the engine and replace the ring to be sure the sections fit in their correct location. Maybe the gluing can be done a few sections on tubing at a time, to keep the stress level down! Regards, Alain Shawn M and Bill_S 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_S Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share Posted March 24, 2017 Thanks Alain. It's kind of what I have in mind. There's a bend with a very tight radius where the tube meets the rear cylinder. I'm leaning towards annealed copper tubing as I have a number of lengths of appropriate diameter. Soft enough to bend, rigid enough to hold its shape while handling. There's also a joint where two of them meet before heading into the collector ring... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_S Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share Posted March 24, 2017 (edited) This is the real thing... In the mean time, a little progress - and another item off the checklist! Edited July 13, 2017 by Bill_S Chris Wimmer, Alain Gadbois, Shaka HI and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Wow, doors look great!! Bill_S and Shaka HI 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 second that, this is a labour of love for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marauderdriver Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 ​HOLY BEAUFIGHTER, BATMAN!!! Bill_S and Shaka HI 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel460 Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Excellent detail work Bill, the gear doors look great! Dan Bill_S and Shaka HI 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaeone57 Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 BEAU-TIFUL! Bill_S 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_S Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 Cleaning up the landing gear, and a strut flew off, and was swallowed by the carpet monster... I cleaned off the desk where I was working. I searched the carpet. I saw dust bunnies taking wing out of the PC, so I tore it apart and cleaned it all out... What are the options? Put out feelers for a replacement in hopes that someone has built wheels up? SAC replacement? Or scratch build one? Eleven parts to fabricate a piece about the size of a toothpick... Four days later, the oven decides to go on the fritz; I pull it away from the wall, and....I found it! We're back on track! Daniel460 and Shaka HI 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka HI Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Say what? Bill_S 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 I was going to ask if you checked the freezer.......Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 BIll Doors look great Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 (edited) you cam have mine as I will be doing an inflight, shoot me your address read the rest of the post, glad you found it! Edited April 3, 2017 by Shawn M Bill_S 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_S Posted April 3, 2017 Author Share Posted April 3, 2017 you cam have mine as I will be doing an inflight, shoot me your address read the rest of the post, glad you found it! You'll save yourself a lot of work that way, Shawn! Out2gtcha and Shawn M 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 for sure, and shelf space since I can pole mount it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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