Jim Barry Posted April 20, 2017 Author Share Posted April 20, 2017 So I glued the wings' skin together and I'm pretty happy. It was with some hope that the tips would work out but they just had too much kink in them. This side is not bad but the other is too wonky. So close! I think I'll preserve the bottom skin and build up the top tip with Magic Sculpt and Mr Surfacer. Not sure I'll be able to get the same spar effect but I guess I have to try. Other plan B ideas circulate. Starfighter, Guyman1 and Victor K2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Impressive stuff, Jim! I think what you've achieved is amazing, personally, but if you're not quite happy with it, then you know what you need to do. Good luck! Kev Lee White 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Barry Posted April 20, 2017 Author Share Posted April 20, 2017 Thanks, Kev. I'm pretty pleased, yes. It's the other side, here below that is most disappointing . It's a very tight line between having a strong bond but then also having the right shape. I got the bond part! LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Barry Posted April 21, 2017 Author Share Posted April 21, 2017 (edited) So here's the work on the tips. I could fill the warping in the front of the tip with Magic Sculpt, but needed to remove the warp in the rear and rebuild. I went with basswood and then Mr Surfacer which is just applied here. It's Ugly but I do not mind blogging the bad days . I'm learning with a significant build such as this that they need to be embraced (I think). Soon enough it'll be sanded and be pretty again! Hope everyone has a good weekend. Edited April 21, 2017 by Jim Barry Cees Broere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Barry Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 Progress on the wing today, Nearly done shaping the tip (still a few little itty bitty gremlin bumps) and added an aileron to the port side. Primed to test for irregularities. Joe, Thanks for the advice getting the wing's skin to reattach after I had cut the aileron. Just a little styrene rod was all I needed. Glad I could make it real rather than a scribed aileron. 109, Victor K2, Starfighter and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Brilliantly done! I would have prob given up at that point! Well done mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe66 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Jim, Glad to see things working out on saving that wing. For me, all those different shapes of plastruct, balsa and balsa dust, brass and aluminum tubing and rod, basswood strips, bits of styrene....all have many potential uses in this kind of work. Also looking forward to your next update ! Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Jim, super stuff ... I'm in awe. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Barry Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 (edited) Anthony, Joe, Jim. Thanks for the company and kind words. Thought I'd zoom out for a 2 month reality check. I'm now not exactly sure how to put it all together in sequence. For instance, the tail could go on now (picture is just a dry fit), but then handling it all during the assembly of the the landing gear could jeopardize it. Perhaps tail last . The lower wings could go soon (after I build them) and then gear and then the wing struts and then the wing and then the tail. (followed by everyone's favorite: Rigging!), Just musing for now. I think I need a jig to hold it all which might give more options and a safety factor over just building it my lap! Edited April 25, 2017 by Jim Barry Guyman1, TaffyMan, Joe66 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Very impressive. The metal finish really pops! Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 I have been away on my travels Jim and have just returned to catch up on your Fury!.....It is looking absolutely fantastic! it's got to be ..lower wing....struts ...top wing then tail...hasn't it?...that's the way I would approach it. Which ever way you choose I can't wait to see it all put together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 That is totally and utterly fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Barry Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 Dan, Thanks. Scratch guys need to stick together! Keep that Superstar going! Martin, Welcome back! I was away from this for a few weeks getting some fresh air away from the demands of the "baby" so you did not miss that much. Steady as she goes. I think I see a lot of fun in near term as parts production trails off and assembly kicks in. I hope some B-17 updates show up here soon. Your work really gives me inspiration so keep it up! Cees, Thanks! That's quite a nice thing to say. I started this on a idea that a scratchbuilt 1/24 Fury would be a very cool thing to behold regardless of the exact depth and quality of it all. As it unfolds here it is sort of a delightful surprise that I only had hopes for when I began. Hope all is well with your projects Cees Broere and fozzy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Looks super sweet! I'm amazed at how much you've done since you started, this is real superlative modelling skill. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Barry Posted April 27, 2017 Author Share Posted April 27, 2017 Thanks Jim! I'm ahead of my own schedule too. 
Day off from work today. So "work" was the main landing gear struts. The lower half is some airfoil shaped tube that I scored at a hobby store years ago for some reason. The upper half inside is brass tube that I bent into ovalish shape, wrapped it in tape and the covered it in Litho (again, thanks P.C.! ) The middle part is also litho and was incredibly hard to cut to the right shape though a pattern helped, it was hard to make the pattern even. After being so pleased that I did it, I was sort of let down by the realization that I had to make another one. But, I took to this one a little easier since I knew what I was doing and it came out OK, too. Then I molded some aluminum wire into the ends with Magic Sculpt. One end was a loop for the axel and the other was a straight tip to insert into the fuselage. I finished up the tires (from the Harley) which had this nasty tread that took a lot of trial and error to fill and sand. Vinyl just does not like to work with things, but I won by brute force and a new putty I like called perfect pIastic putty. Mr Surfacer 500 did the last coat and then sanded and painted. Then it was time for the axel fashioned from alum tube and covered using more litho for the naca shape. Then I put the plane in my new jig and sort of built it all using 5 min epoxy to bond parts. After I was all done, I set it down to test it and it was leaning to one side! I had a bad cue on where to drill one of the holes an so, I tore had to take it apart, re drill a hole a notch higher and rebuild it. And now I just need two more struts and short of rigging, It'll be done. Out2gtcha, MikeMaben, fozzy and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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