RLWP Posted March 10, 2018 Author Share Posted March 10, 2018 Indeed, welcome Ken. Will you show pictures of your V.23 here? Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensar Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Thanks for the welcome! I have been lurking for awhile. I probably will post the Fokker V.23 when finished. I prefer the larger scales, so I plan to contribute to the traffic here. Think I'll post the FW190 I finished recently. Looks like you are progressing well here, Richard. I am finding that after making a scratchbuilt part, I find something wrong with it and end up remaking it. Do you get caught in this loop also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 Thanks for the welcome! I have been lurking for awhile. I probably will post the Fokker V.23 when finished. I prefer the larger scales, so I plan to contribute to the traffic here. Think I'll post the FW190 I finished recently. Looks like you are progressing well here, Richard. I am finding that after making a scratchbuilt part, I find something wrong with it and end up remaking it. Do you get caught in this loop also? Yep, one of the things I am working on is 'leave it alone!' Richard MikeC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted March 17, 2018 Author Share Posted March 17, 2018 Have you considered thin alu sheet (wine bottle tops, food packaging etc...)? It'll hold its shape and you can use superglue. Matt This turns out to be the best approach, only in sheet brass: This one is OK, I might remake it. I will certainly use this method to do the cowling around the engine. Now I know how to do this, it can wait until the engine is installed Meanwhile, as I was working with metal, I made the cabane struts: And a jig for the landing gear: The springs are a bit of tube wrapped in a piece of thin brass: I made the interplane struts too, I don't have a picture at the moment Richard Out2gtcha, BradG, TorbenD and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted March 17, 2018 Author Share Posted March 17, 2018 I turned up a couple of wheels: So, just for fun: Richard Out2gtcha, Alain Gadbois, MikeC and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Stonking struts Richard - lovely, lovely metal work! Torben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 Stonking struts Richard - lovely, lovely metal work! Torben I thought of you while I was making that card soldering jig Richard TorbenD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensar Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Very nice metal work, Richard. I like that soldering jig also. RLWP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 Very nice metal work, Richard. I like that soldering jig also. One of the useful things about jigs like that are they are disposable. So when I had soldered everything together, the axle is trapped in the jig. A couple of snips with the scissors and it's free, the jig is scrap Don't cost much either, some card, a couple of scraps of balsa and a bit of glue Richard KiwiZac 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Lovely soldering and brass work! I do so love this kind of stuff. Its not appropriate for all modeling, but brass is generally strong, and easy to work with, and solders well too. Model on! RLWP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 You're really strutting your stuff now, Richard! Kev KiwiZac 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 You're really strutting your stuff now, Richard! Kev <groan> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 Some progress pictures The engine got some paint and is now waiting for the next parts: The lower engine covers got some bits and bobs - the hinges and pins: Oh yes, I sorted out the mounting pins for the wings too Finally, there are several of these plates on the longerons of the DH60 fuselage: Those ones are dummy fishplates for model railway track. OK, the real ones had six hex headed bolts and these have four square headed bolts, who's counting... Richard Starfighter, sandokan, Alain Gadbois and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Richard, Wow, I love all of those struts and other brass work! And the machined wheel...!! Fantastic. I want to learn how to make my own struts, too. Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 Richard, Wow, I love all of those struts and other brass work! And the machined wheel...!! Fantastic. I want to learn how to make my own struts, too. Gaz This is where I started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o10w7aVmIk I don't have either of the special tools, I lay my tube on a drawing (because that's what I usually work from) to get the length, cut with a scalpel as shown and squish the tube in a modelling vice I modified to have smooth jaws The tools look good, I just like improvising There are plenty of videos on soldering, it's a really useful modelling skill to have Richard sandokan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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