Alain Gadbois Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Well planned work and great scratch building here! This is a real pleasure to watch! Alain RLWP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Shaping up very nicely Richard. I am envious of those able to scratch build their own models. RLWP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 Shaping up very nicely Richard. I am envious of those able to scratch build their own models. Said the man who just did this!: I was going to comment on your O-2 thread, your vac moulding kit is almost identical to mine. And I started scratch building partly because I got bored chopping kits about. So watch out, you are already on the slippery slope to scratchbuilding Richard Gazzas, MikeC, BradG and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 11, 2018 Author Share Posted February 11, 2018 (edited) Mixed bag this time: The fuel tank is pretty much done: The rear seat is made: Terrible pictures, not enough contrast to show the details The cover for the elevator linkage and the cowling for the tailplane are done: And some of the panelling around the engine: Those engine panels. I was going to vac form them, the balsa plug was getting to be rather complicated. Then I had another look and realised a lot of them are made from flat sheet bent into place. Possibly only the nose cone is doubly curved There's another story in that last picture. I knocked my bottle of solvent over - again. So I have stuck it down to a jar lid with double sided tape. Now it's much harder to knock over Hopefully... Richard Edited February 11, 2018 by RLWP MikeC, Starfighter, LSP_Kevin and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Lovely work Richard. Have you ever thought about making the engine panels from sheet metal? The compound nose could perhaps be made from pewter sheet worked over a former... Torben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 (edited) Lovely work Richard. Have you ever thought about making the engine panels from sheet metal? The compound nose could perhaps be made from pewter sheet worked over a former... Torben I'm OK with the nose, I made a similar one for my RAF AT: A small balsa plug like that isn't too hard, and I don't mind getting it wrong a couple of times. The AT has a vac formed nose made from the one shown My problem is mostly interpreting this lot: http://www.martinwilkinson.co.uk/martinphotos/cirrus_moth_blv.htm. I have one of Martin's photosets that I work from There are upper panels that developed from this sort of design: I have been trying to make a single balsa plug for the whole thing, including the nose and underside. Now I have spotted the underside is bent, not beaten sheet, some of the top panels make more sense Richard Edited February 13, 2018 by RLWP Starfighter, sandokan, Alain Gadbois and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 I guess you will only vac the nose section. The panels around the engine opening are just bent and simple curved sections. Great progress here! Alain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 I guess you will only vac the nose section. The panels around the engine opening are just bent and simple curved sections. Great progress here! Alain Bent, yes. Curved, yes. Simple - maybe! Notice how aft of the engine OH-EJA (the silver one) has a vertical section joining the bottom cowl to the upper with two sharp corners. G-EBLV has the lower sharp corner and a curved upper. Y'know, OH-EJA looks like an easier build.... Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Yes, I noticed that detail, but sharp corners need to be precise to look good, on the other hand, you can hide a lot of imprecise shapes in curves... Alain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 Yes, I noticed that detail, but sharp corners need to be precise to look good, on the other hand, you can hide a lot of imprecise shapes in curves... Alain I'm liking your thinking there Alain Gadbois 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Wow, what shapes to work from! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 Wow, what shapes to work from! That's pretty much my first reaction too. Since then, I've been picking away at the shapes and now I think I have a plan Richard Alain Gadbois and Gazzas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyman1 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Wow!!!!just found this build tonight very impressive the approach to this is amazing Guy RLWP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpgsbody55 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 I'm very impressed with this. Looking forward to the finished model. Cheers, Michael RLWP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 The instrument panels are in place Those are the wonderful Airscale instrument decals from a variety of sets. Many thanks to Peter for his help with those. The dodgy painting is all mine I also have the outer skin for the cockpits: I made one of those, only to find one of the bulkheads ran across the opening Richard Starfighter, Gazzas, MikeC and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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