geedubelyer Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Good to see your progress Ray and second the sentiments re: your missus. Hope she is doing ok. These neat additions look splendid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted May 21, 2016 Author Share Posted May 21, 2016 Egad! Where does the time go? Had to build an enclosure around the veggie garden for the wife. Need to keep the forest rats a.k.a. deer out. They will eat everything, the buggers. Anyway, decided to replace another piece in the kit. It is a little u-shaped piece that is supposed to hold the brake lever to keep the brakes engaged. So I made a paper template and cut out some aluminum sheet. I was going to solder the parts together, but the solder I have absolutely refused to bond to the aluminum. So I ended up using that blacklight-cured plastic tool 'As Seen on TV.' Here is the result: The little silver goobers you can see on the 'weld' are actually silver Rub-n-Buff that I hadn't cleaned up yet. It actually looks like solder more than solder does! Zero77 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted May 21, 2016 Author Share Posted May 21, 2016 Here are most of the parts mocked up to make sure everything fits before I start painting. Time to throw some color on it! Whitey and Zero77 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 'blacklight-cured plastic tool' Bravo! Great transfer of knowledge. Gotta name? Thank you. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Looking good, Ray! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted May 22, 2016 Author Share Posted May 22, 2016 Thanks for the comments, guys! 'blacklight-cured plastic tool' Bravo! Great transfer of knowledge. Gotta name? Thank you. Sincerely, Mark Here is a link: https://www.5secondfix.com/?mid=7320253 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted May 28, 2016 Author Share Posted May 28, 2016 Thanks for the sentiments, Maru. She just had her last chemo treatment and is coping. She is sleeping now as I type. Radiation starts July. :/ Anyhoo, I have started putting some colors down. Grip. Metal parts semi-gloss black, grip sections NATO black. Already did some chipping and scuffing to weather it. Will add some washes later. Sorry this pic is a little fuzzy; not sure why, but I didn't notice it till tonight and I am too lazy to redo it. Looks like a black and white photo! Brake handle, stop and stop adjustment screw. Handle is Tamiya rattle can NMF Silver, stop is unpainted alum sheet, screw is dark metal paint with metallic pigment highlights. Gun camera button and mount. Semi-gloss button and mount with Archer rub-on letters and simply a length of grey insulated wire. The firing button and air tubing. Tamiya NMF Silver, semi-gloss black, and Gold from a very old bottle of Testors with misc painted details. There will be some additional detail painting and washes, but getting there! Hopefully assembly this weekend. Shaka HI, KiwiZac, Zero77 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Nice progress, Ray. Looks great! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero77 Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Gorgeous ! It's hard to tell it's made of resin.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted June 15, 2016 Author Share Posted June 15, 2016 Thanks again, guys! Finally had a chance to work on it some more. I have it assembled, just need to do a little more weathering and touch up. Next is to figure out a design for a good base! Have some ideas...stay tuned! LSP_Paul, Whitey and KiwiZac 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 That looks amazing, Ray! Might have to move it out of the GB now, though. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 (edited) Your split pin ( Cotter pin for you johnny foreigners) tails need to fold around back to the head, no self respecting engineer would put it in like that like this http://aviationmiscmanuals.tpub.com/TM-1-1500-204-23-6/css/TM-1-1500-204-23-6_87.htm http://www.rv7blog.com/images/20080420_quadrant_clevises.jpg Bar that superb Mk 19 item prior to rebuild btw http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff321/taylortony/Spitfire%20MKx1x/more%20Spit/_MG_3971Edgar.jpg Edited June 15, 2016 by TonyT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappy915 Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Can someone post the link to the site for this. Great work, thanks John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 See http://www.hyperscale.com/2015/reviews/kits/tailboompreviewbg_5.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 Your split pin ( Cotter pin for you johnny foreigners) tails need to fold around back to the head, no self respecting engineer would put it in like that like this http://aviationmiscmanuals.tpub.com/TM-1-1500-204-23-6/css/TM-1-1500-204-23-6_87.htm http://www.rv7blog.com/images/20080420_quadrant_clevises.jpg Bar that superb Mk 19 item prior to rebuild btw http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff321/taylortony/Spitfire%20MKx1x/more%20Spit/_MG_3971Edgar.jpg Yeah, I know. It's a little harrowing to bend the stiff metal cotter pin like that when the piece it is going through is just a piece of plastic! Will try to do a better job, though. The instructions show it bent around, too. LSP_Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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