Mals Way Ohka and it will be Orange.

[Mal_Belford]

Happy Midsummer every one, Swedish Holiday to everyone. me in the hammock.

 

 

[Dpgsbody55]

On 6/20/2026 at 3:24 AM, Mal_Belford said:

Happy Midsummer every one, Swedish Holiday to everyone. me in the hammock.

 

 

 

It's a hard life, Mal, but I see you've accepted the challenge .

 

The Ohka looks like an interesting new project.  

 

 

Cheers,

Michael

Edited June 21 by Dpgsbody55

[PEYSSON Gilles]

Hi Mal,
That's an interesting topic—I'll be following it with interest.
I hope you have a good assembly. ... Cool.

 

Question : Where is the fresh beer ???  🍺

 

Gilles

 

 

[Mal_Belford]

8 hours ago, PEYSSON Gilles said:

Hi Mal,
That's an interesting topic—I'll be following it with interest.
I hope you have a good assembly. ... Cool.

 

Question : Where is the fresh beer ???  🍺

 

Gilles

 

 

LoL...and yess, got cold ones in the refrigerator, many of em LoL.

 

And when chilling in the hammock research on the Ohka, very interesting reading and on em colors aswell.

Edited June 20 by Mal_Belford

[Out2gtcha]

20 hours ago, Mal_Belford said:

Happy Midsummer every one, Swedish Holiday to everyone. me in the hammock.

 

 

 

 

Nice!

 

Thought you spelled it like the Swedish horror flick "Midsommar".  🤣

[Mark_C]

4 hours ago, Out2gtcha said:

 

 

Nice!

 

Thought you spelled it like the Swedish horror flick "Midsommar".  🤣

 

Or the Swedish horror food, "surströmming."

 

😵‍💫

[Mal_Belford]

21 hours ago, Mark_C said:

 

Or the Swedish horror food, "surströmming."

 

😵‍💫

Haha.

 

Ive tried it it, fermented fish, it doesnt taste that bad as it smells, and many you tube vids show this wrong way how to prepare that dish and eat it. potatoes, sourcream, raw red onion and flat bread, the taste is hmmm hard to explain.

 

And if that dish were on an menu, well i would go for other options anyway LoL.

[Mark_C]

Call me staid, but - I really don't want to eat any food which is prohibited from being taken on a plane, lest the can literally explode from accumulated decomp gases.

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surströmming

 

😄

[amurray]

" . . . fermented fish, it doesn't taste that bad as it smells, . . . "

 

All things relative, right?  

[Mal_Belford]

Allright, got little benchtime.

 

And every one got their firstimer, yes im used to PE, but never solder a seat before, ao hey why not, seen others do it and as those who know me, i often do things outside my comfort zone lol well im very curious to try ny things in modelling, as this case, solder that seat, yes this brass PE is hard, so had to annealling it, used a lighter and that curve in front of the seat bend real easilly, used drill bit and my hands.  and yes did a testrun on PE brass so get the proper temp.

 

 

 

Well worked quite well, and this will do just fine for me.

 

[Mal_Belford]

And the harness, well im not sure as first impression i do not like em at all, hmm leaning towards save em buckles and scratch the harness, using tape, or order new one, oh well ill see later what ill do.

 

[amurray]

Nice fingerprints!  

[Mal_Belford]

Allright.

 

Sometimes you need to modify tools for certain tasks, used a cheap tweezer, as to hold that PE piece in place, presoldered one side, and then flux on and heated it up, and the soldering melts nicely without nothing on the sides.

 

 

 

and done.

 

 

Tadaa, here is my first soldered PE seat, and cleaned it up.

 

Yes this will do just fine for me hey

 

 

Edited June 27 by Mal_Belford

[Jim Barry]

Nice work and cheers to new tricks for old dogs, ha! 

[Mal_Belford]

30 minutes ago, Jim Barry said:

Nice work and cheers to new tricks for old dogs, ha! 

So true Jim, so true, darn lol.

 

 

 

Edited June 27 by Mal_Belford