Iain Posted September 1, 2013 Author Share Posted September 1, 2013 (edited) Kev - work from home 2 days a week - nice to get away from the computer @ lunchtime! Have dug out all the Connie parts, drawings and the Heller kit - now sat on the patio table. Unfortunately I have to do some DIY before I can crack on - but definitely in a Connie mood at the moment. And wings are soooo much better than they were! Iain Edited September 1, 2013 by 32SIG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nigelr32 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Your trudging through nicely Iain, I look forward to seeing her all buttoned up and finished at Telford Please post a pic with something to scale these parts, just how big are they?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted September 6, 2013 Author Share Posted September 6, 2013 Yeah, yeah - gotta love a comedian! Been away for a few days - but will try and post a pic of something with Connie to give sense of scale... Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRutman Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Industrial strength modeling, J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted September 17, 2013 Author Share Posted September 17, 2013 Hmmm - getting a bit of a balsa wood fettish this evening - but making some rather jolly progress! Oh and I love the smell of Cyanoacrylate in the evening! <message ends> Iain Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jessie_C Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Shameless tease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted September 17, 2013 Author Share Posted September 17, 2013 (edited) Me? Nah - impossible! I did have a moment where I thought 'no more photo's 'till Telford' - but only lasted a few seconds... Wings at a stage where I can clean up the aileron openings - and make a start on the wing area above the flaps - balsa core - polystyrene sheet skin - in this case 30 thou... Aileron areas boxed in with 30 thou sheet. Balsa/plastic composite sections cut and bonded - currently oversize (you'll see why later) and ready for sanding session to make the balsa core triangular in cross section (i.e. taper towards trailing edge): Tail surface areas being boxed in also - ready for final shaping and making the surfaces themselves: Whilst all the cyano 'curing' - time to start drawing up the spars - again - these will be a balsa/plastic (80 thou) composite. Have now decided how all this will hang together - will build wing - tip to tip - complete with joining surfaces - then insert into fuse from below as one unit. Manufacturers drawing not to scale (actually too small!) - but gives me all the wing station points in inches: More tomorrow - promise! Iain Edited September 17, 2013 by 32SIG Uilleann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted September 21, 2013 Author Share Posted September 21, 2013 (edited) OK - everything's out again... A lot of work since last post - not that it shows - yet - but I will post an update tomorrow with lots of images. One example being discovery that the rudder hinge line on the middle fin is 5" further forward than the outers - so that's been re-done. Also a *lot* of thinking on how I progress from here - some challenges thought through and sorted in my head. One of those is interior. Originally I'd planned a full interior - but that's a lot of open fuselage interior that just won't be seen! Plan now is to get the side windows in and the nose gear bay completed. Make up some beefy internal bulkheads for the middle area of the fuselage - and cut away a top section above the front radar op areas/cockpit so that I can assemble and sand the fuselage prior to adding the interior details from above. That's the plan anyway... Right - about that spar! Iain Edited September 21, 2013 by 32SIG Uilleann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Iain Looking forward to tomorrows update and photos .. and one detailed plan to follow. Hoping the updates start to flow now that the juices have returned Keep 'em coming :popcorn: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted September 21, 2013 Author Share Posted September 21, 2013 (edited) Spar done!!! Happy, happy, happy (I'd forgotten how nice Balsa is to work with - spar is a styrene/balsa sandwich) Iain Edited September 21, 2013 by 32SIG Uilleann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Nice work Iain. I like working with balsa and plastic card a lot Derek Iain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted September 21, 2013 Author Share Posted September 21, 2013 And, and, and... The wings are fitted (dry) to the spar - it all works!!! I know - simple things - but it's taken a lot of work to get to this stage... P'raps we're on a roll at last! She'll be at Telford - *might* even have the wings on!!!! Iain Derek B and Uilleann 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Showtime 100 Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Just finished reading the whole thread. Awesome build to say the least ! Like Arnold StrongNbigger said, "What does not kill you, will make you stronger." Well; You're definitely stronger with your perseverance, that's for sure! I will be following your build. Inspiring indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted September 22, 2013 Author Share Posted September 22, 2013 Pix as mentioned - more to follow... Composite spar: In place in the wings: Flap upper section/wing trailing edged in progress - one balso core shamfered - second to follow - before upper skins: Tail feathers shaped to within half a mm of their lives - dust everywhere! Middle fin shaped to fit over tailplane and all control surface areas boxed in: Aileron areas boxed in and additional sheet added to correct trailing edge curve: Scratching head on tip tanks - shortened to match Heller - but now think these are quite a bit out - research needed: Just looking at these images - they really don't convey the size of these parts and, therefore, the elbow grease that's gone into them! Maybe more later - have some DIY to do first... Iain Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Iain Fantastic progress and the Connie and glad you kep the shutter presed and the photos coming. Keep 'em coming ' :popcorn: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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