Pastor John Posted April 1, 2010 Author Share Posted April 1, 2010 Hi Matt, I know you will do a great job. I would love to see one of the other nose options myself but I really must get on now with the G-1. Have fun, orders have ground to a halt so I hope your build is inspiring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csavaglio Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Great work, John. Really fantastic. I can't wait to get the conversion in my paint stained hands. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Absolutely gorgeous - job very well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastor John Posted April 2, 2010 Author Share Posted April 2, 2010 Hi all, just taken some more pics during daylight hours - might look a little better but nothing to add really but to say thanks for your support and kind words - without those prepaid orders this massive project could not have happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pastor John Posted April 2, 2010 Author Share Posted April 2, 2010 and another , yawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theseeker Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Outstanding painting and weathering. Rocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pastor John Posted April 2, 2010 Author Share Posted April 2, 2010 just a few more honest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nmayhew Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 John, I am in awe of your work. simply amazing stuff. now a question: having also looked on your site, i am a little confused as to exactly what you did in the end for the radar antenna... could you clarify whether you used 3 different diameters of nickel silver tubing, and if they were from Albion Alloys? the pictures look like there are 3 different types, but your narrative said it you tried but it didn't work out. also, how did you cut the pieces you used? with such fine tolerances involved, i would have thought that merely "snipping" them would leave a slightly turned or burred end which would no longer slip into the next size up etc. i am not sure i have the modelling skills to do your set justice anyway, but the main thing holding me back is uncertainty about those antenna: i just couldn't face getting everything else done only to find i made a right pig's ear of the antenna. i have not had great results in the past cutting small tubes of metal... thanks again for a truly monumental build, and a thoroughly inspiring blog. kind regards, Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastor John Posted April 7, 2010 Author Share Posted April 7, 2010 Hi Nick, Yes I did go for a three stage receiver in the end and basically it is wrong but as I have got the dipoles about 0.2mm too thick it kind of all works out. I ended up using 0.3mm wire that I had inside the Eileens Emporium 0.6mm tube as the 0.4mm from the same supplier struggled to fit inside without milling. I then ended up getting some plastic tube and shaving it down a little but this is really not good enough and I was being a bit lazy which is my fault as I wanted the model finished to help sales. What I should have done was mask off the two ends of the receiver and filler prime the thickest section then carefully remove the masking. This would have given a near perfect scale replica of the receiver in my humble opinion. No I am wrong there - just remembered I have come across an MOD photos with penciled on measurements taken from Ju88G-1 4R+UR - the total length of a receiver is 115cm (35.9mm in 1/32 not 36.9 as per my instructions). These need to be 60cm apart along the dipole (18.7mm in 1/32). Whilst on the subject let me go on to say that on a G-1 aircraft there is a 33.5cm gap between upper and lower dipoles and a 142cm gap across from right hand receivers to left hand receivers. As for the G-1 and G-6 coming back to the matter at hand - half the overall length of the receiver - working from the middle of the dipole is evenly divided into three portions of 19.1cms (5.9mm in 1/32 - making the thickest part 11.8mm overall). As for cutting I used a cutting disk in my hobby drill. I found that taping the tube to some MDF board with the point of cut being over a pre-cut channel gave the least friction to the job and thus the cleanest cut. Milling out with a drill bit with the said power tool afterwards tidied things up just a bit more. Thanks for bringing the blog back into the headlines. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 thanks John for the comprehensive reply just taken a look at your site again - the C-2 sure looks good on there! as to future projects, have you considered making a G-10 at the same time, or will that come as part of the Mistel set-up? all the best, nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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