spacewolf Posted July 7, 2011 Author Share Posted July 7, 2011 Trunnions were made for mounting the gear. I wanted to make the instalation as realistic looking as possible. Squares were cut and drilled to fit the trunnions and the sissors link was made from bits of scrap and rod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted July 7, 2011 Author Share Posted July 7, 2011 The finished product ready to install. Next, the nose gear...but that'll be in a few days. Cheers Vaughn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 More delights from the scratchy show! Great stuff Vaughn but I do have a bit of a concern. It might be the camera angle but Hans's hand looks a bit weird. His right forearm and hand look very badly swollen and very large. Wonder if he's been without a partner for a long time? Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Amazing scratch building Vaughn. Such an inspiration for us mere mortals! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Vaughn, you scratch building skills are awesome! Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I don't know how in the world I missed this thread. Vaughn you are da bomb! Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted July 7, 2011 Author Share Posted July 7, 2011 More delights from the scratchy show! Great stuff Vaughn but I do have a bit of a concern. It might be the camera angle but Hans's hand looks a bit weird. His right forearm and hand look very badly swollen and very large. Wonder if he's been without a partner for a long time? Phil Phil, you just about made me spray coffee all over my 'puter ! As for poor Hans, you must remember he is an ex tread head..all that tanker stuff really did him no good. He is kinda 'squished' in all aspects ( when did the old Tamyia Tiger kit come out, the figures all have that look ? ) so I can't say for sure what his 'personal' issues may be... he doesn't have much of a sense of Ha Ha at all..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted July 7, 2011 Author Share Posted July 7, 2011 Amazing scratch building Vaughn. Such an inspiration for us mere mortals! Kev Thanks Kev, glad to inspire, you guys here on LSP have inspired me..glad to return the favor. Cheers Vaughn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted July 7, 2011 Author Share Posted July 7, 2011 Vaughn, you scratch building skills are awesome! Barry Thanks Barry..it's more like dumb luck..no one told me I couldn't do something so I just improvise. Somehow things just keep turning out ok but you wouldn't believe the time I spend thinking about things and how often parts get tossed in the bin as I start over.... Cheers Vaughn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted July 7, 2011 Author Share Posted July 7, 2011 I don't know how in the world I missed this thread. Vaughn you are da bomb! Sincerely, Mark Hey Mark, glad to see you ! "bomb" ?.... ...um, I didn't think I'd gained THAT much weight ! Vaughn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted July 13, 2011 Author Share Posted July 13, 2011 Been a busy few days, time flies when you are having fun....or so they tell me. I'm slogging through the scribing and finish work (did I mention I hate finish work ?) so the build is on going. Here is the next bit, getting closer to where I burned out on the model back in late 2006. With the main gear finished I turned to the nose gear. The ref drawings and pics from the comic indicated the nose strut to be very long, why I have no idea but that is the way it was drawn in the comic so.... I had to figure out how the gear retracted. I had the gear doors to go by but there was no normal way the strut could retract as placed. After scratching my brain for a while I settled on a traveling trunnion. The top of the strut had to be on a mount that could travel in guides forward into the fuselage as the strut was retracted. It would work off a worm gear pulling the mount forward as the retraction strut drew the gear up into the bay....complicated ? YUP !! So I built a trunnion and mount flanges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted July 13, 2011 Author Share Posted July 13, 2011 Guides were built into the top sides of the nose bay, a mount cut to fit and drilled for the worm gear...in this case a large dia. guitar string. Everything was fitted and looked pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted July 13, 2011 Author Share Posted July 13, 2011 The nose strut was made of from various sizes of rod. A hole was drilled and an axle inserted. The 1/24th FW-190 main wheel is for size. The sissors link was built up from scrap plastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted July 13, 2011 Author Share Posted July 13, 2011 (edited) Landing lights were scrounged from an old car kit. The retraction strut mount point was found in the scrap box. The pivot point and steering motor were built from more scrap. Edited July 13, 2011 by spacewolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted July 13, 2011 Author Share Posted July 13, 2011 The wheels were test fitted... They look the part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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