Tomek Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Looks good Martin I'm rooting for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy Posted July 5, 2011 Author Share Posted July 5, 2011 (edited) Looks good Martin I'm rooting for you! Cheers Tomek.... I placed some of the floors for the Cockpit today...photos to follow tomorrow! ...really slow process at the moment...thanks for looking in mate! Edited July 5, 2011 by fozzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy Posted July 6, 2011 Author Share Posted July 6, 2011 .....and so we continue Getlemen!! The past 24 hours have been spent checking the Internet for phots..........I needed to see if the plans that I am using show the correct locations on the Fuselage for the Wheel Struts and Lower Wing ...........and luckily everything looks ok So I have spent the most part of today measuring and checking and placing blocks of wood in the correct locations on the Fuselage so that at a later date in the build I will be able to attach the wheel struts and Lower Wing by pins into the blocks of wood.....do you know what I mean?...or am I talking rubbish!!! ...maybe the phots will help!............. ...so the block of wood to the right in the photo will accomadate the front Wheel Strut ....the centre block of wood will take the Leading edge of the Lower Wing...and the rear block of wood will be for the rear wheel strut and the trailing edge of the Lower Wing!!!...got that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy Posted July 6, 2011 Author Share Posted July 6, 2011 .....here are some more angles........... As you can see I have placed the floor for the Cockpit area as well............. So thats the small update for today! Tomorrow I will attach the front two formers to the Fuselage and then try to figure out what the next best thing to do is................because I havn't a clue yet!!! Cheers Guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy Posted July 8, 2011 Author Share Posted July 8, 2011 blimey its a bit quite around here!! Todays update I have managed to place the two front Formers onto the Fuselage and have done the first bit of detailing on this project. I have fabricated the front end of the Fuel Tank out of plastic card...this is the only part of the tank you will see on this project so I didn't see the point in doing the whole thing!!! .....this will be super glued onto the wooden former and the Former attached...like so...... Just under neath the "fake" tank you can see two blocks of wood..........these will be the anchor points for the top forward Wing Strut.... Hold on ...I am having problems with PhotoBucket........AGAIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy Posted July 8, 2011 Author Share Posted July 8, 2011 ...I must have re-loaded PhotoBucket 3 times so far!!!...any way here's a few more photos....... Thats the update for today! Thanks to any one who's looking............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 Todays update Hi guys. Since I last posted I have spent a few hours changing a few things on the Fuselage frame work! After looking at many construction photos of the real Aircraft I decided that A bit of an improvement on some areas were needed. I added a small frame that will accomodate the pilots seat at a later date and some of the locations of the cross braces were changed as well.....I am trying to replicate the real thing if it is at all possible so I had to make these changes ....you probably can't see the changes I have made but here's some photos any way............. You can also see that I have placed a floor covering over the balsa wood floor in the Cockpit area.....I am hoping that it looks better than Balsa Wood!! ...what do you think? Small changes to the front as well....I have taken off the Front Former and placed two pieces of wood in the Engine Bay area which will act as Engine bearers...... .......and so it continues at a snails pace ...but moving on never the less. I am working on the Undercarriage next. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdthoresen Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Fozzy- Too Cool- Reminds me of the stick and tissue building I did with my grandad years ago. I love the way this is working. And not to worry on the lack of replies to the thread. I know I am checking on it every day, and others are as well. Please keep up the great work and the updates coming! Looking forward to the next installment!!! THOR, hacking away at a Spitfire!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 (edited) Fozzy- Too Cool- Reminds me of the stick and tissue building I did with my grandad years ago. I love the way this is working. And not to worry on the lack of replies to the thread. I know I am checking on it every day, and others are as well. Please keep up the great work and the updates coming! Looking forward to the next installment!!! THOR, hacking away at a Spitfire!!!! Thanks THOR for your input....I'll be posting again in a couple of days as I am off to the coast to get away from this Bulgarian summer heat!!! Good luck with your Spits! Edited July 12, 2011 by fozzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy Posted July 16, 2011 Author Share Posted July 16, 2011 Todays update Hi Chaps I have just returned from the coast hoping that it would have cooled down a bit here in the "outback" so to speak....but fat chance! Any how ..before I went away I had time to do some work on the Tail fin....however this time I decided to fabricate the tail out of a block of Balsa wood! Although I havn't finished it yet ....here are some photos of the method I used............. First I drew around a cardboard template I made from the plans onto a block of Balsa............. I sanded it down to the line drawn on the wood and then by photos and info shaped it by very light sanding..... The next few photos show the fin tacked by blue tack temporarely to the Fuselage to see what it looks like! ....and I am happy with the end result!...I mean it looks as if it belongs on the Fuselage? Ok ,so more work to be done on it which I'll bash on with tomorrow.... Cheers Guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 AWESOME work Fozzy! Reminds me when I was a lad, and me and my father build indoor "peanut" scale indoor free flight rubber powered wooded models..............pretty much using this exact method. Nice work mate. Cheers, Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy Posted July 16, 2011 Author Share Posted July 16, 2011 AWESOME work Fozzy! Reminds me when I was a lad, and me and my father build indoor "peanut" scale indoor free flight rubber powered wooded models..............pretty much using this exact method. Nice work mate. Cheers, Brian Thanks Brian....I'm glad it takes you back to your childhood...but ofcourse this model will be a static display piece...its going to take too long for me to watch it crash and burn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Brian is right! Reminds me of those huge balsa gliders you spent hours building and covering with tissue and glue only to have it crash and crumple on the first flight! Lovely stuff as usual Foz. What are you going to skin this one with tissue and dilute PVA?? Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy Posted July 18, 2011 Author Share Posted July 18, 2011 Brian is right! Reminds me of those huge balsa gliders you spent hours building and covering with tissue and glue only to have it crash and crumple on the first flight! Lovely stuff as usual Foz. What are you going to skin this one with tissue and dilute PVA?? Phil Cheers Phil....yep...I will mostly cover this with tissue and PVA and cardboard in other places...however things are always changing with this build ...at the moment I am trying something else with the Tail unit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy Posted July 19, 2011 Author Share Posted July 19, 2011 Todays update Please ignor my last picture post!!...I have changed the design of the Tail Fin and Rudder! I woke up the next day and looked at the Tail Fin and rudder I had made and decided that it just wasn't good enough!! ....and so in good scratch builder form ....I trashed it and started again!!! I won't bore you with the details ....you had to put up with the last one!!!....I'll just post the photos and you should see how I constructed it...... ...here it is temporarily blue tacked to the Fuselage..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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