Fabster Posted March 16, 2014 Author Share Posted March 16, 2014 Second Part, as promised. Here's an image of the actual wheel well to give you an idea of what I needed to (more or less) accomplish next. As you can see, I ganged up 2 separate pictures in Photoshop to create one single, constant view for reference while i created these components: First off, I created a basic box with ribs and spars using thick sytrene square rods for strength and to give the thinner plastic sheet meant for the skin of the wing, a good area to glue to. I drew the wells' opening and cut them out. So far so good and things moved along pretty much as planned. Next step was to scratchbuild the wells themselves, trimming little squares and circles which I blended with the surface by applying several coats of Weld-On glue. By doing this, i melted their squared-off edges and created softer, round edges that literally blended with the roof and walls of the wells. Right now they look kind of ugly but I am sure once under a coat of paint everything will visually level and look much better, hopefully. Once the finished wheel well was presented to the under wing skin opening, everything started to look the part.: Conclusion comes, next. Thanks for stopping by. I hope I am not too repetitive and boring you to dead with so many images and write-ups! Fab Derek B and Uilleann 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabster Posted March 16, 2014 Author Share Posted March 16, 2014 Third and FINAL part about the Wheel wells, I promise! At this point, both wells were done and it was time to permanently attach them to the frame and wrap the skin around them. In the end and after seeing these images, I thought the width of the plastic skin was a little to thick so I created it again with a sheet half as thin as the original version. It worked much better for scale effect but it didnt retain the straightness of the leading edge so I carbed a core in balsa wood for the complete leading edge section (I ended getting rid of the front part of the center rib in order to do this) and glued it to the skin with 2 part epoxy before wrapping the center box assembly with it and which worked so much better after all the hassle. Unfortunately, somehow I managed to accidentally delete the entire last set of images from my camara (the ones about the balsa core, etc) before downloading them so you'll be spared of having to deal with a few more images in this part of this weekend's post. Lucky you! LOL Thanks every one. I hope you like it so far and see you in a few more days, hopefully with images of the rest of the wing completed. Greetings! Fab 109, Lars Befring, Uilleann and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafju Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Ouch!... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Fantastic! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 (edited) Very much enjoying this Fabian (Best get on with my Saab 210 then). Derek Edited March 16, 2014 by Derek B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripaman Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 that does look very good Fabian as you said scratch building is very addictive. Regards Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Still loving this - those wheels wells and the general wing structure are a mastercalss in sctratch-building! Taking notes... Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 I'm so stealing your idea for using fine brass rod as stringers in the undercarriage bays! Great work, very effective Fab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabster Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 (edited) Thanks a lot for all of your nice comments, guys! Craig, you're welcome to "steal" any idea I'm applying to this project. Rest assured I am doing the same with your own innovations on the Vampire job! LOL Fabian,From the concept in your mind to paper line drawing to the actual part is MOST INNOVATIVE and quite IMPRESSIVE ....It's looks pretty amazing .... Keep up the excellent work...Your work oozes EXCELLENCE ..You Thanks a lot, Maru! I am pretty sure this is not the proper nor the best way to approach a scratch-building project but so far it is working for me so until I "re-invent the wheel" I guess I'll keep using this method! Edited March 18, 2014 by Fabster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Stunning, I really love your work. Can't wait to see more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Something I just noticed Fabian; I think that the six rectangular shaped areas to the right of the wheel well bay with the dimple centres in the above photograph may actually be in relief (recessed) as opposed to protruding or proud as you have modelled them? Nonetheless, this does not detract in any way whatsoever the skill and excellence of your scratch building or the techniques that you employ - I have very much enjoyed it thus far and I am learning much from you; please keep up the good work. Regards Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabster Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 (edited) Something I just noticed Fabian; I think that the six rectangular shaped areas to the right of the wheel well bay with the dimple centres in the above photograph may actually be in relief (recessed) as opposed to protruding or proud as you have modelled them? Nonetheless, this does not detract in any way whatsoever the skill and excellence of your scratch building or the techniques that you employ - I have very much enjoyed it thus far and I am learning much from you; please keep up the good work. Regards Derek Hi, Derek. I really appreciate your reply and the kind words about my progress with this project. I am glad to know you've enjoyed it and find it worthy of being followed. I went on and double checked my reference pictures and I believe what you see as recessed detail is a trick on the eye caused by the lights and shadows created because of the angle this picture was taken from? Check out these other images I have and help me confirm they are actually raised ...or not?!! Honestly, i dont think I would attempt fixing this issue since I would have pretty much to take everything apart in order to do so. ouch! What do you think? Cheers, Fabian Edited March 20, 2014 by Fabster Uilleann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Great work Fabian! Those details in question look raised to me. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Fab Beautiful work on the wheel well assembly of the build. Thoroughly enjoying both yo r thought process and engineering creativity. Keep 'em coming peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Hi, Derek. I really appreciate your reply and the kind words about my progress with this project. I am glad to know you've enjoyed it and find it worthy of being followed. I went on and double checked my reference pictures and I believe what you see as recessed detail is a trick on the eye caused by the lights and shadows created because of the angle this picture was taken from? Check out these other images I have and help me confirm they are actually raised ...or not?!! Honestly, i dont think I would attempt fixing this issue since I would have pretty much to take everything apart in order to do so. ouch! What do you think? Cheers, Fabian You are correct Fabian - those additional photographs make it very clear that they are protrusions and not recessed; it's quite amazing how light and angle can trick the eyes. Great work. Derek Lee White 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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