Guest LSP_Jay L Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Absolutely stunning work Saso! I wish I had some of your skills mate! And patience! Very precisce work there. Cheers mate, Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PietvWdV Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Ya, thanx for making the rest of us look stoopid! Wow! I am just bowled over. I did not think this sort of work could be done by non-elves, but there it is! Stunning does not do it justice Saso. We are all really impressed down here I can tell you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Matt Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Yeah me too...blown away. Such amazing detail in such a small space...amazing cheers Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcauchi Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Really coming along nicely Saso. Looking great. I have never seen a Gnat in our scale before. Yours must be a first. Great!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saso Knez Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 More progress: Aft cockpit bulkhead is fitted and intakes are made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saso Knez Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 First I made the port then I went on to the starboard one. For bonus points I took step-by-step images. This is what I started with. Intake duct into the fuselage. The aim is to fair everything together correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saso Knez Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 First I made the supports and splitters for the splitter plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saso Knez Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 The splitter plate then went on and was sanded smoth with the existing duct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saso Knez Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 Plastic strip was glued so it levels with the outside of the duct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saso Knez Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 With the inner side of the intake lip made I built up the outer side. Didn't do it as elegantly as with the port intake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saso Knez Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 Now it is time to sand. Don't waste your time being fine fingered. I used 80 grit sanding paper (yes 80 not 800). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saso Knez Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 On the above image you can see why I covered the wheelbays with Tamiya tape. Anyway after some sanding I got myself an approximate shape of the intake. It is still rough and I will sort out the geometry later. Lines are not straight and I am off by a mm or two in some areas, but the basic shape is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saso Knez Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 Guys, thanks for the positive comments, it really means a lot. So next up is finishing the intakes, then I will draw these lines back across the wing cradle and then start to do some scribing. After that the wings go on and the plane gets its spine. Or it might be some other way around. I actually didn't plan on doing the intakes so soon, but when I started doing the wing cradles, I realised that the top of the cradle - near the wing joint - should be more round. I had also been working from the tailplanes for geometry and aligment, and due to the distances it was becoming difficult. So I made a few cardboard templates and I fitted in the cockpit bulkhead, which provided me with an excellent reference frame for further work. I am glad I've done it this way and not the other way around. Have fun Saso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saso Knez Posted December 21, 2005 Author Share Posted December 21, 2005 Very quick update. Sorted out the intake geometry and basic lines, measured up the whole thing and started to scribe in some panel lines in places, where I wouldn't be able to do them when the wing goes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saso Knez Posted December 21, 2005 Author Share Posted December 21, 2005 It just occured to me that half of you (out of those who care) don't even know what are the blasted wing cradles I keep going on and on about. Well, basically they are just the fuselage sides, where the wings will go on. they are thickened, and profiled, so that they are a match for the undersurface of the wing. Here is a shot of the starboard one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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