seiran01 Posted August 13, 2014 Author Share Posted August 13, 2014 Here's today's work - the lower fuselage frame with two smaller center frames added. The box at the back is the drag parachute housing, and is molded into the lower frame. I was hoping to have a little more progress to share tonight but cleaning up the mold seams took much longer than anticipated. If anyone will be at the NoVa meeting tomorrow (Rick? Vivian? anyone else?), I'm planning to bring this with me to share. I think the rest of the interior is best assembled in as many sub-assemblies as possible to ease alignment in gluing before painting. Use your best judgement when you tackle this, it's a maze of piping and will be easy to miss painting something if you aren't paying attention. daHeld, Pfuf and Out2gtcha 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Wow! It looks like Meccano. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Wow! It looks like Meccano. Kev Lol................I had to look that up. And yes it looks like that those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macbain Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Super excited about the kit being released. Will be watching this one Is the clear plastic brittle like normal kit canopies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wouter Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Can't wait till I get my pre-ordered one in October. Until then I'll watch your build with great interest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Always wondered what the box was at the rear!! Thought initially it was ballast!! After seeing the complexity of the tubular frame, makes me wonder what the tooling gigs looked like to get that all aligned up properly and consistently!! An amazing model actually! Wow!! Cheers Alan daHeld 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Watching with interest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Wow! It looks like Meccano. Kev in the states we call it K'NEX Now I will get 2 and build one buttoned up and the other splayed open...skinned. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 in the states we call it K'NEX Now I will get 2 and build one buttoned up and the other splayed open...skinned. Ha, I knew that referenced sounded a bit familiar...........but yes, KNEX is it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 A little more tonight; IPMS meeting and post meeting drink ran a little long You can see the rear main frame assembly in the bottom of the photo and attached sitting in place without glue in the lower photo. This assembly contains the battery, control surface actuator, and main gear hydraulic cylinder. Will be painted before attaching. The battery should probably have a scrap piece of sheet plastic added to form the back side as it's otherwise hollow, but unless you display the engines removed, i highly doubt anyone could see the back of the battery considering the proximity to an engine. daHeld, Rick K and Uncarina 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotsman Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 that looks like a game of "Pick up Sticks ".. absolutely amazing , modelling drifting into engineering .. Equal respect to you mike and the mad designers at ZM daHeld 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted August 14, 2014 Author Share Posted August 14, 2014 Thanks gents. Scottsman, no respect is deserved by me, I'm just the assembler, however I will agree that ZM deserves a boatload of respect for their efforts!. I was challenged at the meeting last night to finish half of the plane in unpainted wood/metal as a few others have done with recent German subjects. I'm open to this but not convinced just yet. Can anyone verify what panels would have been metal? I know the bulk was wood and figure the metal was limited to engine cowls and panels immediately behind, gear doors, canopy frame etc, but can't determine if other external bits were also metal. Thanks daHeld 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Bellis Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Very nice, Mike! Thanks for putting this out there for those of us that are chomping at the bit to get this kit. in the states we call it K'NEX Never heard the term K'Nex before this thread, but maybe age is an issue (48). However, K'Nex appears to be the same as the Erector sets I remember having as a kid. my first reaction was that the structure looked like Tinker Toys. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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