brahman104 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 absolutely inspirational Peter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 absolutely inspirational Peter! What he said, fantastic stuff... Radders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Oh boy....I give up. time to go back and step up my game. this is really fun to watch. Oliver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer Hoffmann Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Peter, I can't wait to see the first castings of the cylinders. I never tried moulding and casting myself, so I'm hoping to get some tips and to learn some tricks here. And a very good start on the nose gear Keep em coming! Rainer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 Seasons greetings all I hope you had a wonderful Xmas and are all set up for a great New Year. Thank you so much for the kind comments, it is so nice to read such positive input and keep me forging forward... ..I have been a little tied up over the festive period so only got to the bench for a bit today... pressing on getting the nosewheel bay finished.. ..first up a bulkhead at the very tip of the nose - I used plasticine to get a profile and carefully sectioned it with a blade to get a flat to derive the shape from.. ..punched out and filed some slots and added details from brass and a couple of airscale PE bits for the brackets that hold the main nosewheel door hinges... ..and fitted in place.. ..there are two half-bulkheads I needed to make so started by cutting the shapes from card & adding brass - here I am using a punch to roll the brass into a nice clean edge part.. ..added some rivets too and some brackets to the rear - here I am using a drill bit to ensure the brackets are aligned to the base so the torque rod that will go here is perpendicular to the roof.. ..also started to make up what I think is a retraction jack from bits & bobs... ..and dry fitting to make sure it all fits - the half-bulkheads are slightly diffterent shapes to compensate for the different wall thickness of the home cast resin lower nose - as long as the central view along the centreline is right this won't matter... ..and the roof as it will sit in the airframe.. ..thats it for now - I need to stick a sign on the nose saying 'DON'T GET LOST IN HERE' as I spent 3 months doing my last wheel bay to the utmost detail on a Sea Fury and to be honest no-one will ever see it - I should just represent what is there and move on.... TTFN & Happy New Year Peter Sparzanza, Rainer Hoffmann, Uilleann and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Most excellent scratch building ! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Blistering work Peter! Ever the inspiration. Kev airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Geez, your work is wonderful. Not even sure how many little elves you have running around finding pictures and drawings and tools to pull this stuff off. It's beautiful. Can't wait to see the rest of the plane come together. I expect it all to work once you're done. Matt airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomaszhajzler Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Hi Peter! Very good work! It's pleasure to watch your threads. Happy New Year! Happy modelling! Tomasz airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Peter Incredible work as always. Keep 'em coming Happy New Year Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 I have run out of descriptives to adequately describe how good your craftsmanship is Peter - Excellent work. Derek airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 My God, that is some sweet scratch build work! I love it! When are you going to release this as a kit? airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 That's a gorgeous piece of modelling. Sincerely, Mark airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightnjoe Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Absolutely stunning work. I look at this and believe I need to go rip out everything I have done on my current project, box it up, and then take up needle point. Joe airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Amazing! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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