Out2gtcha Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Outstanding effort as always Peter!!!! Maybe you already covered this in your tut and I didnt catch it, but how are you going to handle the main front nose section? airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lothar Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I've been following this for quite some time, but now I'm ready to voluntarily admit myself to the loony bin Lothar airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Sure puts a smile on my face. Love this build. Sincerely, Mark airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Wow, that is really coming together, Peter! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Beautifull work ! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Boillot Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Permanent amazement at your work, Peter ... Hubert airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Oh boy . This is ...I am lacking the words..so impressive. I love it Oliver airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Peterr, I'm sorry to say, I haven;t looked in for some time. I'm not disapointed ! She is just so beautifull. At bomber camp, one guy was telling me he got to ride in one. Said it was one hell of a hot rod and really put a smile on his face !........Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Oh yeah! I got the privilage of riding in an F7F some years back, and it was INDEED a hotrod! It is SO enormous when compared to any of the other iron works cats we flew with........litteraly looked like a bomber when in formation with them. airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Yep, I'm lost for words ... just inspirational. Jim airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaffyMan Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Peter - Oh Boy that is looking mighty fine - So all done for this years trip to Telford then!!!!!! Can't wait to get close to her and see it for real. Happy Days - Taff Uilleann and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 evening folks ..back with a little more Tigercat mayhem.. Maybe you already covered this in your tut and I didnt catch it, but how are you going to handle the main front nose section? Hey Brian - that is a difficult question! I have vaguely tried a few things with pewter and always got kinks. It is in two halves on the real one so the curves aren't mega acute, but I think what I will need to do is make a resin male / female mould of the nosecone and try pressing it or forming it by annealing and slowly bringing the two moulds together in a vise.. one for another day and plenty of trial and error I expect... so, last time I had to finish up the plating at the rear of the fuselage - this is done now except for the final tailpiece which I will leave as I keep whacking it on the bench... ..next was the rudder - I had made a spar and end profiles from card and rod and although it is fabric covered, I made the body from litho plate too.. ..I built some internal structure to mount the trim tab and did the usual tape template to make up the tab itself... ..this part is riveted rather than fabric, so did that before folding along it's spine and adding the supporting structure.. ..now I have been thinking about how to replicate linen and tried paper, tissue and tape but eventually settled on some stuff used for R/C models called Solartex. It is a sort of synthetic fabric that is used to cover a balsa framework. It has an adhesive backing that is activated by heat from an iron, and a bit more heat will cause it to shrink and give a strong (and fuelproof) skin for R/C aircraft.. ..I closed my eyes and tried it... ..after trimming with a brand new blade and working the edges with the iron I was quite happy with the result - it is a bit overscale but I can live with that.. ..I still need to fettle the assembly to get the trim tab to fit properly and then try experimenting with rib tapes... ..thats it for now, but it was quite a fun crossover experiment and hopefully with paint it will look ok.. TTFN Peter ClumsyDude, Hubert Boillot, Harrison90 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 (edited) Awesome! The fabric texture of the Solartex looks great to my eye. My father was into R/C pretty much my ENTIRE childhood..................its come a long way since Monocote! The Solartex stuff is really strong stuff.............. Did you use a Monocote style heat iron, or a heat gun? Edited June 4, 2015 by Out2gtcha airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 Did you use a Monocote style heat iron, or a heat gun? Shhhhhhh - I used Mrs airscale's household iron ..next time she irons that little black dress I fully expect her to be able to flick roll, stall turn and loop the loop... Harrison90, Out2gtcha and Uilleann 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Shhhhhhh - I used Mrs airscale's household iron ..next time she irons that little black dress I fully expect her to be able to flick roll, stall turn and loop the loop... Be careful, as sometimes that stuff will tend to stick to the irons surface.................dad had that issue a couple of times with the textured/fabric coatings vs the shiny Monocote stuff. I think they even made a special iron "sock" that slipped over the iron itself to prevent such disasters. Either way its a great solution to the fabric dilemma! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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