Out2gtcha Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 (edited) Well, after a short bit of work I applied some insignia white to the letters using a very flat and smooth makeup application sponge: While the white was drying I started assembling the landing gear retraction gearing. This is a 5 stage gearing system to reduce the speed of the raising and lowering of the gear to a more consistent and realistic speed. These are just setting for now, as I still need to get a plastic compatible lubricant to lube up the gears in order to run the motor and break the gears in during a 5 min recommended break in period prior to installing the gear set: After smoothing out all the gears, the white on the base lettering was dry, so I applied a coat of semi-gloss lacquer to protect everything: All for tonight, as I hope to get a bit further on this as well as the OV-10A. Im really having a blast with this one so far!!! Edited February 6, 2015 by Out2gtcha Derek B, Girlscanplay2, jgrease and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmh53wrench Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 SAAWWWEEET!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 Thanks Louie! It was some of your builds that inspired me on this one. It wont exactly be OOB either, but nothing too major as far as hacking as I really wanted to retain the fun of the original build with some of my own flavor thrown in. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 (edited) Brian Memories for sure. I remember when Monogram first introduced the Mustang and it was a huge hit. All the Phantom Mustang builds are my ticket ...Back to the Future. Terrific start and no doubt, going to be one sweet pony Keep 'em coming Peter Edited February 7, 2015 by Peterpools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 When you get this done, can you do a little youtube video of everything working please? Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 Brian Memories for sure. I remember when Monogram first introduced the Mustang and it was a huge hit. All the Phantom Mustang builds are my ticket ...Back to the Future. Terrific start and no doubt, going to be one sweet pony Keep 'em coming Peter Thanks Peter. I totally agree. Do you remember the Monogram "Flapjack"? Between the Phantom and the Flapjack, Ive filled some awesome childhood memories! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 When you get this done, can you do a little youtube video of everything working please? Craig Funny you should say that Craig..............................I JUST did take some video of the landing gear retraction gear mechanism last night. I also thought it would be really sweet to do just as you said, and get a cool little vid up of the whole thing working once done too! Im off to the LHS (Local Hobby Shop) and the LHS (Local Hardware Shop) to get a new bottle of Tamiya Thin cement for the Phantom body, and some D Batteries and covers for the bomb drop levers respectively brahman104 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbooyv8 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Nice enhancements to this classic, Brian I lubricated the moving parts with silicone grease. When I built mine,I used MEK for glueing the transparent parts.Apply it with a small paintbrush and capillary action does the rest.Where I didn't want MEK to run between, I added a smal drop of Revell Contacta precision, to stop the creeping of MEK. I wonder what you are going to do with the checkers! Cheers, Peter Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 :popcorn: Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 This looks great fun Brian - thanks for sharing the joy! Derek Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 Thanks guys. Thanks for the tip Peter. I have some Tamiya extra thin I plan on using that so far has worked really well. I'm not quite as worried about capillary action wicking the Tamiya extra thin into places I don't want, as Ive got some tricks up my sleeve planned for the trailing edges of the wings/flying surfaces. I'm hoping it will let me fill that area without the need to watch exactly how much glue I'm putting in any one area. On to a bit more progress with the base............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 First up, I started assembling the electronic connections for the wheel retraction, and propeller. I re-learned quickly that this was indeed the old 60s Revvie technology. The OOB button set up was two slabs of plastic with two sets of wires running perpendicular to each other, and upon contact/connection of the circuit, the gear and prop activate respectively. This was spongy, and very cheap feeling, taking a lot of pressure and bending of the two plates. The top plate that has the actual buttons on it, does a LOT of flexing: So to remedy this issue, I thought about all of the tiny switches I had amassed from my Triebflügel project. I had purchased a ton of tiny "Momentary" style push button and toggle type switches from a near by Radio Shack and thought if any of these would physically fit, its the same very basic two prong connection, and would fix the whole problem. I got out a cool little square soft touch one I thought would fit great and tried it out. Not so great...............unless I wanted to press the "hrottle" to go forward: Then I found a couple of even smaller push button style momentary switches. These were a bit smaller in overall diameter, and depth: These actually do cut a very small portion of the T off in THROTTLE, but I can live with it, as the action of the two new switches is really nice, and I think it looks classier than the hole that was there previous with a black button hovering in it: Since I couldn't fit the thick plastic backing ring on each of the switches from the backside, as the switches themselves were both very close to the outer wall, I just attached them both with a bit of hot glue. This will give it sufficient strength for button pushing (especially when the force is pushing the button more firmly in place), but will be removable later without having to break the base apart: MORE..................... tomv87 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 Next I got out the massive pile of AM I had in the spares drawer for the P-51, and found an old Aires pit set, with just the radio/fuel tank.............so I cut it off of its base, and it almost perfectly matches up with the dimensions of the OOB part:I know its not at all accurate really, but this is more about "see-through desk top scale" accuracy, than actual accuracy. Im really just going for a good looking paint scheme, and am doctoring up the aesthetics of the interior more than changing anything major. Im using all the OOB base plates to maintain the fit of the project, while adding as much "spares box AM" as I can here and there to make things look better/busier.All of the above will be painted and weathered a bit with a mix of fantasy and reality. Next I wanted to dress up the two plain-Jane black levers that poke out of the top of the base, and drop the port and starboard bombs. I couldn't think of anything right off the bat, but when I ran out of things to rummage through in my spares drawer, I found myself out in the garage.............................. I wandered by a little box that had a several screw assortments in it, along with a bunch of little plastic end caps, and screw end caps. Some of them were the soft plastic type you slip over the end of a raw screw sticking out. It turns out that after cutting the small perpendicular nub off, these slipped right over the levers and added a bit more color: Lastly in prep for final assembly of the base, I hooked up the gear retraction gear assembly to the batteries and gave it a 5 min break-in period with some plastic/nylon safe hobby grease. You can really see how the gear reduction gets 2:1 slower with each gear to the point of the top gear that moves very slow and methodically: More on the Phantom this week and definitely more on this one and my OV-10A over the coming 3 day weekend. Cheers all! Derek B and jgrease 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I like it! I've always been fascinated by gears and how they interact. Looks like this must be fun to play with Craig p.s. am looking forward to seeing that video too..... tomv87 and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 Thanks Craig! I actually took some video of the working of the internal gear mechanism, as well as the spongy OOB buttons, but I didnt seem to have enough light on the vid, as it didnt seem to focus on the center of the picture, and thus came out fuzzy. Ill try to shoot in a different area with more light as to get my subject in focus. Im really having fun with this old school/office build! Im really looking forward to getting to some paint and...........................FOIL???? Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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