Piprm Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 (edited) Cockpit Walls - Continued I have to consider the molding processes as I build the walls for copying in resin during every stage of this build... The entry hatch has to be built open and molding openings is difficult at best ...So I will make a very thin cut-out piece for this area... I am doing this because i am making the hatch-door itself, as a separate piece and the model can be displayed with the hatch-door opened for internal viewing or closed because you don't want to see all that cockpit clutter! The thin sheeted cover/opening that's above - back lit .... gets cut out in the resin part copy - obviously, as I've marked it with an 'X' You will notice above .....the 'lip' around edge of the frame of the back-lit crew entrance OK, Now we move to detailing phase - something that's a little intimidating - considering how busy this cockpit is ( probably the most cluttered cockpit ever made in history!!!) ... and that's probably an understatement.... In any case, I will start from the floor up and the most difficult bit is the ancillary compartment recess under the floor - of the pilot . The photos show what I mean... The first is a 1/48th model version to show details and some clarity.... This area had me rather intimidated for a while... mostly in the area of how to design it in a way to make it easy for copying as well as constructing all the pieces together .... the challenge here is to segment the flooring into pieces that will go back together easily like a jig-saw puzzle and get the effect or look that I am chasing.. I had to think of a few variations before i came up with this version.... and mostly for ease of molding... again fit and design for molding, is driving this process in this stage of the build - phase.. The pilots floor is a thin separate piece with the side recess openings made in an inverted L-shape .. and now to finish off with floor riveting ( yes rivet-counters , I put the rivets in the right places - just for you!) Getting over these tricky stages... I'm starting to feel that i'm making some 'REAL' progress. Pip Edited September 30, 2019 by Piprm Madmax, Kagemusha, Anthony in NZ and 13 others 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Mighty impressive! Piprm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Way to go Pip, awesome scratch building!!! Piprm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piprm Posted October 7, 2019 Author Share Posted October 7, 2019 (edited) Thanks Jack and Ben - your kind words are very appreciated! ( AND Thanks everyone for the 'Likes' ) Front fuselage structure : My focus now is the flooring / Back wall , and Front wheel well areas. I must construct and design the 3 areas to connect together as the following drawings and photos explain.... The red areas above , I am working on - in terms of design /fit / detailing ( rivets etc) and construction of individual parts... The common areas are that everything 'hinges off' is the back wall of the cockpit ( more of a reinforced station or bulkhead of the fuselage ) as ... 1/. the front is pressurised and the flooring is attached to the rear cockpit wall 2/. the back of the wall is really a fuselage bulkhead sealing the front of the fuselage to the bombay and also must carry .... 3/. the front wheel well and the landing gear structures ( which includes the weight of the aircraft) as well as absorbing the forces of landing.... The problem is : as shown previously .. the front landing gear mounting points are to the front of the wheel well - which is also part of the rear wall bulkhead. So I must incorporate the front wheel well attachment point to the rear wall bulkhead as one molded piece. First I must enclose all open areas in terms of molding processes... The piece to the right ( above) must be merged or incorporated into the rear wall / Bulkhead This piece must be square and also needs a tidy-up before the next process..... I have made and incorporated some bracketing pieces to make construction of the individual parts more easier for everything to line up and go in it's proper places - as it should.... The red arrows show the alignment strips, so that each parts simply clips in place " Like so! ".... Now we move to the other side of the rear cockpit wall/ bulkhead to the inside back cockpit wall for rivet detailing..... starting with photo references... From this 'Base' I can begin with detailing cockpit.... wish me luck ! Pip Edited October 27, 2019 by Piprm Starfighter, Trak-Tor, Gazzas and 10 others 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Mind boggling work Pip, I so admire your determination with this build. I sat in the Canberra at Moorrabin recently when over in Oz, couldn’t believe how cluttered it was! Quite a challenge to get my 71 year old body into the nav’s seat!! Good luck with your very carefully considered and crafted Canberra.....what a unique model this will be when finished. Jack and Piprm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 My kind of build Pip - so much modelling madness to admire Torben Piprm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piprm Posted October 7, 2019 Author Share Posted October 7, 2019 3 minutes ago, TorbenD said: My kind of build Pip - so much modelling madness to admire Torben Hi Torben , I'm glad you are enjoying my build mate... just wished i didn't have to work for a living and spend the next two months full-on finishing this off! Pip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piprm Posted October 7, 2019 Author Share Posted October 7, 2019 (edited) On 10/7/2019 at 5:03 PM, mozart said: Mind boggling work Pip, I so admire your determination with this build. I sat in the Canberra at Moorrabin recently when over in Oz, couldn’t believe how cluttered it was! Quite a challenge to get my 71 year old body into the nav’s seat!! Good luck with your very carefully considered and crafted Canberra.....what a unique model this will be when finished. Hi Max, Thanks for your kind words... Yes, that Canberra in Moorrabin Victoria is #236 which is the subject of this model I hope to finish here - I had the privilege to crawl over a few Canberras in my time... maybe each time I was hoping for less clutter! .. but apparently not! With the extra resin parts i'm making...I will leave the over the top/excess cockpit clutter to the modelling experts - my plans are more finite - though I plan for a good level of detail. Pip Edited October 8, 2019 by Piprm additional wording Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Wow excellent scratch work!! Anthony in NZ and Piprm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Absolutely awe-inspiring, always a pleasure to see an update. Anthony in NZ and Piprm 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Oh wow, thats awesome!!! Inspiring indeed and real modelling skills in action! Piprm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin_Matejko Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 I admire you for your persistence and pursuit of purpose. Beautiful work Piprm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Pip, I'm glad to see these updates. This is really some awesome stuff you're doing. I'm really impressed with the level of detail. Gaz Piprm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Love the combination of detail finesse and brick sh**-house construction turning a flimsy vac into something more robust. I was getting through so much expensive plastic strip etc extending and beefing up just a fraction of a Tigger Su-15 Flagon (although it'll be great, one day) ; where do you get the extra materials from, and is weight an issue? Great work Pip Tony Piprm and Troy Molitor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Pip, you’re beating this vac into a top notch build. Love the updates. Spray a little color on some sub assemblies and this beast will come to light. Love the efforts and attention to detail going on here. Piprm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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