Piprm Posted December 14, 2019 Author Share Posted December 14, 2019 (edited) Cockpit Crew Entry /Exit Hatch: We now move onto the Crew door as i have decided to make this as one separate piece that can be displayed either open or closed. ( having detail on both the inner and outer surfaces) This piece will be made of resin eventually with all the other parts I have ear-marked for small production. Please see photos below for your reference: You will notice in following inner-door photos that there are differences .... This one above is without any lining ( though it should normally have..) This is a normal inner door lining painted cockpit Black - though fading now and looking a little worse for wear This one has recently had its inner liner renewed, though lacking any paint. Edited December 16, 2019 by Piprm sandokan and Gazzas 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piprm Posted December 14, 2019 Author Share Posted December 14, 2019 (edited) Cockpit Crew Entry /Exit Hatch Build: (Choices) In times gone by, I have done projects like this, that require a lot of work, time, ,material , method, thought etc and seeing this project has taken some time and longer than I anticipated, I have decided to work smarter- not harder! So, instead of making this crew access door/hatch using a lot of stepped processes - materials and a Hell of a lot of time...... my approach is simple, yet gets me the same results: Its called ' The Squish method' The photos following show how it's done... (Firstly, I start off with a cut to size - flat Plastic styrene 'plug' of about 2.5mm thick )... NOTE: Don't try doing this without Gloves!!! But for this process - I choose an opposite area of the fuselage ( because the fuselage entrance right-side has an opening now - so I can't use it) In this case of the Canberra, the forward fuselage gets narrower to the front and the door follows the same contours - So by reversing the finished molded piece, horizontally front to back ( L /R fuselage ) you reverse the mirror- copy! .... ( you turn the left-side copy to now a right side) and there you are! I always test-fit every piece I make , as i move along... I don't want to come back to it later after I made a lot of other pieces to find this doesn't fit or what-ever - which effects every other piece i have worked on since Edited December 27, 2019 by Piprm johncrow, Kagemusha, Anthony in NZ and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piprm Posted December 14, 2019 Author Share Posted December 14, 2019 (edited) Crew Access Door - Continued...... Good! - body of the Door to the Inner wall entrance and outer Fuselage entrance FITS ...... as it should Note: The the 2 door arms shown above, will be trimmed and modified / shortened - so as to be brackets to attach to the inner wall/interior piece. All that done in one sitting - compared to weeks of work.... if I had done it, any other way... Pip Edited December 16, 2019 by Piprm Cheetah11, blackbetty, Starfighter and 10 others 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdthoresen Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Damn, Pip, is there anything you cannot make old school? Awesome work! Keep the updates coming! THOR Piprm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Superb as always, love your attention to detail. Regards. Andy Piprm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Just awesome mate! Love your dedication. Great move on the aircon too. I don't have aircon in my model room, so I built a mobile bench on casters so I can model in the living room. Piprm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piprm Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 2 hours ago, Gazzas said: Just awesome mate! Love your dedication. Great move on the aircon too. I don't have aircon in my model room, so I built a mobile bench on casters so I can model in the living room. Thanx Gazza, That's thinking with your feet! ... My model-room ( man-cave) is upstairs so the stairs can be the problem with moving stuff around to the cool downstairs. Pip Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piprm Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 10 hours ago, bdthoresen said: Damn, Pip, is there anything you cannot make old school? Awesome work! Keep the updates coming! THOR Hi Thor, Thanx Matie... There's plenty of stuff I can't make.... like a Pavlova for example - though I'm sure I'll come upon something here sooner or later that will have me stumped - ....and that's where you guys come in. Pip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piprm Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 6 hours ago, monthebiff said: Superb as always, love your attention to detail. Regards. Andy Thanx Andy, Happy to know you are enjoying my journey with this Canberra. Pip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piprm Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 (edited) Crew Door Mounts : This can be tricky as there is very little area - around the top of the door opening frame ( or sill) to play or work with ( door mounting -wise) as the gap on top of the door is really @ 2mm square. I've also got to design the structure, so that the mounting brackets is concealed above the door frame. ( in those 2 square notches above the door - pivot points really) So I had to put my ideas to paper to conceptualize ( Big word) my thoughts to see if my ideas will work in 3D reality. I've got the added complexity of the inner walls / Outer fuselage mating up as one and both these inner and outer door openings that align up and a door ( and it's associated brackets) that must fit into it seamlessly. ( Eek!) Here is my approach... With my plan in place ( or THE plan - should I say) .. I begin and hope for the best... ( Gulp) With some tinkering - this is what I came up with ( of course - checking with both door openings each time) The Brackets don't protrude any lower than the door frame - which is what made me sweat a bit and I was really trying for .... by this whole exercise. I Think I hit a home run with this challenging part - at my first attempt ( More luck than anything) .. but it's done Pip Edited December 16, 2019 by Piprm Out2gtcha, blackbetty, Kagemusha and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Nice fix - great result... Hat’s off! Torben Piprm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Wonderful stuff Pip, real "plastic engineering" and a pleasure to watch and learn!! Piprm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Wow, that looks amazing! The problem solving and engineering are to be commended Piprm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Pip, i said it before and it's still valid: this is some great GREAT GREEEEAAAAT SCRATCHBUILDING activity, so full of indeed basic old-school talent, this Canberra is going to be a gem. good show, Jack Piprm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piprm Posted December 16, 2019 Author Share Posted December 16, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, mozart said: Wonderful stuff Pip, real "plastic engineering" and a pleasure to watch and learn!! 6 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Wow, that looks amazing! The problem solving and engineering are to be commended 5 hours ago, Jack said: Pip, i said it before and it's still valid: this is some great GREAT GREEEEAAAAT SCRATCHBUILDING activity, so full of indeed basic old-school talent, this Canberra is going to be a gem. good show, Jack Wow! .... Many Thanks for the kind words and encouragement ( and 'Likes' too) to the guys here whom I Admire Greatly for their talents and skills you ALL display and share. Pip Edited December 16, 2019 by Piprm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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