Rob1970 Posted February 4, 2016 Author Share Posted February 4, 2016 Enjoying your build immensely, good fun seeing your progress and I am learning heaps from your examples. Interesting to see your take on construction, well thought out and infinately practical. I am very interested in how you will tackle the frame to wing joints. My Lysander stalled at that point as I couldn't figure out a good way to keep the kit from looking bodged. Thanks for documenting your ideas so clearly. Dan The plan for now is to make a small frame by soldering together some brass tubes, and some metal pins in the wings. But that's just a plan... But first; ammo boxes. I got some work done on these last Teusday, before the meds kicked in... You know, when the doctor prescribes you something that has "Keep a pair of clean underwear handy..." in the instruction leaflet, you should probably take note... I started with some reference material. A couple of pictures of the Lancaster's ammo boxes for the rear turret, and a strip of .303 ammo from Eduard for size. I did some measuring on the pictures to get some idea of the size and the different proportions. Then I measured the ammo... just about 2.5mm... Number crunching time! The ammo needs 2,5mm, side walls are 0.5mm (I later decided to make them from 0.25mm styrene, but more on that later...) and all the rest of the dimensions follow. Width is 3.5mm, height is 5 times that, so 17.5mm. Length is twice the height, so that makes 35mm... Still with me? I used some Evergreen channel for the end of the boxes so you could see into the inspection holes... ...because the boxes aren't really boxes, but blocks of 2.5mm thick styrenen cut to size. One 15mm high and 32mm long block of styrene with a piece of channel glued to both ends. The sides of the block covered with 0.25mm styrene and a couple of strips of 0.5x1mm styrene as the stiffeners. You can see the slots made by using the Evergreen channel. To be continued... BiggTim, Hubert Boillot and sandokan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1970 Posted February 4, 2016 Author Share Posted February 4, 2016 (edited) A two part post, because I get an error message that I posted too many pictures... annoying... Aaaaaanyway... I snipped the tops and bottoms off a short section of the ammo belt with some scissors, allowing them to slip onto the slot. Now you can see the full ammo load through the inspection holes.When the box is painted it should look like it's a full load...And this is how it should look inside the frame. I will make three more with a lid in place, and a open lid for this one. Altho I might make a new one, slightly shorted and lower, and make the other three to match. I'm not sure I got my dimensions right, since I switched the sides from 0.5mm to 0.25mm styrene. I tried to find the dimensions for the Lancaster ammo boxes, but couldn't find anything. And then the meds kicked in... giving me a very interesting 24 hours before I went to the hospital to have a doctor shove a camera "to boldly go where no man has gone before"...I won't bore you with the details...More soooon!Rob Edited February 4, 2016 by Rob1970 Radders, Starfighter, BiggTim and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 well done Rob! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Theo Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 May the Lube be with you great build Cheers Theo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Most impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 This is just ridiculously good stuff! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1970 Posted February 5, 2016 Author Share Posted February 5, 2016 Yay! I got a packege yesterday!One phonecall to Hannants was enough to get them to sent my order again. Original shipment disappeared in postal limbo... First time ever I bought resin and brass gun replacements. And I can see why some people do it all the time, because it's lovely stuff! And the instrument decals look great too, and inspired me to order some brass bezels and cockpit detail as well. In for a penny, in for several pounds, eh?Spent a good few hours today working on ammo boxes. And I must say I am happy with the results...Three with a closed lid, and one with an open lid to show off the ammo. I added some grab-handles from lead foil and lead wire because... reasons.I will paint, weather and seal them, and then they will be ready to go into the frame when the time comes.More soooon!Rob sandokan and Chris Wimmer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 This is excellent! Just read through it, you have nerves of steel to cut the frames out of the big sheet like that, and then turn them into round sections. This was such a strange aircraft the Brits came up with Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1970 Posted February 7, 2016 Author Share Posted February 7, 2016 This is excellent! Just read through it, you have nerves of steel to cut the frames out of the big sheet like that, and then turn them into round sections. This was such a strange aircraft the Brits came up with Matt Actually the styreen is pretty forgiving and handles quite well. It's far less fragile then it looks, even in the final stages during the sanding. A frame made from separate pieces would have shattered a few times by now with all the work I've been doing on it. But we've got the first paint! Interior Green with some Aluminum drybrushing and a Dark Umber wash... Why yes, I -can- weather stuff if I feel like it... Fueltank all done, Ships Hull Red with a misting of Rust Orange, and the straps in more Interior Green with an Alu drybrush. And everything covered with a matt coat... Tonight I'm gonna see about that seat... More soooon! Rob sandokan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Rob, great work - love your scratch building effort on the ammo boxes and I like your weathering too! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1970 Posted February 7, 2016 Author Share Posted February 7, 2016 So... I promised ya'll a seat...Some 1.5mm styrene rod, some bending, some CA, some glueing of fingers to things... and Ta-DAAH!Used the old seat as a template for the back...1.5mm halfround rod... Seat?Seat!A little sanding. A little bit of styrene for an armour backing to the seat... All it needs now is the raising mechanism... But not tonight...More sooon!Rob tomv87 and sandokan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Wow...just...wow... Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 That is some scratchbuilding work! Bravo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Great work. Really nice. Love what you're doing. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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