airscale Posted March 16, 2017 Author Share Posted March 16, 2017 evening folks So those metal extrusions on the cockpit sidewalls are also litho plate? I assume you bend them around a form of some kind but how do you trim the ends without deforming the soft, thin plate? Yes - the litho is bent into a length of 'U' shape section and then the carefully shaped over an aerosol can or something of similar diameter - need to be really slow and careful or it juts kinks and becomes throwaway.. it is cut with a disc in a dremel - if you go at it carefully from the right angle & in relation to the direction the disc is spinning you can make clean cuts in the most fragile of structures.. so - a bit more Spitfire mayhem.. the rudder pedals are fixed to big torque tubes that go through a frame (9 I think) which is an open braced structure like this... I started with a brass square section and again some of the PE bits I designed before I started.. ..there is also a control arm that joins both the tubes / pedal sets together under the instrument panel.. ..the heelboards are another structure that starts to link this assembly together, so more square tube assembled on a sheet of tape on perspex.. ..with the heelboards and some of the detail added.. ..and the whole assembly starts to form - its all a bit wonky as its only resting together.. ..theory is this will all then be mounted to the open bottom of the cockpit 'pod'.. we shall see... TTFN Peter patricksparks, kike_gt, Starfighter and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 wow thats all I got Peter...wow Uilleann and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uilleann Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 UBER cripes. 109 and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 I run out of words!!! John airscale and 109 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chukw Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Magnificent! 109, zaxos345 and airscale 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Incredible... airscale and 109 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Ok I give up... this is amazing!! Cheers Alan airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Hi Peter Since I'm now at the end of my vocabulary resources and speechless .. :clap2: :popcorn: Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer Hoffmann Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 I must say, I'd be mildly disappointed if this thing won't fly... Cheers Rainer airscale and 109 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 A right nice assembly you've got there, Peter. Great show.! Sincerely, Mark airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdthoresen Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Wow, Peter, killer work on the rudder pedal bellcrank assembly! Looks like it could be bolted into an actual airframe as is!!!!!!THOR airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 thank you my friends a little bit more... I assembled the heelboards to the bulkhead frame.. ..and made up a sort of trunnion thing from watch parts for the base of the control column - I can't find many shots of this area so it is imagineered.. ..removed the pipework from the column so I could work on making a fitting for it and paint it.. ,,made a little box widget thing that sits between the rudder pedals on the heelboard structure.. ..and checked it all slotted together still.. ..going to check I can fit it from the bottom into the 'pod' and paint it next... TTFNPeter Starfighter, zaxos345, Out2gtcha and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
109 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Beautiful!! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 I take it, it all will work??.......Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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