TonyT Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 (edited) Ok took some pictures of the 19 cockpit at work for you today as they are about the same, note some instruments will be modern equivalents etc. I have uploaded at 1500 by 800 but if you are specific what you want I can go larger, see http://s536.photobucket.com/user/taylortony/library/Spitfire%20MKx1x/Airscale%20cockpit?sort=4&page=1 Edited April 27, 2016 by TonyT airscale and David66 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chek Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Thanks Tony, I helped myself to a copy too. airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted April 28, 2016 Author Share Posted April 28, 2016 evening folks Arrggghhhh, my eyeballs hurt. Stop it, no I mean keep going!! Don't want to seem churlish, but is the red handle thingy a bit low/short compared to the bottle if you look at the photos of the real thing? Thanks Don - you may be right - I based it on a photo of just the bottle and lever (as a replacement part) rather than the one in the airframe so it may be different - either way I won't sweat it as I am not tempted to make another! Ok took some pictures of the 19 cockpit at work for you today as they are about the same, note some instruments will be modern equivalents etc. I have uploaded at 1500 by 800 but if you are specific what you want I can go larger, seehttp://s536.photobucket.com/user/taylortony/library/Spitfire%20MKx1x/Airscale%20cockpit?sort=4&page=1 My word, thank you Tony they are superb and really useful -when you say 'at work', I can't imagine what it must be like to 'work' with these legendary aircraft - I would pay them to do it, let alone them pay me . Loads of details for me to get stuck into.. ..as far as building one in my house, I have made what turns out to be a windscreen de-icer pump.. seen here as the brass tube mounted on a square plate... ..I started with a group of parts sourced to try and re-create it.. nuts & washers from scale hardware, tube from albion alloy and a bit of rod at the top with a hole drilled in it so I can turn the handle on the dremel.. ..I made the mounting plate from litho, thinned down some of the nuts and worked the assembly.. I drilled out the main core at 90 degreesso I could mount the tap sticking out of the side.. ..and put it all together.. ..and this is where it sits on the sidewall.. ..and buried behind the seat still it was an enjoyable little excercise, now to pick another component from the sidewall to replicate TTFN Peter Rainer Hoffmann, Shaka HI, Starfighter and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chek Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 (edited) Sublime precision creation there Peter. Can't wait to see all the pipework installed and connected up - although are you painting next or going the bare metal route? Edited April 28, 2016 by Chek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 I believe that last pic was stolen from Tony, of the REAL aircraft..........Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer Hoffmann Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 (edited) Peter, it's a shame that you'll put all this lovely detail into some injection moulded styrene fuselage. I'd rather see you build the complete bird in full metal... I really hope to see one of your masterpieces in the flesh some time in the future. But till then keep the pics coming! Cheers Rainer Edited April 29, 2016 by Rainer Hoffmann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 David66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 (edited) It's just a thrill to watch it all evolve. Sincerely, Mark Edited April 29, 2016 by dodgem37 Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 its hard to tell "real" from "model" pics outstanding work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Amazing !! , i keep forgetting it's not just a cockpit you're doing but the whole plane. Planning on any engine detail? Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 (edited) Looking at your latest stunning images Peter, you are missing a hole in the seat on the right hand side near the top, this was used for attaching the control locks and is in the photos of the seat I did, see Edited April 29, 2016 by TonyT David66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 thanks Tony - good spot, I can sort that quite easily I don't suppose your archives extend to a drawing of this fuel priming pump & bracket do they? I am having a job interpreting the shapes.. thanks again Peter David66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I will have a look, it is a ki-gas pump btw David66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 I am loving these "mini models" you're doing here Peter. It always astounds me how all these simple little bits can come together to produce something so complex and sharp. I was wondering if you wouldn't mind posting a photo or even a quick tutorial on how you use your dremel to machine little details like handles etc at some stage? I'm just about to embark on the new cockpit for my B-17 and I am leaning on your work heavily for inspiration here! Cheers, Craig airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted May 1, 2016 Author Share Posted May 1, 2016 I will have a look, it is a ki-gas pump btw Thanks Tony- much appreciated In the meantime I decided to have a go at the windscreen de-icer tank and control - it is the oblong tank seen here and the control is the folded plate with a black circle & intricate lever on it on the sidewall above the tank... ..first step was to score and crack out a disc of litho after drilling all the bolt holes - I then used this as the template to drill all the matching holes in a sheet of litho the width of the tank.. there is also a bit of balsa as a core for the assembly to be built around... ..after folding and adding ends to the tank, I folded some brass strips as the retaining straps - the tape helps me get them even and tight to the structure to mark where the bend will go.. ..and with the straps added... ..I turned the filler cap and a pipe outlet onthe dremel and added the bolts and fixtures & fittings.. ..for the folded plate the control lever is mounted on, I marked out the dimensions on litho and set out fixing holes.. ..I then forgot to take photo's until I had finished, but the lever is shaped litho and albion alloy tube etc.. ..and the two parts together.. ..still more parts to go on this sidewall before I can start painting & plumbing.. TTFN Peter Starfighter, Shaka HI, David66 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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