Out2gtcha Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Here is where I normally would plead you to stop as you are outright embarrassing the rest of our so-called modeling "skills", but its all SO good I cant say it! daHeld, Uilleann, airscale and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Now that looks the DB’s, Peter. Beautiful, skillful work. Goodness me, using soft solder wire for all those straight lengths! And for your next trick perhaps you’ll be turning water into flat perspex? Torben daHeld and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayW Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 I use solder for hydraulic tubes too - but I cannot make it look as good as you have. Absolutely extra-ordinary work Peter. Very clean! daHeld 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio Argudo Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 another superb update Peter, now that you are plumbing this can be useful cheers airscale, Out2gtcha, KiwiZac and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 9 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Here is where I normally would plead you to stop as you are outright embarrassing the rest of our so-called modeling "skills", but its all SO good I cant say it! Don't feel bad Brian , we build small models of airplanes , he builds small airplanes. I think there's a difference daHeld, thammond65, Model_Monkey and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durangokid Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Half the time I can't figure out what photos are of the real thing or the model! Model_Monkey, daHeld, airscale and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Those pipes are EPIC!!!!! I can absolutely appreciate just how hard that must've been, but you've got to be happy with those results Peter... Craig daHeld and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Oh come on now. Stop it, no don't. I think what is hard to appreciate from these photos is just how small all those pipes and fittings actually are. You must have eyes like an eagle and the dexterity of an octopus. airscale, daHeld and Troy Molitor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Marvelous. Exactly what DonH has already mentioned. Im still thinking back on that Firefly a while back. It was so cool too. I can only imagine what might come next down the road. Cockpit, tail wheel, main wheel well, dog house. It’s endless good modeling at its finest. So enjoyable to see these sub assemblies come together. Thanks for sharing Peter. Troy airscale and daHeld 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacker Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Nothing else l can say but sit,watch and take notes Hacker airscale and daHeld 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Welcome to the 'Plumbing a P-51 Wheel Well' Club. Ha, ha, ha. I really like that tie wire you ran from bolt to bolt on the black box. Sincerely, Mark Pfuf, airscale, Out2gtcha and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NukerDan Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 I forsee another Best of Show award coming your way! airscale and williamj 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Peter...Your builds have eclipsed every superlative I have grasped at to post here. daHeld 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 crikey thanks guys - I am very grateful for your kind compliments and it is you guys I consider my primary judges who I must do my best to please not much of an update, but it is still a fair few hours work.. I added the main pipes that go in the front of the weel bay roof - these are aluminium tube with insulating tape for the black bits and foil tape for the clamps.. I also made up the uplocks which are tiny parts made from scaled plans and also the gear door sequencing assemblies that are another set of tiny parts with connecting rods.. they are the bits in and around the square holes in the bay roof.. ..and the other side.. On 2/17/2019 at 6:16 AM, DonH said: Oh come on now. Stop it, no don't. I think what is hard to appreciate from these photos is just how small all those pipes and fittings actually are. You must have eyes like an eagle and the dexterity of an octopus. Good point Don - it is difficult to grasp the size of these parts so here it is with a 5 amp fuse.. ..starting to look busy.. electrical wiring next, then I think most of what I wanted to do here is done and I can close it all up and protect it and start work on the fuselage structure around the back of the canopy which is entirely absent at the moment... TTFN Peter KiwiZac, williamj, Antonio Argudo and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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