mozart Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 1 minute ago, monthebiff said: Feeling your pain with that little job Max, have you masked each pane inside as well as it's well worth the extra effort with all the hatches open. Regards.Andy No inside masking Andy, I'm doing the same as I did on my Bf110E and putting thin painted strips of tape on the frame. Works well and looks convincing......and though fiddly it's easier than masking!! monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 All the glass work primed, painted and masks now removed, I'm delighted with the way it's all turned out! LSP_Kevin and Daniel460 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 The glass house, just one little area to touch up where a rogue piece of tape managed to get in the way, unnoticed by me! I'll be adding the grab handles and the red-painted locking mechanism to the forward windscreen tomorrow: Gazzas, Shawn M, Alain Gadbois and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 (edited) So, a new "skill" that I've picked up from a post on Facebook, how to securely fix the FuG220 antennae: soldering. This is using a flux paste, a blow torch and heat resistant Kapton tape to hold all in place. Once the three elements are lined up (I scribed the positions on the metal bed plate) and taped in place, they are not touched again. Using a syringe supplied with the flux paste, small amounts are squeezed in place, the blow torch fired up and applied directly to the paste, and within seconds a clean secure joint! I'm also experimenting with doing the retraction linkages for the u/c doors from 0.6mm brass rod: Edited December 19, 2018 by mozart Alain Gadbois, Fanes, KiwiZac and 11 others 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wouter Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 That's a great tip Max, and well executed! Taking notes here. mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 It's fool proof Wouter, and I need to develop my soldering skills ready for my Anson build in the next GB! Lee White 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j ferguson Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Hi Max, Your work is exquisite. That certainly is a slick way to solder very small components. I can use it for some of the things I've found near impossible in the past. I wondered about the purpose of the two flaps atop the panel which don't white meet at the gunsight mount. Might they be light shields to prevent lights from the panel from being visible outside the plane? mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 4 hours ago, j ferguson said: Hi Max, Your work is exquisite. That certainly is a slick way to solder very small components. I can use it for some of the things I've found near impossible in the past. I wondered about the purpose of the two flaps atop the panel which don't white meet at the gunsight mount. Might they be light shields to prevent lights from the panel from being visible outside the plane? Thank you, it's my first "serious" foray into soldering but early success will spur me on to more "ambitious" projects, like scratch building an Anson's undercarriage legs and radius arm!! I'm with you on the possible purpose for the flappy things, I imagine they help the pilot to read the instruments when there is a lot of light outside, searchlights, landing lights etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Max, Very interesting soldering tip! I will keep this in mind for future projects! I might guess that the 2 flaps are to reduce the amount of light the pilot receives from the cockpit lights. Sharp eyesight at night being important... Alain Shawn M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 they are glare shields to keep sun/moon light off the instrument faces Daniel460 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 FuG220 array soldered and painted, just the somewhat worrying job of drilling the array supports a bit deeper than moulded to accept the brass tongue, should have thought about it and done this before fitting them to the nose!! Jan_G, BradG, Shawn M and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j ferguson Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Shawn M said: they are glare shields to keep sun/moon light off the instrument faces You seem pretty positive. How can you be so sure? This never seemed a problem to me, although I would concede that the things I flew didn't have panels quite as exposed as this one, but the 109s have similar exposure and no shields. Edited December 20, 2018 by j ferguson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Ahh yes, I had that little problem and decided to snip the brass back a little rather than risk damage to the finished array supports!! Worked just fine for me. Regards. Andy mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 23 minutes ago, monthebiff said: Ahh yes, I had that little problem and decided to snip the brass back a little rather than risk damage to the finished array supports!! Worked just fine for me. Regards. Andy My thoughts exactly Andy, glad to hear it worked for you..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 2 hours ago, j ferguson said: You seem pretty positive. How can you be so sure? This never seemed a problem to me, although I would concede that the things I flew didn't have panels quite as exposed as this one, but the 109s have similar exposure and no shields. mentioned in the books i have on the subject monthebiff, Daniel460 and j ferguson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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