John Everett Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Greetings LSP, About a week ago I posted a completed Cessna in 1/20 over on the Ready For Inspection forum. I enjoyed building that model so well that I decided to have a go in the same scale with the Grumman Tiger, AA-5B. This is actually a really great topic for scratchbuilding due to it's boxy design which minimizes compound curves and the fact that the airplane was glued together and doesn't require any rivet surface detail. I began work on this back about four months ago and have now decided to pick up the model again. The first few tests in vacuuforming. I knew these would be rejects. But it let me know what I needed to change on the form (buck). And where it stands as of this evening: Lee White, cib2265, Out2gtcha and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 What a great project! I'll be following along with great interest and admiration. Kev Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Yep, here we go again, another great scratchbuild project, looking very good sofar, looking forward to the end result Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Nicely done. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 7 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: What a great project! I'll be following along with great interest and admiration. Bingo! I wholeheartedly agree. Jack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Wannabe Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Great to see more civvy subjects! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Everett Posted March 17, 2019 Author Share Posted March 17, 2019 With the Cessna finally finished I've been able to turn more attention back to the long languishing Grumman Tiger (1/20). I've been making good use of the Silhouette Cameo cutter for wings and control surfaces. .015" styrene in the Cameo Repeating shapes are laminated into a solid whole. Trak-Tor, Jan_G, williamj and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Wow, John that's epic mate! Love those civvy builds, we don't see enough of them on here. Keep up the inspiring work! Cheers Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Awesome. I’m enjoying watching this come together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Wow, so it does cut thru .015" ?? I tried it with .005 and couldn't get a clean cut. If you don't mind my asking, what are your Speed , Force and Pass settings ? Is that a Premium blade ? Very nice work by the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Everett Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 12 hours ago, MikeMaben said: Wow, so it does cut thru .015" ?? I tried it with .005 and couldn't get a clean cut. If you don't mind my asking, what are your Speed , Force and Pass settings ? Is that a Premium blade ? Very nice work by the way Thanks for your interest and for following the build. It wont go all the way through. There's still the need to break the sheet along the scribed line. Depth: about 8-9. This doesn't matter so much. Just so long as it's anything greater than about 7. Speed: slow. I set speed to 1. I have lots of time. Force: Middle. I use about 15 or 20. It is just plastic and doesn't require too much to cut. Passes: 2 or even 3. Two seems to be best. 3 or even 4 (I tried that once) doesn't seem to make much difference. Yes - Premium blade. The blue top blade is sold as a "durable" or "tough" blade. (It's also almost twice the price.) It does seem to last longer than the standard. And, obviously, a new blade is better than an old one. MikeMaben, LSP_Kevin and cib2265 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbooyv8 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Hi John, What a great subject! I learned to fly in it and for a long time I had the idea to scratchbuild one too. But looking at my stash I shelved the idea. Great start and I will follow. Keep up the good work! Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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