Out2gtcha Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Nice! Dandiego 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share Posted January 17, 2020 (edited) Both wings inserted into their internal support structures.Much fussing and alignment to go but...... The difficulty now becomes getting both sides to be symmetrical. When doing a vac this is a real issue. There are no factory designed supports, no down to the mm measurements from a cad design. It will come down to me fiddling with this until it looks right. I will have the same challenge with the engine pods. Dan Edited January 17, 2020 by Dandiego Kagemusha, Trak-Tor, Starfighter and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rigor Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 That thing will take up half of a table at a contest Dandiego 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share Posted January 17, 2020 I keep jumping around. Here is my first attempt at 3D printing the oval shaped intake trunking for the middle engine. The tall tube is my first attempt. I was going to make slices most of the way through and slowly bend it. Might work. The 12 smaller sections have an angled edge and I thought that I could glue then section by section to get a curved result. Might work. Or maybe a combination of both?? We shall see. Dan johncrow, Kagemusha and LSP_Kevin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share Posted January 17, 2020 1 hour ago, rigor said: That thing will take up half of a table at a contest Maybe that is my strategy, reduce the competition by keeping them off of the table. Dan Lee White, rigor, LSP_K2 and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share Posted January 17, 2020 Seems to work................ Dan patricksparks, Kagemusha, johncrow and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 Working on the rudder. First the cut out from the tail. Second the rudder itself. Dan Trak-Tor, Kagemusha, MikeMaben and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Very cool (and large) build. I have never done a vacuform kit so it is interesting to watch one in progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dandiego Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 (edited) Ok, a little bit of spit-balling here on the tail. I incorporated sheet metal in the horizontal tail and had 2 pieces protrude from the tailplanes that would slide down into the vertical tail. I did this so that I could have a strong joint that would also allow me to remove the tail for transport. Here I am building a "sleeve" on both sides that the metal supports can slide into. Not very pretty but it works. Next is some work on the middle engine intake. Lots of sanding to go but this is the basic unit. Dan Edited January 20, 2020 by Dandiego blackbetty, LSP_Kevin, Kagemusha and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandokan Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Awesome wip!!! Great! Dandiego 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 You should say that to a Dutch woman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 Major progress today. After weeks of thinking about how I was going to attach the engine pods I actually cut some plastic today. Basically I have 3 metal tabs which will attach the pods to the fuselage. One goes all the way through the fuselage and connects the rear of the pods. The other 2 support the front of the pods but do not go all the way through from pod to pod. The front tabs are bent at an angle and go up the inside of the fuselage along the outer skin. I will take more pictures later. I just wanted to show the pods in place. Also I have installed the tubes into the nose of the aircraft that will represent the cannon ports. Tubes cut down and puttied. Dan Out2gtcha, LSP_Kevin, Lee White and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Nice work Dan! This is really going to be a monster when done Dandiego 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 1 minute ago, Out2gtcha said: Nice work Dan! This is really going to be a monster when done Brian. It is already a monster................. Dan Out2gtcha and sandokan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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