airscale Posted June 13, 2020 Author Share Posted June 13, 2020 9 hours ago, chuck540z3 said: No wonder your models cost so much to build. You go "all in" on every model, which is very fun to witness. it? Cheers, Chuck You are not wrong there Chuck - the costs on this one are already eye watering... 21st Century Toys kit £165 HB kit £100 3D printing £100 PE £90 Books, plans & drawing CDs £120 Paints £30 so I am already over £600... I have to look at it that it is about £1.50 a day for as long as it will take me to build it otherwise I might give up the hobby! Peter Out2gtcha, D.B. Andrus, TwoHands and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Just amazing work mate! Cheers Alan airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted June 14, 2020 Author Share Posted June 14, 2020 evening ladies got a good session in over the weekend, so a bit more to show.. the prop blade root rings were laminated & assembled... ..not fixed yet, but slid on for size.. ..and what they will look like on the prop.. ..the floor parts were prepared, some are laminates and the one in the middle needed the rectangular pressing adding by first making a template and working some annealed litho.. the far left part is the firewall bulkhead.. ..the base part for the rear canopy had a brass channel added to the back.. ..this was then added and a little bit of P38 filler to just fair it in just right.. .the rough holes in the floor are just that - rough holes in the floor (to allow the proper holes to be see through) ..to make the pressing that is behind the seat and holds the baggage hatch, I made up a buck in thick plastic card so I could form a metal one over it.. ..the first stage in forming - this is after a little hammering and pressing with wooden tools.. ..and after finessing a bit... ..I actually decided to leave the part on the buck and integrate that into the model - here the floors have been fitted, but the seat bulkhead is just restiung in place.. ..it's nice to get going now I have the PE - lots of little projects I can get on with.. TTFN Peter williamj, patricksparks, Bil and 25 others 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Wow. simply wow. The prop blades look so awesome. airscale and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 6 minutes ago, Troy Molitor said: Wow. simply wow. The prop blades look so awesome. Yes!! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 <gulp>! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunticus Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Wonderful! Simply wonderful... airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Phenomenal! Kev airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Whew! It fits. Well done. Great show. Sincerely, Mark airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 You're getting closer and closer to making a fully functioning model at this point. Matt airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 SSSSTAAAWP !!! You're making me crazy !!! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Incredible!! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 So nice... Can't believe my eyes sometimes Peter. airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Buddee Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Well Peter, When it comes to model building, it really doesn’t get better ‘n this, and that’s the truth! Cheers, Wolf williamj and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share Posted June 18, 2020 Hey folks thanks so much for your encouragement - means a great deal to me Started working on the cowling having sorted the prop out – it’s unpainted NMF and split into four panels… ..before I could do that I needed to form the fairing that goes from the fuselage in behind the radiator, so this was roughed out in litho in two parts.. ..then once finessed a bit, I marked the locations of the rods that control the cowl flaps.. ..with that done the cowl was temporarily added to mark out the panel lines with cotton and draw them on.. ..then the first panel was laid down starting with the flat part at the rear and working the metal forward over the cowl lip.. ..that ultimately failed as all the folds & kinks formed on the cowl lip and in sanding them to a reasonable finish it started to get too thin & break up.. So take 2 was to start forming at the lip and work backwards, but this too resulted in too many deep folds and a pretty crap finish.. ..the front of the cowl finished up well, so I thought I could maybe do it in two parts, by removing & replacing the rear section where the cowling is flat.. ..to repeat this four times for each panel would be a pain so I finally decided to start again but with one forward part for the whole lip and try and get it to conform as far back as possible.. ..then once this was trimmed, one sheet was wrapped around the rear… ..it was then burnished down to overlap the cowl nose part… ..then sanded away the overlap getting a near invisible join.. ..then the panel lines were marked out again.. ..and the panels scored into it and rivets added – here also the cowl flaps are taped in place.. ..also test fitted the PE parts for the radiator which fitted beautifully.. ..then the nose could be dry fitted for testing looks & fit.. ..it was really difficult to skin the cowling and I am not 100% happy with it, but I can’t face doing it all again.. one thing I am not sure about are the internal colours for things like the inside of the cowl – on the P51 it is interior green or zinc chromate, on a 190 I assume it’s RLM66 in the cockpit, but are internal parts either RLM02 or anodised metal? Any thoughts welcome TTFN Peter Sir Sidney Ruff Diamond, BlackCanopy, Brett M and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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