John Everett Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 I blogged two other copies of this kit here on LSP. This third one will be considerably modified from what came in the box and be mounted atop a set of floats. Parts are scribed on the Silhouette Cameo cutter using their free download software, Silhouette, Studio. Slow and careful follow up with a #11 can help a lot in safely removing fragile parts after they've been scribed on the Cameo. The wire segments are solidly CA'ed into each mounting position and then each wire is anointed in epoxy and slid into the tubes until set. The foam core jig holds it all in place. Wallace approves. The final paint scheme hasn't been decided yet. LSP_Kevin, Out2gtcha, Trak-Tor and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Whiplines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Wannabe Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Never seen this done before. I'll be following with interest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Everett Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share Posted April 13, 2020 4 hours ago, chrish said: Whiplines? Generally, yes. These won't be the amphibious version, though. I was worried that wheels installed in the floats would be a weak spot and eventually have trouble holding up the weight of the model. I couldn't find any cross sectional views for Wipline floats, only the most general dimensions. So I'm calling these "Wiplineish". They're close but not perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, John Everett said: Generally, yes. These won't be the amphibious version, though. I was worried that wheels installed in the floats would be a weak spot and eventually have trouble holding up the weight of the model. I couldn't find any cross sectional views for Wipline floats, only the most general dimensions. So I'm calling these "Wiplineish". They're close but not perfect. A fellow I found most helpful with anything “floatplane” is Larse Opland of Khee Khaa art products. he helped me with all kinds of information when I was doing my Monogram models box scale Cessna 180/ 185 on floats...if you’re interested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zank_Frappa Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 10 hours ago, John Everett said: Parts are scribed on the Silhouette Cameo cutter using their free download software, Silhouette, Studio. Those parts turned out really well. I've been thinking of getting one of those. How thick of a sheet can it reliably cut? I haven't seen many people, if any, use one like that. williamj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Everett Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share Posted April 13, 2020 About 1mm thickness is the heaviest you can get a reliable break in the plastic. Most of the time I'm using it on 1/2mm and 1/3mm. 1/3mm is what's pictured above but the walls and main bulkheads of the float bodies are 1mm for strength. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Everett Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 An update to the Cessna. It may be a few days before I know how I'm going to go for the color of the interior. But there's a lot I can still get done if preparing the cabin for a maintenance diorama. Replaced the kit floor (bad fit) with one which fits a little better. This is how I'll be displaying the model, interior still in, but carpet and seats removed. There were a dozen ways to handle the interior trim of the C-172. In this case I'm planning to go with a combination of hard plastic headliners and trim overlapping fabric headliners. (Early to mid-1970's style) Examples of plastic panels over fabric liners. williamj, rafju, Uilleann and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwrench Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Love what you've done so far. I'm still waiting to start my 172 build for a YouTube pilot. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Nice work John, I like it! (I need to get hold of one of these kits to convert into a T-41D Mescalero at some point). Cheers Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Everett Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 The two halves of the airplane are together. I was able to make contact with the current owner of the airplane which I wanted to replicate. He was good enough to send me photos of how the airplane currently appears. Iain, Bil, Zank_Frappa and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Wow, this is really coming along, I love the look! I do so love seaplanes, and this is one that would be super nice to have on the shelf. As to the floats, I think using the Silhouette to scribe the first lines is an excellent one. It seems there are nearly endless possibilities with them these days. Do the floats taper at all on the tops? It seems a tiny bit blocky to my eye, but I could be thinking of other floats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwrench Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 You gotta tell me where you got those instrument faces and what 2 colors did you use for that panel. That's the exact color of my customer's panel. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishermanivan Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Nice! I got my float rating in a 172E on floats! They're fun little airplanes! John Everett 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Everett Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 On 4/24/2020 at 12:19 PM, Hawkwrench said: You gotta tell me where you got those instrument faces and what 2 colors did you use for that panel. That's the exact color of my customer's panel. Tim The instruments are just images stolen from around the internet, arranged carefully with Microsoft Paint (or similar program) and then printed at best quality to photographic paper. The plastic sheet of circles was cut on an Silhouette Cameo cutter. On 4/24/2020 at 12:01 PM, Out2gtcha said: Wow, this is really coming along, I love the look! I do so love seaplanes, and this is one that would be super nice to have on the shelf. As to the floats, I think using the Silhouette to scribe the first lines is an excellent one. It seems there are nearly endless possibilities with them these days. Do the floats taper at all on the tops? It seems a tiny bit blocky to my eye, but I could be thinking of other floats. The older float designs often do have some degree of taper. But the modern Wipline brand have the same top deck width for their full length. Additionally, I want to open up some of the inspection panels for the model. Drill out the spot for the inspection cover and then add a small sheet plastic ring, cut on the Silhouette Cameo. The blue stuff is a vinyl masking film called Oramask. I'm hoping to be able to use for for the inspection covers after it's been painted. Out2gtcha, williamj, D.B. Andrus and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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