Mr Creosote Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 On 11/30/2020 at 8:28 PM, LSP_Kevin said: Done! Kev Thank you! RD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Creosote Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 On 11/2/2020 at 8:09 AM, Greif8 said: Looking good! I had a (mostly) good time building my PCM Hurricane and I hope you have a great time as well. Ernest Thank you. Yours looks great. RD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Creosote Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 So. Picking up on this project I re-did the Sutton Harness in order to make it a bit more accurate. The windscreen has been added and faired in. The framing on the inside of the windscreen was masked and painted prior to fitting. Another view. Not the greatest pictures but I think you'll the general idea. The tail planes have been added. They are held firmly on by use of brass tubing "spars" with matching holes drilled through the tail planes. There were gaps between them and fuselage. These were not too bad and easily filled and finished. The wing prior to mounting. Black sprayed in the center section to block visibility into the lower section of the cockpit. The black on the landing light sections as a check on landing light cover fill and fit. I am coming in to the short rows as far as assembly is concerned and then its on to paint. Thanks for taking a look. RD Landrotten Highlander, Paul in Napier, Rockie Yarwood and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Nice work indeed, our of interest how is the fit of your wing assembly when married to the fuselage at this stage, very interested tongue! Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Looking good RD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Creosote Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 5 hours ago, MikeMaben said: Looking good RD Thanks. I appreciate that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Creosote Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 The wing and fuselage joined up. The fit up was better than I expected. Cleaning it up shouldn't be too bad. RD Rockie Yarwood, Landrotten Highlander, Iain and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Creosote Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 On 12/21/2020 at 4:48 PM, monthebiff said: Nice work indeed, our of interest how is the fit of your wing assembly when married to the fuselage at this stage, very interested tongue! Regards. Andy The fit of the wing to the fuselage is better than I expected it to be. For me to get the best fit took some dry fitting and minor trimming. All of this work was done at the front and rear joins of the wing center section. It was no big task and is sort of to be expected of a short run kit. The center section area was the first area glued up. CA was used as an adhesive. At that point the wing roots themselves had large[ish] gaps with the widest being about a 1/16th". I checked the alignment at this point and decided the wing did not have proper dihedral. Granted Hurricanes don't have much dihedral they do have some. To correct that I applied a good amount of CA into the gaps and held the wing to the wing root until the CA set up sufficiently to hold the gap closed. Excess CA that squeezed out of the join was wiped away with a Q-Tip/cotton bud before it set up. This was done one wing at a time. So in short the wing roots at this point will only require a bit of attention to get them sorted. Thanks. RD Pete Roberts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Looks like you've killed two birds with one stone there. I remember thinking that the wings looked a little flat when I taped mine together when I first got the kit. Merry Christmas. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Creosote Posted December 25, 2020 Author Share Posted December 25, 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, Biggles87 said: Looks like you've killed two birds with one stone there. I remember thinking that the wings looked a little flat when I taped mine together when I first got the kit. Merry Christmas. John John, I think that's right. My reference is Aerodata International "Fighters Of World War II Vol 1 " published in 1980. The Hurricane drawings show the top, span-wise datum line, of the wing panels being flat, with the bottom, span-wise datum line, of the wing tapering up,3 1/2 degrees to the tip. At any rate it looks right to me. Merry Christmas. Richard Edited December 25, 2020 by Mr Creosote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 (edited) Hey Richard, I'll be draggin' this kit down from the SOD as soon as I finish my 109D. When I started mine loooong ago I did a drawing re the dihedral (or lack of) for the Hurricane. Hope it helps. The 2 red lines are flat and 90 degrees off the vertical centerline. There's no dihedral until past the landing gear. Looking good so far . p.s. only the red lines are mine, I didn't draw the Hurricane. Edited December 28, 2020 by MikeMaben mozart, dennismcc, Mr Creosote and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Creosote Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 22 hours ago, MikeMaben said: Hey Richard, I'll be draggin' this kit down from the SOD as soon as I finish my 109D. When I started mine loooong ago I did a drawing re the dihedral (or lack of) for the Hurricane. Hope it helps. The 2 red lines are flat and 90 degrees off the vertical centerline. There's no dihedral until past the landing gear. Looking good so far . p.s. only the red lines are mine, I didn't draw the Hurricane. Thanks Mike. That's what I achieved or close to it. Richard MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 On 12/27/2020 at 4:49 AM, MikeMaben said: Hey Richard, I'll be draggin' this kit down from the SOD as soon as I finish my 109D. When I started mine loooong ago I did a drawing re the dihedral (or lack of) for the Hurricane. Hope it helps. The 2 red lines are flat and 90 degrees off the vertical centerline. There's no dihedral until past the landing gear. Looking good so far . p.s. only the red lines are mine, I didn't draw the Hurricane. has anyone proposed a correction for the kit dihedral? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 If you mean the PCM kit, it doesn't take a whole lot to get it right. Like Richard, if you get the upper wing right, the bottom section should follow. You've got to take a buncha meat off all the trailing edges and the top of the gear bay. I'm thinking about putting a spar across the bottom of the fuselage wing root right behind the gear bay to help with the 0 dihedral on the top wings. Rockie Yarwood and dennismcc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 Lots of fun but it turned out well for my fabric winged version. Cheers Dennis Sasha As, HB252, KUROK and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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