JayW Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Geoff - cannot tell you how happy I am to see you post, after a long time! Interesting subject, following. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 This'll be good! Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Yey - Geoff's back! Really good to see you back Geoff and this looks like a wonderful subject to get your teeth into can't wait to see this come together Peter Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 That's a beautiful airplane! Looking forward to seeing this one come together! Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Yeah, Geoff's back! Good to see you Buddy and read about your progress, which is always half the fun of your projects. You are right, that Ryan is pretty! Cheers, Chuck Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 On 4/6/2021 at 6:08 PM, LSP_Kevin said: Awesome project, Geoff! Remember that you can post multiple images in each post. Kev Kev Thank you for looking in as well as your encouragment. I didt see a way to posy multiple images but Ill surely look for it this time. Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 On 4/6/2021 at 6:16 PM, KiwiZac said: I am excited. I've not seen enough Ryan STs in model form and such a large scale will make for a spectacular model. Zac Thanks for looking in..stay tuned Geoff KiwiZac 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 Andy I couldnt agree more with your sentimennt. The ST-A is a real beauty and aside from the old Hawk kit, Ive never seen one represented in this genre. Ive had these plans for at least forty years, including the plans from the old MAN article on Maxy Hester's(Sig) rendition of Gosney's original. I hope you stay tuned... Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 On 4/6/2021 at 9:41 PM, JayW said: Geoff - cannot tell you how happy I am to see you post, after a long time! Interesting subject, following. Jay Its always good to hear from you. Id been secretly following along with your Corsair build from afar. Youre getting too good for me ole man. Im glad you looked in. I know its een a long time, I hope to be able to continue. Thanks Bud... Geoff JayW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 On 4/7/2021 at 12:06 AM, brahman104 said: This'll be good! Craig Hi Craig I hope I can live up to expectations. The ST-A is, IMHO, a gorgeious airplane from an often ignored time. Stay tuned... Geoff brahman104 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 On 4/7/2021 at 8:44 AM, airscale said: Yey - Geoff's back! Really good to see you back Geoff and this looks like a wonderful subject to get your teeth into can't wait to see this come together Peter Peter From long ago to now, Im always glad to see youve looked in. This project might be better served in your capable hands. That said, Thank you for visiting and I hope youll continue to do so... Best, Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 On 4/7/2021 at 9:44 AM, chuck540z3 said: Yeah, Geoff's back! Good to see you Buddy and read about your progress, which is always half the fun of your projects. You are right, that Ryan is pretty! Cheers, Chuck Chuck Its good to be back! Ive always enjoyed your work and your encouraging comments. For that I thank you. Stay tuned Bud Best Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 Greetings All, A bit of progress on the Ryan. While there are lots of photos on the web of ST-As, finding detail information is proving problematic but it will show up someplace eventually. I decided to start with the fuselage. Being of monocoque construction, there isnt much on the inside to support the center section of the model. I was concencernd that it would be too weak to support itself. Hence, I thought it best to vacform the whole thing. I wasnt having any success finding a supplier of vacform services until Johm Wilkes jumped in and saved the day. So work is going forward on the fuselage plug. I had the drawings reduced accordingly(or as close as the printer could provide) to allow for material thickness. Much time was spent by carefully cutting the formers out of the reduced drawing, and laminating them down to a piece of .030 card. It then dawned on me that I only need three given that from STA-1 thru STA-4 is constant. From STA-4 to STA-8 is also a constant taper. STA-0 to STA-1 forms the nose. R Palimaka, Rockie Yarwood, JayW and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 The base and formers were cut from .250" Birch Plywood using a small bandsaw. A little extra material was left on each for matching, then the formers were placed on each base plate respectively. The edges of the baseplate and formers were then hand sanded to shape while on the base plate with a long block wrapped in 180 paper. Trying to sand each former to shape individualy would give too much opportunity for size and shape discrepensies to creap in. Plywood is hard to sand so it took quite a lot of time to sand and match. The hard plywood edges also serve as a good stop once the basswood filler is put between them. Buster99, JayW, Derek B and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 I decided to do one side thru to the end to see how it would go. I used way too much Basswood filler which only increased the amount of time it took to sand it all down. Its fortunate that the belt sander is long enough to span STA-1 thru STA-4 and from STA-4 to STA-8. Had it not been long enough, It probably would have been difficult to keep countours consistent dictating a return to the long block and hand sanding. Close attention to thickness removal is needed constantly. The most delicate part of the operation (if you can believe delicate with a belt sander) occurs at the aft surface of STA-4. At that point, the fuselage begins to taper into the tail cone. Its a sharp change with no blend. The aft surface of the STA-4 former was purposely aligned with the break in contour leaving the .250 inch forward of the break to act as a solid stop. The belt sander made it mso much easier. Out2gtcha, Greg W, KiwiZac and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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