chrish Posted November 22, 2021 Author Share Posted November 22, 2021 Moving along with the dash 8, both fuselage plugs are now fitted and dealing with the seams. Tamiya putty to the rescue; a comparison of the size change; Thanks for looking Alex, Martinnfb, GMK and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Awesome Scare Canada Jazz here we come. Lov it. My feet are numb just following. If you've flown on one of these you'll know what I mean, Ron Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Actually my wife did not understand the numb feet comment The floor vibrates with the props and it makes my feet numb? I guess it's just me? Martinnfb and chrish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted November 22, 2021 Author Share Posted November 22, 2021 not just you try an ATR, you'll have numb feet and a sore back Martinnfb and LSP_Ron 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Brown Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Or a CRJ-200. The air conditioning outlets were on the floor, so on a hot day our passengers risked heat stroke and frost bitten feet at the same time! Did the Dash-8-300 have this set-up? On the -100s, we had upper and lower vents, with a two position upper/lower switch in the cabin. Some of the flight attendants couldn't seem to understand the whole hot air rises/cool air settles concept, so maintenance used a label maker to label the switch to "Summer" and "Winter." @chrish, looking good! Ben Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted November 25, 2021 Author Share Posted November 25, 2021 Good relatable stories. Carrying on with some, what I call, improvements I have decided to make a representation of the exhaust pipes, using aluminum tube and a bunch of filing and sanding I've gotten to this point, new pipe on the left, kit part on the right; Both sides cleaned out for pipes and with the pipes I'll be using (already test fitted) the engine air intakes will also need to be opened up, re-profiled and just generally fixed. Thanks for looking LSP_Kevin, scvrobeson, Alex and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Nice progress, Chris! How did you cut those aluminium tubes? Looks like a very neat and precise job. Kev Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Madhatter Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 I was about to ask the exact same thing. Mitre box? Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted November 25, 2021 Author Share Posted November 25, 2021 Thanks yes, I traced the rough angle of the outlet onto the aluminum tube then transferred the angle to and sawed a slot into a piece of channel then put the length of tube in the channel and cut it with long ends, then cut those square ends with a “imp” tube cutter. That way cutting one angle cut gave me two matching angles…hope that all makes sense? The Madhatter, Martinnfb, Tnarg and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 1 hour ago, chrish said: …hope that all makes sense? Er, not really, if I'm honest! But the results certainly speak for themselves. Kev MikeC and chrish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Madhatter Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 If i read that right, he basically created his own mitre box. chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 11 hours ago, The Madhatter said: If i read that right, he basically created his own mitre box. Yes. The right way to do it - no fooling with matching two separate angled cuts. chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted November 26, 2021 Author Share Posted November 26, 2021 Thanks for stopping by and the kind words! I've begun reshaping, refining....working on the engine nacelle fronts The real deal has a nice flowing line separating the prop hub boss from the engine air intake, the kit is slab sided and square, I've tried to remedy that...in progress here The one on the right is under way: and a front view of those slab sides; again, the right one is "fixed" the left isn't aaannd adding some panels, it'll need vents and scoops and whatnot as well Thanks for looking The Madhatter, Alex, Paul in Napier and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 It looks like this is a 1:72 kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted November 26, 2021 Author Share Posted November 26, 2021 1 minute ago, Alex said: It looks like this is a 1:72 kit? Sorry yes, my fault. I forgot to list the scale in the title header ill go fix that thank you Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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