Jim Barry Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 (edited) There's much of that devil one one shoulder and angel on the other going on when you judge a given effort. I usually find the angel giving me high fives after I'm done with something in the evening only to find the devil telling me what a sloppy bas***d I am come morning. Like MUCH of life you have to settle somewhere between these two polarities. Edited October 20, 2022 by Jim Barry D.B. Andrus and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 Hi everyone Thanks for all your kind words - especially about the canvas painting in the wheel wells. Perhaps, as with all things, it's just one of those things you look at and think it could have been a bit better - even if it looks fine, there is always room for improvement and I guess that's what I meant Anyways, not much of an update today, more just proof of life really ..still trying to get all the panels around the wing fillets done so I can start them, so I added the fuselage sides and upper wing skins.. no in progress pics, just a few to see where I am up to.. ..the port fuselage side has a hand hold and a hatch - this fuel filler hatch is only applicable for the very early versions before the B/C which my subject is. It also does not have the formation light each side that later ones have either.. ..the other side was also done.. ..and as can be seen in some of the pics above, the upper wing skins were also added.. ...and that means about 70% is skinned now.. ..still some very complex areas to go around the U/C fairings, wing fillets and windshield... See you at Telford hopefully - our airscale stand is in Hall 2 so please drop by and say hello TTFN Peter GMK, monthebiff, Derek B and 26 others 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 She gets more beautiful every time you post Peter - shaping up wonderfully Hope to catch you at Telford :) Torben airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayW Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Beautiful skinning Peter. Waiting with baited breath on the fillet fairings. You know why.... airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 I wonder how Curtiss formed the really complicated pieces you mention. Hydraulic press? English wheel? Hydro forming? I’ve even seen parts formed by being beaten with rubber mallets over or into a cement mold, but that seems like a lot of work for a production airplane. airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Making all this look very easy as ever Peter, superb progress indeed and will be wandering by for a stock up at Telford. Regards. Andy airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Your builds are truly museum quality works of art Peter. I don't know how else to describe them. Just stunningly beautiful. Matt airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainM Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Wow, she is looking beautiful! Just gets better and better! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted January 1, 2023 Author Share Posted January 1, 2023 Happy New Year all Finally got a bit of time and mojo to get back after a hectic few months... Been busy making the new Airfix Spitfire set and also adding some RB Productions tools to our website in addition to Telford, birthdays, Christmas, work and a bunch of other distractions... anyways, enough nonsense, what has actually been going on.. For starters my Santa son-in-law surprised me with this 3D printer for Christmas.. so that opens up a load of opportunities - it's the PLA one so good for structural stuff rather than details but is a fine bit of kit and simple enough even I can work it out... ..I wanted to try it on a part for the P40 so went for the spinner as this is a relatively simple thing to design & print.. ..saying that, the first try failed as the pla spool got stuck for some reason so after an hour I was stuck with no tip and a squiggly mess.. ..changed out the pla for a spool designed for this machine and after a bit of sanding had a good, solid, smooth structure to work with. The real spinner has the tip as one big spun cone which goes back nearly to the blade outlets and after much trying this was impossible to do with litho, so I went with just doing the tip to start with where the most demands are made on the metal.. ..started by rough shaping a disc.. ..then stuck this and started to beat / sand it into shape.. in doing so, a bit fell off so that determined how big the tip cone would be... ..I cut away the waste and used masking tape to get a template for the remainder of the upper cone.. ..used tape again to get the lower section and the all important shape and position of the blade outlets.. ..put that on a fresh bit of litho.. ..cut it out and added some rivets while it was flat & easy - even under sanding some witness marks are left so always worth doing this if I can as I can always go over them again.. ..and this layer was added and the final scribing & detailing added.. ..i also printed a hub / blade holder so I could test fit it on the airframe.. ..the important shark side profile ...it will all look better when properly fitted and the rest of the skinning is done and in fact this one was just a bit of a test with some things that could be improved so I may redo it if I can be arsed.. TTFN & hope everyone has a great New Year Peter D.B. Andrus, LSP_Kevin, chuck540z3 and 35 others 38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayW Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 Whoa!!!! 3D print machine? I have lots of questions; but I will send you a message. And, what a nice spinner! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarpen Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 What a nice son-in-law you got there Great to see you back at this one. I need to get some more of those RB tools scribers, best i have ever used. airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 I just love watching you do what you do! Thanks for helping us learn about the process! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 Nailed it Peter, sublime stuff Torben airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 Always enjoy watching your process, this is just another great installment. Matt airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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