Jim Barry Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 (edited) A little more reality unfolding. The props and cowlings came back from the printers today. Very happy. The engines were printed 4 years ago. In semi related news I have a growing collection of 1/24 kits (Mustang, Spit, BF-109, Fokker E.III, Albatross, P-47) Tonight I pulled the trigger on the Vintage Fighter Series' P-40B. I kind of overpaid, but I got this paranoia I'll never see this again! It's pretty rare. Fun fact.. There is just one jet plane kit you can get in 1/24 injection molded. (the Harrier in various versions). I love the Robert Taylor Art on the box, but who was in charge of the text on the box? It's Curtiss and it's P-40. Edited October 30, 2022 by Jim Barry patricksparks, airscale, LSP_Kevin and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 11 hours ago, Jim Barry said: A little more reality unfolding. The props and cowlings came back from the printers today. Very happy. The engines were printed 4 years ago. In semi related news I have a growing collection of 1/24 kits (Mustang, Spit, BF-109, Fokker E.III, Albatross, P-47) Tonight I pulled the trigger on the Vintage Fighter Series' P-40B. I kind of overpaid, but I got this paranoia I'll never see this again! It's pretty rare. Fun fact.. There is just one jet plane kit you can get in 1/24 injection molded. (the Harrier in various versions). I love the Robert Taylor Art on the box, but who was in charge of the text on the box? It's Curtiss and it's P-40. If I remember my history and semantics, America shot back at Pearl but we didn’t strike back until Midway if you don’t count the Doolittle PR nuisance raid. Taylor’s art is always a joy, but the rest of the box is a bit of a shambles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Barry Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 George Welch and Ken Taylor's action that day is heroic (earning the Distinguished Service Cross) so I'm fine letting their legacy earn an impressive title. As the story goes, the crew chief told Welch to disperse his plane so it would not be ground target. He ignored that saying "The Hell with that" and took off after the Japanese, shooting down two Val bombers and a Zero. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Welch_(pilot) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 no thats just too cool. will follow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Barry Posted October 31, 2022 Author Share Posted October 31, 2022 (edited) Tonight getting the forms built for the fuselage. So, I have 4 pieces of poplar here (see figures 1 and 1a) I'm gluing together that makes up the volume. Once the shape is created I'll break it in half (easy enough as I'm only gluing the halves lightly). Then, those two halves will each be vacuformed. I did this for the Fury (using epoxy clay instead of wood). Good to be back. I also used to glue up poplar in similar ways when my college summer job was making kitchen cabinets...jeez, 35 years ago! My experience with this wood suggests it will be good for the purpose. Figure 1 Figure 1a Edited October 31, 2022 by Jim Barry MikeMaben, LSP_Kevin, patricksparks and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jim Barry Posted October 31, 2022 Author Share Posted October 31, 2022 Morning…and it’s glue the pattern time. I don’t have a bandsaw with a 3.5 inch depth. My hobby bandsaw is only an inch. I’m torn just going to my buddy’s house and using his or going to Harbor Freight and buying one. Starfighter, LSP_Kevin, Rockie Yarwood and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Brilliant stuff! Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Barry Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 Oh. Yeah Starfighter, LSP_Kevin and Rockie Yarwood 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Barry Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 And Poof! We have a Tracker! Thanks for following this. I'll post this in RFI here in a sec. (ha ha!) LSP_Kevin, Landrotten Highlander, Rockie Yarwood and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 37 minutes ago, Jim Barry said: And Poof! We have a Tracker! Thanks for following this. I'll post this in RFI here in a sec. (ha ha!) I wooden have thought it was quite finished yet. But hey, what do I know? Kev Lee White and Jim Barry 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Barry Posted November 2, 2022 Author Share Posted November 2, 2022 Gosh, lots of German fighters in progress! All wonderful. What a kit that ZM must be. Tonight I got the sanding disc out and started shaping the fuselage. In John Alcorn's "Scratchbuilt!" (my bedtime storybook) one of the master scratchbuilders is quoted about this phase where you just have two axis projected on the form and you need to progress and the advice is just "Carve it until it looks like a B-26" Which is actually working out here, I think. It has a bubble of sorts for the cabin which is the only complex part. Might sculpt the front windshield with epoxy clay, we'll see. LSP_Kevin, chukw, Gazzas and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Man... I am impressed that you are going to do this thing from a piece of wood. Which I find mentally slightly preferable to vac form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Barry Posted November 2, 2022 Author Share Posted November 2, 2022 (edited) Gazzas, Well, actually this is just the form for the vacuforming. I'll bust it in two here and then suck hot plastic over the two forms. Gotta have a cockpit here. Peeking inside a 1/24 model is going to be cool. Fingers crossed! Edited November 2, 2022 by Jim Barry Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Barry Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 Glued the props on their hubs tonight. Here’s a little shot of the twins (not actually assembled) So easy to make once it’s all drawn. Just hit “print now” on Shapeways.com and hope the Mrs does not notice the charge on the credit card. Starfighter, Pete Fleischmann, scvrobeson and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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