Dpgsbody55 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Brilliant work. My mind is accordingly boggled. Cheers, Michael geedubelyer, Derek B and airscale 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palm-tree Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Jumping Jimminy! Derek B, geedubelyer and airscale 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos07 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Wow, it is something to see a master at work - it is amazing to see this come together. One day my mind may work its way around how to do this. Scratch building is a skill that when done well, is truly amazing. Derek B and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chukw Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 (edited) Floatplanes are my weakness- this is almost too much to bear! I'm wondering if that sheet elevator extension was added to provide more elevator authority, or as a trimming surface. Edited February 25 by chukw Derek B and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin_Matejko Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Peter, excellent as always Derek B and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 I agree with all of the above. Awesomeness beyond compare. However, the one thing that made my jaw drop for the sheer brilliance of it.....the sponges in the jig. That is engineering genius. airscale and Derek B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 thank you chaps, you are all so very kind On 2/21/2024 at 2:25 PM, JayW said: I see and understand almost all you are doing here. And it's a master class in aluminum skinning. Tell me - how is your wrist and forearm after pressing thousands of rivet marks? My own body was the limiting factor in many of my past skinning efforts on the Corsair. Well Jay, having just done the wings I do have pains from RSI - it will pass, but yes sometimes I just have to push through the pain On 2/24/2024 at 6:39 PM, chukw said: Floatplanes are my weakness- this is almost too much to bear! I'm wondering if that sheet elevator extension was added to provide more elevator authority, or as a trimming surface. Exactly Chuck, it is an adjustable trimming tab, but only on the ground - suits me, as it makes it easier to build So, lots has gone on the last few weeks... ..the propeller was made as a 3D print which I found very hard to do as it's a complex shape which has oblong roots and quite a twist.. - the spinner cap is machined from solid aluminium so it can be polished like the original.. ..I started the wings by filling the plastic frame with foam & filler - this was then refined many times and note they are complete with the ailerons in place so they can be cut out later... ..after a lot of finishing, the ailerons were removed... ..and so to the skinning... I drew out the plans that copied the layout of all the fastners that cover the entire surface.. by the time I finished I selected all objects in the drawing and for the four wing surfaces there were 8,962 rivets... that is bordering on the ridiculous and likely as many as I have done on entire airframes before.. ,,nothing to do but get started, so here is a typical panel - the small dots are one rivet depression, the big dots two, which was even more demoralising.. ..also seen is a template to score out a hatch with a pin in a pin vise.. ..after 3 days and a very sore set of muscles they were done... ..no time to rest though, and the ailerons were completed.. ..the wings were added using JB weld and given a day to set, then I could start the fillets - I have not done the front ones as they need to also cover the forward strut mount.. ..with the wings on, I could add the belly oil cooler assembly - as with the fuselage sides this was a 3D printed buck over which the metal sheet was fomed.. ..in two parts, it stretches all along the lower fuselage.. ..with so much skinning going on, I fancied a change and so started on the beaching trolley - well at least the wire wheels of the trolley.. I 3D printed a hub, a rim and a jig.. ..and then bent a lot of piano wire spokes and started to populate them ..and the finished wheels, along with some Pratts petrol cans I have seen in pictures with the airframe.. ..and so before the painting starts next week, some final shots in all her nakedness... ..time to start thinking about the finish... until next time TTFN Peter chuck540z3, Shoggz, KiwiZac and 31 others 32 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 I can't believe the speed in which this has come together - and the quality is still absolutely amazing. I'm very much looking forward to seeing some paint going on... Tom geedubelyer, KiwiZac, monthebiff and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Out of this planet work!!!!!! Peter, jaw dropping built!!!! Totally speechless!!!! John airscale and Derek B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Oh........my.........gosh! Almost unbelievable. I am genuinely dumbstruck Utterly remarkable. chuck540z3, airscale, Paulpk and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Simply splendid.. Derek B and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Wow Pete, true dedication indeed! I also like your two gallon 'Pratts' petrol cans (I have also just scratch built two of these in 1/48 scale!). Derek airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Has to be seen to be believed! But if that was mine, I’d leave it naked. airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Meh. Kev airscale, Archimedes, chaos07 and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissFighters Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Peter, your work is in a league of its own! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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