Guest Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 SHEEEESH......Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Buddee Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Remarkable Peter! Remember when you had all that foam leaking out everywhere and it seemed all was lost? That was a long time ago wasn't it? The time added by using the litho-plate, well that don't really matter much anymore. This build has come way to far to not use the litho-plate. Keep 'er comin' Mr. Castle! Cheers, Wolf airscale and Uilleann 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Gannon Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Peter sorry to burst your bubble but should the overlap of each panel be the other way round, ie you start from the back and work forward the the overlap being with the air flow not againist it? Mick airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted March 27, 2015 Author Share Posted March 27, 2015 Peter sorry to burst your bubble but should the overlap of each panel be the other way round, ie you start from the back and work forward the the overlap being with the air flow not againist it? Mick Hi Mick - thanks for keeping an eye on things - I do have a history of making schoolboy mistakes! ..thankfully this time I think it may just be an optical illusion - I did try and overlap the panels, but the scale effect was way over the top so these are all just butt jointed against each other.. ..I took some pics in natural light in case it was just my desk lamp.. ..if I had my time again, I might have tried building up the 'lapped' surface with some tape to get the relief, I also would have added vertical domed rivets from the back as this would have been easy and no problem with alignment... oh well, it's all learning for next time.. TTFN Peter BiggTim, sandokan, Uilleann and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Damned good show, Peter. Sincerely, Mark airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 ! Craig airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted March 27, 2015 Author Share Posted March 27, 2015 hi folks starting to slightly get the hang of some of this skinning lark and get into a bit of a routine - I need to as each panel is anything from 15 - 30 minutes to make & fix. I have stopped using the spray adhesive as there just isn't enough control so use a soft flat brush. Mind you the solvent to clean the glue seems to destroy brushes and just about everything else pretty quickly so care is needed.. ..I am ending up scribing the airframe anyway so haven't saved any time as I need the scribed lines to determine the panel shape - I finished up the rear end and started on the fin... ..I needed the two big panels on the fin to run all the lower panels up to - it would be much harder to make all the lower panels end in a straight line seperately.. ..I burnished the shapes where the panel has to curve at the leading edge with a cocktail stick and cut out the part for the rear of the fin.. ..after a few hours work most were done - the photography is rubbish as is the lighting sorry... so much to learn... I have also laid some test panels on an old kit to experiment with finishes as the test parts I did came out a bit wierd - they seemed to have colours in them - greens & reds faintly visible and different layers of grain when finished with micromesh - i have some different grades of wire wool on order as thats what I have heard is supposed to be used... TTFN Peter Uilleann, Hubert Boillot and sandokan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Great stuff Peter, it's looking very good. I found when overlapping foil, the only way that I could get a scale or authentic looking overlap was by sanding and feathering the leading edge of the panel that would be overlapped by the rear edge of the next panel (I had to work from back to front to accomplish this, i.e. from the fin forwards to the nose). Derek. airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Daayum! That is looking mighty fine there Peter. Neatness and prep certainly go a long way with this sort of stuff. So that little panel at the base of the fin, the one that does the most curvature change, I take it you did that in Pewter and most of the flatter panels are ali? Craig airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uilleann Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 This build is quite possibly more delicious than the lamb saag and buttered naan I had for dinner tonight. Not quite beating out the desert of kheer and gulab jamun. In all fairness, it was close there Peter, but not quite. Now if you had hand riveted each panel on, with a mini rivet gun you designed and build out of your own PE bits, then yes. You would have won hands down. You still have time to do that now that I think of it... airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Boillot Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Excellent Peter ! Ok, I'm now officially sold to using some of these litho plates in a near future ! Keep the good work ! Hubert. airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 This build is quite possibly more delicious than the lamb saag and buttered naan I had for dinner tonight. Not quite beating out the desert of kheer and gulab jamun. In all fairness, it was close there Peter, but not quite. Now if you had hand riveted each panel on, with a mini rivet gun you designed and build out of your own PE bits, then yes. You would have won hands down. You still have time to do that now that I think of it... Ahhh, what ????.....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 WOW, looks great ! I like the way little "dents" and stuff, looks real !.........Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Very fine work airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Peter "....To boldly go where no man has gone before ..." It's always an adventure and a incredible learning experience Warp speed ahead Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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