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#41
Monthly PING! / Re: March 2024 Ping
Last post by lastvautour - March 01, 2024, 06:05:18 PM
For the first time in years, I find my bench empty of any aircraft. My mojo is gone south for the winter. I hope to restart my production line in March with some early birds.

On the bench today is a 1/32 Kenworth T-800 day cab. The fuel tanks are done and need the brackets for attaching to the frame. I have started the lowboy trailer but have not proceeded far enough to warrant a photo at this time.

Lou
#42
Monthly PING! / March 2024 Ping
Last post by lastvautour - March 01, 2024, 06:00:21 PM
February was a quiet month with 60,084 views and just 4 new topics. Existing topics managed to generate 53 comments.

The Gallery was also fairly quiet with 13,118 views for a total of 4,476,673.

Two models were completed and both were by yours truly.

1/72 Lockheed Lodestar


1/32 Scania R450


Lou
#43
Boomerang's Projects / Re: 1/32 BAT FK 23
Last post by lastvautour - March 01, 2024, 08:43:35 AM
Excellent artistic license.

Lou
#44
Boomerang's Projects / Re: 1/60 Fairey Battle started...
Last post by Boomerang - February 29, 2024, 09:23:04 PM
 No further progress on this. Time available being applied o the BAT.

 Gordon
#45
Boomerang's Projects / Re: 1/32 BAT FK 23
Last post by Boomerang - February 29, 2024, 09:22:04 PM

 Where things are at with the BAT.

 Taking a bit of time.

 Splitting fuselage easily done . Had two dowel pins holding it together whilst shaping.

 Cockpit details done ( with a bot of artistic license).

 Bulkhead at the rear is just card.

 The wing is attachment is two pins front and back. A bit of reinforcement required for rear pin.

 Upper wing dihedral added . Padding for cockpit access added( method worked but execution not good).
 Artistic license again used on instrument panel.
 When it's all closed up you only have a 1/2 inch hole to peer into a little dark hole.

 Next is some dremelling of some cooling holes in fuselage.

 Onwards.

 Gordon

#46
Ken N's Project Board / Re: F8 Crusader
Last post by Boomerang - February 29, 2024, 09:10:29 PM

 Watching with great interest.

 Gordon
#47
Fraser's Project Board / Re: Luscombe 8A project 5
Last post by lastvautour - February 27, 2024, 09:12:42 AM
Nicely done and way out of my league.

Lou
#48
Fraser's Project Board / Re: Luscombe 8A project 5
Last post by Gearup - February 27, 2024, 08:11:51 AM
To change it up a bit, I am starting on the landing gear. 

The Luscombe has an odd gear. It is a welded steel structure covered with an aluminium fairing. The left gear is a simple pivot at the top with an arm extending into the centre of the aircraft where an arm attaches to a single dampened spring. Of course as the gear pivots at the top, the spring assembly is displaced sideways on its pivot mount as the arm describes an arc. 

The right gear can't just pivot like the left gear because the spring needs to move opposite to the deflection from the left gear leg. It would not move as it is now a triangular connection... Additionally each gear leg is connected to the bottom of the spring from the axel via a streamlined brace rod. There is no flex.

So to accommodate the arcing movement of the gear leg, the right gear is double jointed by hanging from links that allow the whole right gear to swing outward as the landing gear assembles move. Works great, but it does have bushings that wear out and cause an odd rattle from the right gear on touch down. At least you can still get parts....

The gear was also pretty "dead" on landing so it made the Luscombe easy to wheel on without bouncing.

So, I soldered up the gear legs joined with a solid 'v" of brass sheet acting as the fairing. Each gear side was made from six pieces of brass: two inner pins, two tubes, one axel and one fairing. I'll fill and sand the gear to give it the aluminium fairing look. The mounting pins are long for now as are the axels. 

The first picture shows the tiny bits of solder that with a few passes from the torch make a nice neat joint....usually.

Fraser
#49
Monthly PING! / Re: February 2024 Ping
Last post by Gearup - February 27, 2024, 07:47:15 AM
Hello Pete. Looking forward to the in-progress models. The Vulcan is a worthy project to do.

Fraser
#50
Ken N's Project Board / Re: F8 Crusader
Last post by Gearup - February 27, 2024, 07:44:08 AM
Nice to see you are picking up on a paused project.
Fraser