Crimea_River
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Doing a great job Bill.
1/48 He 51B-2 Float Plane - Seaplanes / Floatplanes of WWII (1 Viewer)
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ccheese
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Bill..... I am impressed. You da man ! And the plane looks good, too.
Charles
Charles
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N4521U
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Thanks guys.
I do tend to go a little astray with my methods. Guess it's my machine design background, and making "jigs" for fabrication. Case in point, below.
I made a jig for the floats. Distance between pins in the front struts, 43mm. So I set two locating rails for each at 43mm centers. Easy done as said as the inside of one to the inside of the other is 43mm. Then set the other 10mm out and the floats sit comfortably between them. Some bluetac and the sit fast. The little block at the back I put the Step of the float against so the were in-line. I hogged out holes for the rails between them, and the criss-cross tubes. Glued them in place and the pins of the struts just fell in place. I'll have to do some filling the gouges at the ends of the bars and tubes. Then I will put the buckles in the struts for the wire bracing and I hope to be ready for paint overall.
I sailor on, sorta.
I do tend to go a little astray with my methods. Guess it's my machine design background, and making "jigs" for fabrication. Case in point, below.
I made a jig for the floats. Distance between pins in the front struts, 43mm. So I set two locating rails for each at 43mm centers. Easy done as said as the inside of one to the inside of the other is 43mm. Then set the other 10mm out and the floats sit comfortably between them. Some bluetac and the sit fast. The little block at the back I put the Step of the float against so the were in-line. I hogged out holes for the rails between them, and the criss-cross tubes. Glued them in place and the pins of the struts just fell in place. I'll have to do some filling the gouges at the ends of the bars and tubes. Then I will put the buckles in the struts for the wire bracing and I hope to be ready for paint overall.
I sailor on, sorta.
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fubar57
General
If it works it works. Nicely done Bill.
Geo
Geo
Crimea_River
Marshal
That's a smart solution Bill.
ccheese
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This plane is coming along by leaps and bounds. This is going to be an exceptional model ! Not being a scale/plastic modeler, I can only marvel
at the lengths you people go, to get the accuracy you desire. I stand in awe.
Charles
at the lengths you people go, to get the accuracy you desire. I stand in awe.
Charles
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N4521U
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Aw shucks Charles.
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N4521U
Colonel
Doing a great job Bill, lookin' good mate!
fubar57
General
Looks great Bill.
Geo
dneid
Staff Sergeant
That is looking very nice, Bill!
Lovely work so far!
ccheese
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N4521U
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Rework already............. bloody wires. These string bags can drive a grown man up a wall.
Nothing worse than a sag in the wires.
Tookem all off the tail. Changing approach to the method.
Pics when I is afinished!
Nothing worse than a sag in the wires.
Tookem all off the tail. Changing approach to the method.
Pics when I is afinished!
Vic Balshaw
Major General
You sure are pushing the limits on this one Bill, really looking great and so neat, just like Wayne shows'em.
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N4521U
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Waaaaay too much credit mate.
So here's the reason Why I am replacing the wires.
Next the method.
Next the underside finished!
Was gone part of the day making a patern for a 1.6 meter diameter RAAF roundel for our C-47 at HARS.
So it ended up an all day project changing these buggers.
Shoulder Thursday so I will be painting and decaling with me old wing in a sling!
I sailor on.
So here's the reason Why I am replacing the wires.
Next the method.
Next the underside finished!
Was gone part of the day making a patern for a 1.6 meter diameter RAAF roundel for our C-47 at HARS.
So it ended up an all day project changing these buggers.
Shoulder Thursday so I will be painting and decaling with me old wing in a sling!
I sailor on.
