Stripped down Mosquito MK IV 1/32
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Benevolens Magister
Really excellent work.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Amazing stuff Bert.
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BertUS
Senior Airman
Thanks guys
On a dutch forum, they ask " ehh Bert, is that tiny rearwing thing strong enough to handle?"
I could given a long answer to prove the strengthness of my built, but why not a short movie
Even one of the Chihauhau's, no, not the framed one, just looked and thought, "no, I could break my teeth, let it go"
On a dutch forum, they ask " ehh Bert, is that tiny rearwing thing strong enough to handle?"
I could given a long answer to prove the strengthness of my built, but why not a short movie
Even one of the Chihauhau's, no, not the framed one, just looked and thought, "no, I could break my teeth, let it go"
Good work so far!
N4521U
Colonel
Inspiring!
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Great demo. 
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Cool!
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BertUS
Senior Airman
As mentioned in the post above, I do everything 2 or 3 times and that still gives me a deja vu feeling every time you read my updates, not only a bit frustrating for you, but sometimes for me too. Although I do have a plan and steps in my head, sometimes it is not possible to keep something or to improve it because the previous version is not good, breaks down or whatever.
Like the next piece
I had now largely made the control for the rudder from printed parts, but I noticed that this is not strong enough after all and I did it again
Like it was
and how it is now
This works just a little smoother and yes, you miss the lever for the trim mechanism, me too, because I only see it now
But then..........I had been struggling with it for a few days, because I didn't know how to do it.........namely the rudder put on the rear wing. This is originally attached to the BH7with a kind of luxury pin/hole connection and is then further secured with adjustable rods, with which you can adjust the angle of the rear wing.
At some point it's a question of "death or the gladiolus" and I just started stupid, see where the ship strands
Well, that was not easy, but with the 1st adjusting rod it is kind of stable, the rod is still loose on the axle in the front (that copper wire that you see sticking out)
It was a bit of work, loosened it a few times because it was not aligned properly, still not, but the resin remains a bit bulged, even after a few treatments, yep......... I'm afraid that's going to be a deja vu moment
The upper bars are attached to the hinges at the back but not yet in the front, they are not yet in the bottom either, because I also have to fumble a mudguard in and I have to make that first. In the previous attempt I had done this by sticking a couple of plates together and then sanding, but because the fender is fairly square, but made a kind of box, also the lower stabilizing bars, here the fender will eventually hang in.
This picture could be in the motocycles area as a front fender for a Harley
But with some sanding and fruts I made a fairly similar copy of it
And when we dry-fit it in the wing, it turns out to look very attractive
and take a look under the skirt
Unfortunately, with this hassle the adjusting mechanism at the rear of the wing has broken loose, where the rods of the elevators and the control for the trim tabs run
But, what do I have now and what does that look like?
For a rough reference I had the Revell kit at home at the time and put the hull on the table with the parts included.
So tailpiece, Frames 5 4n 4 and the cockpit. There is still a lot to do and I thought at the beginning that I could accomplish this in a year
Like the next piece
I had now largely made the control for the rudder from printed parts, but I noticed that this is not strong enough after all and I did it again
Like it was
and how it is now
This works just a little smoother and yes, you miss the lever for the trim mechanism, me too, because I only see it now
But then..........I had been struggling with it for a few days, because I didn't know how to do it.........namely the rudder put on the rear wing. This is originally attached to the BH7with a kind of luxury pin/hole connection and is then further secured with adjustable rods, with which you can adjust the angle of the rear wing.
At some point it's a question of "death or the gladiolus" and I just started stupid, see where the ship strands
Well, that was not easy, but with the 1st adjusting rod it is kind of stable, the rod is still loose on the axle in the front (that copper wire that you see sticking out)
It was a bit of work, loosened it a few times because it was not aligned properly, still not, but the resin remains a bit bulged, even after a few treatments, yep......... I'm afraid that's going to be a deja vu moment
The upper bars are attached to the hinges at the back but not yet in the front, they are not yet in the bottom either, because I also have to fumble a mudguard in and I have to make that first. In the previous attempt I had done this by sticking a couple of plates together and then sanding, but because the fender is fairly square, but made a kind of box, also the lower stabilizing bars, here the fender will eventually hang in.
This picture could be in the motocycles area as a front fender for a Harley
But with some sanding and fruts I made a fairly similar copy of it
And when we dry-fit it in the wing, it turns out to look very attractive
and take a look under the skirt
Unfortunately, with this hassle the adjusting mechanism at the rear of the wing has broken loose, where the rods of the elevators and the control for the trim tabs run
But, what do I have now and what does that look like?
For a rough reference I had the Revell kit at home at the time and put the hull on the table with the parts included.
So tailpiece, Frames 5 4n 4 and the cockpit. There is still a lot to do and I thought at the beginning that I could accomplish this in a year
Crimea_River
Marshal
Bloody amazing work Bert.
Nice work so far!
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BertUS
Senior Airman
Thanks guys
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BertUS
Senior Airman
And then it was ............... Monday, time for an update. Not a big one because my weekend was very short (in my opinion) and busy.
The wife has a new hobby, casting candles and we wanted to make a mold of a baby Yoda that I once printed out. Well believe me, on the YT videos it's all a breeze and done in no time, but not with us. Mold leaks, rubber does not solidify, model sticks, in short, everything that can go wrong goes wrong and certainly because we are both rather stubborn, that also crashes a few times during the performance. Well, just like with the Mossie, we'll just make a 2nd, 3rd, 4th
So I didn't do much, I once started to make a shape from a few pieces of styrene stuck together.
Yes really, this is a part for the plane and not a botched shoe last, hope the next photo will shed some light, let's see
Pasted some pieces here too and started sanding
Just like with sculpting, it's really not difficult as you just need to remove those bits that are not needed
But maybe it's not really clear yet, so just a compilation
Yep, now it becomes clear, it's the fork for the tail wheel, with the housing on it for turning and for the controls, because the tail wheel is retractable, only I'm not sure how yet, there is some kind of jack that lifts the house to pulls down towards the nose or pushes up again, whereby the construction then falls into a kind of lock, but whether this is hydraulic (which I assume) or with air, I'm not sure. There are switches so that it is visible in the cockpit that the tailwheel is in the position that has been chosen, I have to work from a sketch and a few photos, so a lot is simply trying out
So here's the next picture
To fit everything into the model, many of those beautiful supports have, oh well, I just use my hobby box
I've glued in the mudguard, but not the rest yet. because........... you believe it or not, but I made the wheel house again, it was not right in proportion and was so I started making a shape from a bunch of pieces of styrene stuck together
So I'm here now, now some more details, making the jack and stuff and then passing it in, I've considered making it movable too, but I'm afraid I won't get the pivot pin holes right in BH7 without destroying other things, but ..........i never say never
The wife has a new hobby, casting candles and we wanted to make a mold of a baby Yoda that I once printed out. Well believe me, on the YT videos it's all a breeze and done in no time, but not with us. Mold leaks, rubber does not solidify, model sticks, in short, everything that can go wrong goes wrong and certainly because we are both rather stubborn, that also crashes a few times during the performance. Well, just like with the Mossie, we'll just make a 2nd, 3rd, 4th
So I didn't do much, I once started to make a shape from a few pieces of styrene stuck together.
Yes really, this is a part for the plane and not a botched shoe last, hope the next photo will shed some light, let's see
Pasted some pieces here too and started sanding
Just like with sculpting, it's really not difficult as you just need to remove those bits that are not needed
But maybe it's not really clear yet, so just a compilation
Yep, now it becomes clear, it's the fork for the tail wheel, with the housing on it for turning and for the controls, because the tail wheel is retractable, only I'm not sure how yet, there is some kind of jack that lifts the house to pulls down towards the nose or pushes up again, whereby the construction then falls into a kind of lock, but whether this is hydraulic (which I assume) or with air, I'm not sure. There are switches so that it is visible in the cockpit that the tailwheel is in the position that has been chosen, I have to work from a sketch and a few photos, so a lot is simply trying out
So here's the next picture
To fit everything into the model, many of those beautiful supports have, oh well, I just use my hobby box
I've glued in the mudguard, but not the rest yet. because........... you believe it or not, but I made the wheel house again, it was not right in proportion and was so I started making a shape from a bunch of pieces of styrene stuck together
So I'm here now, now some more details, making the jack and stuff and then passing it in, I've considered making it movable too, but I'm afraid I won't get the pivot pin holes right in BH7 without destroying other things, but ..........i never say never
Vic Balshaw
Major General
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Benevolens Magister
Stunning work !!!
N4521U
Colonel
1/32nd can be fun ay?
Noice.
Noice.
Crimea_River
Marshal
I wonder why you couldn't have used the Revell fork from the kit? Looks good though.
Anyway, the tailwheel retracts with hydraulics and here's the layout:
Anyway, the tailwheel retracts with hydraulics and here's the layout:
