Harry Twist
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Hi Phil, well done! Stunning effort for a first balsa bash and a fabulous job all round. You've produced an impressive model and also explained it all in an informative and detailed blog as you've moved the build along. Great work.
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Thanks Phil for the organisation of what became a cracking weekend in great company. Steve - thanks for sharing your album, some great images in there!
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Vintage Cardboard Cut-Out Plane Flies!
Harry Twist replied to Cliff 1959's topic in The Video Channel
Hi Cliff, great project, enjoyed the videos. Is there any easy link to find the FB page that the original card print is on? Many thanks. Edited By Harry Twist on 29/04/2020 16:22:46 -
Sabre made in Belgium
Harry Twist replied to dirk tinck's topic in PSSA Mass Build 2020 - North American F-86 Sabre
Hi Dirk, brilliant work on your airbrakes and the "internals". They're a great scale feature to add. -
Phil's F-86 Sabre build thread
Harry Twist replied to Phil Cooke's topic in PSSA Mass Build 2020 - North American F-86 Sabre
Nice work on building up the canopy front and rear Phil. I like the homemade sanding tool! -
Hi All, Ive been working on the wing to fuselage fit, as a result I've modified the wing mounted ply plate so that it sits within the belly pan area and basically forms part of the belly pan (the result is a plate that is a bit narrower than on the plan). In addition I've been pondering how to locate the front dowels accurately on the wing front ply plate. I came up with a little jig that helps locate the hole centre's prior to drilling the wing for the dowels. Basically you need: a couple of short scrap lengths of 6mm dowel, each at approx 10mm long, two panel pins and a small piece of very thin ply (1/64th inch or alternatively thin stiff card would do). Pictures hopefully explain! Tap the pins gently into the short dowel lengths, they need to exit at the dowel centre's ( may need a couple of goes to get right!). You only need two or three mm of the pin point to pass through. Mark up the ply plate (sit it in the fuselage and mark the fuselage dowel centres) then tap the pin head/dowel combination through the ply and superglue into location. Locate the jig in the fuselage: Introduce the wing towards its location, gently push it onto the jig and if careful you will get the pin heads to give you the dowel centre's for the intended dowel holes in the wing plate. On removal of the wing, the jig may even come away attached to the wing front. Drill the wing and locate the dowels. Modified wing bolt plate, to sit within the belly pan Edited By Harry Twist on 14/04/2020 22:12:06
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Avon Sabre Spirit 78
Harry Twist replied to Steve Houghton's topic in PSSA Mass Build 2020 - North American F-86 Sabre
Very tidy Steve! I like the servo mounting frames. -
Hi Steve, yes I've found the tail area a little tricky to shape! There's one detailed image of the tail area on the plastique fantastique website - F86 walkround which I studied for a long time. Here are three shots I took as I carved the tail away. its not finished yet and needs tidying and also its not quite the right shape but its on the way. The holes are weight saving holes (!) I had previously drilled in F10 during fuselage assembly, this will eventually have a blanking cover over it. I also looked at Phil C's tail shots which I think are very helpful with the shaping. I'm slightly worried about creating too thin a wall thickness for the tailpipe. Hey ho! Tail area before working on jetpipe Marked up for cutting and carving Partly completed, F10 visible with holes!
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Nice and tidy there Steve, innovative solution on the tailplane cheeks.
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Hi Peter, looks fabulous.. looks like its going fast when its standing still! Well done on the completion, stunning colour scheme.
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Hi All, I thought it was time for an update of my build blog! Firstly, Dirk thanks for the canopy frame, I look forward to receiving it, its great to add scale details where possible on the build. So, I have virtually finished the wing - both halves joined, leading and trailing edges added, torque rods in, and wingtips added. Just need the aileron robart hinge locations cutting in, The wing is almost sanded to final shape, some further careful sanding should see it pretty much done with the exception of the belly pan area. With regards to the fuselage, I've shaped and added the uniquely Sabre nose piece, I did need to add a spacer to get a good transition from fuselage to nose, but that was an easy fix. Once the nose is fitted, the fuselage finally starts to look like that of an aircraft! In addition I've begun to tackle the tail area, starting with the tailplane horn, then onto shaping the side cheeks (which I had some fun with in trying to get a good fuselage fit!). Finally I have reprofiled the jet exhaust area to adjust the curve profile ( like Phil C has done) and begun the blending process to acquire the desired tail area shape. Next jobs involve continuing to work up the tail area, fin and the all moving tailplanes. Best regards to all. Pictures to share.... Ice hockey mask or Sabre nose? Tailplane horn/ pushrod mechanism Nose in situ Tail area in process Wing nearly complete.
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