Andy Meade Posted July 30, 2015 Author Share Posted July 30, 2015 Thanks Colin! Matt - yes it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leighfield Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 I'm looking at these 3D printers offered by Hobby King, very tempted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 Apparently the bigger one isn't too bad - good accuracy and decent print area. I did see the miniature one in an email shot from HK yesterday. It looks ok but that is quite a small print area. I might still be tempted though when they arrive in the UK warehouse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted October 31, 2018 Author Share Posted October 31, 2018 Well, just to make sure this is kept tickling along and not abandoned like Phil's A10 I retrieved the fuselage from the loft last weekend, and quickly went to work finishing off the fuselage planking. Lots of sanding later, she was given the once over by Polyfilla's lightweight stuff. It's a bit more money than my usual Wilke's or other fillers, but it really is great stuff for applying and sanding back Tailplane mounting to sort next, along with finalising the bomb-bay mechanism, then I can get this glassed for ding-proof-ness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Gorham_ Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 Pleased to see this progressing Andy! I've got a 1/10 scale B25 that I'm turning into a PSS model. They might look nice together in the air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted October 31, 2018 Author Share Posted October 31, 2018 That sounds good Al - we'll have an 8th Air Force before you know it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyer Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 Looking good Andy I really need some workshop time! Nice to know you experts have some projects taking years too; gives us lesser mortals some hope. Cheers Ade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyer Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 grr duplicated post Edited By Flyer on 31/10/2018 16:51:46 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John H. Rood Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 AS SEEN TODAY on HYPERSCALE: This I.P.M.S. good guy Jef Verswyvel is a hoot, AND he has no idea yet that a 1/12th scale monster Lib is emerging from the Meade Aircraft Werks! Edited By J.H. Rood on 14/11/2018 20:05:42 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 Very nice John I started glassing Libby bits last night - the tailplane first to get it, as that'll be at a primed stage before being fitted permanently into the fus. Still wondering how to operate the B24's unique bomb-bay doors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Gorham_ Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Have you considered a sail winch servo Andy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 I haven't, no. I think at this scale it's going be really fiddly to make all four doors open and close in a scale like fashion. ...and then land on them on the slope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Gorham_ Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 I think the mechanism would be do-able with 2 winch servos, but I agree that making it strong enough to survive slope landings would be tricky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 Still tickling it along - bottom of fus is glassed for protection now, as I finish off the back end (turret mount, tailplane mount, bellcranks etc) : Tailplane and elevators all glassed and knocked back, ready for finalising of mechanism. Here sat on top of my little Seahawk that is just having it's cockpit made : Edited By Andy Meade on 07/12/2018 15:57:50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Gorham_ Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 As well as seeing you get the Lib nearer completion (ready for 2019!), any chance of some pics of the Seahawk in it's own thread please Mr. Meade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted December 8, 2018 Author Share Posted December 8, 2018 I've not really got much in the way of build pics I'm afraid Alan, but you can search for Seahawk on my blog here : www.slopenomad.blogspot.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirk tinck Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Good luck with the dead-line Andy !Not much PSS on my bench lately i'm affraid...But i will try to have something new for next season,something never seen on any slope .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 Thanks Dirk I've not really got that much of a deadline, I'll just try and get a few airframes finished during next season. These include the 1/4 scale Typhoon, the big C17, this B24, the Seahawk, and hopefully my Ilyushin 102 (another one not modelled at all, as far as I can see). After that, I'll be getting on with a large-ish Gannet, 5m span M55 Mystic, and the quarter scale FW190., but they are next winter's build really. Phew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted April 27, 2021 Author Share Posted April 27, 2021 Well, the Meteor build is now finished, so time to get back to this beastie at long last. Outside for a quick dusting off session, and figure out what was where and how far along I was. Ah yes, fitting the main spar through the fuselage, and prepping the wings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted August 7, 2023 Author Share Posted August 7, 2023 The builds keep coming, and the poor Libby just keeps getting pushed back. Since I started the B24 I've built 14 other PSS aircraft, so with the big Me262 complete and maidened it's time to finish off this poor old girl. I have at last fixed the joiner tube into the fuselage, made up the webs from balsa and liteply for the wing tubes, fixed them in and roughly finished the surface around them. Next up was the serious part of the wing manufacture - cutting flaps and ailerons out, facing them all with 1/4" balsa, adding birch ply hinge mounts to the flaps and wing, making up the tips with some laser cut profiles and scrap balsa sheets. I'll draw up the servo boxes today and laser them out tonight with a bit of luck. At last she's moving along! I will print the canopy and nose plugs this week too, as I've seen some great results on RCGroups with vac forming over them after using a different finishing technique. The plastic work is really the last of the big hurdles to getting this one in the air I think. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Chantler Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Wow, that's a good wingspan 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted September 25, 2023 Author Share Posted September 25, 2023 A bit more progress on the Libby, she's getting there bit by bit but has been slowed down somewhat by the bomb-bay mechanism. Flaps are all attached, and the wings getting close to being ready to glass. In the pictures the 3D printed nacelles have been pushed on too, but I may re-print these as they are a bit heavy. At least they're in front of the CG I guess. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted September 25, 2023 Author Share Posted September 25, 2023 I've been tweaking the bomb bay door mechanism as mentioned. The doors act like roller shutters as per full size, with printed corrugated doors running in a curved channel that comes from the underside to the side of the aircraft. Printed gears transfer drive to the holes in the doors, and the gears will be driven by a servo with a GT2 timing belt, one per side. If (more like when) the doors become creased or damaged form slope landings, I'll be able to pull them out the top of the runners and replace with a fresh one for the next flight. I'll print half a dozen spares and see how we go from there. At some point I'll design and print the bomb carriers to fill up the 440mm long cavernous bay with ordnance to be dropped. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted September 25, 2023 Author Share Posted September 25, 2023 Designer / builder with eyes nearly closed for scale 😁 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.