Mark Kettle 1 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 ..........what is wasn't listening (.....reading) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Just let you know I do pointy as well. ...LOL ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Cooke Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 Is that a big Blue Steel Stand-Off Bomb for your Vulcan!?? Will look forward to seeing how you go about making your foam Tornado Mark - looking good!! A bit more progress to report in that I've blocked in the canopy edges between F2 and F3, added the cockpit 'bathtub' and started to fill in the nose cone with 1/2" balsa. The forward fuselage is fast approaching completion of the basic assembly... I temporarily added F4 (below) which forms the air intake cross section at the front of the wing bay - it needed a little fettling to slide down over the doublers and flush behind F3, I was about to glue it in position when I realised I would need to plane and sand the 1/2" balsa on top of F3 flush with the fuselage sides first to aid shaping - so out came the razor plane. I've started to block in the nose section too, it's consuming quite a lot of 1/2" balsa up front but not too much to sand off to achieve the required shape - she's beginning to look like a GR1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Nice Phil, the build your doing sure does illustrate the way Andy Conway Tornado is made, excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Washers! I see washers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 I bet RR use washers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Looks great Phil, as you say its consuming 1/2" balsa up the front! Good to see that washers got fitted Meant to ask where your Dad got those wing bolt nylon blocks, Mercury used to do them? Cheers Danny Edited By Danny Fenton on 10/12/2014 08:59:52 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Cooke Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 Yes chaps, I thought it was feeling a little underweight so I added the washers as ballast! Rest easy, she's cleared for +7G and -3G now these are in place. Danny, my dad picked the wing bolt blocks up from Tony Hills Models in Talke, near Stoke-on-Trent **LINK** I can't see them listed on the website but they definitely have them in stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Thanks Phil I will let the Chipmunk builders know Cheers Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Another option maybe here Danny - not sure on thread size though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Thanks Andy, much appreciated Sorry Phil trampling all over your wonderful thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 He doesn't mind Danny - judging by the pace of his A10 build, this one would be finished by about 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I can't talk my Hurricane took 7 years and the Mustang that I was building before that is at 9 years So Phil is a quick builder in my books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Cooke Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 Promise you Andy this one will be ready for the April meet in 2015 - but the A-10s development will be hampered a little longer in the process - I've lost the ability to work on more than one model in parallel with family and work etc...there's just not enough hours in the week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Garsden Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Well Uncle Phil I have been trying to resist the temptation to have yet another project but have given in I am going to do a lost foam fuselage in fibreglass with a pair of your foam wings. So I need contact details for the plan and your wing supplier. Can you oblige please Sir Just hope I don't get divorced. My P51D Mustang will just have to take a back seat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Cooke Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 Hiya Pete, Ill drop you an email with the details - welcome on board!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 More Tornadoes?! OK don't think I'll bother now - will be as common as JP's at this rate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 ........Andy and the B-24 holds the distinction of being the most produce heavy bomber in history, now that's common LOL Edited By Mark Kettle 1 on 13/12/2014 20:45:13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 They don't tend to fly many of those ones on the slope these days tho Mark! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Cooke Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 Well you'll be glad to know the consumption of 1/2" balsa sheet has finally drawn to a close! and following a quick session with the razor plane she's starting to show her characteristic curves - still plenty more to take off with the block and paper but other than sanding, with F4 now fitted ahead of the wing LE that's the forward fuselage effectively complete. Edited By Phil Cooke on 14/12/2014 15:59:30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Cooke Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 Started to think about the rear fuselage construction. It's fairly simple, a pair of doubled 1/8th balsa fuselage sides set on 3 formers and sprung out at the front around F4 to form the air intakes. It houses the elevator servo and the all moving tail actuation on ply bearers - Andy shows the servo hard mounted to the rear of F7 - effectively building it in and leaving it inaccessible - I may elect to mount this further forward at the back of the wing bay if space allows. Before the 3D jigsaw can begin I need to cut out some more parts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 I've never been a fan of burying the servos in either Phil. I've hit a wall when it's come to former cutting on the Liberator - only about 2/3rds of the way through, and I can't face doing any more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Cooke Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 hehe Andy I know the feeling - best to start another part of the model if you can - I find that helps to keep the variation and interest going - then go back and finish the last 3rd after you've completed another job. Get some pilots painted - or make the mould for your canopy - a few hours sanding that will soon have you wishing you were cutting formers again I bet Edited By Phil Cooke on 15/12/2014 15:35:24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Only thing I can move onto really are the wings....which require 6 templates to be cut to make them! The problem is all the builds are in this state now - they all require stuff to be scroll saw cut, sanded to shape and put in a parts bin. I'll get there I guess. I was having a panic (OK not really a panic, just a worry) that the 2015 season would be here and I wouldn't have anything new to fly. Then I remembered the flippin great big Viggen sat there (unflown), a part finished F4 (unflown) and a Hunter (needs some sanding then finishing..but unflown). Should be OK at this rate till 2017! Edited By Andy Meade on 15/12/2014 15:38:40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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