Murat Kece 1 Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF RIVETS YOU NEED? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Somerville Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 Takes as long to count them as to burn them so, as that would mean twice the work, I am not counting. There are a lot though. Actually the time consuming work is calculating the position of the lines from the Bentley drawings that I have for reference. Those with the rivets shown are all 5.23 x smaller than my model, so I spend fair bit of time punching numbers onto my phone calculator before transferring to the model. Once done, the rivets burn in fairly quickly by eye and it is a surprisingly therapeutic task. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david tilbury Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 Enjoy the riveting Nick......:-)....will need to do the same with mine....:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Somerville Posted April 9, 2023 Author Share Posted April 9, 2023 Well almost there, just the flaps and the wheel covers left to add rivets to. My Aldi soldering iron died halfway through the process, so popped into Screwfix for a £10.99 one. That lasted 2 hours so took it back for a replacement and that one has lasted the course. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 Can't take my eyes off this, it's riveting! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Somerville Posted April 14, 2023 Author Share Posted April 14, 2023 Rivets all completed so whilst awaiting some decent weather to start laying the final Luftwaffe RLM colours down I have started to make sense of the wiring and airlines. I have 11 servos operating over 10 channels (the little cooling flap servos are on a y lead) plus two more channels required for the ignition and on board starter. A Powerbox Pioneer is being used to manage the twin Li ion power packs and servo distribution and this will have a pair of receivers connected each with dual receiver circuits for added redundancy. The four flap and aileron leads from the wing run into a single female plug with the male very securely fixed to the side frame to mitigate against any disturbance to the receiver connections. The air setup is pretty straight forward with a simple UP-8 valve feeding air to the tail and main retracts. Air fill valve and switches (radio & ignition isolator) are located under the gun hood. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Somerville Posted April 20, 2023 Author Share Posted April 20, 2023 Still too cold to paint in my unheated spray area/shed so spent a bit of time working on the ETC 501 rack. A bit more fiddly than I had expected but hopefully a near enough rendition. It will be removable for transport as it bridges across the lower wing and onto the fuselage behind and in any case with the drop tank in place it will be an easy casualty of hangar rash. Phil at Fighteraces is supplying the 300l drop tank and when that arrives I can finalise it’s fixings on the rack. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david tilbury Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Nice installation Nick....:-)......neat and tidy.... Bomb rack looking great too... Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Skilbeck Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Very nice, how are you controlling the UC inner doors, have you got an onboard sequencer (in the powerbox unit?), on my mates that used up two extra channels as we did the sequencing on the Tx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Somerville Posted April 21, 2023 Author Share Posted April 21, 2023 Thanks for the comments David. There weren’t too many 190’s that had the inner doors, Frank and there won’t be any on my A8. If there had been then sequencing would have been handled by a UP-3 valve as per my Sea Fury. Clever little device for pneumatics. The Powerbox unit is the lower end Pioneer and doesn’t have gear sequencing built in btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Somerville Posted April 26, 2023 Author Share Posted April 26, 2023 Painting at last, as the weather seems to have almost caught up with the time of year. I gave the all but the moving surfaces a fine coat of rattle can aluminium to give something to rub back to when weathering. With that thoroughly dry and first up to get the spray kit ‘warmed up’ was the RLM 04 flat yellow for the cowl area and rudder. Next the RLM 76 grey, which is actually a light blue grey, for all of the underside and the fuselage and fin sides. Leg covers also in the same colour. Klasskote paint goes a long way and I had purchased the smallest available amounts of each colour (1/2 pint). I imagine once finished I will have enough left over for two more similar sized Luftwaffe aircraft. The paint is mixed equal parts with a reducer and catalyst. For this model I am using the matte catalyst. Compressor is a Bambi ex dental job off ebay and the HVLP spray gun a low cost Fast Mover panel touch up gun. Works lovely. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jenkins Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 This is the bit that terrifies me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Somerville Posted May 1, 2023 Author Share Posted May 1, 2023 Finished up the mounting of the drop tank onto the rack and now ready for painting. It’s all adds up to a fair payload! 3 1/4 oz for the rack and almost 8oz for the tank. The tank can be easily removed from the rack and the rack also is easy to remove from the aircraft so three options for flying. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Somerville Posted May 3, 2023 Author Share Posted May 3, 2023 Like PJ said, a bit terrifying letting loose the airbrush to blow camouflage splodges. It is was it is once underway so hopefully I won’t rue what I have done. There is the darker almost greenish grey to add on the upper areas and cockpit. Wings have had the tops covered in this grey and when cured enough the final large Camouflage patches can be added with the same dark greenish grey. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Somerville Posted May 5, 2023 Author Share Posted May 5, 2023 First time on its legs for a while. Looking forward to adding the markings and weathering next. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 Wow! - that's all I've got to say at this stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Robson Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 Fantastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jenkins Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 Sorry Nick, it would fail QA at Focke Wulf. I mean, it looks like it's led a hard life and it's just rolled out of the factory! Gott in himmel! 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave parnham Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 Fantastic Paint scheme well done Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Carpenter Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 Superb Nick. Do want to borrow some bicycle clips for maiden ??? Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Somerville Posted May 7, 2023 Author Share Posted May 7, 2023 fuselage marking on now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Gray Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Is the poly canopy scale nick? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 Ooooo looking very, very nice, although forward visibility looks challenging 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 Teaching instrument flying to batches of pilots..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 Absolutely beautiful, my favourite warbird, gardens nice also. 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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