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  1. gjdale
    Nicely done Danny!
  2. gjdale
    I’m definitely still in too, Chuck, and your pricing is more than reasonable.
  3. gjdale
    Jeff Hayes is the name you’re looking for Mark. A thorough gentleman who has always been willing to share his knowledge and experience. His document is probably the best advice going for using this saw optimally.
  4. gjdale
    Another outstanding model Dan. Congratulations and well done Sir!
  5. gjdale
    Now look what you made me go and do!!!! 😡😡😡 Thanks Jim, just ordered one to go with my large and still growing collection of HobbyZone stuff! 😊
  6. gjdale
    Tough call Hamilton. Making the decision to remove work already done is always the hard part - once the decision is made, the work seems to go a lot more easily and you wonder why you hesitated. Whichever way you go, I’m sure you’ll nail it (pardon the pun).
  7. gjdale
    Great job on the fine fitting of the Garboard plank there Daria, and of course reaching such a significant milestone. Your fantasy house looks fabulous too - I think Dad might be a bit jealous of that one!
  8. gjdale
    Nice to see you back at the bench Hamilton. I look forward to resumption of play on this one!
  9. gjdale
    Nice to see this one back on the bench Kevin.
  10. gjdale
    Congratulations on yet another masterpiece Danny! I’ll look forward to following your motorbike build.
  11. gjdale
    Superb Danny - just as we have come to expect from you! 😊
  12. gjdale
    Congratulations on reaching this major milestone BE. Your planking looks pretty darn good from this distance. I’m sure your assistant is merely guarding the finished product from marauders - and expecting some treats in return!
  13. gjdale
    Great to see you back again Remco - with whatever form of modelling you might tackle. Hope you enjoy your Swedish sojourn.
  14. gjdale
    Glad to hear you’re feeling better Bob. And it sounds like 3D printing is certainly the way of the future for these types of components.
  15. gjdale
    Nicely done on the “metal” work Rusty - very convincing!
  16. gjdale
    Count me in too Chuck. My only issue will be having enough time to keep up with the group - that four letter thing call WORK keeps getting in the way!
  17. gjdale
    If you take a look at the RC Groups forum, you will likely find one or two examples. I know that Rich Kroll of M.A.C.K. Products has done one or more engines in some Legend model boats for static display at shows. I’m pretty sure there are other examples over there as well.
  18. gjdale
    Nicely done Sjors.
  19. gjdale
    Congratulations on completion of another outstanding build NIls. She looks fabulous and the addition of the longboat adds another dimension as well.
  20. gjdale
    Nice work on the planking Daria! And it looks like you’ve mastered the Bandsaw as well. I hope you have a lovely holiday with your Grandparents. We look forward to your next update when you return.
  21. gjdale
    More fantastic work Danny. Looking very impressive!
  22. gjdale
    Thanks Mobbsie and Druxey - the storage cabinets certainly make life a little easier in the "big" workshop. On with the build.... Wing construction begins with making formers for shaping the wing ribs. Paper templates are provided for two shapes of rib. The templates were applied to some scrap 12mm plywood, cut to rough shape on the scroll saw and refined on the spindle sander. To speed up the process, I cut four of shape ‘A’ and two of shape ‘B’. The completed formers were then covered in packing tape to prevent glue adhering to them. The wing ribs are each formed by laminating two pieces of 1/8” x 1/16” and cold moulding them on the plywood formers. This simply means applying a thin bead of glue between the two laminations and then clamping them to the plywood formers. It is a very simple, yet very effective way of achieving the curved shape for the spars. Once the glue has dried, there is virtually no spring back. In the photo below, you can see the two different former shapes, one rib being moulded to the former, and two completed ribs after moulding. In the second photo, are the complete set of ribs: 30 of shape ‘A’ and two of shape ‘B’. The ribs now all require further shaping dependent on their final location on the ribs. This will be a slow process......
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    Thanks Mark and Piet, and also to all of the likes. Well, I finally got to spend some time in the model workshop today, after eight months of 1:1 scale work. In the end, it took me only a couple of hours each day over the weekend to complete the fuselage. Two side-bars were cut to size and fitted with various pulleys and cable guides before fitting. The only tricky part here was finding a way to clamp them while the glue set. Then a couple of split pins were shaped into a horseshoe shape with a piece of bamboo across the open ends to form handles. A piece of cordage was then connected from these to the crankshaft. Here are a couple of pictures of progress to date. After taking the pictures, I realised that the cordage had come away from the pulleys on the neck ring – it should pass around these as well as going through the cable guides. And that completes the construction of the fuselage. Wings are up next.
  24. gjdale
    You are a wizard Danny!
  25. gjdale
    Stunning Doris, just stunning!

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