Egilman

Good Idea! just hang it like a museum would hang it.... Five wires (one holds up the nose with it's boxkite) & two crossbars, one under each wheel carrying the weight.... I wonder if Dumont ever figured out why this thing would take hops but would never actually fly...

Another small update... Clutch Pedal and it's mechanism.... Only roughed out at this point, I still have to figure out how it attaches to the frame.... But, as far as the driving Brakes connection, I found this... Lower right corner, in the background just above the clutch operating rod, is the clevis that attaches the brake rod to the clutch pedal.... looks like a little round bearing on a triangular tab on the back side of the pedal arm... A look from the right side... And a direct left side view.... So that leaves the right side pedal in the cockpit as the accelerator pedal.... So I'll finalize this addition, and look at what's next, probably the engine cause the intake needs to be complete and the firewall installed before I can address the Accelerator pedal... (it is a lot simpler than the clutch pedal) Onwards...

Well your a better man than me..... I had grass all over the workbench, table, chairs floor.... the Admiral asked if I was turning my model room into an garden room... (not that she minded)

Well, another little piece... The brake isn't set and the tranny is in neutral..... And the overall look from the right side.... The next and final step to getting the operating controls all hooked up, (except for the Steering) is the Clutch linkages, Throw-out bearing and forward universal... (which is represented by those two conical discs in the frame bay behind the conical clutch... The Clutch pedal is mounted in the engine compartment... The clutch is actuated by a linkage from the engine compartment to the cockpit which operates a torque tube to rotate the throw-out bearing which carries the clutch away from the flywheel... The Clutch pedal also operates the driving brakes and is adjusted to engage after the clutch has disengaged... They were a pain in the you-know-what to keep adjusted correctly.... I don't have an image of the linkages used to effectuate this for this car, but I do have such for the 1911 National model 40 which was set up identically to this car.... (a National Model 40 won the 1912 Indy 500) This brake setup was standard on these race cars during this period, the civilian production variants were set up differently with independent brakes.... Anyways, Onwards....

Well I'm here as I'm sure the brothers will be as well... There are videos of how to do stippling as well... Will be following along my friend, I wouldn't miss it...

Since you already have it masked Brother, Break out the stippling brush.... (just remember when painting the pattern draw the brush away from the masking when painting) Once you get the pattern down and masking pulled, you stipple the hard edges with a drybrush to give the soft edge... It's fairly easy, but does take some practice to get it right.... Just remember, stipple dark over light....

One thing has come to my belief, I could never, not in the course of a thousand years, duplicate the skill and craftsmanship on display here.... Just absolutely stunning...

It is my belief that we model the life cycle of an object, any object... In wooden ship building, the highest class of the art is the prototype model, the classic english 1/4 scale constructors model showing all the details... That is probably never going to change as it is it's own art form and is the most popular presentation for that class of model.... All else can be anything we envision, from the destroyed tank to the one sitting on the delivery apron... Aircraft, Cars, Ships the same way.... The point of weathering is to pick out a day in the life and represent it... In scale of course... As delivered is the most popular in cars, but the wrecking yard can be just as stunning.... As we have seen right here on this site... It is another way the hobby has grown.... They are all beautiful in their own way.... Make it look real... And we have masters of the craft on this site, like several in this thread... Including the OP... All just my opinion of course...

Well, still plugging along... Finished hooking up the emergency brakes and designed the brake lever bracket.... This is where she is at as of a few minutes ago..... Once the Brake and Shift Levers are done I move on to the clutch pedal then the operating chassis hardware will be complete.... Not sure where I will go next, probably figure out the steering and finish off the front end.... After that back to the engine.... Onwards...

Opportunity lost is lost forever... Ney had the opportunity to take the farm early in the morning when it wasn't defended at all... Napoleon in fact gave him the order to do such... There is a lot of speculation as to why he failed to carry out this order.... By the time he got around to looking at it, the KGL were there (but in small numbers) It seems that only Nappy knew the importance of that farm tactically... It was Napoleon's third order to Ney to take the farm when the real fight took place in the afternoon... Nappy made it Ney's personal responsibility... By the time Ney got after it in earnest, the KGL had the farm fortified with a company of sharpshooters... It took everything Ney had to take it and by the time he did it wasn't because he won, it was because the KGL ran out of ammo and gave it up... And by then the French army was too weak to exploit it, Von Bluecher's arrival seals the deal for Wellington.... If Ney had taken the farm when Nappy first ordered it, Waterloo would have been a French victory... The Farm was the key to the battle...

It would be but there are noted historians of the battle that clearly believe that he was shot dead in the initial advance on the NW side of the farmhouse in an attempt to clear out the 13e Legere skirmishers who occupied the Kitchen Garden and were trying to force the farmhouse door... In their advance down the slope, they were hit by Col, Crabbe's cuirassiers descending down the slope and through the Battalion... The Battalion broke and ran, von Klencke was killed in the first overrun assault, and about half the battalion fell, the remainder either surrendered, made it back to the ridgeline or retreated into La Haye Sainte... That's the base story, oh, and Colonel von Klenke was dismounted.... (according to the standard story) But there are some historians that take a different view and facts are sparse in this area, they were more about saving their own tails at the time than recording it... so take it with whatever grains of whatever you need to, {chuckle} At this time I don't think what actually happened will ever be known...

Light Field Battalion Luneburg was raised in 1813. By June, it was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel August von Klencke. At Waterloo, it was in the 1st Hanoverian Brigade. they were assigned to the 3rd Division, 1st Brigade under Major-General Count von Kielmansegge - to the north-west of La Haye Sainte. Lüneburg Light Infantry Battalion. Green jackets with black facings and green pantaloons. All of the leather equipment was black. The battalion wore shakos of a Portuguese design. Other sources suggest blue trousers, not green for this battalion, while others suggest that only the officers wore the blue trousers. I believe von Klenke survived, there is a report that he took over command of the brigade for a period when Major General Kielsmanegge was unable to command.... this was after the battle at the farm... Records are spotty at best of this period... and there are some differing reports of troop outcomes.... A good book on the subject is The 400 Men Who Decided the Battle of Waterloo The Longest Afternoon It goes into first person individual detail on the battle of La Haye Sainte... and is an excellent read to boot...

Congratulations on gaining your freedom from wage slavery... {chuckle} Well paid for I'm sure.... But, don't forget to find something to do outside the house, otherwise you will start hearing about being underfoot all the time.... {chuckle} Retired since '93.... My admiral kinda chuckles now when we remember those days.... But it was a significant lifestyle change, all at once.... (will take some getting used to) Your zipper is looking great, Need to get back to mine... {chuckle}

You can get waterslide decals for this pattern brother... (and several other patterns, 3 color, 4 color and 5 colors, light and dark, upper wing, lower wing etc. etc. come to mind) in 1/48th scale.... Sprue Brothers... Aeromaster, Print Scale & Superscale, all the major decal manufacturers do them in 1/48.... You would need a good thin white primer coat to go under them.....

Just playing around....

I know I've been deficient in attendance here, but life is taking my time... Any way the current state of the design.... And underneath...

Within reason you can, commercial printers now have a 25 micron resolution limit, ie, they can print to .0025" Half the thickness of a piece of thin paper.... Anything is printable now, all that is left is adjusting resins to give the best results in most environments and making bigger build spaces, a complete technical engineering issue alone... And as we know, given time, those will be resolved... 3D resin printing is here to stay.....

Thank you for the detailed description of the process...

Bronco makes two versions of the Bailey Bridge, A single/triple three bay, (kit # CB-35012) British style and a double/double three bay, (Kit # CB-35055) American style... The British style was a bit different in the details, and although the parts were built according to the same plans, they could not be intermixed... Something about manufacturing standards... The British built theirs to very exacting standards and the American's built theirs to a bit looser mass production standards... the two couldn't mix parts... The Canadian Army used British issue baily bridges.... (although most wouldn't know the differences) Both kits build a fairly decent Baily Bridge, The Kits are for small versions of two distinct types of baily bridge and can be combined to produce larger types if one would want to... But one thing is true, they are expansive to say the least... Each bay is the equivalent of 10 feet, 3 bays 30' for the bridge proper with two on/off ramps for the approaches, which in real life were 20' (the kit represents this configuration) So, each kit represents 70' of bridge, ie. 24" in 1/35th scale... Like I said, expansive... There are a number of Bailey Bridge dioramas out there, usually partial bridges... Since the standard Bailey Bridge was a class 40 bridge, the largest (read heaviest) object you can place on a standard bridge is a Sherman tank or equivalent, (35tons) and only one at that... Bailey Bridges were usually usage limited to one vehicle at a time as well.... There were several instances of Bailey Bridges in Europe collapsing during WWII, this was invariably caused by drivers ignoring the usage and speed restrictions... sometimes they had to place MP's at the bridge approaches to prevent any more collapses.... The average length of a Bailey Bridge erected in the European theater? 150 foot span Triple-Double, (without the approaches) The two main features of the Bailey Bridge? the above 150' bridge could be erected in 12 hours, and from one side only, you didn't need to possess the opposite bank to install it... (although it made it a lot easier) I have three of the kits from the days of planning an expansive bridge diorama until my research revealed that the bridge would dominate anything else I added to the scene... A Bailey Bridge Diorama is an interesting idea, until one starts to examine what the actually were and how they were used... Personally, I would pass, the bridge would overwhelm your Archer.... I think the only thing that could be put on a Baily Bridge and still be authentic would be a 155mm gun pulled by it's M-4 HST, the gun and tractor would share the attention and the bridge wouldn't overwhelm it...

Is there a particular pilot you are doing? or just an exemplar of the type? Whichever, I'm down for this...

Well, another day... I haven't left this behind.... just been a bit occupied... Finished up the driveline package today.... Consists of the Differential/Axle assembly, The Transmission, The Driveshaft Tube/Thrust collar assembly and the Truss Rods and Diagonal Braces.... Here is a look at her current state... I will be starting a part by part re-tracing of the design, and throwing a bit of history into the mix as well.... The car is the Marmon Wasp, she won the first major race ran at the brickyard, The Wheeler & Schebler Trophy race May 28th 1910, this was after winning a great many trophies and awards at lesser events in both '09 & early part of 1910... I have thje record of her 18 major wins in her short career. She was taken out of retirement to run the International Sweepstakes Race, (the inaugural Indy 500, which was her last race) at the Speedway May 30th 1911..... It was the only race she ran in 1911... For a year and a half, October 1909 until May of 1911, she was the car to beat.... The first supercar.... She didn't win every race, but 95% of the time she finished the race in one of the first three positions... (the second winningest car? a trimmed up Marmon 32 Speedster) There is a ton of interesting background I'll be getting into as I go through this log...

Yes, he was first assigned to Feldflieger Abteilung 69 at Lemberg over the Galicia front July/August 1915 where he flew in Gotha G.I's.... Then he was reassigned in late August to the BAO (Brieftauben-Abteilun Ostende) at Ostend on the Belgian coast where he flew in both the Gotha G.I and AEG G.II's and early G.III's the only differences between the G.II and G.III were the more powerful mercedes engines and the barrel shaped forward tub was armored in the G.III... WnW produced the early AEG G.IV, (which I have) it was the last of the barrel nosed versions... I will have to back date it to a G.III to produce the Richtoften aircraft.... After that he went through pilot training October/December at Dobernitz and ceased being a gunner/observer... (but he still flew bomber aircraft, the Albatross C.III, the Roland and the Rumpler) In May of 1916 he joined Jasta 2 at the request of Boelke and became a fighter pilot....

The AEG III/IV was the first aircraft that Von Richtoften went into combat in.... He started out as a gunner/observer in that forward seat.... (claimed two enemy aircraft as well, but they weren't confirmed so they didn't count as was the custom of the day) He was eventually transferred to the Romanian front where he flew in two seaters as a gunner and pilot and then transferred to fighters after a chance meeting with Bolke.... I'm in for this one.... That late war scheme is going to be something special....

There was also the early part of the war while the RAF was expanding where Medium Bombers could be stationed anywhere they had space, occasionally, for short periods, at Fighter command bases as well... Post '43, most if not all bombers had their own bases.... Looking good brother, gives a feel for the spaces on an airfield you so seldom get...

Brother, Kits are just that, kits... It takes the input, "muse" so to speak, of the builder to make something out of them.... There comes a point in a modelers life where they recognize what they have... Take something completely unrealistic and make it appear as such... That is the essence of what we do.... Brother, you got it down.... At this point I think you realize that there is nothing you cannot build in miniature... Congratulations, it's beautiful... And was an absolute pleasure in watching you create it... Thank you... EG