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jablackwell reacted to jack.aubrey in Gaeta Falcata (Gajeta Falkusa) by jack.aubrey - FINISHED - Marisstella - 1:20 Scale
Monday 28 August 2017
I'm working on the display case base . . In particular I'm preparing the so-called "beach". To hold the small pebbles of the Elba Island beach called "200 steps" I used vinyl glue, laid abundantly on the wood basement.
The work is not yet finished because I think it is better to make another layer of this sandblast and then apply the larger pebbles individually. . I now have two new sizes . .
Interesting experience. We will see how the situation evolves.
See you soon, Jack.
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jablackwell reacted to jack.aubrey in Gaeta Falcata (Gajeta Falkusa) by jack.aubrey - FINISHED - Marisstella - 1:20 Scale
Many thanks for your positive comments, friends . .
Saturday, August 26, 2017
I put inside oars and a couple of accessories, just to understand that much of the material I prepared will be better if positioned on the (future) beach . .
The next images will show the model inside its display case . . probably by the end of next week, bye, Jack.
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jablackwell got a reaction from Mirabell61 in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Finished stringers on the fuselage. I learned, again, and again, to read the instructions before diving into things, having glued some cables into place only to find out that the glue clogged holes I needed for future cabling down the road. D'Oh! .. and finished the fuselage for now. With wings and empennage completed, it is time to assemble all the parts together with control cabling.....
~john
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jablackwell reacted to fnkershner in US Brig Syren by fnkershner - Model Shipways - 1:64
Ok, I think I have finished Chapter 4. They are not kidding when they say things are fragile here. I have had a couple heart stopping moments. I will likely go over everything carefully with a micrometer to ensure that the sanding is done.
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jablackwell got a reaction from CaptainSteve in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Finished stringers on the fuselage. I learned, again, and again, to read the instructions before diving into things, having glued some cables into place only to find out that the glue clogged holes I needed for future cabling down the road. D'Oh! .. and finished the fuselage for now. With wings and empennage completed, it is time to assemble all the parts together with control cabling.....
~john
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jablackwell got a reaction from Torbogdan in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Finished stringers on the fuselage. I learned, again, and again, to read the instructions before diving into things, having glued some cables into place only to find out that the glue clogged holes I needed for future cabling down the road. D'Oh! .. and finished the fuselage for now. With wings and empennage completed, it is time to assemble all the parts together with control cabling.....
~john
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jablackwell got a reaction from CaptainSteve in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Thanks, Mike. It is a fun model. The kit? Well, it has its good points and its not so good points, like all kits, I imagine. Like ship building, I have found that reading ahead really helps! I am also not such a fan of Britannia castings.... With some effort, filing, cutting, drilling and sanding, then some primer and paint, it can look pretty good.
Continued progress on the front end of the Sopwith. The engine mount is in place along with the rear supports and engine accessories. On many modern planes, this stuff is in front of the firewall with the engine, but not here. Behind the firewall is the carburetor, the magnetos, the starter (manual), and pumps. The brass tubing going out to both sides of the fuselage are air intakes that go right to the carburetor. THAT assembly literally rests right at the pilot's legs, just in front of the control stick. Talking about exposed!... a fuel tank behind you, and the engine right in front....
~john
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jablackwell got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Finished stringers on the fuselage. I learned, again, and again, to read the instructions before diving into things, having glued some cables into place only to find out that the glue clogged holes I needed for future cabling down the road. D'Oh! .. and finished the fuselage for now. With wings and empennage completed, it is time to assemble all the parts together with control cabling.....
~john
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jablackwell got a reaction from thibaultron in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Finished stringers on the fuselage. I learned, again, and again, to read the instructions before diving into things, having glued some cables into place only to find out that the glue clogged holes I needed for future cabling down the road. D'Oh! .. and finished the fuselage for now. With wings and empennage completed, it is time to assemble all the parts together with control cabling.....
~john
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jablackwell got a reaction from Mirabell61 in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Oil tank, ammunition cans and instrument panel in place along with the rear gun mounts. Now working on the frame stringers along the fuselage.
~john
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jablackwell got a reaction from thibaultron in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Hi GMO2,
Yes, indeed - the Camel was a real beasty to fly - it was dynamically unstable given the weight and balance configuration.... the spinning massive engine, and the fact that the gas tank losing mass with flight brought the CoG up front even more. Certainly not a Cessna 172 by any means! ;-)
~j
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jablackwell got a reaction from CaptainSteve in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Oil tank, ammunition cans and instrument panel in place along with the rear gun mounts. Now working on the frame stringers along the fuselage.
~john
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jablackwell got a reaction from Torbogdan in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Oil tank, ammunition cans and instrument panel in place along with the rear gun mounts. Now working on the frame stringers along the fuselage.
~john
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jablackwell got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Oil tank, ammunition cans and instrument panel in place along with the rear gun mounts. Now working on the frame stringers along the fuselage.
~john
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jablackwell got a reaction from mtaylor in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Hi GMO2,
Yes, indeed - the Camel was a real beasty to fly - it was dynamically unstable given the weight and balance configuration.... the spinning massive engine, and the fact that the gas tank losing mass with flight brought the CoG up front even more. Certainly not a Cessna 172 by any means! ;-)
~j
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jablackwell got a reaction from Canute in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Hi GMO2,
Yes, indeed - the Camel was a real beasty to fly - it was dynamically unstable given the weight and balance configuration.... the spinning massive engine, and the fact that the gas tank losing mass with flight brought the CoG up front even more. Certainly not a Cessna 172 by any means! ;-)
~j
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jablackwell got a reaction from CaptainSteve in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
All,
Back home from the eclipse data collecting trip. If interested, feel free to peruse my blog on this and other topics: http://www.regulusastro.com/
- And now to work... and to work on the Sopwith. Not much to report. Status:
- Working on all the cockpit connections for air, oil and fuel lines. It is a rather convoluted bit of artistry with little in the way of help in mapping it all out. I have been trying to rely on various images and plans found online and in books, but a good set of blueprints would be best.
Images attached: The makings of the instrument panel, the interior of the cockpit looking down and from the side, and the finished panel. You'll see the throttle assembly and the control "stick" assembly are now in place.
~john
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jablackwell reacted to Jim Rogers in US Brig Syren by Hipexec - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64 - building as USS Argus
Very nice Rich. I wouldn't want my flags kept in a one holer if you get my drift. Sailors can be cretins, we had a phantom crapper on one of my ships, thought he was funny, not so much.
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jablackwell got a reaction from Torbogdan in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
All,
Back home from the eclipse data collecting trip. If interested, feel free to peruse my blog on this and other topics: http://www.regulusastro.com/
- And now to work... and to work on the Sopwith. Not much to report. Status:
- Working on all the cockpit connections for air, oil and fuel lines. It is a rather convoluted bit of artistry with little in the way of help in mapping it all out. I have been trying to rely on various images and plans found online and in books, but a good set of blueprints would be best.
Images attached: The makings of the instrument panel, the interior of the cockpit looking down and from the side, and the finished panel. You'll see the throttle assembly and the control "stick" assembly are now in place.
~john
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jablackwell got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
All,
Back home from the eclipse data collecting trip. If interested, feel free to peruse my blog on this and other topics: http://www.regulusastro.com/
- And now to work... and to work on the Sopwith. Not much to report. Status:
- Working on all the cockpit connections for air, oil and fuel lines. It is a rather convoluted bit of artistry with little in the way of help in mapping it all out. I have been trying to rely on various images and plans found online and in books, but a good set of blueprints would be best.
Images attached: The makings of the instrument panel, the interior of the cockpit looking down and from the side, and the finished panel. You'll see the throttle assembly and the control "stick" assembly are now in place.
~john
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jablackwell got a reaction from thibaultron in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
All,
Back home from the eclipse data collecting trip. If interested, feel free to peruse my blog on this and other topics: http://www.regulusastro.com/
- And now to work... and to work on the Sopwith. Not much to report. Status:
- Working on all the cockpit connections for air, oil and fuel lines. It is a rather convoluted bit of artistry with little in the way of help in mapping it all out. I have been trying to rely on various images and plans found online and in books, but a good set of blueprints would be best.
Images attached: The makings of the instrument panel, the interior of the cockpit looking down and from the side, and the finished panel. You'll see the throttle assembly and the control "stick" assembly are now in place.
~john
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jablackwell reacted to GMO2 in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Some years ago there was a fellow in Guntersville Alabama started what was called "Ryder's Replica Fighter Museum".He had about 40 replica WW1 airplanes,many flyable,including two DR1's,a Camel,Nieuports,and many others.For two years,92 and 94,he put on a national WW1 flyin,with people from all over the country bringing in their own replicas for a week of flying.There was one gent with a replica Camel powered by a Stearman 225 Lycoming.He said getting it down on a paved runway was like putting it down on buttered glass.The Camel acquired a nasty reputation in 1918 because the gyroscopic forces of the rotary engine in such a short coupled airframe made it a real handful,especially on take-off.The vertical fin and rudder were very small relatively and that added to the difficulty in keeping it straight.If a guy survived in it long enough to master it,there wasn't much that could stay with it in a turning match,except maybe a DR1.You had to be careful going from one Camel outfit to another.They used several different engines,all with different fuel management techniques which could be quite tricky,especially on climbout if you let it get too rich.All in all a far cry from a Cessna 172!
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jablackwell got a reaction from Canute in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
All,
Back home from the eclipse data collecting trip. If interested, feel free to peruse my blog on this and other topics: http://www.regulusastro.com/
- And now to work... and to work on the Sopwith. Not much to report. Status:
- Working on all the cockpit connections for air, oil and fuel lines. It is a rather convoluted bit of artistry with little in the way of help in mapping it all out. I have been trying to rely on various images and plans found online and in books, but a good set of blueprints would be best.
Images attached: The makings of the instrument panel, the interior of the cockpit looking down and from the side, and the finished panel. You'll see the throttle assembly and the control "stick" assembly are now in place.
~john
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jablackwell got a reaction from Robin Lous in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
Thanks, Mike. It is a fun model. The kit? Well, it has its good points and its not so good points, like all kits, I imagine. Like ship building, I have found that reading ahead really helps! I am also not such a fan of Britannia castings.... With some effort, filing, cutting, drilling and sanding, then some primer and paint, it can look pretty good.
Continued progress on the front end of the Sopwith. The engine mount is in place along with the rear supports and engine accessories. On many modern planes, this stuff is in front of the firewall with the engine, but not here. Behind the firewall is the carburetor, the magnetos, the starter (manual), and pumps. The brass tubing going out to both sides of the fuselage are air intakes that go right to the carburetor. THAT assembly literally rests right at the pilot's legs, just in front of the control stick. Talking about exposed!... a fuel tank behind you, and the engine right in front....
~john
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jablackwell got a reaction from Tom E in Sopwith F.1 Camel by jablackwell - Model Airways - WOOD
All,
Back home from the eclipse data collecting trip. If interested, feel free to peruse my blog on this and other topics: http://www.regulusastro.com/
- And now to work... and to work on the Sopwith. Not much to report. Status:
- Working on all the cockpit connections for air, oil and fuel lines. It is a rather convoluted bit of artistry with little in the way of help in mapping it all out. I have been trying to rely on various images and plans found online and in books, but a good set of blueprints would be best.
Images attached: The makings of the instrument panel, the interior of the cockpit looking down and from the side, and the finished panel. You'll see the throttle assembly and the control "stick" assembly are now in place.
~john
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