| Hangar |
Aircraft |
Category |
Date |
Preview |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 08-Feb-10 09:10 |  |
| Views : 581 |
| When the gun is in transport, this brace holds the barrel in place. The green piece comes from the kit. More stiff manila paper. The real piece has the stiffeners embossed in the metal. I did the same thing with some tooling aluminum and a toothpick. |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 08-Feb-10 09:08 |  |
| Views : 561 |
| Glueing the rear wheel spindles. Aluminum angle is used to keep them square. The bite marks on the clamps are from my son's dog. The axle is kept in place with the two pieces of aluminum tube slipped over the axle dowell. |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 08-Feb-10 09:06 |  |
| Views : 564 |
| The rear axles include brake lights and these reflectors. The green shape came with the kit. Stiff manila paper. I added the bezel (wrapped solder) and the white disk (hole punch) to later be painted as reflectors. |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 08-Feb-10 09:04 |  |
| Views : 647 |
| Wheels up. Almost ready to transport. |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 08-Feb-10 09:03 |  |
| Views : 557 |
| Wheels down..... |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 08-Feb-10 09:02 |  |
| Views : 572 |
| Showing how the front and rear wheels drop. The vertical posts at either end, and two on the outriggers (not shown) have pads that crank down on the real gun to act as stabilizers. |
