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| edtherenderman | Cleveland Westland Whirlwind | Build | 19-May-22 19:21 |  |
| Views : 394 |
| The other thing that has kept me busy on the Whirlwind is the cockpit. 3D modeling it to print it out. Lots of details, but hard to get good references. Some pictures on-line, but with such a limited production run and no remaining examples, hard to come by. Some “Artistic License” has been used. |
| edtherenderman | Cleveland Westland Whirlwind | Build | 16-May-22 10:46 |  |
| Views : 547 |
| It’s been almost two months since I posted something on the Whirlwind, so here you go! Been busy doing odds and ends as well as major stuff. In the picture, I vacu-formed the canopy and 3D printed the canopy frame. Covered the rudder and elevator with silkspan. Painted the landing gear. Not in the picture, I’ve covered the fuse, empennage, wings and nacelles in silkspan. I’ve primed and sanded the wings and nacelles to smooth finishes and have attached the nacelles to the wings. I 3D printed the filler pieces that go between the top of the nacelle and the wings, attached and filled with spackling compound. I still need to sand them smooth. Still have a lot to do, but it is moving slowly forward. |
| edtherenderman | Cleveland Westland Whirlwind | Build | 30-Mar-22 11:23 |  |
| Views : 396 |
| 3D designed and printed the nose cone. Big holes for four 20MM cannons to stick out of. Lots of punch for a mid-1930’s British aircraft design! |
| edtherenderman | Cleveland Westland Whirlwind | Build | 30-Mar-22 11:21 |  |
| Views : 400 |
| Here is the tailwheel, which also retracts. Much simpler process here. Simple horizontal pivot. Wheel and yoke assemble was created in 3D and printed using my FDM 3D printer. |
| edtherenderman | Cleveland Westland Whirlwind | Build | 30-Mar-22 11:21 |  |
| Views : 241 |
| Gear fully retracted in the Nacelle. Looking down into the top of the nacelle. |
| edtherenderman | Cleveland Westland Whirlwind | Build | 30-Mar-22 11:20 |  |
| Views : 188 |
| Gear doors closed. Doors where created using the piece cut out of the nacelle as a buck, then vacuum formed styrene over the buck. The styrene was supper thin and flexible, so I built up the insides with many layers of tissue and EZ-Dope. The outsides where filled with spackling compound, sounded, tissued, doped and painted with sanding primer. I still need to add small magnets to keep the doors together when closed. |
