| Hangar |
Aircraft |
Category |
Date |
Preview |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 16-Mar-10 10:33 |  |
| Views : 599 |
| Still steerable. I ain't broke it yet playing with it. Without the copper tube and brass pieces, I don't imagine that these built kits would last too long in a kid's hands.But seeing that four of these kits I own were only partially built when I bought them, I'll bet most of these kits were never completed in the first place. |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 16-Mar-10 10:29 |  |
| Views : 546 |
| I was suprised to see how big the real gun is.There's a picture on the web of a Bofor being towed by a pickup truck. The gun is about half again as long as the truck. |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 16-Mar-10 10:27 |  |
| Views : 553 |
| No, I didn't just flop the image. It actually steers! |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 16-Mar-10 10:26 |  |
| Views : 575 |
| Details of the turning mechanism for the trailer. I pretty much followed the stinkin' directions (as my wife tells me) but substituted copper tube and brass jewelry pieces for the wood parts. I figured it would be much sturdier that way. |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 19-Feb-10 10:25 |  |
| Views : 580 |
| These are some other wheels I made or found. Metal washers on bolts worked well but then cut into the aluminum. The white wheel worked well. It is a roller from a sliding shower door. Almost there, but not quite yet. I think I have a better solution and will post a bit later. |
| Creosotewind | Rogers 40mm Bofors AA cannon | Parked | 19-Feb-10 10:22 |  |
| Views : 533 |
| For the spent shell evac slide, they give you some plastic tubing that you need to dunk in hot water and form to shape. And then cut to size. Seemed to risky for me to play with fire and water. I tested making one out of aluminum and this wheel, which is aluminum rod and cardboard disks. As a first step it worked out fine. |
