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Browse Images Virtual Aerodrome Image Browser ( Small / Large ) Show : All | Parked | Flying | Build | Aerial | Reference Page (29 in total) :  <<   21   22   23   24   25  [ 26 ]  27   28   29  [ < Prev ] [ Next > ] Hangar Aircraft Category Date Preview rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 29-Jan-15 12:21 Views : 426 THis is the top side of the rig. The piece od aluminam strap is to keep tension on the 2 liter bottle as the forming process progresses. I ussed a a couple 1/2" X 20 carriage bolts with wing nuts to allow for easy removal and installation. See how the (open-ended) bottle is clamped to the ply? rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 29-Jan-15 12:17 Views : 435 I thought that I would share a method for forming canopies (or any other shape that you might want to mould) out of a 2 liter softdrink bottle. This is the apparatus that I duplicated from "ModelMaster 2001" over on the RC Groups forum. It is a el-cheapo caulk gun mounted to a piece of 3/4" ply. I shortend the caulk gun body by about 4 inches to make sure that I had enough stroke to keep the form tight to the plastic when heat is added. rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 29-Jan-15 10:14 Views : 448 Moby Dick on a stick! After much angst and hand-wringing, I'm going with the White color scheme that it last flew in. I just didn't want to get invovled with the natural metal or foil hassle. While the paint is curing, I'll start on the cockpit. Later. rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 25-Jan-15 16:17 Views : 523 Gathered up most of the scrap wood today. Looks like I've got enough material to start to make another fairly good-sized model. (Maybe a 1/16 F-82 or even a Bamboo Bomber. Hmm. rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 25-Jan-15 16:12 Views : 489 In the groove today. Neil Young playing on the box and a little Chivas (might explain being mellow). Doing fiddly stuff like making all of the vent holes and scoops/dumps in the after-burner section and the tail bumper. So, the next thing will probably be to finish the landing gear, which for some reason, I just don't want to get invovled in. rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 21-Jan-15 11:10 Views : 517 All primed and ready to move on. Attaching the Stbd wing here. Checked the incidence with the "Wixey" meter and made a jig to keep the wingtips in line. Hangar Aircraft Category Date Preview rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 21-Jan-15 11:06 Views : 523 'Nuff said. rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 21-Jan-15 11:05 Views : 463 While I was waiting for the primer to dry, I fabricated the rest of the brass items for the main and nose gear. From the pictures of the real thing, the landing gear was quite "chintzy". No wonder that a gear failure was the ultimate cause of the plane's demise. rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 21-Jan-15 11:00 Views : 434 Fill/prime, fill/prime, ad infintium. Went to the newly opened Hobby Lobby in town and got some Tamiya "Mr. Surfacer" for the really little voids; worked pretty good. Final wet sanding in progress now. I went up to 1000 grit as the final step. rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 18-Jan-15 10:18 Views : 544 The great speckled bird! Two things happened: (1) My planking powress is lacking: many voids between the planks to fill. (2) I suffered some sort of incomparability issue between the intial finish and the high-fill primer, resulting in may "Crazed" areas. This is going to take a while as the primer surface has to nearly perfect if I am to lay on a aluminum finish coat. Catchya later! rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 18-Jan-15 10:12 Views : 462 Finished all of the fuse planking. Installed 1/64" ply main L/G well inserts. I did this to simulate the thin edges of the wheel wells. I have three layers of sandinig sealer on the fuse now so the next step will be to lay on some automotive type high-fill primer. rayl Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A Build 18-Jan-15 10:04 Views : 473 The main L/G firmly mounted into it's plywood bulkheads. I used a "Wixey" digital angle gauge to make sure the fuse was level (laterally) then set a bar across the L/G strutts to insure that they were level before supergluing them into place. I then drilled 3/32" cross pin holes through the main member and inserted music wire into those holes. The L/G shouldn't move at all. Page (29 in total) :  <<   21   22   23   24   25  [ 26 ]  27   28   29  [ < Prev ] [ Next > ]