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| Skyediamonds1985, Comment for image # 43788 | 03 Apr 22 23:46 |
| I know exactly what you mean. I am in the process of building a Guillow's Nieuport 11 as a break from the drama of infilling my previous model; a Guillow's P-51. |
| Skyediamonds1985, Comment for image # 43850 | 03 Apr 22 23:42 |
| Oops, sorry. Forgot to look at the previous posts. |
| Skyediamonds1985, Comment for image # 43850 | 03 Apr 22 23:41 |
| Wow. Looks functional. Retractable? |
| edtherenderman, Comment for image # 43853 | 31 Mar 22 14:12 |
| Thanks everyone! Yes, sanity challenging for sure, but I think being bull-head stubborn also helps! "I'm going to make this work, come hell or high water!" |
| Don C, Comment for image # 43853 | 31 Mar 22 11:50 |
| Wow! Nice work. That kind of stuff is always fun. Makes you wonder about your sanity, but it's fun. Especially when it's done and works. |
| bobgood, Comment for image # 43853 | 31 Mar 22 09:01 |
| Pretty amazing Ed! Superb job.... |
| BriandKilby, Comment for image # 43853 | 30 Mar 22 12:11 |
| looks good ed! wish i had that much coordination. |
| David Duckett, Comment for image # 43853 | 30 Mar 22 11:57 |
| That’s impressive! |
| edtherenderman, Image # 43855 | 30 Mar 22 11:23 |
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, Image # 43854 | 30 Mar 22 11:21 |
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, Image # 43853 | 30 Mar 22 11:21 |
Gear fully retracted in the Nacelle. Looking down into the top of the nacelle. |
| edtherenderman, Image # 43852 | 30 Mar 22 11:20 |
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. |
| edtherenderman, Image # 43851 | 30 Mar 22 11:19 |
Inside of nacelle looking down. You can see the hinges for the gear doors. The tee pins will be replaced with hinge pins before installing the nacelle on the wing. |
| edtherenderman, Image # 43850 | 30 Mar 22 11:18 |
Did not estimate that it would take over a month of weekends and evenings to get the landing gear sorted, but here it is. Starboard landing gear down. |
| bsadonkill, Comment for image # 43827 | 14 Mar 22 22:22 |
| Built in flat spot, very realistic. Very nice detail. |
| edtherenderman, Image # 43827 | 14 Mar 22 10:56 |
Close up of the lettering on the tire. The plastic appears a little pink which is a reaction to the ultraviolet light it takes to cure the resin. The longer you let it “cook” the more pink it gets. Leave it in long enough and it takes on the deep skin pink color that the old William Brothers scale plastic pilots have! |
| edtherenderman, Image # 43826 | 14 Mar 22 10:52 |
Tire/Wheel halves printed. Each took 6.25 hours! Not very fast, but the detail is pretty good. I could print these as one piece but there is so much cleanup and filling to do once the support structures are removed that it is easier to print as two pieces and glue together. |
| edtherenderman, Image # 43819 | 13 Mar 22 18:29 |
Fully retracted from the top. |
| edtherenderman, Image # 43818 | 13 Mar 22 18:29 |
Fully retracted |
| edtherenderman, Image # 43817 | 13 Mar 22 18:28 |
Gear partially retracted. |
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