1/32 Westland Whirlwind

[GunnarO]

Maybe a bit late this one, but I didn’t think of it immediately. 

[JeroenPeters]

 scribing in the resin. The resin is delicate. Let’s say i’m glad i printed a few sets. 
 

[KevinM]

"Patience of Job"

[JeroenPeters]

11 hours ago, GunnarO said:

Maybe a bit late this one, but I didn’t think of it immediately. 

Really interesting. I see the inner slats are not completely straight and taper slightly. And now i see hoe the rails disappear inside the upper wing. I need to make some adjustments, but i know how i will make them. Thnx!

[JeroenPeters]

So i closed the inside of the oil cooler intake.

 

[JeroenPeters]

First paint is on. I sprayed a base of grey tones. Aluminum tones next.

 

[Bogus]

Good to see this progressing well - very inspiring.

There's a hi-tech boxing awaiting attention once I've finished my current build, so it'll be interesting to see how the cannon assembly goes together.

Kent BoB Museum has a great FB page, and there's a lot of good reference material there, with the new build front fuse being displayed alongside Steve Vizard's recovered parts from P6966.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077001196765

The rest of the museum looks seriously interesting too.

[Michaelscarborough]

The level of research and tenacity shown here is inspiring. My High Tech boxing just arrived and it will be interesting to see how much of what you're doing I will be able to incorporate in my build. You're definitely a big step ahead of me with your capability to 3D print parts. Really enjoying following along.

Cheers from NYC,

Michael

 

[JeroenPeters]

Quinta set arrived! 50€ shipping yo!

Looks good though. Way better than Kitsworld.

 

[Bogus]

14 hours ago, JeroenPeters said:

Quinta set arrived! 50€ shipping yo!

Looks good though. Way better than Kitsworld.

 

And it includes a compass decal, unlike the kit decals - bonus!

[JeroenPeters]

Today, after losing an Ebay battle over a sheet with four Whirlwind pilot signatures, I decided to look for more signatures.
A few pilots lived many years after the war (Like Wing Commander J.E. McClure and Group Captain L.H. Bartlett).

I managed to find a signed photo of the latter. He mainly flew Hurricanes, but also a Whirlwind (P7111) in which he damaged a Ju-88.

 

 

 

[JeroenPeters]

Question for Gunnar 

When the outer slat is out. Will we see the main spar? I.e.: Will we see the vertical spar?

And would that spar be smooth? Closed?

 

[GunnarO]

2 hours ago, JeroenPeters said:

Question for Gunnar 

When the outer slat is out. Will we see the main spar? I.e.: Will we see the vertical spar?

And would that spar be smooth? Closed?

 

It’s just like the inner slat, a “shortened” leading edge of the wing. 

[JeroenPeters]

5 minutes ago, GunnarO said:

It’s just like the inner slat, a “shortened” leading edge of the wing. 

Got it! It would have been easier then to leave the leading edge on and craft / 3d print a new slat 😂

[JeroenPeters]

Soo.. working on making the area beneath the slats proper. It’s actually good that i cut out this part. It allows me so set it back a mm and change the angle downward a little to accommodate the slat. If that makes sense.

Now working on a 3d model of the slats.

[JeroenPeters]

First 3d work on the slat.

 

[JeroenPeters]

Ready for print

 

[JeroenPeters]

Leading edges under the outer slats are on again. I adjusted them a little so they now sit back a mm or so. 
Test printing the slats tomorrow.

 

[JeroenPeters]

Just printed a few first tests. I prefer to print these vertically but that takes 10 hours. This angle takes only 3.

 

[JeroenPeters]

Dry fitting of the slats and aileron

 

[JeroenPeters]

Question for Gunnar:

what colour would the leading edge be underneath the slats?

I can’t imagine camo. Interior green? It was too early for yellow primer i guess? What do you think?

[GunnarO]

On 3/10/2024 at 9:12 PM, JeroenPeters said:

Dry fitting of the slats and aileron

 

Note the difference in extension of the inner and outer slats, and the placement of the tracks. 

[GunnarO]

3 minutes ago, JeroenPeters said:

Question for Gunnar:

what colour would the leading edge be underneath the slats?

I can’t imagine camo. Interior green? It was too early for yellow primer i guess? What do you think?

It was most likely painted in camouflage, same as the wing. Interior green was used in the cockpit area, most other (interior) parts were painted silver. Since the slats were extended and the underlying surface was exposed, camouflage is the most logical choice. The rear flap was also painted with camouflage on top. 

[JeroenPeters]

5 minutes ago, GunnarO said:

It was most likely painted in camouflage, same as the wing. Interior green was used in the cockpit area, most other (interior) parts were painted silver. Since the slats were extended and the underlying surface was exposed, camouflage is the most logical choice. The rear flap was also painted with camouflage on top. 

So that does make sense then… I will let the camo run underneath, but weather it less, since it was less exposed. Thnx!

[JeroenPeters]

I need a little break from the wings. So I'm turning my attention to the control stick. Or spade grip.

I'm going for the late style. I.e. any serial number from P.6984 and later. BUT! Not later than P.7054. Because after that the slats were fixated, and my model will have extended slats.

First 3d steps...