Administrators JeroenPeters Posted May 15, 2016 Administrators Posted May 15, 2016 That looks like a great fit. Hope to finish the vulture engine nacelles tomorrow! 1
Wingco57 Posted May 16, 2016 Author Posted May 16, 2016 @James....Woehaha! It will make Telford but not finished yet, or will it be? @Jeroen, wow that would be great, in the meantime I will work on the elevators. This project keeps motivating me, love it. Cees
Administrators Fran Posted May 16, 2016 Administrators Posted May 16, 2016 sweet!! Hope to see it in Telford, ready and finish! Fran
Wingco57 Posted May 16, 2016 Author Posted May 16, 2016 Working on it Fran. A sketch from the manual showing the central fin construcion. Cees 1
Wingco57 Posted May 16, 2016 Author Posted May 16, 2016 Found new info on the horizontal tailplane with panellines. Conflicting drawings certainly doesn't help. After scribing the tailplane was permanently fitted. The Mancunian is growing fast. Cees url="http://s1212.photobucket.com/user/Wingco57/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160516_201625_zpsg2c7a0lf.jpg.html"][/url]
GusMac Posted May 16, 2016 Posted May 16, 2016 Looking great Cees. Is the fin pinned at all, or just glued?
Wingco57 Posted May 17, 2016 Author Posted May 17, 2016 Pinned and glued to make it extra strong, the inside was also glued to make sure. Cees
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted May 17, 2016 Administrators Posted May 17, 2016 Just love how this is coming together... Would be great to one day bring a production ready conversion on the market for this... 2
Wingco57 Posted May 17, 2016 Author Posted May 17, 2016 Not by me! However, in the meantime the port elevator has been covered in strips cut from Tamiya tape representing the serrated fabric tapes as used on the Manchester. Like the fin this will be covered by mr surfacer to seal everything in. It looks great already. Cees 2
Wingco57 Posted May 18, 2016 Author Posted May 18, 2016 And the starboard elevator. As you can see they are not exactly like the manual but close, and that is what I'm aiming for. No perfection, as there is non. Just to create the illusion. Next a coat of mr surfacer. Then the trimtabs can be refitted at a shallow angle after that the hinges will be made up so the elevators can be fitted to the tailplane. Cees 1
Wingco57 Posted May 19, 2016 Author Posted May 19, 2016 As promised, the mr surfacer seals in the tape and evens out the surface. The elevators are on the table lower than the tailplane, optical illusion that the elevators are too short, which they are not. Hope they will be fitted this weekend. Cees 2
Wingco57 Posted May 21, 2016 Author Posted May 21, 2016 The elevators have been fitted on the scratchbuild hinges. Seems like I am the only one posting in this topic. Cees 2
Mainly28s Posted May 21, 2016 Posted May 21, 2016 I'll just say that I'm awe-struck. Words fail me! 1
ThomasProbert Posted May 23, 2016 Posted May 23, 2016 Love the effect of the tape there, Cees. Can't be too long until the big reveal of the engines..? Looking forward to seeing those!
Wingco57 Posted May 23, 2016 Author Posted May 23, 2016 Same here Tom, Jeroen is working on those. Cees
Wingco57 Posted May 24, 2016 Author Posted May 24, 2016 Typical, I always like to take a peek at a model under construction. And yesterday evening I knocked the port elevator off.So had to do some quick repairs before going to work this morning. Cees
GusMac Posted May 24, 2016 Posted May 24, 2016 Look on the bright side Cees, at least it was before paint, etc. Hopefully no harm done. 1
Wingco57 Posted May 25, 2016 Author Posted May 25, 2016 Hi Gus, Nope, it was quickly put back. Due to the size of the airframe it has knocked me around the head several times. You would think the Manchester is smaller due to the shorter wingspan but the wings look more bulkier. Been looking into the tail and dorsal turrets and plan on using templates from the drawings to make a plastic card frame and fill that in with milliput. The plan is to crashform the cupola's. But haven't done that before so should be interesing. For the time being I concentrate on the rear fuselage to finish the detailing of the trimtab actuators and fin bits and then work my way forward. It keeps on growing though. Cees
GusMac Posted May 26, 2016 Posted May 26, 2016 Impressive cutting skills Cees, to get them so consistent.
Beychevelle Posted May 26, 2016 Posted May 26, 2016 I feel sorry for that poor little piece of tape left out. He looks kinda sad and lonely there
Wingco57 Posted May 27, 2016 Author Posted May 27, 2016 Hehe, the spoils of war, that was after I cleaned up, you should have seen how the workbench looked before that. Like squashed mini-minions. But it took 1 1/2 hours to stick the tapes on (underside too). But with a coat of Mr Surfacer it would look just as good as the elevators. Now on to the starboard aileron (heavy sigh). Cees 3
Wingco57 Posted May 28, 2016 Author Posted May 28, 2016 After the coat of mr surfacer the aileron was superglued in position and fits very well. Neeeext! Cees
Wingco57 Posted May 28, 2016 Author Posted May 28, 2016 Well the second aileron has been finished too. No duplicate pics though. Cees
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