HubertB Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Peter, of Airscale, did some PE « rivetting rulers », useful for various scales. You might try to contact him and see whether he still has some available. Great job on this Mossie. Hubert 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share Posted September 16, 2018 Scratch building parts has its challenges. The Mossy has more of the same part in each nacelle than "mirrored" parts. I keep screwing up left and right. Made progress with the wheel wells. Note the retract piston is on the same side of each nacelle. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 Test fitting the most fiddly landing gear ever. There are still 4 additional parts! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunhertz Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 That looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 11 hours ago, PeteF said: Scratch building parts has its challenges. The Mossy has more of the same part in each nacelle than "mirrored" parts. I keep screwing up left and right. Made progress with the wheel wells. Note the retract piston is on the same side of each nacelle. That's what the real Mossie had too. The undercarriage legs are not handed and one set of tooling can be used to make a complete set of undercarriage legs. Very nice work on those nacelles. Cheers Cees 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Pete Mighty nice work on the gear . Complicated doesn’t come close Keep ‘em comin Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 Finished the landing gear (other than adding the brake tube to the wheels and the gear door guards). Fiddly...even knowing it was fiddly it was a 2 day grind to get it all right. Had issues with the resin wheels/tires with paint lifting even though I'd primered them so had to fix that with a brush and had to sleeve the axles to fit the wheels...lots of scratch built detail that was missing from the wheel wells. Broke parts that had to be fixed in-situ...yeah this would never have lasted as all-plastic gear. Pretty satisfying to have it done though. Have to finish one of the engines then can put the nacelles together. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 ....Harv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 Couple more shots. Muddy fenders, extended stencil decals from Barracuda and double the trouble. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikester Posted September 18, 2018 Members Share Posted September 18, 2018 Wow! Words escape me, so just wow! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunhertz Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Nice!!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Looking, rather Spot On, I'd say, nice job, look s real...... I'm liking this a lot.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Great result, shame, that all the fine work will be partly hidden in the nacelles. Cheers Rob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 12 hours ago, DocRob said: Great result, shame, that all the fine work will be partly hidden in the nacelles. Cheers Rob So much of the detail in this plane is on the bottom that I’m going to display it on a mirror. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 Had to scratch build the exhaust shrouds. Thinking about this plane, the exhaust stacks were well shrouded so wouldn't have rusted as much as, say, a Spitfire so I went for heat colors. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 Test fit with and without the shroud. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 Finally some bits that are starting to resemble an aircraft. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunhertz Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Good stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 LOVE the exhaust pipes.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF Posted September 21, 2018 Author Share Posted September 21, 2018 All plumbed. Two airplane parts! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Beautiful work Pete! Very impressive. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted September 21, 2018 Administrators Share Posted September 21, 2018 Speechless! Almost. A clinic is being conducted here. Amazing work, sir. Just amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunhertz Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 That looks beautiful nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF Posted September 21, 2018 Author Share Posted September 21, 2018 Thanks for the kind words. Actually I'm finding that I'm struggling with the same issue I used to have with modeling which is the basic assembly. I'm using too much glue, having trouble filling and leveling the seams and breaking parts that don't naturally end up where they should be. I find that the intermediate years have taught me a lot about painting and detailing and have given me a much greater subject matter understanding (which makes it easier to interpret photos and diagrams into actual parts) but I still can't seem to do basic things like cut a piece of styrene pipe straight or make a little "box" that is symmetrical. There seems to be a finite "resolution" to how fiddly of things I can accurately make. I'd be hopeless in 1/48 scale LOL. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Nice job Pete, not sure if this can be of any help, For rivets Ive been using standard jewellers beading tool. It comes in many sizes. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/23Pc-Handmade-Setting-Beading-Grain-Jewelry-Tool-Diamond-Stone-Beader-Set-Graver/401503836828?epid=9002917188&hash=item5d7b7e5a9c:g:myQAAOSwwvZZOmlA 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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