Martin Monterey MR1

[kerick]

Those things look like little pills. Maybe some Tylenol capsules?

[PR19_Kit]

They do indeed, but they're a little fat for pills, being 8 mm dia. I've got them all built now, I just need the stamina to repeat what I did on the left side for the other side.

[zenrat]

Tylenol suppositories then...

What is The Mushroom Trophy?

[PR19_Kit]

It's the competition class for Whiffed models at the Telford Show each year. It used to be a special trophy, but these days it's been merged into the standard IPMS Class system as Class 33. It was started by Roger Wallsgrove who's the editor of Mushroom Monthly magazine, and he supplied the trophies personally in the old days.

I'm big headed enough to say I have two of the original Mushroom Monthly Trophies. Needless to say one of them was for the first PR19. 

[zenrat]

Class 33 eh?  Sounds like the one they call "Imagineering" at the Australian Model Expo.
I have entered that but now prefer to sneak whiffs into the "normal" classes.

Congrats on your wins.

[NARSES2]

Could always enter it in the "miscellaneous" class ?

wonder woman's invisible  flying boat?

I was going to suggest super stealth boat 

[PR19_Kit]

After getting thoroughly fed up with PSRing the 'Snoopy Too' Atlas (I'd done maybe 4-5 sessions on the SAME fuselage joints!) I thought it was time to get back on the Monterey's beaching trolley. Before I started on the starboard side's air bags I decided to add the hydraulic hoses to the visible jacks and the brake lines to the wheels. From the photos I could see where most of them went, and as I have a certain amount of knowledge in that field (like 50 years worth  ) I could guess where the rest went. After adding the pressure and return lines I found myself thinking 'Ah yes, the drain lines would run from there to here.......'.

At which point it occurred to me that drain lines on a system like that would around 7/16" dia, which is 0.15 mm in 1/72 scale.

So then I thought I'd forget the drain lines! 

Here's the trolley with most of the hydraulic pipes and hoses added. Maybe more airbags tomorrow.

[Old Wombat]

A touch of AMS sneaking in there, Kit. Gotta be careful of that, 'coz that way lies JMN madness!

[kitnut617]

I hope you're making a set of plans to go along with that Kit  ------      I might be giving you a call sometime in the future 

[PR19_Kit]

I hope you're making a set of plans to go along with that Kit  ------      I might be giving you a call sometime in the future 

I could do. If I take pics of it at 90 deg I could generate some at a later date.

[PR19_Kit]

I'm up to my neck in small turquoise beads, small pieces of sheet styrene and tiny lengths of styrene rod and tube just now. 

It's a waste of time posting pics just yet, so I'm going to wait until the whole trolley is finished and then I'll post some. It'll be almost a pity to paint it after that!

[kerick]

Its quite colorful right now......
Don't forget to file down one side of the airbags so they look like there is weight or pressure on them......   

[PR19_Kit]

Its quite colorful right now......
Don't forget to file down one side of the airbags so they look like there is weight or pressure on them......   

I have to file them down anyway or the aircraft won't fit in the trolley.

I've done the port side ones already, and I'll be doing the starboard ones when they're all glued in place. It's a REAL pain of a job though, filing them while trying NOT to break the airbags off their mounts. Having said that, when the aircraft's in place it's pretty darn difficult to see them as the wing's in the way, as Chris (Narses2) has already mentioned.

[PR19_Kit]

Well, apart from paint, the trolley is DONE! 

I've spent much of this afternoon and evening cutting stupidly short lengths of styrene rod and thin brass wire to fit in the most inaccessible spots and then superglueing them in place to ensure they don't move.

After some precision filing (I bought a new one earlier today) it fits under the aircraft so well that the friction holds it up in place!  (see the last pic)



View from the front. The control tower thingie on the left front end is for the crewman to lift the floats before they taxi ashore.




View from the rear




Front detail




Rear detail




Look, no hands. 

Now I can get back to building the aircraft. 

[Gondor]

WoW 

Gondor