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Avro-Cierva Dragonfly

Started by Weaver, January 17, 2009, 03:33:11 PM

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frank2056

#30
June 25, 2009, 03:57:59 PM
Wow, that engine is looking great! I like the weathering on the oil cooler and overall.

Weaver

#31
June 26, 2009, 07:24:18 PM
Quote from: frank2056 on June 25, 2009, 03:57:59 PM
Wow, that engine is looking great! I like the weathering on the oil cooler and overall.

Cheers - most of that was accidental from handling it before it was properly dry!  ;D I decided it looked good so I left it.....
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

Weaver

#32
June 29, 2009, 08:33:09 AM
Okay, this thing would have been finished by now, but for my last-minute cock-ups, such as glueing the roof on before the screen (doesn't work that way...) and then finding out that the dash fouled the screen, etc.... :rolleyes:

A thought has struck me though: we're now nearly a month beyond the finish date and a fortnight beyond the end of the two week extension I asked for but never got a reply to. Is it fair to put it in the competition? I've had more build time than folk who finished in time for the deadline, and had that deadline been enforced, there is no way in hell that the Dragonfly would have been finished to any degree, let alone the degree I've managed.

I'm here for the fun, not the prizes, so if others agree with me, I have NO PROBLEM in declaring this build as "not in competition". What do you think?
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

chrisonord

#33
June 29, 2009, 05:42:18 PM
What I want to know is.....
Where are you putting the 8 track?? :huh:
Chris.
The dogs philosophy on life.
If you cant eat it hump it or fight it,
Pee on it and walk away!!

Weaver

#34
June 30, 2009, 02:36:25 AM
Quote from: chrisonord on June 29, 2009, 05:42:18 PM
What I want to know is.....
Where are you putting the 8 track?? :huh:
Chris.

Actually, I'm trying to devise some heavy "cargo" (i.e. loaded with metal) that will keep the nose down for now, but be removeable for a diorama later. How about a serious ghetto blaster?  ;D
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

Weaver

#35
July 02, 2009, 06:41:38 PM Last Edit: July 02, 2009, 06:45:55 PM by Weaver
Okay, 'tis done. Natural light photography tomorrow, but for the moment, here's some "studio" shots.

















The Cheshire flags developed a white border during application which was NOT there when I cut them  :banghead:. I suspect that it's caused by cutting them with a craft knife...... :rolleyes:




I didn't add weight to the nose because it's eventually going to be suspended in a diorama and I didn't want to make it any heavier than neccessary. However, it turned out to be a tail sitter, so I came up with the idea of a heavy cargo for it to carry:





It's removable, of course:




And, being military, labelled:




And here's the new breakdownable "studio", which I can set up WITHOUT having to clear other projects off the modelling desk. Obviously, I'm going to make it a bit more sophisticated than this eventually. The lamp came from a sale at the work's photographic dept, for a devastating five pounds... :thumbsup:

"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

philp

#36
July 02, 2009, 07:13:08 PM
Came out very nice and love the bars.lead.mk1
Phil Peterson

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NARSES2

#37
July 03, 2009, 03:20:32 AM
Quote from: philp on July 02, 2009, 07:13:08 PM
Came out very nice and love the bars.lead.mk1

I'm in complete agreement with the honourable gentleman
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Weaver

#38
July 03, 2009, 03:22:23 AM
Quote from: philp on July 02, 2009, 07:13:08 PM
Came out very nice and love the bars.lead.mk1

Cheers! Had a better idea after I'd done it though..... :rolleyes:

ADJUSTER.ATTITUDE.Mk.1.mod.1
WARNING - CONTAINS PLUMBIUM
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

Mossie

#39
July 03, 2009, 04:10:02 AM
It's been a while coming Weave but worth it!  Love the engine & you've done a great job on the undercarriage.  The bars.lead are inspired too!  Maybe you could put the warning label on top of the container???
I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

Ed S

#40
July 03, 2009, 07:58:56 AM
Very nice, Weaver.  You did a great job with the details and the finish.   :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Ed
We don't just embrace insanity here.  We feel it up, french kiss it and then buy it a drink.

JayBee

#41
July 03, 2009, 08:55:05 AM
Hi Weaver we must think in similar ways. here is how I have added some nose weight to the SALSA, one of my entries for the SIG's display for Telford.

JimB

Alle kunst ist umsunst wenn ein engel auf das zundloch brunzt!!

Sic biscuitus disintegratum!

Cats are not real. 
They are just physical manifestations of collisions between enigma & conundrum particles.

Any aircraft can be improved by giving it a SHARKMOUTH!

nev

#42
July 03, 2009, 12:05:45 PM
Awww, look at the cute ickle heliclopter :wub:
Between almost-true and completely-crazy, there is a rainbow of nice shades - Tophe


Sales of Airfix kits plummeted in the 1980s, and GCSEs had to be made easier as a result - James May

Weaver

#43
July 03, 2009, 02:07:53 PM
Cheers folks!

Jaybee - that looks interesting: any more details?

Nev - LOL: it was originally going to have twin fixed MGs under the forward fuselage and an elaborate door gun (because of the way the doors work), but during the build I decided I liked it better as an unglamorous workhorse. I always liked the slightly "put upon" air of Scouts; as if they were tireless little pit ponies, just doing their job....
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

JayBee

#44
July 03, 2009, 02:28:45 PM
Jaybee - that looks interesting: any more details?

Well, it needed a bit more forward weight, and as it was a freight carrier, amongst other things, I just thought a wooden crate would look right as it would be visible through the windows.
It is just a square box made from plasticard with some strips  to make it look like a wooden crate.
Inside it is full of small fishing weights (my local takle shop has a load of old lead shot that they can not sell to anyone, other than me!, any more) and painted, very roughly, to look like wood.

I have used the box, filled with these weights, before in my Provider C-2 but without any disguise.

In this case as it is Russian I did not attempt to put any writting on it like you did, as I am afraid that my Crylic writing is not up to scratch.
I did think of it though.

JimB
Alle kunst ist umsunst wenn ein engel auf das zundloch brunzt!!

Sic biscuitus disintegratum!

Cats are not real. 
They are just physical manifestations of collisions between enigma & conundrum particles.

Any aircraft can be improved by giving it a SHARKMOUTH!
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