Zenrat's Flying Circus

zenrat · September 19, 2015, 09:08:26 PM

It was using a flap wheel type brush which puts a side load on the drill bearings - which they are not designed for.
But I was using the old Black & Decker mains drill I retired because the bearings got noisy so they are on the way out anyway.

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zenrat · September 23, 2015, 02:25:42 AM

Skyray is up on it's wheels.

Not long to go now. I do have to make a decision on weapons load though.

NARSES2 · September 23, 2015, 06:03:36 AM

Nice

Captain Canada · September 23, 2015, 11:12:56 AM

Is it ever ! Sidewinders, fuel tank/s and dumb bombs.

zenrat · September 24, 2015, 03:14:28 AM

I shall be hanging a pair of 1000lb bombs from the Trumpeter Wyvern off of it.
No tanks or Sidewinders as I forgot to drill the appropriate holes before I closed the wings up. I like the look clean(ish) anyway.

I decaled the Bulldog today. Minimal markings - just the do not walk areas and the walkways and the white numbers from the kit. Nothing else as it's a secret police aircraft.

In the kitchen today I bit the bullet, girded my loins, measured thrice and cut holes in the bench tops for the stove top and sink. No screw ups - they both seem to fit OK.

zenrat · September 25, 2015, 03:37:59 AM

Satin cleared the Bulldog today. Then when it dried pulled the masks off the window and canopy.
Surprised myself when I discovered the paint hadn't bled under.
I then glued the crew in and fitted the machine gun.

zenrat · September 27, 2015, 02:02:24 AM

For a small model plane the Airfix SA Bulldog don't half need a lot of weight in the nose.

While building the kitchen I made this from packing cardboard.
I'm calling it a Saab F-23 Ikeanen

PR19_Kit · September 27, 2015, 05:47:50 AM

Send the design to Ikea, they may kit it and you can grab some royalties!

And you're dead right about the Bulldog, my OOB version is CRAMMED with noseweight and it still tail sits unless it's on a flat surface. Filing flats on the tyres helps a tad too.

NARSES2 · September 27, 2015, 07:42:57 AM

What did the Mrs say about that ?

Apart from "MEN" in the way only they can say it

Captain Canada · September 27, 2015, 08:02:56 AM

lol that's too funny. No sense getting the kitchen done when you can fashion aeroplanes from the cardboard packing

Love the designation as well.

zenrat · September 28, 2015, 03:53:40 AM

She said "that's good, you should keep it". Which was unlike her. I suspect an ulterior motive but I haven't figured it out yet. I suspect I never will.

Kit, i've got room for more but i'm worried the legs will give way. How have yours held up?

PR19_Kit · September 28, 2015, 05:14:59 AM

Quote from: zenrat on September 28, 2015, 03:53:40 AM

Kit, i've got room for more but i'm worried the legs will give way. How have yours held up?

Not well.

Some years ago I replaced the legs with those from a 2nd kit and superglued them in place rather than using styrene cement.

The originals had splayed markedly at the wing and fuselage joints, so much so that the prop was touching the ground! I'd recommend re-enforcing the joints with superglue even if you've already assembled them.

NARSES2 · September 28, 2015, 06:09:01 AM

Quote from: zenrat on September 28, 2015, 03:53:40 AM
She said "that's good, you should keep it". Which was unlike her. I suspect an ulterior motive but I haven't figured it out yet.

New shoes or something of the ilk. What the "ilk" is I have no idea, but women use it a lot

zenrat · September 29, 2015, 03:20:46 AM

I'm sure we've got a couple of cases of Ilk in the garage.

I squeezed some more weight into the nose and it now sits OK but I think i'll reinforce the legs give your experience Kit.

Some parts arrived from JayBee today. Thanks Jim.

zenrat · October 01, 2015, 05:04:20 AM

Bulldog legs now reinforced. I drilled vertical holes through the struts just inboard of the wheels and also into the bottom of the wings and then glued in short lengths of brass tube. They aint gonna splay now.
This is almost done. Just the wheel hubs and some small ariels to paint and some gluing.

Skyray is also almost done. Canopy to attach, bombs to finish painting and then attach, small ariels to do and I have to decide what level of dirtying up to apply.

Porthus is going very slowly while I ponder what to do about the weird paint issue. I've painted the engine & prop but have yet to paint the canopy and organise a pilot. I have filled the windows with Krystal Klear and that looks pretty good I I say so myself.

I've started painting Falco. I want to use hairspray and salt over silver car paint to give it a weathered look but i've been having trouble getting my head around how to go about doing that while keeping the working flaperons. I've come up with a solution which involves painting the wings silver before gluing the halves together.

And, i've had a burst of enthusiasm on the Chevy Citation/Plymouth Prowler combination. Having organised the extractors to my satisfaction i've been scratchbuilding a firewall and interior panelling.