Zenrat's Flying Circus

[zenrat]

Before or after you recreate Operation Crossroads with the microwave? 

Heh heh heh.  Microwaves provide a dead flat glass plate with a turntable mechanism.  Exactly what every modeller needs.

[TheChronicOne]

That's pretty damn handy in fact. I just happen to have that dish and turny-thing so when I get my PROPER modeling area set up I'll add that to my repertoire.

[zenrat]

Not wanting to brag or anything but I now have two of those plates.
Unfortunately when we scrapped the first nuclear oven 5 or 6 years ago I stupidly threw away the turny-thing before I realised how useful it would be.
I've been looking at some interesting videos on You-Boob-Tube featuring some Ukranians and a dismantled microwave on the end of a pole.  As the second one we've scrapped still works (huge crack in the door though) I was looking into making a Maser from it...

...however, I don't think even i'm that stupid or foolhardy. 

I spent today trying to make a door.
A full size panelled one for the Linen press, not one for a model.
Trying is the operative word here.  It's been a while since I made anything panelled and i'd forgotten all my little tricks - like because my 4mm router bit is smaller than 4mm ply I need to do two runs using a piece of 1mm styrene sheet as a packer on the second run.
It will not push into the slot using sash clamp or judicious hammering.
So I failed.  But not dismally.  All the parts are cut to size and I just need to run the router along the slots again and it should al go together without any swearing this time.

And because of that I did minimal modelling today other than to finish the last of the PSR on the Migraine and to adjust the anhedral on the Flogfoot.

[zenrat]

Mostly worked on a couple of cars today and put the big pieces of the D9 together.

[zenrat]

Masked and painted the wings of the magpie Wyvern today.  Needs a lot of tidying up but the paints done now.

[Captain Canada]

That D9 sure looks good ! Love the look of that machine !

[zenrat]

Thanks Cap'n.
It's a beast.  First 1/35 "armour" i've built for over 30 years.

Here's a sneak peak of the Wyvern to taunt Brad F.   

[PR19_Kit]

 

That paint scheme brings new meaning to the term 'dazzle camouflage'. 

[Captain Canada]

What an awesome paint scheme ! What's the story behind that ?

[NARSES2]

Does look rather neat 

[Rick Lowe]

That's really cool!

What are the cutouts in the t/e of the wings?

[PR19_Kit]

What are the cutouts in the t/e of the wings?

They're for the airbrakes, which rotated so half was above the wing and half below. The DH Vampire had very similar brakes as well.

[Rick Lowe]

What are the cutouts in the t/e of the wings?

They're for the airbrakes, which rotated so half was above the wing and half below. The DH Vampire had very similar brakes as well.

Oh, right - like the Space Shuttle's split Rudder, but horizontal. Thanks.

[PR19_Kit]

What are the cutouts in the t/e of the wings?

They're for the airbrakes, which rotated so half was above the wing and half below. The DH Vampire had very similar brakes as well.

Oh, right - like the Space Shuttle's split Rudder, but horizontal. Thanks.

Not quite, they're all in one piece so they just rotate about a spanwise axis about 18" in from the trailing edge. I can't find a pic of the real thing showing them, but this flying model shows them pretty well, the bits out on the yellow/black striped section.

[zenrat]

Wyverns, to me anyway, look like Australian Magpies because they fly (the magpies) with a head down, back hunched posture.
So I decided to paint a Wyvern like a Magpie.  I'll make up a story later.

Of course, I can't find a decent picture showing what I mean but this is close