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We're watching you... Zi 189 Frogmouth Tilt Fan - Finished pics page 6

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zenrat

#15
June 10, 2015, 04:44:56 AM
Lots still to do.
And i'm fighting an urge to start a militarised civilian vehicle.  That's your fault.
;D
Fred

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Weaver

#16
June 10, 2015, 04:12:32 PM
"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

KiwiZac

#17
June 10, 2015, 07:56:43 PM
Hoo, this is a spectacular idea, I love it!
Zac in NZ
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zenrat

#18
June 11, 2015, 02:31:44 AM
Quote from: KiwiZac on June 10, 2015, 07:56:43 PM
Hoo, this is a spectacular idea, I love it!

Thanks H, but i'm not sure how a ruined Hamlet will help me... ;D

Nice fans.  Would save me a lot of time but they are possibly a bit modern looking for what I have in mind.
I've built one so far.  8 fat blades which would move a lot of air at the (relatively) slow speeds you'd get from a Wright Whirlwind.
Fred

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Captain Canada

#19
June 11, 2015, 02:33:29 PM
Quote from: zenrat on June 10, 2015, 04:44:56 AM
And i'm fighting an urge to start a militarised civilian vehicle.  That's your fault.
;D

:wacko:

lol. The fan is looking sweet !

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Long Live the Commonwealth !!!
Vive les Canadiens !
Where's my beer ?

TallEng

#20
June 11, 2015, 03:06:38 PM


Thanks H, but i'm not sure how a ruined Hamlet will help me... ;D
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For use in a Diorama? Presumably to illustrate
what happens to any buildings when you "take off"  :o

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Keith
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zenrat

#21
June 12, 2015, 01:48:24 AM
Here's today's instalment.
I made a complete fan and figured out how to mount them inside the ducts.  I also bit the bullet and cut the ends of the wings off.

The peeling area of mat at the bottom of the pic is what happens if you spill tetrahydrofuran.  It also stings like buggery if you get it in the cut you sliced into your thumb when carving the fan blade template.  :o
Fred

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Sticky Fingers

#22
June 12, 2015, 02:37:49 AM
QuoteThe peeling area of mat at the bottom of the pic is what happens if you spill tetrahydrofuran
You sure? Isn't there a xenomorph, dripping acid blood, hanging from your ceiling? Did you check?

The finished fan looks 7 shades of cool  :thumbsup:

Mossie

#23
June 12, 2015, 03:39:22 AM
Quote from: zenrat on June 12, 2015, 01:48:24 AM
The peeling area of mat at the bottom of the pic is what happens if you spill tetrahydrofuran.  It also stings like buggery if you get it in the cut you sliced into your thumb when carving the fan blade template.  :o

THF is pretty strong stuff, try not to breathe it in either as a good whiff can knock you off you feet and you'll be seeing pink elephants.  I guess your using it to weld the plastic?

I used to use the stuff in a previous job, I was introduced to it by a couple of guys from the factory opening a 45 gallon of it while I was checking it over.  I very nearly hit the deck, one guy said "what's wrong with you?" in a pretty disdaining manner!  They'd been breathing the stuff for years and it hardly bothered them. :drink:
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.

zenrat

#24
June 12, 2015, 03:43:34 AM
Thanks Sticky, but it's a while away from finished.  I need to add some strips of styrene to the fan hubs to give them a bit of visual interest, find a couple of end caps to go underneath (i'm thinking 1/24 hot rod headlights), find something to cover the holes on the top of the engines and scribe some panel lines on the ducts.
And most importantly I need to figure out a mount that will fix them securely to the booms but still allow tilting.
Fred

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Captain Canada

#25
June 12, 2015, 06:00:03 AM
Very nice, She's really coming together now...I love the way those fans look.

:wub:
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Vive les Canadiens !
Where's my beer ?

loupgarou

#26
June 12, 2015, 09:16:53 AM
That's really impressive. And you have a pretty engineering problem in front of you, linking the fans to the structure. very interested in seeing the developments.  :thumbsup:
BTW, I could never have managed to build those fans, I'd have gone crazy before.
Owing to the current financial difficulties, the light at the end of the tunnel will be turned off until further notice.

zenrat

#27
June 16, 2015, 02:25:02 AM
Just a bit of painting today.  Interior in an RLM grey and some primer on the fans.
Fred

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dumaniac

#28
June 17, 2015, 02:13:41 AM
nice concept

zenrat

#29
June 17, 2015, 02:16:11 AM Last Edit: June 17, 2015, 02:20:59 AM by zenrat
More painting & started scratching a camera for the rear gun mount.
I'm having issues with the red texter I used to mark the fan blades coming through the paint.  Hopefully a coat of Future will block it.
Failing that red blades wouldn't look that bad...
Fred

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