Re: The AW52 Arundel PR2

[Tophe]

wait a few hours and tophe will ask whats wrong with that

no, I will say nothing, because I don't understand (this is above my level in English speaking, sorry)

[PR19_Kit]

wait a few hours and tophe will ask whats wrong with that

no, I will say nothing, because I don't understand (this is above my level in English speaking, sorry)

With the jetpipes as they are it's asymmetric, just how you like it Tophe. 

Cutting the short pipe and extending it isn't easy as it's surrounded by wing and fairing, and doing similar to the long pipe has the same problems. Also both of them are nicely tapered and have quite sharp edges so any old piece of styrene tube won't work.

I do like your 'assisted steering' idea though Scotaidh. 

But I have a cunning plan........... 

[Tophe]

Thanks for the explanation!

[PR19_Kit]

The cunning plan taking place...... 

It turns out that the longer jetpipe is the correct length, after perusing a number of pic and plans of the AW52. That's odd because it's the side that DOESN'T have a complete engine, so it's only located by its aft bulkhead. The starboard pipe and engine assembly have THREE location points, all of which must be wrong for the pipe to end up that far forward!

I carved out a chunk of the upper wing over the jetpipe, along panel lines of course, and then cut the aft end of the jetpipe off. The latter was not easy without cutting right through the lower wing surface, which I did in a couple of places. Then I glued the upper wing chunk back in place and I'll re-glue the jetpipe back correctly when the inevitable PSR has been done.

[Old Wombat]

 

[Scotaidh]

See, rather than do all that I'd just have shaved off the longer one until the two matched ...

[PR19_Kit]

I couldn't get to it to do that, they're buried way down in the wing.

[PR19_Kit]

The rather shapely, two part 1950s style intakes, are now on, the port one fitting nicely, the starboard one needing LOTS of filing and sanding etc. They both need a fair amount of PSR around their joint lines as you can see, just like the rest of the airframe. (Chris, you better lay in stocks of putty and wet and dry.....)



I've done the major part of the 'S' bit of the PSR on the airframe now, and even the bit I chopped out to get to the port exhaust seems to have come up quite well. This is before the first primer coat of course, and we all know what horrors that reveals.

[chrisonord]

I have  been  stock piling it for my Kittleton build  so I will make sure I get  plenty more  for when I do the  Armstrong whitworth A.W 52 "Blood Boiler " 
Chris

[PR19_Kit]

I mentioned earlier that the centre section and outer wing sections have indents moulded into them, looking as if there should be some pegs inserted to connect the three sections together. I've already sawn up some brass tube lengths for the centre section  and I intended to glue some lengths of brass rod into the indents in the outer sections, but......

Measuring their respective positions shows they have NO chance of matching as they stand, the centre section and outer sections indents are 3-4 mm away from each other.......

Why are they there then??? 

I've almost finished the padding on the starboard wing now, and it's due for oodles of PSR like its compatriot on the port side. The PSR on the centre section is almost done, and the canopy's glued in place and I'll mask it up before the first coat of primer.

[The Wooksta!]

I am sooooo glad I decided not to bother getting it. Far too pricey and that fit...

[PR19_Kit]

The jetpipes are now the same length, and the rest of the centre section is masked up for the first primer coat. (I'll mask up the jetpipes before I do that of course... )

The port wing structural mods and PSR are now complete and it just needs MILES of panel lines re-scribing. Great fun, I don't think.....

[NARSES2]

You could just say that they filled the panel lines so as to improve its radar cross section ? 

[PR19_Kit]

I could, yes, but then I'd have to fill and sand the ones that are already there, and I've had about my fill of sanding on this build.

[JayBee]

I am sooooo glad I decided not to bother getting it. Far too pricey and that fit...

Ditto !