Walraaars! Be finished

[Robomog]

Belay there me hearties,  just waitin' fer  the captains decision , may be dead in the water from the start aaarrr !

Mog
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[Robomog]

The cap'n says aye!   Huzzah !

Hi all

Here's the start position.


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A Walrus  built circa mid 70's fell from the Wall of Joy  when I was redecorating the room and entered the Drawer of Oblivion. When the pirate GB was announced this idea dropped into my head completely unannounced and here I am. It will be coupled with a pair of scale-o-rama jet engines( I don't know what they came off of) and scale-o-rama ships cannons. It will also be hoisting cannon balls in drop nets but I have yet to work that one out.

Also toying with the idea of a V tail.

More when it happens...........

Mog
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[JayBee]

MAD, MAD, MAD but I Like it ! 

[Robomog]

Thankee jaybee I be  taking that as a compliment  ( although I'm holding out for eccentric  )

And now some work I be doin'

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I have decided to replace the struts with pylons to support the engines and centre section and also give the wings a little stagger. I have fashioned the centre strut first to get some idea of distance between the wings.

Both the gun positions have been widened and the cockpit opened up  to give the crew more space, I rarely put crew in an aircraft but this one screams out for a pirate crew which I'm trying to adapt from some polythene figures.

I've started detailing the fuselage, just the floor and a couple of bulkheads at the moment but more to come.

The top wing has had the notch filled in where the propellor went so some PSR do there.

So that be all fer now, thankee for lookin'  arrr !

Mog
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[kerick]

Maybe a dunk in the tank of paint remover. Just for a clean canvas to work on.
This looks wildly eccentric! Carry on like a mad man!

[zenrat]

 

[DogfighterZen]

This will surely be interesting...

[Robomog]

Thankee all fer yer comments.

I've fallen into the trap of opening up the cockpit areas and things look a little bland so I've embarked on the installation of ribbing and some basic controls. I will also need to construct some lockers for shot and powder, some of this might be hard to see when I close the fuselage but at least I know its there 

Some progress pics soon.

More when it happens............   ha harr !

Mog
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[NARSES2]

some of this might be hard to see when I close the fuselage but at least I know its there 

The modeler's Universal Mantra 

[Robomog]

 

Mog
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[jcf]

Breechloading conversion of an 18th century 6-lbdr.

A similar conversion might make things easier for yer crew.


https://www.ima-usa.com/products/original-british-1895-bronze-6lb-breech-loading-cannon-from-the-northwest-frontier?variant=26171817669

[Robomog]

Thankee young  Jon still working on me firing solution, I will mind yer suggestion fer later.

Meanwhile I have gone overboard on the internal detail.
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As you can see I have framed the cockpit sides, decked out all the cockpits and given it some baulkheads.

There be more when it 'appens arrr !

Mog
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[Robomog]

Well me hearties got me some progress here arrrr !

Finally managed to curb my OCD on the internal detail, here's a couple of shots before the fuselage is closed.

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Currently consists of flight controls, throttles and bomb release levers I will be fitting a compass a airspeed indicator later.

Also shown are the shot and powder lockers.

Started on the steam punk (or should it be sail punk?) Engines by adding some ribbing and extended the exhausts. Still working on the mounting of the engine but I have found a couple of pylons to support them on the bottom wings. The wings on the Walrus have quite a angle so I may have to adapt them somewhat to remain parallel with the fuselage .

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Thankee fer lookin'

Mog
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[Robomog]

Well me boyo's I been done me some more modelling arrr !

The fuselage is now closed up, filled and sanded.

The engines have been installed, not easy as the Walrus is more curvy than it looks so I've had to line them up them by eye

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by Robomog, on Flickr

by Robomog, on Flickr

For the firing solution I'm going to mount the main cannon sideways on slides, they won't be of massive caliber, more to scare the bejasus out of the intended prey and get them to heave to, backed up with the threat of falling cannon balls of course

Still working on a release mechanism for that.

As you can see from the pics I've temporarily taped on the upper wing so that I can measure and construct the pylons between the upper wing and engines.  It also gives me an idea of the final object.

As an aside, while I have been working on this kit I have found that this is now its third iteration, whilst sanding down  I have found areas of plastic wood filling  this means it was originally built in the late sixties and painted green/gray over sky. Later (I don't know when but probably early seventies) it was repainted gray/dark gray over a different shade of sky.

Curious how some kits stick in your memory and others don't, while some kits like this one have a history and others end up in the draw of doom or never progress beyond being parts.

That be all for now maties, more when when it happens like arrr!.


Mog
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[zenrat]

Cool.  I can see it crossing the sky trailing fire from both wings...