discussion 1/4 Scale SE5a ( The Old Dutch )

[Vaughan]

Hi Andy

Your work continues to be outstanding.

Vaughan

 

[Guest]

Thank you Vaughan, im trying to reach the bar on this one.

Cheers

Andy

 

[yak face]

No worries andy , youre well above the bar on this beauty! p.s. loving the scratchbuilt sparkplugs , i hope youve got the correct scale gap? LOL cheers tony

 

[Guest]

Lol, it will fire or it wont Tony. Thanks for yor fine words.

Cheers

Andy

 

[Guest]

Well its been a while since i last posted so here is an update.

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The engines i built had to have some spacers made, these have been attached to the Aluminium brackets that i also made. These have been bolted through the engine mount plate and screwed to the fire wall former.

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The lower hinged panel has now had 3 coats of PC10, im finding that the lytho plate is taking 4 coats to get a perfect result.

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The tension anchor plate was made out of ply and the lower engine fastners have been carved out of hard wood, i think they look ok and do the job.

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The fuel tank has had 2 coats, you can see now why it needs 4.

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Here you can see my attempts at making the spare magazines and in the last pic you can see the wing strengthening tube that passes through the cockpit.

Cheers

Andy

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[Guest]

Andy it just keeps getting better,keep up the great work!

 

[Guest]

Thanks Trey, i am having to do quite a few night out with work lately so its slowing down my progress being away from home. The withdraw symptoms are killing me lol. Going away tomorrow now until Friday evening

Cheers

Andy

 

[Ian M]

Work! the curse of the modeler!

Looking great Andy.

Ian M

 

[Guest]

Thanks Ian. If i win this euro lottery id stay at home all day and live in the workshop building up all that lovely intrest at the same time lol

Cheers

Andy

 

[spanner570]

Andy, if you win the lottery can I be your best mate and come and help? I could always just make the tea and watch this superb build over your shoulders! lol

Great stuff, I'm enjoying every installment.

Ron

 

[Guest]

Thank Ron, cause you would be welcome, the more the merrier lol.

 

[Guest]

Back from Southampton for a few days until Wednesday so i decided to get a spirt on while im home. Here is the progress for this weekend.

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The dummy engines have been fixed to the mounting plates by means of 5mm pins.

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The frame has been made and the Ply skin applied.

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The gun recess stop here.

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A piano hinge has been made from a thin strip of Lythoplate, i cut nicks into it with a scalple and then turned over to sand away the burs. I bent it around a piano wire to form the shape and then removed the wire before fixing in place. A thin layer of Squadren Green will remove the step in the hinge so it isnt visible when the next pieces of Lythoplate are added.

Cheers

Andy

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[Guest]

Engine Trouble.

After fitting the engine cover/hood i found that the cylinder block depth and angle was not right. I checked a few pics i downloaded to get the right mount. My original was taken from the plans that show where and how the tacky moulded ones should look and be. As these are my scratch build i need to make the mods so it looks right... not too tricky but a job i would have prefered not to have to of done having finished them.

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This is before i modified the blocks

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And this is after, im sure you all agree, it needed to be done.

Below is my progress on the engine cover, not much as i have been away all week again. Thanks for keeping tuned in.

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And here are some more engine mod shots.

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Cheers

Andy

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[Guest]

Great fix Andy and well worth the effort of doing it

 

[Guest]

Thanks Trey. Much appreciated.

Andy

 

[Guest]

Further progress on the engine section while im home.

The engine covers have all the cutouts completed now and ready for painting.

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On each manifold there are two injection ports with isolating taps. I have made these out of the trusty Evergreen Styrene.

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Various sizes are used to make the effect. Once glued together the look like this.

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A couple of coats of paint and they are complete.

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Cheers

Andy

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[Guest]

Now that i have finished my long stint down Southampton its time to get back to some serious building of the SE5a. Progress so far, hope you like it.

I have made progress on the engine hinged covers, these have been completed with a few fixtures such as the fuel primer inlets. Please ignor the gaps between the engines and the covers, these still have to be adjusted and squared up.

Cheers

Andy

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[stona]

Good to see you back on it Andy. That's some serious progress,we can see the aircraft emerging from all those parts. It looks great.

Cheers

Steve

 

[Guest]

Thanks Steve. Still a long way to go. I will be scared to get this one up in the air for all the reasons i am building her.

Thanks again for the kind words.

Cheers

Andy

 

[Guest]

Decided to make a couple of hatches today. The Oil Filler covering hatch and another that is on the opposite side, not sure what that one is for but its there.

The Oil Filler cover is made from a few bits of scrap material.

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Put together, sanded, shaped and filled it looks like this.

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The cover on the other side is going to be used to hide the remote glow connection. I decided as this is a working hatch i would make it very strong so i cut it freehand out of ali plate. I made the hinge section and passed a piano wire through it and bent 90 deg angles and passed it through the fuse wall, i then used 5 min epoxy to hold it secure on the inside. The remote glow has now been fitted.

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Cheers

Andy

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