1/4 Scale SE5a ( The Old Dutch )

[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.

[ATTACH]32081.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]32082.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]32083.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]32084.vB[/ATTACH]

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

[ATTACH]32085.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]32086.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]32087.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]32088.vB[/ATTACH]

The frame has been made and the Ply skin applied.

[ATTACH]32089.vB[/ATTACH]

The gun recess stop here.

[ATTACH]32090.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]32091.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]32092.vB[/ATTACH]

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

[ATTACH]37016.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37017.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37018.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37019.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37020.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37021.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37022.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37023.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37024.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37025.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37026.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37027.IPB[/ATTACH]

[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.

[ATTACH]32441.vB[/ATTACH]

This is before i modified the blocks

[ATTACH]32442.vB[/ATTACH]

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.

[ATTACH]32443.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]32444.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]32445.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]32446.vB[/ATTACH]

And here are some more engine mod shots.

[ATTACH]32447.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]32448.vB[/ATTACH]

Cheers

Andy

[ATTACH]37292.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37293.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37294.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37295.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37296.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37297.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37298.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37299.IPB[/ATTACH]

[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.

[ATTACH]32618.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]32619.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]32620.vB[/ATTACH]

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

[ATTACH]32621.vB[/ATTACH]

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

[ATTACH]32622.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]32623.vB[/ATTACH]

A couple of coats of paint and they are complete.

[ATTACH]32624.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]32625.vB[/ATTACH]

Cheers

Andy

[ATTACH]37461.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37462.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37463.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37464.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37465.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37466.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37467.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37468.IPB[/ATTACH]

[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

[ATTACH]37734.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37735.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37736.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37737.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37738.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37739.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37740.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37741.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37742.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37743.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37744.IPB[/ATTACH]

[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.

[ATTACH]33212.vB[/ATTACH]

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

[ATTACH]33213.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]33214.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]33215.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]33216.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]33217.vB[/ATTACH]

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.

[ATTACH]33218.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]33219.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]33220.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]33223.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]33222.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]33221.vB[/ATTACH]

Cheers

Andy

[ATTACH]37917.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37918.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37919.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37920.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37921.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37922.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37923.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37924.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37925.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37926.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37927.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]37928.IPB[/ATTACH]

[Guest]

Andy really like the remote glow ,that is a really ingenious idea. I know it will be a knee knocker that first flight ,I do'nt think that ever goes away no matter how many hours you log. That reminds me did you get the Mitchell airborne yet?

[Guest]

Thanks Trey for your kind words but i cant take all the credit for the ideas on this build. Graham kindly gave me permission to down load his thread and use it as a guide so in some cases as in this one the credit must go to him. His thread was the one that inspired me to use this model as my tribute to mom. Such a great plane with lots of detail. The B25 never flew and is hanging up in the model shop awaiting a buyer hopefully.

Cheers

Andy

[Guest]

Its been a while since my last post of progress and i assure you i haven't been idol.

I have lined out behind the dash with litho plate along with the ammunition compartment, each has had a coat of paint and waiting for the 24hrs to lapse before applying the second.

[ATTACH]33434.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]33435.vB[/ATTACH]

The Vickers gun needs a steel mounting platform so i set to work with the trusty Evergreen Styrene and some enamel paint.

[ATTACH]33436.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]33437.vB[/ATTACH]

Mounted in the ammo compartment is a bin that holds all of the rounds as they are fed into the gun. This was made from ply and Litho plate and again a first coat of paint.

[ATTACH]33438.vB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]33439.vB[/ATTACH]

And Finlay for this post i have given the engine cover a couple of coats of Satin Fuel Proof Clear. The paint I'm using PC10 is fuel proofed but it doesn't quite have the finish I'm looking for. If you look close enough you can see the finished Oil Filler Cover in its rightful place.

[ATTACH]33440.vB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]33441.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]33442.vB[/ATTACH]

Cheers

Andy

[ATTACH]38114.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]38115.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]38116.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]38117.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]38118.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]38119.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]38120.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]38121.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]38122.IPB[/ATTACH]

[Ian M]

You have been busy! I must say that this is looking wonderful. The detail is really going in now and I can see that you are really giving it your all!

Ian M

[Guest]

Thanks Ian. Im enjoying every minute of this build. Glad you like the progress.

Cheers

Andy