1/4 Scale SE5a ( The Old Dutch )

[Guest]

Thanks Trey, quite a but of timber there lol, The engine is a Saito 180, a nice piece of engineering.

Cheers

Andy

[stona]

This part will take quite some time if im to do a real good jaw dropping job.Cheers

Andy

Hi Andy,I've been following your progress and I can assure you that my jaw dropped a long time ago! Really great stuff and unbelievably rapid progress.

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

I can assure you that my jaw dropped a long time ago!

I completely agree ....

the scale. the detail, the care and attention (and the sentiment and reason) of the build .... i'm not normally impressed easily but this has me riveted.

[Guest]

Hi Steve, im glad you are impressed, due to the nature of this build i want every part of it to be perfect in every way. Thanks for the kind comments. Thanks to you to Colin, i assure you guys that this will be my best ever creation yet. Please stay tuned for more.

Thanks again.

Andy

[Guest]

Been busy tonight reinforcing the engine bay and making a mounting plate out of paxalin. i did take some pics but i will upload them when i have a few more. The main reason for this post was to answer Ians question as promised, how long is the fuse?. Well the metal rulers i have wouldn't even touch it, so it was out with the tape measure. She stacks up to an amazing 70", doesnt look that long sitting on the bench but once complete and standing on her nose it will soon become clear just how long she is.

Cheers

Andy

[Ian M]

70 inches that's almost six foot! That's almost as tall as I was!?!?!?!

I was talking to my friend at work and the "free" limit over here is 7kg take off weight. So either I will have to find a little/smaller aircraft, or join a local club. All aircraft over 7kg have to be registered and insured by law!!! Oh and you need a RC flight licence (?) as well. I might just stick to building one.

Ian M

[Guest]

Ian, though this model is the size it is, it will be well under the 7Kilo limit, i will confirm the weight once built.

Cheers

Andy

[Guest]

I promised you some pics of the engine bay mountings so here they are.

This first pic shows the rails i fitted that support the paxalin mounting plate. This was a disaster, i screwed down the plate to the rails and the rails split.

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Not good me thought. A little over engineering required here, i wont take the risk of it coming lose considering the engine torque and stress to the bearers. i decided to use a wider piece of timber a better adhesive than epoxy resin and drill through the timber to take bolts instead of screws, i also pushed dowels through the sides for extra support.

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As i said, i settled on Paxalin for the engine plate and not alli as i was going to use. The Paxalin is lighter and just as strong.

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Having worked this material to accomodate the engine i added extra strips of Paxalin at all of the fixing points for even better strength.

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Once the engine had been positioned it was discovered that the exhaust fell foul of the rear bulkhead and i had to be cut out to accept the silencer. The silencer now sits in the fuel tank compartment, not i deal but its not a problem as a short heat resisting tube will be fitted so that the exhaust exits the bottom of the fuse.

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Now its time to scale out the engine bay and fit the radiator.

Cheers

Andy

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[tr1ckey66]

This is going to be a brilliant model and a fitting tribute. Very well done so far and I hope the rest of the build goes as well as the progress so far.

Excellent

Paul

[Ian M]

Ian, though this model is the size it is, it will be well under the 7Kilo limit, i will confirm the weight once built.Cheers

Andy

:-)

Ian M

[Guest]

Thanks guys.

Cheers

Andy

[Guest]

Time for a little more work on the engine bay.

I decided to beak into my massive stack of Litho Plate and lined out the engine bay.

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With that done its time to add a coat of Primer

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That complete its time to add some fuel proof, I applied the first two coats of Silver Gloss Solarlac with a brush and have left to cure for 48hours. To get a perfect finish ( i hope ) the next coat will be applied with the airbrush.

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And here i decided to add some more scale detail to the Radiator Grille, i will add a few more little bits to this shortly.

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Cheers

Andy

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[Ian M]

Looking better every day!

I cant recall if I have given you this link before but I think you might find it interesting. You have probably seen it but if not take a look at this

It might have some thing you can use. ;-)

Ian M

[Guest]

Thanks ian, thats spot on, a great find, will definatly come in handy.

Cheers

Andy

[Guest]

Andy the engine bay looks great, ca'nt wait to see the exhaust replumb .