An Old Walrus Coming to Life...Catapult Diorama

[rtfoe]

Thanks Si and John, once you understand the cross sections of the plan and what some lines mean then it's easy peezy.

Firstly those round wire eyelets are not made from the plans seen here. They would eventually be turn wheels. I also made some other bits and shaft from plastic rods and tubes





Crosse frames were super glued to the round eyelets and secured to rods on the side supports. I'm guessing these wheel helped level the catapult or kept it in place once the direction was decided.





The ladder was from copper wire basically super glued..I don't know how to weld or solder properly unless I intend to do pyrotechnics like John. :smiling6:



Those bits I did earlier were for the work station...



...and for the shaft next to the high pressure turbine tube.



I straightened thin wire and made a hook at one end then threaded it through pre-drilled brace supports...again I don't know what this is for but it's in the plan.
You can clearly see the cross frame from copper sheet in this angle. The nut in the center is cut from hexagonal rod but seriously at this scale even smooth ros suffices.

I guess this sums up most of the construction...next would be threading the cables around the pulleys.

Cheers,
Richard

[JR]

Its that center gear that is impressive, reading you filed out the teeth Richard, it would have 1/2 a tooth spare if I attempted something like that.:smiling2:

[Allen Dewire]

Hi Richard,

I do love seeing this incredible build taking place again. Your dedication to the fine details and your scratchy scratchy is one not to be forgotten. Don't worry my friend, we can wait for the Village People...…….

Prost
Allen

[rtfoe]

John and Allen, please except my apologies, should have continued once back from Penang. Still a long way to go before the Village people perform :tears-of-joy:

The following are images before cabling and paint. I set it on the plywood base with timber biding for the sides and painted gloss black.



For launching the back extension normally is extended fully I didn't want it to take the full weight of the Walrus so decided that was as far as it will go and rested the cradle just at the edge of the main structure.



The forward extension would later be pulled to the maximum...











I used a regular power drill with large drill bits set to the lowest of rpm to drill the large apertures.



Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Hi, while painting the catapult sub assemblies I added planking to the mock deck. I had the deck planks end in step formation rather than squaring it off for a difference.



The pre shading looks heavy but it was necessary as I wanted the it showing strngly thru the coats of grey.



I gave the top a mist of lighter grey which brought out detail without dry brushing yet.



Cheers,
Richard

[scottie3158]

Richard,
That is really looking good, I envy your skills with the airbrush.

[Jim R]

Hi Richard
I was impressed the first time I saw this and seeing the skill and patience again I am even more in awe. This really is great.
Jim

[rtfoe]

Thanks Scottie and Jim,

I'm glad you both like the re blog. I don't know if I could go through with another build such as this. And Scottie the airbrushing skills have been horned for the last 40 years and there are still new special effects to master yet.

Cheers,
Richard

[Guest]

Fantastic modelling skills Richard :smiling3:.

[rtfoe]

Thank you Ralph...wait till you see the Village People :smiling2:



Just making sure the underneath is painted although it can't be seen unless you lift the display.



Darken the lines in between the planks...I later found out thet the planks were scaled too large and had to thin them.



Ok the test figure is also wondering how to thin the planks...I decided to split them.



Preiser and Revell figures were used for the conversion. Apparently they're both German, one Luftwaffe and the other Kriegsmarine.



Turning them into British sailors using two part putty and plastic rod discs for the top of their hats.



Slowly the Village People are starting to imerge...it's time to put on YMCA :tears-of-joy: You've gotta ask Allen why the VP...ok I see three guys doing the pose :smiling2:

Cheers,
Richard

[Lee Drennen]

Very nice Richard

[Fernando N]

Great to see your magic on this build again Richard, most impressive that catapult:thumb2:.

[Allen Dewire]

Slowly the Village People are starting to imerge...it's time to put on YMCA :tears-of-joy: You've gotta ask Allen why the VP...ok I see three guys doing the pose :smiling2:

Hey Richard,

You know I call 'em as I see 'em and when the pic is posted, everybody will know why!!! And the lead playing will be "In the Navy"!!!

Prost
Allen

[rtfoe]

Hey Richard,

You know I call 'em as I see 'em and when the pic is posted, everybody will know why!!! And the lead playing will be "In the Navy"!!!

Prost
Allen

Right...that's coming up next...some how or rather navy sailors have attracted less women so says one of my navy friends :tongue-out3:

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Hi, late continuation as usual...

The figure poses were tested on the platform and deck...



Then reworked swith final putty touch ups.



Mr disco king below is actually the guy on the Walrus wing tightening the wing securing lever...the other guy doing the rolling arms pose is the arms technician fiddeling with the Lewis gun at the bow turret.



The re-scaling of the deck wood planking.



More disco dancing later on...:smiling2:

Cheers,
Richard