54mm Charge of the Scots Greys

[Neil Merryweather]

thanks chaps!
I've had a VERY busy day at work today, setting up our 3D printers to print Face Shields to donate to the NHS

https://www.prusaprinters.org/prints/25857-prusa-protective-face-shield-rc3

An online group has been formed to co-ordinate the printing,assembly and distribution of these, so as our printers are currently idle(we have 10) I thought we had better step up to the plate.
My boss has agreed to pay for materials so it's go go go, and no worries about being arrested on the way to work....

[scottie3158]

Neil,
You have every right to be happy with the sword and all the other excellent scratch work you have done.

[Neil Merryweather]

Happy Easter Chaps!

I was about to fit the bearskin to the head and I decided I didn’t like what I had previously done with the foul weather cover, which I had made from tissue.

I was looking for something else when I found some self-adhesive foil tape that central heating engineers use and I thought I would have a go at using that for the oilskin.

Here’s the old one


It seems to have got furry over time.

Anyway I replaced the tissue with the foil and now I’m happier.


I made a tied lace from thin wire and added chin scales from Historex- they will need a lace too.



I removed the coatee tails and fitted a dummy sword belt, so that I could resculpt the tails in a more realistic position under the weight of the sword belt.



I added turnback lace from lead foil and then fitted the swordbelt proper



And then before I knew it I had fitted almost all the equipment.
I made the slide rail and ring for attaching the carbine to the cross belt, which is missing from the Airfix model.


And I remade the trigger because it got broken somehow and then I had to keep up with Richard’s model and make the guard as well.

So think he is finally DONE –except for the painting, of course.


I’ve left off the water bottle and I can remove the carbine until after painting.

I’ve just got to finish his horse now, and then I will get some paint on them both.

thanks for looking in
Neil

[SimonT]

Cracking work with all the belts etc Neil :thumb2:

Before you start throwing paint about do you think his right arm looks a little weedy and devoid of creases, and an elbow?

[Steve Jones]

Outstanding foil work!

[Neil Merryweather]

Cracking work with all the belts etc Neil :thumb2:

Before you start throwing paint about do you think his right arm looks a little weedy and devoid of creases, and an elbow?

I was thinking that and thanks so much for drawing attention to it, Simon:tired:. Now I will have to deal with it :rolling:

[Neil Merryweather]

Outstanding foil work!

Well , you are one of the people that have inspired me so thanks very much!

[yak face]

Amazing work Neil , simons right too , the arm is a bit undernourished when you look at it . A small detail I’m sure you’ll fix no probs, keep at it it’s looking superb , cheers tony

[Guest]

Turning into more of a metal figure than a plastic one! Fantastic work Neil - he's really come to life.

[scottie3158]

Neil, outstanding work .

[papa 695]

Fantastic work

[Tim Marlow]

Just had a catch up with this....fantastic work....can’t wait to see paint on him......
one thing though, when you used the piercing saw on the sword tang, couldn’t you have used a needle file Instead? The hand vice would hold it rigid enough for either method.

[Windy]

More outstanding work Neil! Just one thing though, your carbine has lost its frizzen - the bit the flint strikes to create the spark.

See the images below. When primed and ready to fire the frizzen is vertical. When the trigger is pulled it is knocked forward by the flint to the 45° position thus exposing the priming powder to the spark, which in turn ignites the main charge. I'm sure this will prove no problem for a man of your talents!

Fired position with pan open.
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Firing sequence.
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[Guest]

Neil,
Just caught up with your build, and all the plaudits are above and I will second them - excellent work.
Mike.

[Neil Merryweather]

Thanks for your interest, chaps!
Tim- yes I suppose I could have used a file.
Alex - you hawk-eyed devil,you! I looked through the spares box at some other carbines I have (from the olden days) and they are all deficient in the same way, so I will have to do something about it, I suppose.
Mike - thank you very much.