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Re: Handley Page V/1500 scratch build (slowgress report)
« Reply #150 on: August 02, 2021, 03:21:36 AM »
Very nice and careful work!

Cheers,
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Re: Handley Page V/1500 scratch build (slowgress report)
« Reply #151 on: August 02, 2021, 03:40:58 AM »
Willem you definitely deserve the kind words, the care and time you take is well worth it. Every stage has been beautifully executed so far.

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Re: Handley Page V/1500 scratch build (slowgress report)
« Reply #152 on: August 03, 2021, 01:19:39 AM »
The ribs are looking great! Like the others have said your careful slow work is paying off!
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Re: Handley Page V/1500 scratch build (slowgress report)
« Reply #153 on: August 03, 2021, 01:43:49 AM »
 :) :) :)

Sorry Willem , that's all I got at the moment  :)



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Re: Handley Page V/1500 scratch build (slowgress report)
« Reply #154 on: August 03, 2021, 06:12:54 AM »
You may be slow Willem, but remember Rome was not built in a day either. This is a simply gigantic project that you have taken on, and on the kitchen table, so it is all the more remarkable that your work is so precise and accurate.

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Re: Handley Page V/1500 scratch build (slowgress report)
« Reply #155 on: August 05, 2021, 12:02:54 AM »
Thanks guys  and gal  ;)

I am fully aware that I'm not the only one  who has to have patience...

I have nothing decent to show yet, but al the ribs on the flying surfaces are applied and I am sanding them down now. It's tedious and time-consuming, but it will be worthwhile I hope.

In the meantime I'm figuring out a way to make brass sockets for the interplane and cabane struts, with attachment points for the rigging. On the original the main rigging was made of steel rod, not wire. I hope to simulate that with AA brass micro rod.

Thanks for keeping me in good spirits everyone!

Willem

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Re: Handley Page V/1500 scratch build (slowgress report)
« Reply #156 on: August 05, 2021, 12:11:02 AM »
Keep sanding away Willem, it will definitely be worth it in the end.

Rather than brass rod you might consider nickel silver rod which wouldn't need painting.  I know you can get it in 0.2mm diameter. There may be finer available if needed.

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Re: Handley Page V/1500 scratch build (slowgress report)
« Reply #157 on: February 19, 2022, 06:06:19 AM »
Thank you all my dear friends for your kind words in my "Absence"-post.

Our moods are good and we are picking up where we left as much as we can.

I've been following you builds closely and true gems are created non-stop. My hands are itching to get going again too. Behind the scenes I'm working on the on the V/1500. Looking back I realize I started with the part I should finish with. As I said before, there is a lot to look into, both in detailing and in structural rigidity, but I am getting great help form David Hall (Jaysena). He is doing a great job with drawings.

So, mainly investigating and drawing now, and as soon as have some real modeling progress to show, I'll show it to you all.

In the meantime, here are some of the drawings David made for me.

I'll be back.


Willem




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Re: Handley Page V/1500 scratch build (slowgress report)
« Reply #158 on: February 20, 2022, 06:03:53 AM »
Oooh, this is looking exciting!

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Re: Handley Page V/1500 scratch build (slowgress report)
« Reply #159 on: February 20, 2022, 06:19:15 AM »
Will the wings fold ?
If not , WOW !


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Re: Handley Page V/1500 scratch build (slowgress report)
« Reply #160 on: February 21, 2022, 05:54:04 AM »
I'm thinking of making one wing in the folded position, to show the mechanism. David and I have made some drawings for that part also.

Willem

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Re: Handley Page V/1500 scratch build (slowgress report)
« Reply #161 on: February 21, 2022, 02:16:59 PM »
Would save of display area  :)


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Re: Handley Page V/1500 scratch build (slowgress report)
« Reply #162 on: February 21, 2022, 08:58:14 PM »
Hi! What kind of styrene glue? Model? I have it coming in waves after gluing styrene...

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Re: Handley Page V/1500 scratch build (slowgress report)
« Reply #163 on: February 21, 2022, 09:29:11 PM »
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I have it coming in waves after gluing styrene...

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Re: Handley Page V/1500 scratch build (slowgress report)
« Reply #164 on: February 22, 2022, 01:48:42 AM »
My those drawings look very impressive. The wings will look even more impressive when they have been made!

Stephen.