Bristol Scout C 1/32 First scratch build attempt FINISHED!

[RichieW]

Just a little update, it was a rare sunny day so I sat in the garden and whittled a prop from laminated veneers, the prop on Scout 1264 is a thing of beauty.

Bristol Scout 1264 by Richard Williams, on Flickr

The blades look different lengths in the photo but I have measured them to be within 1mm of each other, I must have been stood slightly to one side when I took it. There is something off with the symmetry though and I just couldn't work out what it was. It's good enough though and I will be using this one.

Bristol Scout Prop by Richard Williams, on Flickr

The paint has surely fully cured on the cabane struts now so tomorrow will be a day of drilling holes for rigging and maybe mounting the top wing if it plays nicely. Nearly there!

Richie

[RAGIII]

Your prop looks Just as Lovely as the one in the Museum to Me Richie! More impressive work!
RAGIII

[Early Bird Fan]

your prop looks great and i personally can't see any difference in the lengths, it's more than good enough to use

[RLWP]

That's a very odd optical illusion, I think you're right. Looks like the camera is a little to the left of centre

What wood are you using for your props?

Richard

[RichieW]

Thank Rick, EBF and Richard. I'm not sure what the woods all are as I bought them as a box of veneer offcuts. I'm pretty sure the top one is a rosewood of some kind, probably a few layers of mahogany and as a guess the light layer may well be maple.

Richie

[RLWP]

Veneer offcuts! Looks like there are plenty on Ebay

Thank you

Richard

[RichieW]

I seem to remember buying mine from Etsy, there was a lot of utter garbage but a few sheets have been very useful.

Richie

[Rookie]

I think the prop is spot on Richie.
Beautiful work!
What's the story of the prop blade in the lefthand side of the pic?

Willem

[RichieW]

Thanks Willem, that's very kind of you. I think the blade on the left is an original Bristol Scout blade complete with binding to prevent splinters when bullets hit it. There was no interrupter gear and the Lewis gun shot straight through the propeller arc, they considered 10 bullet holes in a blade to be perfectly acceptable. Very brave and possibly crazy young men!

Richie

[kensar]

Very nice recreation of the prop, Ritchie.  Looks good.  Maybe the right blade is wider than the left?  Could very well be another optical illusion.
You're getting very close to completion of this great looking model.

[Alexis]

Prop looks alright to my eye Richie , faaaar better then what these hands could do 


Alexis

[DaveB]

Brilliant work on your carved prop, Richie -

We always seem to see our own flaws in our own models ...........

Regards

Dave

[RichieW]

Thanks Ken, Dave and Alexis, I think the assymetry is from an unequal twist in the blades. From most angles it looks OK, well certainly good enough for me!

Today I have been putting the undercarriage on which involves attaching a few rigging lines that will be inaccessible later. I forgot how fiddly this stage is and am not very much looking forward to the main job. Hope to have pics of the legs and wheels in place later tonight.

Richie

[bobs_buckles]

Splendid work, Richie.
 

Excellent.
Bob

[RichieW]

Splendid work, Richie.
 

Excellent.
Bob

Thank you Bob, nice of you to drop by. 

Another little milestone reached, the undercarriage is all on and rigged. The wheels are from a Fokker Eindekker that went to the place unwanted models go to die.

 The cowling, side panels and engine are all glued in place, it's not quite the Tamiya style fit I hoped for but it'll do. I am not going to attempt a rescue as I would quite like to finish this project one day!
Hopefully it won't be a monoplane for much longer but the thought of drilling all those rigging holes in my stifling man cave is not very appealing at the moment.

Undercarriage done and rigged. by Richard Williams, on Flickr

Many thanks for reading, stay well everybody!

Richie