WNW Roland DVIa

[Pete Nottingham]

Thanks Mark.

Cheers

Pete.

[Pete Nottingham]

Next update, the tub for engine and cockpit completed, had a dry run with fusilage sides they were a good fit with no apparent problems.





Cheers

Pete.

[Ian from Doncaster]

Looking great Pete   The fuselage does go on nicely I found..

[Pete Nottingham]

Thanks Ian, started on the interior fusilage painting now.

Cheers

Pete.

[uncletony]

Very nice, the palette is pleasing...

[Pete Nottingham]

Thanks Bo,

Pete.

[lcarroll]

Very nice work, Pete. Looking forward to following this along.
Cheers,
Lance

[Pete Nottingham]

Thanks Lance, we are progressing.

Cheers

Pete.

[GAJouette]

  Pete,
Outstanding works my old friend. She's shaping up to be one heck of  an awesome project.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

[Pete Nottingham]

Thanks Gregory, had a bit of a mare with the interior woodwork on the fusilage sides, but luckily it was oils, so I was able to clean it off and redo it, also made a start on the engine.

Cheers

Pete.

[Pete Nottingham]

Real disaster reared its ugly head yesterday, whilst building the engine I had all the Taurus mods painted and ready to go, I modded the kit parts, started to assemble the Taurus parts and as I added the rocker arms I looked and thought that aint right the bits don't line up, tried to reassemble the valve springs and they are hopelessly out of line as are the rocker arms, by now it was too late to move the rocker boxes, it looks terrible.
However the not so bad side is I've an old Merc. DIIIau engine from an uncompleted Roland which I've managed to salvage, so this will have to do, it doesn't look too bad.

I have no luck what so ever with Rolands, methinks I will go back to building Albies which I don't have any problems with.

Cheers

Pete von Builderofkaiseralbies.

[uncletony]

Real disaster reared its ugly head yesterday, whilst building the engine I had all the Taurus mods painted and ready to go, I modded the kit parts, started to assemble the Taurus parts and as I added the rocker arms I looked and thought that aint right the bits don't line up, tried to reassemble the valve springs and they are hopelessly out of line as are the rocker arms, by now it was too late to move the rocker boxes, it looks terrible.

Dont feel too bad. There is an issue with the Taurus D.IIIa camshaft (which Keith pointed out)-- it is about 1mm too long and doesn't line up with the cylinder centers/valve springs without some modification. I'm just getting to this part myself. Keith's solution is to cut it into pieces in order to shorten it; I'm afraid I will have to go this route myself although I'm not thrilled about it because you want that shaft arrow straight and doing this will make that a challenge, to say the least. I plan on pre-boring the camshaft to fit a locating pin before cutting it apart.

Cheers

[Pete Nottingham]

Thanks for the info Bo, however the camshaft was well and truly c/a'd on before the problem came to light, we live and learn.

Cheers

Pete.

[mgunns]

Hello Pete:

Yes, each model is indeed a learning experience.  Luckily, you had an extra engine to put in the model.  Sometimes the aftermarket stuff just doesn't cut the mustard.

Looking forward to see how you are progressing.

Best

Mark

[Pete Nottingham]

Well it looks like I can go ahead with the new engine, I managed to get the Taurus camshaft off without any damage to the cylinders, so I will carry on building it with the kit camshaft, which I know fits ok, I will see how things go, I can always fall back on the spare engine if disaster strikes again.

Cheers

Pete.