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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 11, 2023 21:01:59 GMT 12
Super work!!
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Post by markrogers on Sept 11, 2023 21:57:08 GMT 12
Incredible work!
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Post by nzgrasshopper on Sept 12, 2023 20:29:13 GMT 12
Almost finished gun ports. Waiting for some parts to arrive to make the ball pivot in the leading edge.  Mock fitout of the port landing gear. The black hose will be part of the machine gun heating system.  |
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Post by planecrazy on Sept 25, 2023 7:31:05 GMT 12
Looking forward to seeing the gear, complicated beauty on a P40.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2023 5:35:19 GMT 12
More superb work Peter, utterly brilliant skills on display here.
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Post by nzgrasshopper on Sept 28, 2023 22:40:01 GMT 12
Looking forward to seeing the gear, complicated beauty on a P40. Those bevelled gears keep me awake at night. Have spent numerous hours researching. Trying to find the right internal diameter with the correct tooth pitch is the challenge. Then there is the whole challenge of cutting a whole one and mounting the two parts to the leg and the support. |
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Post by nzgrasshopper on Sept 28, 2023 22:59:24 GMT 12
Looks like "Gloria" made it onto Santa's good list. Early presents arrived this week. M3 drive shaft running from a planetary gearbox with a stepper motor x 2. The other one is a stepper motor running through a planetary gear box with a reduction gear.  Stepper motor control board.  M3 universal joint for the landing gear down indicator.  M3 helical drive shafts running through a planetary gearbox and stepper motor. These hopfully will get the main and most likely the tail wheel retracts moving.  M4 coarse and fine pitch drive shafts. These may end up in the main gear retraction drives.  32g and 30g wire for the nav, landing light, recognition light circuits.  And some tools for shaping the machine gun access door panels and other blister covers.  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 28, 2023 23:16:59 GMT 12
Have you ever thought about videoing some of your craftsmanship as you shape the metal and create this amazing model aeroplane? I reckon a YouTube series would be very popular, although making it will slow down your modelling process.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2023 9:45:03 GMT 12
With each post my anticipation gets heightened. This is such an exciting project.
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Post by nzgrasshopper on Oct 5, 2023 18:32:43 GMT 12
Adding the finishing touches to the map case.   |
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Post by nzgrasshopper on Oct 5, 2023 22:14:16 GMT 12
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Post by nzgrasshopper on Oct 14, 2023 20:53:16 GMT 12
Moving onto the landing gear fairings. Been dreading these for a while. These are some plastic ones from a kit I got many years ago. Will use these to help with the forming of the nose fairing.  Mockup of how it should all fit together.   |
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Post by nzgrasshopper on Oct 16, 2023 7:49:18 GMT 12
First part of the puzzle.  |
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Post by planecrazy on Oct 16, 2023 13:06:23 GMT 12
Puzzle is a great word, P40 undercard complicated, will enjoy seeing this!
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Post by nzgrasshopper on Oct 18, 2023 0:45:07 GMT 12
 Port side fuel tank panel being prepped for riveting.  |
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Post by nzgrasshopper on Oct 18, 2023 14:21:42 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 18, 2023 14:47:09 GMT 12
Incredible!
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Post by nzgrasshopper on Oct 18, 2023 15:13:36 GMT 12
Machine gun barrel blast tubes with swivel ball fitting.  Machine gun and barrel fitting into the blast tube. The front section of the gun passing through web #3 will be removed and the barrel will end up being almost the correct length.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2023 15:53:17 GMT 12
How you're managing to get this all so true without any jigs is amazing. Bravo Peter!!
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Oct 18, 2023 18:40:56 GMT 12
Damn!!!
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