Happy birthday don, the best birthday gift one can ask for, sujju is bringing falcon models to india, guillows are good too ( in it's class)

Some more pictures of the same area
1. The front turtle deck area which would be later covered over with ply. This area also houses the throttle servo
2. Engine area as viewed from bottom
3. General arrangement of the area from front cockpit onwards

1. Another shot from front three quarter with the Laser mounted
2. The front ply cladding on the formers (and a definite source of grief for subsequent operations for which I am still to find answers for)
And you can also see the fruits of my sin from previous steps, where the ply ran a bit short whcih had to be made up with some addition. Hope after filling and covering the joint would not show up
3. A pair of neat machined Ali Venturi's which would go on to the model (the photos do not do justice to the original )  

Yesterday the as in progress model was made to stand on its own legs
I proceeded to this step in order to raise the fuse off the work bench so that it is saved of normal dent and dings associated with building tools and sundry items lying around on the table.
Also managed to cover the inter cockpit ply turtle deck. Added the cables which act as anchor for sutton harness and the metal shroud. Pictures are appropriately labelled, so enjoy those and do not look or comment on the state of building table    

Frankly it's a pain to upload pictures here. Apart from the resizer is there any other easy way out?

Though the wheels look very oversize my research suggests that  they are very near to scale, including the     Dunlop and tyre size logos. These are from Traplet in UK.
The wheel caps would be painted and fixed on the rim with 5 tiny screws
The wheels are fixed on the struts with 5mm hex bolts the tube strut is tapped appropriately. This I guess is the only part which has metric threads
There are total of 26 bolts/screws which keep the entire U/c assembly together. If you add the 5mm wheel axle it makes it 28  

All  the bare tubing would be given streamline  shape with balsa fairings and shod with litho sheet. But that would be at a later stage. Also one of the links on the  u/c is still to be fitted as I forgot to get some 2 mm bicycle  spokes today
Also all these will be taken off prior to covering, all screws cut/filed to appropriate size and then while putting it back everything thread locked.

Then the ply deck and internal balsa structure was fitted.
Compare the full scale picture of the metal shroud and cable anchorage to one on the model...
Pretty close even if it is I saying so

If you would notice the model has cutouts for handholds on the formers. On full scale this has a metal fittings. After log of agonising and experimenting managed to come up with metal fittings which are easy to make and again look the part. Pictures of those coming up next

Quote from: flyingboxcar on January 24, 2012, 11:47:04 PM
Frankly it's a pain to upload pictures here. Apart from the resizer is there any other easy way out?

Many options. Here is one... get IrfanView and use it in batch mode :

http://www.thesimplest.net/pc/simplest-way-compress-resize-multiple-pictures-one-go

I would say use external host like http://imgur.com and paste link of pic in tag.
This overcomes restriction of size and better resolution pic can be uploaded. Yes one disadvantage is if external host is down then you can not see the pic.

Will try out Irfanview and see how it goes

As promised here's the picture for metal fittings for hand hold cutouts on formers.
On one side is the bare cutout and other has Al metal fitting. This would be finally fitted after painting and formers  clad with genuine leather.
Compare this with the full scale fittings pic at previous post. Just some pin heads need to be stuck in after fitting to simulate rivets

Very nice please keep in Touch
Peter

Hi fellow modellers:

My sincere apologise to the thread starter for this posting.

I am very new in this forum. For years it was always my dream to build a 1/4 scale DH82a Tiger Moth thereafter given permission to sit in the driver seat at Swedish Air Force museum located in Linkoping. I also happened to see a very run down Tiger Moth displayed outdoor located in Sungei Besi Air Base in KL, Malaysia.

I came across this forum by accident and now it really fired up my determination to build at least one in my life time. I am seriously considering to purchase the Falcon kit to build mine but I would still like to seek modellers opinion on the various known construction plans or short kits available for the Tiger Moth.

1) Traplet, Duncan Hutson
2) Flair
3) Mike Smart
4) Dennis Byrant
5) Falcon

Although I have no problem in building model aircaft from construction plans but I really hate to bend paino wire and also always has problem in sourcing long pieces of wood. Finally I intend to build this model to take part in our annul National Aeromodelling competition.

Thank you

Edward,
If you are intending to compete and don't mind bending some wires, Duncan Hutson plans and  parts from Traplet are your keys.
Falcon is good but the site seems to be down. Else you would also do well if you could source Pilot 1/4 kit and suitably modify the required areas 

Uh Oh, as if one beauty wasn't enough, we seem to soon have a second one on our hands.............


All the best Edward. Flyingboxcar, I want you to take to the skies before he does. Step on it Sir!

Regards.

Was this model ever completed?

It's all gone quiet on the build!

There are a couple of avid watchers in the UK...eager for news.

My sincere apologies to all those who had been watching this thread. I do intend to restart the build. Just getting together some serious inspiration and oh yes need to complete those few ARF's so that I could continue to twiddle the sticks on Sunday mornings.

Waiting sir, waiting

BTW, try postimg.org. You can store all your images on the cloud, with a wide variety of options for posting in forums etc. And, you can maintain the resolution too

Have started to dust off the airframe, create some space on the build table and removing rust from numerous steel parts fitted on to airframe. Rust is going to be serious issue with that many mild steel parts, so planning to apply a coat of ferrous oxide as the parts are cleaned, that should prevent rust to some degree.
Have been working on the cowl area, the nose bowl is fitted to the former and sanded. Will post some pictures soon.
Also started work on other glass moulded part of the centre section tank and other tidbits.
The idea is to restart the buiild again and get some air under the wheels as soon as possible     

Manish

I remember you starting this build on my 40th birthday ! i am 44 now, hopefully before my 45th birthday she should fly, gimme a holler, will come over for the maiden (Gimme some lead time though)

Gusty
Hope to complete it before I turn 50 

Here are two shots of the cowl being trial fitted. The nose bowl is done and almost final sanded. The side cheeks are taped to top portion to check and trim as required.
The engine was trial fitted to check clearances, and needed to be moved forward approx 4.5mm for the face of prop hub to clear the cowl
Also need to block off the portion below the engine so that all the air entering the intake has no where but to hit the cylinder

Thanks the plane I have loved most..... Say it flying at Jaipur a few years ago...... i.e. the IAF one at the vintage flight

Wow! Awesome build! Is this a pre-cut kit or done all from the scratch? Btw, my dad got his PPL flying one on these in his haydays! Subscribed.. One more in my wishlist & todo's. Good to see the dust off towards a finish

Edit: My bad, I saw the tittle and first post now.. Excitement got me all go dumbo (once again?!, hehe)