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RE: The Widow's Web II VQ ARC Bash
[quote]ORIGINAL: nemesis4u Man....That detail is just incredible!! you have magic powers!!![:D] [/quote] Yea Tomas!lol I wish![:)] On a more somber note, I will no longer be posting in this thread (or any thread). To many people irritating me on this site, so I'm permanently deactivating my account. I actually wanted to do this a long time ago, just kept delaying it. Well, I'm finally fed up, so this is the day! All of you in this thread have been great, I won't let you down, and I’m almost done with this cockpit project. It's been a huge job, but it will be worth it to see some great looking and very detailed P-61's out there. I have been working with Lenny at Shindin machine to help develop a scale set of gear for this bird that will work with my cockpit kit, I will test install the prototype gear within the next few days. Cockpits will be for sale from the VQ home page, at this time I am only making 25 available for sale. Keep an eye out for them and my future projects, can't say when or where they will turn up, but they are coming! I will post pictures of my finished p-61 with all the mods on the VQ site (if Tomas says it's OK!) when I get it completed. [b]Special Scale Retract Info:[/b] Nose is 103 deg for the fwd rake and, mains are 97 deg fwd rake, the nose gear has the cyl pointing fwds so it won't interfere with the cockpit kit, mains have the cyls pointing rearwards, so no mods are needed to the servo trays...... gear may be available with the main cyls pointing fwds, to allow for a larger scale main wheel, but will require mods to the servo mounting in the booms (move one servo forward a little)...... production gear will use bimba commercial cylinders, Take care and good luck with your projects![sm=thumbs_up.gif] Widow's Web II RIP
Posted on: 8/19/2006 1:05 PM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4642715
RE: The Widow's Web II VQ ARC Bash
[quote]ORIGINAL: William Robison [b]Dion: In three generations of my family, only two males have gone bald. They are my father and me. Dad and I are also the only two males in three generations of my family that have served in the Pacific areas. Now, since the P-61 aircraft were known best for their Pacific service, did you make your pilot bald in anticipation? Haw. Bill. [/b] [/quote] I tried to make the pilot look like you Bill, how did I do?[:D] Actually I just stuck a head on him for now, that is not the finished pilot. I just don’t have time now to work them, after the cockpit is done, then you will see finished pilots, and no, they won't be bald! Pushing vacuum forming to the next level, another milestone was reached! Man, the details on this thing are really hammering me! The gun sight is complete and I’m very happy with the final look. Not sure of the colors, but I don’t know if anyone really knows now, they’ve been gone to long. I’ve added a few extra pieces, like the counter balance weight, but even the kit stock piece will look great. The whole gun sight it actually anchored to the floor for greater stability, notice the piece that extends past the mount at the bottom. Each cockpit has two of these sights; the Radar Operator had one mounted to his chair also. The right side panel is the last piece, and I did a bunch of work on it also, so it won’t be long now!
Posted on: 8/15/2006 7:46 PM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4627290
RE: IS That an ARF ?
[quote]No offense (you ddn't build it after all) but that looks more like a tonka toy than a model to my eye, details glossed over, no attempts at weathering etc. etc. I'm no WW2 warbird expert but even my uintrained eye screams plastic caricature. Heck, how can the poor pilot even see forward? It looks like an ARF.... It should look like this; [/quote] Jim, I don't know how you do it in Canada, and I really don't care. But the rules here are pretty simple. Here, this might help: [b]Definition of on-topic: A contribution is on-topic if it is within the bounds of the current discussion, article, etc.[/b] Here is your rolly eyes [8|] Thanks for the critique of my Hellcat, just so you know it's under construction. But who would have guessed you couldn't figure that out?
Posted on: 8/15/2006 12:00 PM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "Kit Building"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4625683
RE: IS That an ARF ?
[quote]ORIGINAL: PilotFighter When people ask if your model is an ARF, is that a compliment or an insult ? [/quote] Well, I'll try and get this thread back on topic and divert the hijack attempt. Given the fact that maybe they don't know you, how you build and what is available I would take it as a legitimate question. Many times ARF's are much better constructed and finished than what some modelers can build, so that makes it a perfectly logical question. Here is my ARF CMP Hellcat: [:D]
Posted on: 8/15/2006 10:33 AM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "Kit Building"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4625364
RE: A building survey
[quote]ORIGINAL: sparky577 Anyone else out there just build planes for the sake of building? It seems like as soon as i'm done with one, I want to get another kit to build. I'm just curious if i'm the only one who likes to build planes just for the sake of building. [/quote] I have always loved building but I would build to fly. Now I'd say in the last 5 years or so I've moved into a total building mode! I became board with flying, once a plane had a few flights I was board with it. Building and especially detailing a model is extremely satisfying to me, because there is always a new challenge that was totally different from the last one, flying is really not that way to me. Recently I've discovered ARC models, the major building is done so you can focus on finish and details. I'll be moving to San Antonio in about 1 1/2 years, with all of the great flying sites in that area I may start flying some of these planes I've built![:D] This is my VQ ARC Black Widow cockpit project:
Posted on: 8/15/2006 10:23 AM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "Kit Building"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4625334
RE: The Widow's Web II VQ ARC Bash
[quote]Remember, imitation is the greatest form of flattery[/quote] I see Kelsey![;)] Thanks, and you’re welcome Tom, I’ll keep everyone pretty up to date! I finished the gunners armor plate. It’s the best I could come up with looking at various pictures of both the wrecked one at the Mid Atlantic Air Museum http://www.maam.org/ and the pilots manual. I notice that some have detailed their Widows using the prototypes armor plate that is nothing like the production version. My pieces are made with one piece of .040 styrene and a back piece with tubing detail that is .015, it’s very simple to make but it really super details the cockpit. The mounting flanges are pre molded in the sides so you can install it as one piece in the combat position or you can cut it in half and glue it in the stowed position. I took some pictures of the finished pieces and some of them installed. Also I got the pilot guy in there posing, he also tried the pilots seat out for size!
Posted on: 8/11/2006 6:41 PM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4611605
RE: The Widow's Web II VQ ARC Bash
[quote]ORIGINAL: scale dail Did you even put the Northrop emblem on the center of the wheel? yes you are having fun with this thing. [/quote] Hey Dail, yes I did! lol Just don't look right without it, just hope Northrop don't come after me for copyright infringement! [quote]Looks like your forming rivets,and intrument screws into your stuff.right? Not done after with paint or glue?And for the cockpit keep going I love see what you will come up with next.Is there a lot of extra scale things to build for the out side of the plane .For example Like the hooks you did for your Corsair,small things like that?As for the body parts let me know when to send you the info you need and how to pay you.I might even want one of your pilots that you made for the hellcat. Thanks Joe [/quote] I decided that molding the switches into the plastic was the best way to go at this small of scale, that way you just hit it with some silver and it looks pretty good. The small side panel with all the switches is the size of my finger tip, it just would not make sense to try and install 15 pieces of wire for switches! You are getting way ahead of me! But yes, the exterior has several interesting details that I will add...later! I'll get back with you on the pilots, right now I'm not doing anything but P-61 interior parts. [quote]Dion, When do you estimate the cockpit kits, etc will be ready to sell? I'm sort of holding up my starting this kit until I have everything ready to go. Please keep up the Great Work!!! Tom [/quote] Thanks Tom, and I understand your situation, I'm sorry to be holding you up! I want this cockpit to be right, or at least acceptable to me before I sell it. I have a few items to finish, one easy and one that is really kicking my butt! The easy one is the gunners armor plate that fits in front of his station, the hard one is the gunners site mechanism. I could easily make a one of a kind for my own use, but I want to include it in the kit. I want to avoid resin casting at all costs because of the labor and expense of that process, not to mention the heavy weight of the finished parts. I don't want to set dates, but I hope to be starting the instructions next week some time. I will be installing the cockpit in one of the Black ARF versions. When you see the right panel, armor plate and gun sight done you will know that the cockpits are almost ready to go!
Posted on: 8/11/2006 11:32 AM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4610169
RE: corsair cocpit
[quote]ORIGINAL: smokingtommy hi all thanks for help there is some great shots for me to work with i must say tthese pilot are the best i have seen who makes them were in the uk do you think i can get some onces again thanks [/quote] Keep in mind that those are not Corsair pilots, if you are interested in accuracy. You might as well install Kermit the frog if you were to use those in a Corsair. Here is a Corsair pilot, I believe it's a BBI prototype that never went into production. I'll just have to make my own I guess!
Posted on: 8/11/2006 8:30 AM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4609569
RE: The Widow's Web II VQ ARC Bash
I'll make some parts in a bit Joe, I'm trying to keep the momentum up with this thing, I think I see the light at the end of the tunnel![:D] I may be starting the 1/6 Corsair cockpit again, we'll see. I thought I'd keep you all up to date with another post. I'm still working out the details on the right panel, I hope to have that done this weekend. I want to add all the levers and knobs to my cockpit, but it's not worth doing yet because I may need to change something. I made the discovery that the step location in my cockpit floor was wrong! I was using all kinds of documentation, and it all seemed to agree, but it was all wrong! The step does not end at the center of the wheel well, it ends just behind the pilot seat. All of the cockpit kits I've looked at, both for the plastic kits and other RC cockpit kits are wrong. When you build this one you will have the only accurate Black Widow cockpit that I am aware of. On the new parts like the fire extinguisher and pilots seat, all of it is vacuum formed, I just used my ticks again! With this cockpit you can build it stock or keep adding detail for a museum piece, the P-61 has an incredibly interesting cockpit. I just have a hard time finding a place to stop, it's just to much fun! See ya next time!
Posted on: 8/10/2006 9:43 PM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4606803
RE: Full scale F-86 crash
Sad indeed, right after the Hawker Hunter went in too. Anything that flies will crash, they all know that going in, we know that flying RC. As stated above, when something goes wrong in RC it's a nice feeling to have your feet on the ground and not be in the model. Some enjoy the risk, so that's what they do, the risk takers live on the edge. Here are some pictures, that plane was one nice bird. I was at the Maxwell show when the right main gear failed to lock down and it slid off the runway. He flew it around for a while to burn off fuel and also to try and get the gear down. I notice the press says the ejection seat was not used when there was no way it could have been used. The F-86 did not have a zero zero ejection seat, meaning you can eject with zero airspeed and zero altitude. With the F-86 you must have altitude and forward motion or you will die in the ejection, from what I've read. RIP
Posted on: 8/9/2006 9:11 AM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "Crash & Rebuild"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4601188
RE: Warbirds over Whatcom tomorrow and sunday!
Thanks for the pictures! Nice to see old Mt. Baker in the background, I miss Washington some times (just not the high taxes and real-estate prices!) Looks like you guys have been having a hot summer, not to worry the rain will start again soon![:D] I was a member of the club in the late 70's and early 80's, last time I flew at that site was 02. Here is some nostalgia for ya, my Jemco FW at the Noon Rd field with a little press coverage! Art RIP is in the center picture, great guy to fly with. Dion
Posted on: 8/8/2006 7:50 PM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4599269
RE: Royal Bearcat
[quote]ORIGINAL: goonybird1 Hi guys, I know the "Royal Products Co" has been out of business for many years now. I wonder if anyone else purchased the manufacturing rights for this kit and if so, who??? If any of you could answer my question it would be much appreciated! Thanks, Mike [/quote] Marutaka of Japan, who is the owner of the rights to the plans, also closed it's doors forever about a year and a half ago. I do know that at least one company here in the States was trying to buy the rights and tooling from Marutaka, but they would not sell for some unknown reason. As far as I know everything is going to just remain in limbo. Interestingly Marutaka started going to more formed parts toward the end, the Black Widow I have has MANY formed plastic parts. I also have the Stuka, and it has lot's of plastic, unlike the older kits that required you to carve wood for everything. I have molds for most all of the old Warbird stuff, in cases like the P-51 where a canopy is available that is very similar to the kit one (Top Flite) I did not see a point in making a copy. I have both the TF and Royal Canopy mold for the Bearcat (Top Flite canopy is more realistic in my opinion) and I also have molds for the Royal B-25, P-38, ME109, FW190, Corsair, Stuka, Zero, Hellcat and P-61. I also have the cockpit kits, drop-tanks and some extra parts for those planes where they were available. I don't have that much stuff, but what molds I do have takes up every bit of an extra room![:D]
Posted on: 8/8/2006 10:08 AM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4597271
RE: The Widow's Web II VQ ARC Bash
[quote]ORIGINAL: Streetfuz Dion, I just need a new shirt, size 16" neck 34/35 sleeve, grey would be nice or blue!!!???? LOL But all kidding aside, how are us regular folks going to keep up with you???[:(] I'll be afraid of letting anyone else see my bird and will have to fly at night so no passer-by's will see it and then compare it to your work!![:o] Keep up all the NEAT STUFF and great workmanship with all your improvements!! Tom[;)] Streetfuz@npgcable.com [/quote] Lol! [:D] I knew someone was going to do that! Be proud of your work Tom! Just learn a little with every build and steadily add to your projects, taking them a little further each time. Thanks again Tom for your encouragement throughout my build so far! [quote] I am amazed Dion you can whip up anything scale like a magician. and now for my next trick-scale twin row radials! [/quote] It is sort of like tricks isn't it? [:D] Actually I was going to make some dummy radials! lol [quote]Totally understand,I know taking the time to make a mould and have it work the way you want ,is a lot of effort ,well for me it is.Now for the guy copying your stuff and selling it ,what a dirtbag.what can you expect, honor and repect seems to be lacking alot these days. Did you ever help me with my pilot problem,i made a cockpit a little odd in size.I was just going to sew up a suit and glue a hanger 9 pilot (cut at the straps) on and stuff it with cotton. You don't get a natural look though.If your willing to sell a set of the vaccum body parts I would be interested. I have the DGA patterns from a 1/6 full body,I'll see if I can get a scan posted. Anyway great work on your projects .big and small.Your creativity keeps amazing me. Here are the outfit patterns that I have .If you can use them great.They are not much different than what you made.Woops new at the down loading pictures thing. Thanks Joe [/quote] Joe, I forgot to mention that the plastic does not shrink to any noticeable degree, the cockpit will probably outlive your plane (or die with it!) if assembled and installed properly. I am always worried about people copying my stuff, but I guess it's just part of life. You have those that do the work and then you always have the segment that wants the benefit without the work. As far as pilots go, I can vacuum form some bodies for you, remember these are 1/9 scale, about 7 1/2 to 8" tall depending on how much of a gap you have in the joints! Thanks so much for those patterns, they look much more professional than mine. Probably wouldn't work to well for a 1/9 figure though, they are very small and it would be hard to add all those details. How many pilots did you want? I'll have the heads done in a few days, but right now I'm just vacuum forming the hands and feet. Thanks for the compliments Joe and everyone, it's very much appreciated, you guys are helping me right along![:D] I'll have some great updates in a few days, I just need to paint some finished parts. I've already started stocking the different bins with finished production parts, so I'm right on schedule, let's hope I can stay there! Oh yea, Tomas! I have not decided on a particular plane, except that it will be one of the green and gray ones. Those nose art pages you sent me were excellent, thanks! Gave me some great ideas! You need to come up with the nose art you want so I can make it for you! Dion
Posted on: 8/7/2006 5:57 PM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4594449
RE: The Widow's Web II VQ ARC Bash
Hey Tomas, thanks bud! I thought I’d get at least one inquiry as to where I got the pilot, oh well. I’ll explain how I did it even though there seems to be little interest. My crew figures are not finished yet but here is how I did them, I made everything from scratch! I stuck the heads and hands on them just for show, but that is not the head or hands that will be on the finished crew figures. I made them 8� tall, that would be 6’ for the full scale guys. The reason I wanted to do this is because I love the BBI figures, but they are only in 1/6 scale. So if I could make my own it would eliminate my dependence on BBI or some other toy company for pilots, and as I said make it so that I could model a plane in whatever scale I wanted and have a great pilot. With those goals in mind I bought a sewing machine and some fabric! I figured that if I could read aircraft plans I could figure out clothing plans. I shrunk down some patterns to my pilots size and started sewing. I can make a pair of pants in just a few minutes, the shirt is a little more complicated but it’s still pretty easy. I made the molds for the pilot figures and vacuum formed the bodies along with the shoes. The pilot halves were then filled with expandable foam. When that dried I sanded that off with the belt sander and glued the parts together with epoxy. I used GP small hinge points for the knees and elbows and just a piece of wire through the tops of the legs and arms. Parachute harnesses were sewn and the buckles made from .012 flight skin. These pilots weigh 1oz each, not to bad! I’m still looking for a good material to cut the life vests out of, if you know of something let me know! Also here is my first pattern, not many can be found on the net for free. …and no, I won’t make you a new set of drapes![:)] Dion
Posted on: 8/5/2006 8:52 PM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4587614
RE: The Widow's Web II VQ ARC Bash
[quote]ORIGINAL: Streetfuz [size=4][/size][color=#0000FF][/color]Dion, You've done it again! Makes you just want to close your eyes and crawl right into that "Widow" and fly off into the moonless sky!! Nice job, keep up the GREAT work!! Tom,[;)] Streetfuz@npgcable.com [/quote] Tom, Thanks! You bring up a good day dream, it's exactly what I like to think about and I like models that inspire the imagination. You can imagine things with Monokoted models, but ones with more detail can really get the imagination going! Thanks Joe! No I'm not going to divulge any secrets just yet I'm sorry to say. I have to keep the competition at bay, although eventually I know I'll be copied in some way. It's already happening, first they start as admirers and then before I know it they are doing exactly what I'm doing. I even had one guy on ebay buy my stuff and then turn around and started selling the exact same things! Good luck with your vacuum forming, it's much more complicated than most people think in my opinion. I just want everyone to know that is following this thread that I am still working very diligently on the Widow. Most of the stuff now is just small stuff and making final adjustments to the molds and drawing patterns. I was lucky enough to get a limited addition P-61 pilot by BBI Toys, he’s only 8� tall and fits in the Widow perfectly! More to come real soon!
Posted on: 8/5/2006 12:13 PM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4586326
RE: The Widow's Web II VQ ARC Bash
Finished the Radar Operators station, just not finished in time for pictures was the radar scope hoods. It's now back to the pilot and gunner section to finish that up and I'm done with the cockpit! Yea![:D] Here are some pictures, keep in mind that the flash ruins the colors. Problem is I never take pictures during the day! Maybe when she is all finished I'll take it out in the sun for some pictures.
Posted on: 7/31/2006 12:18 AM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4564923
RE: Main things to change on the P61 BLACK WIDOW VQ
When I get to that point I'll look at the bellcranks, I might be able to make a set out of PC board. Other than that it's a great bird, I'm almost done with the cockpit kit and I'm anxious to move on to the rest of the model! Dion
Posted on: 7/30/2006 9:32 PM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4564187
RE: Main things to change on the P61 BLACK WIDOW VQ
Thank you for the plug Walt![8D] Jean, I have not finished my Black Widow yet obviously but I did look it over. The one major thing that needs attention is the flap hinges and control rod attachment points. The bell-crank arrangement looks great to me and I was very happy to see that they were used. Cutting the # of servos will also cut the weight of the plane. The distance between the control point and hinge on your flap will determine how rigid your control surface will be. The distance between the two points is your lever, the longer the lever the easier it will be for your servo to keep the control surfaces steady. Also as stated above, change the hinges out for some giant scale Robart hinges. (I will cover all of this in more detail when I get to it in my thread) The first picture is the stock set-up, the next one is how it should look: Dion
Posted on: 7/30/2006 9:50 AM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4561764
RE: What kit did you REALLY enjoy building?
[quote]ORIGINAL: onemorecast or precut parts that are too big or too small to fit over the plans and you would have to recut them yourself. I like good quality instructions to ease in the guessing game of what to do next and completing a step out of order. The instructions have been weak in a lot of kits. So, I am pointing my flying interest in the way of profiles and pattern style planes. [/quote] Keep in mind that plans can expand and shrink with humidity by a lot! Cutting parts to match the plan is not right. I like to deviate from the instructions whenever I can using them as a general guide. I’m used to building Royal kits I guess. I have enjoyed all the kits I’ve built, instructions or not, bad wood and good wood don’t matter to me. Dion
Posted on: 7/30/2006 9:22 AM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "Kit Building"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4561700
RE: The Widow's Web II VQ ARC Bash
Hi Jan, Thanks for the kind words, I’m glad you like what I’ve done so far! I’d love to have a 1/6 scale black widow, wow! Yours really looks great, very nice job! No, I’m trying to learn German, don’t really know to much yet. I never did learn to speak English very well so I don’t know how it’ll work out! Lol! Good luck with your Warbird meeting, I’d love to be there. If you could get some pictures, that would make a good thread! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OK Widow lovers, got some new parts made! I still have the sides to do, but you can see how it is progressing. Space is a bit cramped in the radar cockpit, the wing bolts are in the way and will not allow for a full size cockpit. It still looks pretty good though. The radar scope things are not finished, I wanted to mold them separately for more of a 3D look. Next picture shows the hatch with the latch installed. I soldered a small latch out of PC board and it works great. If any of you want to know how to do that I’d be glad to post a how-to, very easy. Poor picture of the inside of the hatch, but you will notice that you can’t see the hatch latch. I used an old magician trick, called the false bottom. Just a thin piece of .015 plastic over it to keep the scale looks. Now just some pictures for your enjoyment. I removed all of the stringers in front of the last former and the tail still feels very strong. In the stock cockpit kit this will not be necessary, I’m just trying to do mine a little more scale. I’ll have the sides done real soon here and I’ll post the finished pictures of the Radar Operators compartment. Dion
Posted on: 7/30/2006 9:02 AM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4560957
RE: The Widow's Web II VQ ARC Bash
Thanks Russ, you will get a cockpit kit, no problem. When you get a chance check in now and then and follow my progress! Thanks Streetfuz, glad ya like it so far! I don’t like to set dates because they put to much pressure on my artistic ways if you know what I mean, but I’m looking at a finish date for this in about 2 ½ weeks or so. I’m extremely close to finishing the parts. I have to then do instructions for them so that will take another week or so. [quote]ORIGINAL: scale dail Dion, I bow to you the scale master! will you make your own crew members too? [/quote] Scale dail, I really am flattered, but are you trying to make my detractors hate me more?! Lol Who cares about them right? Yes I’m experimenting with different ways to make a crew, look for a future update for info on that. OK, I have a little update. A major update is in the works but I’ll post a little now to keep the thread going. The first picture shows the stock Radio Operators area in the rear of the center pod. Next I highlited the areas that have to be removed. I believe the sticks on the side were used as a jig in construction and are not needed for structural integrity. The whole area remains quite strong even after removing all of the material. This is how it looks with everything removed. It’s a very easy task now, just drop the light ply floor in. Also notice that I removed the balsa layer from the former just behind the wing. It was badly warped and removing it helped to straighten it out, also I gained about 1/8� of extra room for the cockpit. You can do this or not, it’s up to you. You can see how the seat will fit. I’m adding the Radar Operators access hatch and ladder. This is not part of the stock cockpit kit, but like I said in the beginning I will be adding some extras to my plane! Here is the hatch installed and closed. And the hatch in the open position. I just vacuum formed a piece from what I cut out of the fuselage and then attached it with PC board hinges. I will add a small latch to hold it shut next. Here you can see the piece that has one ladder bar attached that fits below the floor. Finally a picture of the two types of chairs, one is almost exact scale and the other is not. It all depends on the time you take to bend the wire for the armrests. The seat on the right is closest to scale, doesn’t take much extra work to make it perfect. More very soon! Dion
Posted on: 7/27/2006 8:41 PM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4552843
RE: old kits- what to do with them?
It's interesting to see the different points of view. Everyone that has one is convinced that theirs is the correct one! In reality a kit is whatever you want it to be. This hobby is actually made up of many different parts, all of witch ultimately are to give pleasure to the hobbyist. If you like collecting kits, then do it. Where did the ratio of 1 plane in the air is better than 3 on the bench come from?[:-] If you're speaking for yourself then fine, it doesn't have to make any sense. I keep some original kits for display because it reminds me of the days I used to see them in the hobby shop when I was younger and could not afford them. I would love to go into the hobby shop and just stare at the box art, it was very inspiring. Eventually everything you see around you will be destroyed at some point in the future as it all passes into history, but for now lets just let each individual decide what pleases him or her in this hobby. If you like looking at a box on the shelf, great! If you like to build them but not fly them, great! If you like to build and fly, great! I couldn't care less if a guy bought an old kit for $10,000, if you got the cash and you want it bad enough who cares? If the kits have no sentimental value to you then it would probably be better to sell them and buy a plan or copy of the kit. You would probably get enough money to buy everything you need for the reproductions and then some! Dion
Posted on: 7/26/2006 9:25 PM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4548220
RE: Need Canopy Set For Royal/Marutaka B25
[quote]ORIGINAL: CONCORDEFAN Geewizz Dion you seems to help everyone else except me, i requested you for Royal Bearcat canopy and you rejected my request just becauce i am in Canada and still willing send funds before you send out canopies to me....I need help here... [:o][:o] Sammy [/quote] Sammy, It's nothing personal, I just stopped shipping outside the US. Like I said, it's to much trouble and I've had a greater percentage of problems from out of country sales, far greater in fact. I've had complaints about shipping costs, one guy from RCU who lives in Canada complained like crazy about a $2 overcharge in shipping even though the Paypal charges I had to pay for the transaction were over $2! I also made him a deal on the products, selling for less. Not to mention the time it took me to go to the post office, fill out the paperwork and wait in line. I gave him a $5 refund just to get him to stop wining and he never even had a thank you. Just to name one example, so never again. Sorry, Dion
Posted on: 7/26/2006 11:53 AM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4547006
RE: The Widow's Web II VQ ARC Bash
[quote]ORIGINAL: fgpierce Hi dionysusbacchus I've been browsing through this thread and I'm blown away! I can't single out one mod but let it suffice to say WoW! I have a VQ P-61. My mods consist of night radar antenna, Nose chin pitot tube and making the dorsal gun turret rotate. Not much! But I'm still proud of her. [/quote] Thanks fgpierce! Your Widow looks awesome
Posted on: 7/21/2006 11:17 PM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4530092
RE: Need Canopy Set For Royal/Marutaka B25
Sorry I missed these new posts, I don't subscribe to threads it's just to much to follow. 280ZX I can make you a set, go to my profile and send me an email. [quote]ORIGINAL: roncoleman dionysusbacchus, By chance would you happen to make canopies for the Royal Cessna 310 and 182? I in need of fro these two kits, I hope you can help. Thanks, Ron [/quote] Sorry Ron, I had those
Posted on: 7/21/2006 10:55 PM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4529998
RE: How about that for a landing!!!!!!!!
[quote]ORIGINAL: Doolittleraider I guess some "experts" always have to add their opinion. [/quote] And even some none experts and even armatures like yourself, so what's your point? Do you have a skill? I've certainly never seen anything worth mentioning from you...
Posted on: 7/21/2006 2:12 PM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "3D Flying!"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4528132
RE: How about that for a landing!!!!!!!!
[quote]ORIGINAL: Mike Denest If it were not for the 3D ability of both pilot and airplane, it would otherwise be a smoking hole in the ground. That's when pilits refer to someone as being a "good stick". [/quote] My point exactly, now what the hell is this doing in the warbird section!!!!!!!!
Posted on: 7/21/2006 7:48 AM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "3D Flying!"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4526957
RE: How about that for a landing!!!!!!!!
[quote]ORIGINAL: driedjello That was fricken awesome! Now I wonder if that would work with my warbird? [:D] [/quote] Yea, I was going to say try that with a P-38 or something![:D] Light weight with a huge engine and massive control throws, it's no wonder he saved it, they fly them like that all the time. I thought he'd hover and then just have some one go out and grab it!
Posted on: 7/20/2006 8:37 PM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "3D Flying!"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4525579
RE: Marine's Dream Corsair
[quote]ORIGINAL: pittsdriver Bruno, I don't know why everyone goes gaga over Marines Dream and the Jolly Roger Corsairs. [/quote] Don makes a good point. Not only is the paint job fictitious on Marines Dream but it also has several very hideous mods to it. One of the most glaring is the huge sheet of aluminum slapped over the fabric area of the wingtips and riveted on. It is a Corsair and still cool though.[:D] Dion
Posted on: 7/20/2006 4:14 PM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4524669
RE: Air World fw-190 ? anyone ?
[quote]ORIGINAL: wojtek ... im thinking about one of these and was wondering if anyone had any first hand experience or impressions on one of these ? Voy [/quote] My impression of it is that it's semi-scale at best. It's certainly not a contest type ship because the outline alone is way off. Some don't like the scale debate, but if it were not for the scale debate modeling would be totally boring to me. Flying planes that sort of resemble full scale ones around in circles does not excite me either, so I'll offer my .02 cents. Looking at the pictures I've compiled is enough evidence to see what I mean. The fuselage is completely the wrong scale and shape from the nose to the tail, in fact so much so that it doesn't even have a FW190 look to it. Fuselage is to round and thin at the start of the fin. Canopy is to large and to close to the wing. Bulge on cowl is to big and the wrong shape. Nose has been extended and the cowl is the wrong size and shape. The fin and rudder appear to large, but I did not measure that, to much wrong already to bother. Conclusion: It's a very nice quality semi-scale, highly decorated model. In my opinion I would want better scale accuracy for the money. Dion
Posted on: 7/12/2006 9:15 PM by Author "dionysusbacchus"
in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=4494705
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