Sar-1 Able-eye

nev · January 26, 2007, 05:01:16 AM

Oh, and a cargo ramp

ysi_maniac · January 26, 2007, 07:20:58 AM

And a crane in one side, like SAR helicopters

John Howling Mouse · February 02, 2007, 05:21:33 AM

Work has progressed, just faster than I can keep up with photographing and uploading...

And it looks like Bill at CanMilAir Decals is going to make me a custom sheet of the white text/elements I need for the red aircraft...thanks for the referral, Todd!

ysi_maniac · February 02, 2007, 06:52:09 AM

Silence please! A master at work.

Rafael · February 02, 2007, 05:27:22 PM

Shhhhhh.......
Rafa
(In sotto-voce: Baz, would you explain to me the little holes in the future windows?)

John Howling Mouse · February 02, 2007, 07:14:46 PM

QuoteShhhhhh.......
Rafa
(In sotto-voce: Baz, would you explain to me the little holes in the future windows?)

Yes. The pencil lines are the final, hoped-for perimeters of the window openings.
The drilled holes help me aim for the corners as I open up the windows and leave the corners tight but still a bit rounded off.

I'll show some in-progress pics once the Dremel comes into play. I was supposed to get to this today but I had to do some really early Christmas shopping instead.

Heh, heh, Christmas shopping in February. I make the funny.

If you dust off the archives and find my World's Ugliest Helo thread, I think I had a pretty good series of how-to-pics on this technique over there.

Oh, here it is:

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/forum//index...opic=6311&st=45

John Howling Mouse · February 02, 2007, 07:23:54 PM

QuoteHey Barry, y'know what would look cool? If you got rid of the turboprops and replaced them with underslung jet pods, Viking style Or, overslung jetpods, Antonov style for rough field performance

I say this, not because I want to see it, but purely to mess with your mind knowing you will be unable to resist further styrene surgery.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Guess what? I just pulled another Hawkeye from the stash!

All great ideas! Nev-Star-One: coming up!

As for the cargo ramp, though: I'm doing a cargo-ramp conversion on a HC Dash-8 right now (thanks to Todd----IIRC----for the concept) but it's trickier than it looks at first glance. Took the fuselage to the bandsaw and was juuuuuust about to slice it when I realized, hey, I've not only got to account for reversing the top-view taper of the fuselage, but a straight, perpendicular cut down the side will not work properly. The cut ends at top and bottom will pull away from each other once I angle the aft fuselage halves outward to permit a decent cargo ramp. It's my 2D mental limitations again.

Is okay though: Rafa and Matej are coming over this weekend to assist with the 3D required mindset.

Shasper · February 02, 2007, 09:04:20 PM

QuoteI say this, not because I want to see it, but purely to mess with your mind, BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

You sick Bstrd

Lookin' Good Mouse!

Shas B)

nev · February 03, 2007, 03:07:26 AM

QuoteTook the fuselage to the bandsaw and was juuuuuust about to slice it when I realized, hey, I've not only got to account for reversing the top-view taper of the fuselage, but a straight, perpendicular cut down the side will not work properly. The cut ends at top and bottom will pull away from each other once I angle the aft fuselage halves outward to permit a decent cargo ramp. .

Does anyone else understand this?

I feel like Homer Simpson being explained the finer points of Quantum Physics.

That is why you are the Baz-master, and I am a simple OOBer

Ian the Kiwi Herder · February 03, 2007, 07:00:20 AM

QuoteThat is why you are the Baz-master, and I am a simple OOBer

You and me both, Nev. It's great watching Barry do all this work..... So we don't have to !

Ian

anthonyp · February 03, 2007, 08:49:13 AM

This is why I don't type while actually performing the activity I'm typing about on said model

I've got an E-2 in the stash that I've been contemplating doing something like that to (the Anatov treatment).

John Howling Mouse · February 04, 2007, 11:22:17 AM

Quote
QuoteTook the fuselage to the bandsaw and was juuuuuust about to slice it when I realized, hey, I've not only got to account for reversing the top-view taper of the fuselage, but a straight, perpendicular cut down the side will not work properly. The cut ends at top and bottom will pull away from each other once I angle the aft fuselage halves outward to permit a decent cargo ramp. .
Does anyone else understand this? I feel like Homer Simpson being explained the finer points of Quantum Physics.

That is why you are the Baz-master, and I am a simple OOBer

Naw, it's not you. It's my limited ability to describe the process. I could draw it on paper but Ian's right: I'll just do it and take pics along the way.

mmmm.....dOOOOOnuts....!!!

John Howling Mouse · February 04, 2007, 02:53:27 PM

Here are the three window openings, rough-cut with a Dremel ™ tool at this point. Looks blecch so far but I can now file them to more decent apertures.
I only made one genuine screw-up that bit past the outline (which means filling an edge to be straight----not easy).

John Howling Mouse · February 04, 2007, 06:25:56 PM

mmmm....pretty.

But I now see that the starboard pilot's stepside window is bigger than the port version so more filing to come. But still looks better than the pic above!

cthulhu77 · February 04, 2007, 06:56:10 PM

tell 'em it's to counter the torque.