WimB

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Fred,

looks very nice, I love the A10 as well.........next on my wish-list....

Wim

Alex48

The Little Jet Company's New scale product line starting with these removable 1/7.5 scale Pitot, AoA, AIC and TAT probes. You get six probes in a set all pre painted just cut the hole, glue the backing plate on and your good to go. We have nearly sold out of kits with only 8 remaining! Email us for more information. [email protected]

Plenty of progress on the F14 as I'm trying to get it ready for September I'll update the thread in the next few days.

smaze17

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Wow Alex really slick. Your stuff is amazing.

S

Alex48

Thanks

Alex48

Rudder servos have all been installed, there were no mounts in the rudders so I had to make my own, while the hysol was drying I started weathering the gear. I just need to add a few hand painted details and of course some decals and they will be ready to go back in.

Colin Allen

No mounts in the rudders? I haven't received my kit yet, so curious what was SM's intent here. Was your kit faulty or did they mean it to be that way?

WimB

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Colin,

I can only guess that alex is referring to the rudder horns. The rudder servo's are mounted in one of the rudder formers.

Wim

FenderBean

Alex what did you use to cut the antenna mount areas out?

Alex48

Sorry guys I didn't articulate the issue very well...

When I opened up the rudder to see how to connect the rudder to the servo, I found just an empty space. I made some carbon plates and built a bit of internal structure then injected loads of hysol to bond it all together. I'm not sure if this was left to the builder or not but the instructions show you just cut a slot for a ball end horn and screw it in from the bottom of the rudder. It would be nice if this had been done at the factory perhaps mine was an early one, I'd be interested to see what other people got. Here is a link to the instructions so you can see what I mean.

http://www.skymasterjet.com/f14v6.pdf

Alex48

Hi Fender, I use a tool the model car guys use to cut holes in the plastic bodywork, I forget the exact name, sorry.

WimB

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Alex,

I had the same thing, no balsa or at least not enough to bond the two carbon fibre horns to... I opened the bottom of the rudder some to bond the horns with glue. the horns are angled as well, so I can run the actuator rod in a straight line.

here's two pics of my rudder base. I will add a carbon base to the bottom of the rudder for stiffness later.



I know, looks a bit messy, but this was before cleanup. I also tried to mount the horns to the outside as much as possible, giving me good leverage on the rudder.

mick15

My approach was much simpler I just drilled a 6mm hole into the balsa sunk in an aluminium rod which was drilled and tapped 3mm for the ball joint.

m

Craig B.

That would be a body reamer Alex. Nice work on the rudder horn....that should be solid.

Chris Nicastro

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I have a couple photos you can use to make data plate decals for the gear if you can use them. These are large files over 5 megs of the gear in close detail frm the F-14D in Hawaii. Let me know and I can email them to you rather than post them here.

invertmast

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Chris,
If possible, i would love to get a copy of those photos.

Thomas

Chris Nicastro

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Sure, PM me your email and I'll send them directly

Alex48

Hi Chris, Thanks for the offer, I'd love a set of those photos, PM sent...

Many thanks,

Alex

Chris Nicastro

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No worries, I sent several emails late last night so you guys let me know if the big files came thru ok.
I take photos of these details all the time and its nice to have them for reference.

FenderBean

May seem like a dumb thing but I don't suppose u can post a pick of this tool or link.

Alex48

Here is a link to what they look like, I find them great for cutting holes in composites, it needs a little finishing afterwards due to the slight taper.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/11140...13=80&ff14=108

FenderBean

Thanks, I understand now I thought it was something different! New tool to add to the box! Alex I will send you an email in a couple of days with the address to send that kit. I should be leaving here in about 3 weeks, my f-14 shout be ready for pain soon as well. Im hoping to make it home to get the paint colors I need to send them for the correct colors on my scheme. Trying to be very specific! Thanks for the info

Alex48

No worries, If possible send Skymaster physical paint chips of your required colours. They will match that very accurately, its very hit and miss via email as all sorts of things get distorted with colour via a monitor. My client who ordered the F14 was also very specific and they turned out an exact match having sent the chips.

Looking forward to seeing yours come together.

Cheers, Alex

Alex48

Thanks to everyone who ordered a probe kit. Here is a picture of what you will be receiving in the post. Progress has been really good on the model and it should be ready to do the ground testing next week.

WimB

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Alex,

looking forward to my kit, looks super!!!
I suppose the box can be used to store the probes?

any progress on the rest of the details?

Wim

FenderBean

Alex I sent you an email with my address to get mine shipped. Thanks again!

Oh meant to ask does the real f-14 have the base areas like your set? I never looked to see if the base of the antennas matches the antenna color itself.