ticketec

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Hey LDM

I'm keeping that in mind, i just want to get her finished or near enough before i contact CMPro.

i've started mounting up the engine. In it's standard configuration, the muffler, top of the head, and the choke lever will stick out. to fix, BCMA engines have a wrap around dustbim exhaust for this engine,but it's out of stock for now. the choke lever, has three options, 1 is to cut down the lever to fit inside, 2 is to get a 90 degree adaptor plate, and 3, is to replace the carby with a WT-540 which doen't have as long a lever and will give me another 800 or so rpm's according to the SPE thread.

thanks

Dave

LDM

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Curiuos , will you mount the power module on the firewall ?? what about the battery , I am sure she will be tail heavy so I assume you will look for forward movemnet of equipment as much as possible

ticketec

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I'm thinking that i will use velcro (hook & loop), and also some cable tie's with these plastic mounting pads, for the ignition module. As for the battery pack, it will go above the fuel tank just behind the firewall.

I've just emailed BCMA to find out how long it will be before the exhaust comes back into stock so i can calculate where i can place the ignition module. It might halt work a little, but i have just started on the cockpit so there will be no major rush for a while.

Thanks

dave

mimoore67

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Absolutely great work! I've really enjoyed reading and seeing your pictures! It's amazing, what you can do with a ARF!

ticketec

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Well guy,

BCMA have come back and told me that they have been getting the run around from the supplier of the dust bin exhausts so i'll have to look for another solution.

Lenny tells me that the belts for his lathe have arrived and he's playing catch up, but i have to say, i have tired waiting for this gear. it's been literally months since i first started talking with him about them.

I re-modelled my mustang's retracts last weekend at a warbird meet, so now i have some repairs to do on it's wing and retracts.[&o]

On a lighter note, i have been working on the cockpit. I decided to sratch build this one so see how it comes out and i am pretty happy with it so far. i'll post some pic's as soon as i find the camera.... i'm only really making the details which would be hard to add later on once the canopy is glued into place. Unless of couse i get too excited and end up finishing the whiooe lot in one go!

Thanks

Dave

LDM

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Dave cant belive you still did not get that gear , very sorry to hear that as you know I sent him an emial when you requested

ticketec

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Hey LDM,

Yeah, i'm kinda not impressed. i have been waiting since June this year for them..... so that's 3-4 months

I have asked KMP for a price for their Fw-190 retracts to see what they come back with. I'd imagen that Lenny's stuff would be better, but 3 months is a fair go in my book.

Thanks again for your assistance with the emailing

thanks

Dave

OZYRAY

HI,BEEN FLYING A CMP 190 FOR 2 YEARS.POWERED BY A OS 120 E FOURSTROKE. ANY MORE POWER AND IT WOULD BE SO UNSCALE.ITS FITTED WITH ALL METAL EUROKIT RETRACTS. A GOOD SOLID ARTF. YOU MAY OF BEEN BETER OF BUILDING FROM A PLAN1 OZ

vasek

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I have to disagree with Oz. Bashing an ARF is becoming an art-form, you go Dave!
Vasek

LDM

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bashing is so much more fun , you open the big brown box from the big brown truck and you see the clear canvas ready for your artistic bash lol , tooo me and remember its just me , I rather see the arf that I am going to bash then a box of wood , but i do like lasor cut kits as well , some of them are actually exciting !!!!

LDM

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I think this plane is discontinued for good but I did fine another version with split flaps for much more cash $269 [:-], I started another post asking if anyone heard of the comp

ticketec

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Hey Ozyray,

If you go back and read the thread, you will see that i have already gone through all the points you made...

I agree with you as i have stated earlier, except for the os 120 fs being enough power. I had a brand new os 120 fs pumper in mine and the power was marinal to say the least. given that i was running the engine in at the time if you go back you will read that i have put the 40cc motor in so that i can spin an almost scale sized 3 blade prop and therefore making her MORE scale. That, and were i fly there are some nasty trees that have this habit of snatching models out of the sky, so it's handy to have a little extra power on tap to get out of those situation. not that i have been caught out before, but you never know.

I normally do scratch build, and kit build, but this is an inbetwen projects kitbash. and i have never kitbashed a model to this extent either so it's something new too.

How do you find your eurokit retracts? which ones did you use and are they set to scale angles? I'm still waiting on lenny at shindin so have started to look at other option including the set that comes with the yt/KMP Fw-190.

Thanks

Dave

ticketec

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Hey LDM,

any more info on this other Fw-190?

I would post more pic's of my cockpit which is coming along very nicly, but we can't find our digi camera[&o] hope it turns up soon....

Thanks

Dave

LDM

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dave , no updates from jackie its weird , they never take this long

ticketec

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Found the camera!!!!

Here you go, i cut out the cockpit "floor" so that i can get a little more cockpit in there. One thing i shouldn't have done is cut it all out as i've had to put back in a small section at the rear shelf. No biggy, but would have been better if i had thought of it before.

The instrument panels are coming along nicely, I scratch built the whole thing bar some of the smaller instrument bezels. I think i prefer to scratch build them, because it wasn't that hard and i don't have to put up with someone elses compromises. The way i did it was to print out a full sized version and make sure it fit in the cockpit, then i cut balsa to suit and covered it with 0.010" styreen sheet. in the picture there are 3 separate panels, and once finished i will attach them together with the correct angles before installing them into the cockpit.

The bezels are made by cutting some aluiminium tube into thin slices and then sanding them down to the correct size. i then glued them down to 0.020" styreen sheet and cout out the mounting bolt ears. the artificial horizon is the same but with an extra layer of 0.040" sheet inbetween and the serations filed out. the instruments themselfs have been soruced from different places, but all have been photoshop'd and them printed out on glossy, self adhesive paper, cutout, and then stuck into place. i will put a drop of gloss clear coat to simulate the glass faces and they'll be complete.

Now i have to make some placards and all the levers, handles, etc and it will be complete. i've got the next few days off work so i hope to even have the Revi 16B gunsight made, installed and ready for the cockpit to be glued down.

Thanks

Dave

ticketec

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oh, sorry about the pic quality. the instruments are very clear, but it doesn't look that way in the pic's.

I'll post some more later.

thanks

dave

nemesis4u

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www.shindinmachine.com

ticketec

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Thanks Nemisis4u,

I have been emailing him for the last 3-4 months trying to get a set but no cigar..... Have found that sierra do a set now and also waiting for KMP to come back to me with a price for their Fw-190 retracts (even if no one who bought the kit has them yet!!)

I have made little progress so i'll wait till the cockpit is done before i piost any more pic's.

Thanks

Dave

LDM

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nice job on the interior cant wait to see more progress

ticketec

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Thanks LDM,


ARHHHH, my digi camera just died!!! Doh, didn't need that just now.

Well, i have done a little more. i made the REVi 16 gunsight and installed that into the instrument panel, and have made all the appropriate cutouts in the cockpit combing. the instrument panel is also now installed in the model. so tomorrow if i get some time i will look at the canopies again and work out if i am going to use these ones or get anotherone vacformed. if i'm going to use these ones, then i will epoxy it down, and then add a small piece of glass around the lower perimeter to hold it down and help blend it into the fuse.

Might have to use the cell phone camera for a little while till i get a replacement camera....[&o]

thanks

Dave

ticketec

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Lucky my little sister is in town visiting, so i borrowed her camera to get some pics. here is the top section of the instrument panel, gunsight and leather padding around the combing.

I also glued down the canopy with some RC 560 canopy glue, but once it is dry i will add a small strip of .5oz glass around the edge of the canopy to blend it into the fuse.

Oosiksmith

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Not that I don't like what you are doing with this FW, but FIX THAT P-51!

Just kidding. Very nice work on that 190.

Tim

LDM

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nice work , looks very very good

ticketec

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Hey mate,

I will, i will !!!! i have been chasing robart for the replaement parts and i finally paid for them yesterday. i'm guessing it will take at least another week minimium before they get out here.

Looks like we may have bough our first house, which will need plenty of work so i realy want to get both aircraft flying before i don't have he time anymore...

Thanks

Dave

Oosiksmith

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I'd tell you to leave the house stuff to your wife, but you might end up with a pink bathroom. Congrats on the house.

The FW is my favorite Luftwafffe plane for the moment...we look forward to seeing what you can do with this ARF.

Tim