Bill Jennings

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G'Day Dave.
I think it is the mold I built for Ken Jack in Bundaberg some years ago. Is that where they came from?

Regards.
Bill

vertical grimmace

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I decided to re do the cockpit some on the TA 152. The results have been satisfying. Best pilots Gunther Rall at the helm. Fits perfectly.

Ramstein44

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Thanks Dgiatr. She's a fun plane.

Hey Vertical, that looks good. Maybe you can square me away with mine. After doing this Meister, I need a break from cockpit kits...

vertical grimmace

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Some progress on the gun hood. Lot'so work here.

Dowmer

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Looking good VG! You going to make a fiberglass gun hood from that? It would be easy to do.

vertical grimmace

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I thought about it, but I am just going to glue it on. The stringer that supports this block of wood, is too high up, so that is not a full size hood. If I were going to make the hood open I would have made one from glass, but the fuse would have to be modified for it to be scale, and I do not need it to open. The TA 152 did not have guns under there anyway, they had the pressurized cockpit pumps and tanks in there. So it would not be that interesting having it open anyway. Not to mention, I am in a time crunch now and have to get this thing done. No time for frivolity! lol

Dowmer

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Ha, there's never enough time it seems.....gitt'er dun . I figured you'd have the hood open so you could hide your switches and fuel dot etc. no working hood does make it easier. I'm looking forward to seeing your maiden flight report. There aren't many completed Anderson 152s. I'm still eyeing the Fliteskin TA.

vertical grimmace

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I have not seen a single Andersen TA 152 completed except the prototypes. I have found many build threads that stalled out. Mainly on RCSB. I am sure it will fly great, I just have to make sure I get everything straight. The wing is way complicated. Thankfully I am over that hump. It has that "kink" designed into it that the real aircraft had. Without a solid trailing edge, and relying on those fragile tabs to keep it flat on the building board, keeping that 10' wing straight was a chore. I have exactly 2 degrees of washout though, so I am happy.

I had planned to put all of my switches, pump valve etc in the scale hatch on the side of the fuselage. Those seem to always work out well.

Ramstein44

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Looking awesome. You'll be the first to complete this bird to my knowledge. And I'm taking notes so post everything. Mine will sit until I get the time to lose my mind with the build. I don't want get burnt out on it as it'll be my only TA and I'm looking forward to it.

Sure wish you'd reconsider making the gun hood so I could benefit from one..lol

ticketec

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Hey Bill,

yeah, I think it came from that neck of the woods!!!

so you have any more info on it? Like the wing section used, canopy, etc?

Ram, your Dora is looking awesome!!

thanks

Dave

vertical grimmace

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Sorry Ram, you will have to carve your own. Take note that that stringer on the plans is too high to give a scale sized hatch. He has the actual hatch line drawn on the plans. I will do the chart tape/primer thing here to simulate it. I need to get a hold of Jose, as there are some items I need from him. Namely the spinner and the supercharger intake. I do not want to have to carve that thing.

Ramstein44

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Thanks for the heads up. I purchased an extra super charger from Jose for mine too. Carving parts gets old when theirs aftermarket ones available.

vertical grimmace

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He posted on Facebook a new Carbon spinner. I want to try to get a hold of one of those if there are not too unreasonably priced. Otherwise I may just go with the Aluminum one. I need a dummy spinner for static judging. I may just use one as a mold and glass it, as it will only be needed for looks with my 3 blade prop.

scoobiemario

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I hope my plane qualifies here.
Some time ago i bought TF mustang from my buddy. He broke the wing few years back, than bought new ARC wing replacement and never finished it.
I finished glassing it, painted it, and almost finished weathering at this point. Maiden flight will be some time this month.
It has panel lines but no rivers. I wanted to finish it fairly quickly so I have giant gasser to fly.
Paint scheme is actually from B version. Nomenclature from BF109. DA50, Futaba servos, Sahara regulator with two Lipo and pin switches. Liion with regulator for ignition. JR 1221 receiver. Dry weight 23.5lbs. It should be 24.5 ready to fly.
Noticed where I placed air filled valve and fuel filler line? I still have little work left to do.

invertmast

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VG,
The 152 is looking good! If you need some hatch latch's, Ive got some scale 1/4 turn style latch's available now. Sold it sets of 12

Ramstein44

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What's going on with the 1/4 scale ta152 project Invertmast???

Ramstein44

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Best looking Mustang..

invertmast

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Im working on getting This off my bench... Sorry its not german.



i did get this the other day though:



its a laser cut short kit for a 95" Horten ViiB flying wing. It'll be project after the TA-152, which should get some action this weekend.

Ramstein44

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Cool pancake, it could be German, just paint a swastika on it.. Well hurry up and get all those little robots we know exist in your workshop on it.. As fast as you build.

BJ64

Haven't you got enough building going on already, Greg?

LoL

How's that bigarsed F-14 coming along mate?

BJ

PS - that flying saucer thingie could very well have been something the German's created - they were into all sorts of "interesting" projects before the end of WW II...

invertmast

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F14 is progressing slowly, ive got to layup a new fuselage, the current one is to heavy, then get around to designing the nose gear and hydraulic actuators for the mains. Once that is done, i can start doing the final assembly of the flying prototype.

invertmast

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Haha, yea i am really looking forward to the Ta build, it will be a piece of cake compared to this pancake. I thought the pancake was going to be an easy groupd build, then i ended up doing it all in my own. Lol

Once i get the board cleared, i suspect it'll take about 2 1/2-3 months at most to get the TA built and ready for detailing, the 3D printed will help out alot as it can print out my servo hatch liners and screw mounts, along with a few other details.

lawrence b

1/4 scale 109E-4, should do the test flight within the next two weeks.

Duplicator41

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That is one very nice looking 109. How about some details about it? Engine, retracts, radio, plans, etc., etc. And of course a flight report.

Cheers,

Andy

lawrence b

Hi Andy, it has a good old G62 for power, I had Lenny at Shinden Machine make the custom gear for me, the gear were then converted by Mitch at Down and Locked to electric. I made my own plug & molds for all the parts from my own drawings using Aero Detail and several other 3-views as a reference. I had Coby at Flying Foam CNC cut the foam cores so that if someone else wanted to build one they will get a good consistant core and I don't have to "hot wire" the cores myself. I wanted to build a light weight Emil and since there are no 1/4 scale kits I did my own, The only other 1/4 scale glass and foam 109 is the Meister 109G Platinum kit which is a flying brick. My 109 right now without any radio stuff in the fuse comes in at 29.5 lbs, everything else is installed in the plane. So when I add the fuse servo's, RX, batteries, and fuel tank I'm shooting for 31Lbs, which should give me a nice wing loading compared to the same size model coming in at close to 50lbs! I still have a bunch of detail stuff to do, cockpit, gear doors, wheel hub caps, and numerous other small things but I can afford the extra bit of weight, I usually test fly my junk before it's finished, that way if it crashes I won't have waisted the time, and if it does good I feel better about putting in the extra time.