Scratch building 105" WS S Connie L-1049 (Pics added)
08-25-2012, 07:04 AM
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RE: Scratch building 105
ORIGINAL: Chad Veich
Can't wait to see her with some color!
Can't wait to see her with some color!
Your wait is half over now Chad!
First two light coats of white was sprayed on it 1hr ago, now i wait till full cure so last two final coats of white can be sprayed on it after fixing few more imperfections that i missed, good that this is primer and paint dual system paint....
08-26-2012, 09:29 AM
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Finally, white is all done on the fuselage, sprayed dark green on inner sides of both outer fins. PIA's 60's logo is being developed to be made as template to be used for painting logos on both outer fins....
08-27-2012, 05:04 PM
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Finally after spending 2hrs figuring out how to do cheat lines on both side of the fuselage, they were masked and then were painted with dark green color. Left outer lower fin was also painted green plus centre fin from both side was painted white.
08-28-2012, 07:55 AM
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Fuselage painting is near completion, I just hope i can paint wings and cowls in time before eve of 1th September before presenting it to PIA....Both fuse cheat lines are now painted on, masks are off and here she is....
08-29-2012, 05:16 PM
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Primed and partially painted the inner wing today, i was in bit of rush to get this a part done, so didn't bothered to fully sand the surface on this wing section but for this purpose i'm sure it will do the job.
08-31-2012, 08:54 PM
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Started out by wet sanding the 3 cowls, each took 2-3hrs roughly but i made first one different then other 2, difference is, 1st one give you a feel of factory's off the line brand spanking new aircraft and other 2 are sort worked up weathered type texture to them. I left 4th one just by cleaning the flash n making exhaust port cut outs nicer. This way they can see what's involved in making these cowls.
Cowls took most of the time, then sprayed dark green on the sheet of vinyl alphabets for the fuselage titles as "Pakistan International"
Since i couldn't go out to buy flat black vinyl sheet to make the pax windows, i sprayed white stick on monocote sheet with flat black but first i scuffed it with 400 paper and took it's sheen off, this helped in pain sticking better to the sheet.
Windows will be done tonite and may get applied on the model also.
I didn't liked the way dark green stripe got painted and did a test to see if masking tape will pull the green off the white, n yes it did, so sprayed whole strips and both outer fins with clear coat paint, i sprayed few coats on each, this sealed the green on the white and gave is beautiful even glossy surface and even out the color properly...I did this as tomorrow i will mask the stripe to paint the belly, stabilizer and stab/fuselage fairings metallic aluminium as wing was done.
One rudder is painted green and it;s functional trim tab.
Also made Pakistani flag as decal since masking tape pulled the edge off the painted one, if anyone wants to know how i did, juss ask, its process n half itself....
Made 60's style of PIA insignia decals for both outer fins from white stick on sheet, stars are next to do, each fin has 7 stars over PIA logo and 10 under it plus a line goes across the PIA with half airplane painted at one end.....
I'm taking bit of break now as i can't sleep and have to get this airplane as much done as possible tonite
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Cowls took most of the time, then sprayed dark green on the sheet of vinyl alphabets for the fuselage titles as "Pakistan International"
Since i couldn't go out to buy flat black vinyl sheet to make the pax windows, i sprayed white stick on monocote sheet with flat black but first i scuffed it with 400 paper and took it's sheen off, this helped in pain sticking better to the sheet.
Windows will be done tonite and may get applied on the model also.
I didn't liked the way dark green stripe got painted and did a test to see if masking tape will pull the green off the white, n yes it did, so sprayed whole strips and both outer fins with clear coat paint, i sprayed few coats on each, this sealed the green on the white and gave is beautiful even glossy surface and even out the color properly...I did this as tomorrow i will mask the stripe to paint the belly, stabilizer and stab/fuselage fairings metallic aluminium as wing was done.
One rudder is painted green and it;s functional trim tab.
Also made Pakistani flag as decal since masking tape pulled the edge off the painted one, if anyone wants to know how i did, juss ask, its process n half itself....
Made 60's style of PIA insignia decals for both outer fins from white stick on sheet, stars are next to do, each fin has 7 stars over PIA logo and 10 under it plus a line goes across the PIA with half airplane painted at one end.....
I'm taking bit of break now as i can't sleep and have to get this airplane as much done as possible tonite
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09-02-2012, 05:18 PM
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ORIGINAL: iron eagel
Nice job Sam.
Now you get to do some more work on it.
Nice job Sam.
Now you get to do some more work on it.
Yup, still some more to do on it plus to fix the right side's green stripe disaster and add windows, fuselage titles and regi....
09-14-2012, 01:48 PM
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OK folks back on the build, this time i'm working on the landing gears bays in both inboard nacelles, fixed the gaps between spines and then outer skins and now aligning the rails by adding shims for perfectly right angles. I didn't liked the way mains are mounted as then are too much forward tilted, this will also add huge amount of vertical load and stress on locks of the retracts on ground and at the time of touch downs on landings. Don't want any failures on this bird....
09-14-2012, 04:51 PM
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Now it's looking right.....Its all dry fitted at this time, all reinforcement pieces are made for it. Once all these pieces are epoxied in place, i will then double reinforce whole gear bays with carbon fibre cloth to give it ultimate robustness....
09-17-2012, 05:08 PM
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Here is a short video of Lufthansa who is presently restoring a Lockheed L1649 "Starliner" dubbed as "Super Star" by Lufthansa back to a flying machine.
http://www.3sat.de/mediathek/?displa...play&obj=32329
They bought 3 Starliners in bankrupt auction in 2008 from Morrise Rodney in Aubern Main. Out of 3, this aircraft has bee selected and has been stripped down to bare bones before full ground up restoration started on it, including fabrication of main structural parts that needed to be replaced. Lufthansa is restoring this Starliner back to flying condition so it could be flown to Germany and then she will fly there in German airshow circuit....this will be the only "Starliner" to fly again as only 44 were originally built and these 3 survives to this day.
http://www.3sat.de/mediathek/?displa...play&obj=32329
They bought 3 Starliners in bankrupt auction in 2008 from Morrise Rodney in Aubern Main. Out of 3, this aircraft has bee selected and has been stripped down to bare bones before full ground up restoration started on it, including fabrication of main structural parts that needed to be replaced. Lufthansa is restoring this Starliner back to flying condition so it could be flown to Germany and then she will fly there in German airshow circuit....this will be the only "Starliner" to fly again as only 44 were originally built and these 3 survives to this day.
09-20-2012, 12:22 AM
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Forward nose gear hinges and doors..
I'm trying to work out this issue with 2 forward nose gear doors, both are hinged at the middle with each other and 2nd door is permanently mounted on the main strut leg, 1st door slides in and out with 2nd door as gear opens and retracts. My problem is that to this day I haven't been able to find a drawing or a way how to make 1st door workable?, when landing gears is opened, this door slides flat under the belly of forward fuselage and stays parallel to the fuselage's skin, when gear closes, this slides back with 2nd door and closes the gear bay by flushing with the body's curves.
How can i do hinge these together and then have 1st door operate as in scale fashion.....
I'm trying to work out this issue with 2 forward nose gear doors, both are hinged at the middle with each other and 2nd door is permanently mounted on the main strut leg, 1st door slides in and out with 2nd door as gear opens and retracts. My problem is that to this day I haven't been able to find a drawing or a way how to make 1st door workable?, when landing gears is opened, this door slides flat under the belly of forward fuselage and stays parallel to the fuselage's skin, when gear closes, this slides back with 2nd door and closes the gear bay by flushing with the body's curves.
How can i do hinge these together and then have 1st door operate as in scale fashion.....