mightymikeD's KASKR-2 ***IS FINISH!***

[mightymikeD]

It pretty much is the Avro 504.. in a fairly convoluted story.. Cierva used the 504 body for the C6, which got licensed to the Soviets (and a certain Red Engineer called Kamov) for the KASKR prototypes.
The paint is still a wee bit tacky at 24 hours, so little progress.. I've discovered that the cowling doesn't nearly fit.. so moar sanding & filling & swearing ahead

[ShaunW]

Thanks for that info Mike, so that's why I made a subconscious link to the 504!

[AndrewR]

Thanks for that info Mike, so that's why I made a subconscious link to the 504!

I thought you meant Peugeot 504 for a moment...

[mightymikeD]

Thanks for that info Mike, so that's why I made a subconscious link to the 504!

I thought you meant Peugeot 504 for a moment...

With this kit.. anything is possible

[mightymikeD]

Just in case anyone thought i'd given up on this... i haven't. Just finally moved house and can now model to my hearts content. No photos yet, but the KASKR 2 is nearly done.. i'm rigging as we speak.

[ShaunW]

You must have read my mind I'm glad you're still with us Mike and it sounds like good news on the house front.

[mightymikeD]

Aye. The nightly spread of styrene and chemical smells was starting to try my host's patience so i scaled back on thebuildjng front. But now i have a massive desk all of my own!

[mightymikeD]

Still unable to post photos (hopefully rectified soon) but here is a status update: the kaskr 2 is built and rigged, the rotors are ready to go on... The only snag? The skid from underneath has gone missing in the move. Argh. Scratchbuilding time.

[ShaunW]

Hopefully your photo woes will be quickly sorted Mike, it'll be great if you can finish the sole autogyro of the build. A bit of scratch building puts hairs on your chest

[JamesPerrin]

Definitely hope to see pics soon, it should be interesting.

... and there was me thinking puberty but hairs on your chest.

[mightymikeD]

Hairs on my chest are not a problem... On me head however... That's a different story!
Skid scratched, now just got to wait for the paint to dry and we'll be good to go.

[ShaunW]

Great stuff, I'm looking forward to seeing some shots of this. The "hairs on your chest" thing was something my old dad used to say, particularly when trying to persuade me to eat certain foods that I wasn't keen on when I was a nipper, for example "eating those sprouts will put hairs on your chest". Needless to say, I wasn't that struck on having a hairy chest at 10 years old so the tactic didn't work

[mightymikeD]

It's done.
Will find a way to post photos before the deadline

[ShaunW]

Excellent MMD, I hope you can get the pics up.

[JamesPerrin]

Sorry in an attempt to delete duplicated posts I seems to have deleted both, or maybe some else was modding at the same time. Any way from my browser cache here's Mike's post:

Couple of poor quality pics of this done thing..





had a great time on this, my first, GB. Big thanks to Shaun for all his help and advice and cheers to everyone who dropped in to say hi.