Rob's big Texan

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Yes indeed, I would also call that a successful test as well Rob - a very convincing belt.
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First time I've seen a seatbelt be a "kit" in itself -- great !
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jRatz wrote:First time I've seen a seatbelt be a "kit" in itself -- great !
I've found that to be one of the consequences of venturing into larger scales and aftermarket bits; what would be a non-descript subassembly (if that) in 1/72 OOB, can become a project in it's own right. Fun, but it does slow you down a bit.
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The cockpit module is finally beginning to take shape.

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To my considerable relief, it still fits the fuselage halves. I really hope it keeps that up when the engine is added to the front (cockpit plus engine are a single sub-assembly) and the etched panelling is added to the fuselage halves.
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Looking very good Rob, your attention to detail is superb :grin:
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OK, that's it, I'm stuck :evil:

The engine is supposed to be linked to the cockpit module with 4 A-frames and 3 beams. Due to the way the engine is built, all A-frames have to be positioned before matching up to the cockpit, to avoid losing the locator pins (such as they are). Until they are all lined up, I have only thin air to support them, and nothing to determine the correct angles, never mind a way of fixing them at those angles. :cry:
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Any bright ideas as to how to get out of this bind very much appreciated :oops:
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Grow more fingers....... :-D

More seriously, I'd use pva adhesive which should give you sufficient grab but leave enough flexibility to locate the pointed ends of the A frames into the bulkhead. Then add the beams afterwards, even if you have to sacrifice any locator pins and use superglue to fix them into place.
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Edit; fat finger syndrome... ;-)
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Anyone who can get a 'pit looking that good is not going to be defeated.
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iggie wrote:Grow more fingers....... :-D
Well, if we're doing not-entirely-realistic wishlists, I'd prefer to develop telekinesis. I've always found it easier to imagine the parts moving into place than to sausage-finger them into position :-D
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Purplethistle wrote:Anyone who can get a 'pit looking that good is not going to be defeated.
I hope I'll be able to live up to your expectations by honourable means. If not, I'll find some way to cheat outrageously :twisted:
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I agree with iggie -- mount the engine with the A24-27, then when good and lined up and cured, add the A14-15,F38 parts to fit.
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Reality has spent the past month taking potshots at me, both time slurping and mojo killing (I don't exactly do my best work when seething with frustration :evil: ), so I'm doomed to DNF on this one. I fully intend to go down fighting though ;-)
jRatz wrote:I agree with iggie -- mount the engine with the A24-27, then when good and lined up and cured, add the A14-15,F38 parts to fit.
In the end, I couldn't come up with anything clever, so this is exactly what I attempted. As I feared, it was a disaster, but rather differently than expected. I'd expected to sort-of kind-of get all the bits connected as advertised, only to find the complete assembly to be crooked. Just the opposite happened: There was simply no way to get all four A-frames lined up, three out of four was the best possible outcome (which strongly suggests to me that at least one of the parts is either too long or too short), while two of the beams, which are designed with some torque in them, can't be lined up with the slots, no matter how you fiddle them. I suspect the folks at Tamiya could have made this buildable, but for now, Kitty Hawk doesn't have a chance.
Still, on the bright side, despite one of the A-frames essentially dangling in mid air, and two of the beams having ended up a bit skewed, the complete module still seems more than willing to fit inside the fuselage nicely. When both kit quality and skill fail, luck can be quite effective :-D

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Well it looks pretty darn good in that photograph!
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Yay !!!
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Good job.
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