Recent content by Heavens Eagle

Could you take a small burr and thin the inside of the chain guard?

Mark, it will be at 6AM your time. It lasts about 2 hours average then you could easily go spend the rest of the day at Hobby Day.

So far so good!

And the bigger the model and more guns etc. the more sub assemblies there are.

Working on clocks can be a bit on the dangerous side if you are not prepared and have a REALLY GOOD grasp on what to do. I have a wall clock that I bought from an estate sale 2 or 3 years ago. Turns out the owners had managed do damage the ratchet on the running mainspring. The click and the...

Looking really good Hubert!

And here is your smug grin I know you have fought with those before, so now you need to fill us in on what you did different.

I was referring to the tank chassis above.

It was used on the Siemens Schuckert D IV with a 4 bladed prop. It could out climb anything, but came out too late to have any impact.

References always pay off if you can find them.

It's only an issue if the manufacturer doesn't do the stuff they are "SUPPOSED" to do, like DO RESEARCH to GET IT RIGHT (effing Trumpeter). On the other hand it is big enough to see the stuff and to work with the stuff. As impressive as it looked before I added all the detail, it is much more...

Then there was an engine made by Siemens-Halske ShIII eleven cylinder engine where the crankcase rotated one direction and the crankshaft rotated the other direction. It had big bevel gears to keep everything in line and produced a lot more power.

Interesting mix of photos Mike. What are you working on besides the Nautilus?

Just a quickie update. I have all the rivets on the center of the carriage done. Still have a couple of pneumatic couplers I have to make (didn't make enough the first time). Then there is the hand brake lever assembly and mounting that has been giving me fits. Turns out Trumpeter had the...

That's why it can be really helpful to share builds. I am learning all the time from everyone's builds. Learned a neat trick to make headlight lenses yesterday from a Farcebook post.