Recent content by paddy

Looks good to me Ski. :cool: not sure you could have thought of a more tricky subject with all these feathers and animals tails etc.

My problem is the chain guard round the primary drive chain is very tight and will not fit the MFH chain

Looks like the bottom bit of the pin strip fell off and got gloss coated below ...lol You have to laugh with these decals or you would cry :-)

Decals were 50 years old and filthy Am not using the number boards but i needed the tank decals. The pinstripe broke in 4 places and it took 1/2 hour to get the parts sitting right so you cant see the joins...well nearly cant , you can in this 4x close up pic :) I was worried i had washed the...

The laminated prop looks like you are still in German mode :) The Lewis gun on the top wing on these things never looks to be pointing level so i wonder if they flew nose down a bit ? Incidentally the Lewis gun could fire incendiary bullets which were hugely more effective than std especially...

I ordered a couple of Decalcas 3D printed 1/12 chains today. this is another individual link system. they are slightly smaller than the MFH chain i built which is presenting problems as i cant get the assembled chain inside the chain guard . Unfortunately i have had to order from Spain as they...

It does make you realise we need to completely re think modern warfare where the most sophisticated weapons are so vulnerable to the least sophisticated weapons.

Two things Paul, 1/ this was a good set of parts, despite being deformed the pins were a good fit in the PE side plates. 2/ 90% was down to the parallel pliers. An even pressure down the middle of the pin made all the difference and stops it collapsing into a rhomboid . once it starts to...

I wonder if the crank revolving the opposite way to the engine reduced the Torque effect. I read that on the Sop[with camel most pilots wanting to turn 90 degree left would often go with the torque and turn 270 degrees right

Really good to see as the Shuttleworth trust Hawker Hind has iits first engine run for 11 years. Note how if you forget the top wing how much it lends to the Hurricane a few years later. Also note half way through the video the propeller stops and then starts again and goes the other way...

Today's special word is SMUG which is how i feel :) Can you have super Smug ? sounds better. This about 4" laid out straight so about 1.5 inch down its longest length plus curves/sprockets The secret is parallel pliers whos jaws open parallel surprisingly :) so force is directly down the...

I cant think of a worse design for an engine than rotary. Its bad enough trying to balance a crankshaft let alone a whole bloody engine :)

My secret weapon this time is .......drum roll.............parallel pliers :)[

You might want to put your fingers in your ears for this one :doh: I have decided to give one of these MFH chains a go....again. I don't take this lightly, they are £35 each and my success rate is about 1 in 4 with these so a very expensive option. Not a lot of choice in this scale and the...

A couple of problems the primary drive chain is of the rubber band type not unlike early tamiya tank tracks. There is no way to attach this to the primary drive sprocket ? the only way around this i can see is to remove the teeth from the sprocket where the chain sits on it. 1/9 scale chains...