Looks great Trev

UPDATE:SPITFIRE.
221115.

PROBLEMS WITH UNDERCARRIAGE.

On testing the undercarriage for up and down movement the suspension struts (which holds the undercarriage) broke away from the suspension joints now this is a major problem for my build.

In my mind where the joints fit into the struts it appears that the projection from the joint is far to short and should be made longer.

So what do we do?

The only way in my mine will be to extend the projection from the joint.

How do we do that?

First cut a piece of 3/16 tube Albion Alloys Code AT5 this will be a tight fit so you may have to reduce the projection on the joints. This can be glued as the official build, but my preference was to drill and glue and pin the tube and fill it with filler to the top.(green stuff)this will make the tube harder and easer to drill.

Now add the suspension joint drill and pin/screw.

When set over night my next job was to test fit the cylindrical tube into the main strut and see how it fits and adjust if need.

All ok so the next problem will be to fit the tube to the main suspension strut, first I assembled and placed the undercarriage and adjusted the joint on the end to the correct angle as the official build with that done I then drilled to small holes into the main strut and pined/screwed.

In short this has made the Undercarriage Suspension a lot stronger and in appearance look's the same.

So what caused this to happen:

The wrong type of glue.?

To much up and down testing.?

Projection to short from the Suspension to fit into the Strut.?

Did I receive a faulty part with out noticing it.?

A few pictures.




Suspension Joint showing projection.


This is were it fits (I have removed metal ready for the tube that's why it looks to big)


Tube ready to be drilled.


Drilling tube.


Drilled tube showing pin or screw.


Drill Suspension and set angle of joint.


Ready to pin or screw.



This is the final picture showing the finished repair work.

Thank you for your time.

Regards

Trev.

Awesome repair job Trev, that should add a considerable amount of strength now

WTG Trev,

Looking good, keep up the good work.

Regards
delboy271155
(Derek)

UPDATE:SPITFIRE.
300116.

Sanding down the main fuselage.

Fitting Nose plate.

Engine under plate. (I will cover this part next time.)

Fitting engine cover top plate.

Tailfin.


After finishing of the main fuselage with 3x5 mm strips between the frames, the next job was to sand down the entire length of the fuselage which will be covered with metal plates as I did with the wings, my experience at this point will be to make sure that there are no sharp corners or bumps that will show when finished. This part is so important to get correct, you need to put it in your mind what it will look like when finished, so follow the natural curve with no sharp angles. The first picture shows the fuselage, the second shows two pieces of 3x3mm wooden strips starboard side sanded down to a taper this will support the tailfin.











Front nose plate not to much to say on this part, just glue and clamp.

Engine cover top plate first I made sure that it still fitted as I first made it, no adjustments needed to the air frame so on we go I did notice that it is very important to make sure that you have removed all the wood around the in side radius (as in the picture with pink spots)otherwise you will have bumps.





In this picture I have added more reinforcements, the reason because of the tight curve of the metal plate so this will help it stick.





Tailfin.
The next stage was to fit the metal leading edge to the wooden tailfin, the metal edge has internal reinforcements which slot into the tailfin, I doted ink on the metal part and pressed on to the wooded fin and that showed me the spot to file out (well it gives you a bit of a guide)



Stabilisers and Metal Edges.
No problem with Port/Starboard marked out and cut the same as the tailfin.







Thank you for your time.

Kind Regards

Trev.

Starting to come together now Trev and great work

Tony,
Thanks for having a look on my progress this has been a great build looking forward to the next stage.

Regards

Trev.

Steve, Good day today on the spit with the tailfin and rudder, hope to finish of the tailfin Sunday. This involves building up the fins with 3x5mm wood to make it flush with the metal on the leading edge and then fix metal skins over it.

Regards

Trev

Hi Alan,
Thanks for looking in always value your comments.

Thank you

Trev.

Hi Kev.
How pleased I am to read that you are following my Spit build with interest, I have a great enthusiasm for plane builds as with the interest I have for your builds, in particular with your foil project that's takes great skills and worth every comment you receive, and that's how I feel when I received your last post to me.

Thank you Kev

Regards

Trev.