Large Model Association Forum

I gave the same info to a guy in Canada who is building a Tempest.His reply was that the waters around Sylt are too dangerous for diving due to the large amount of dumped munition,it was home to German U boats and was,I think, the first place we bombed in WW2. Nothing to do with large models but sti...

Dave,brings back memories.I worked on Tempest 5 in 1953.Used as drouge tugs for air to air gunnery practice.I put a sledgehammer thru the cam covers of the Sabre,about a dozen of them,before dumping them in the sea off the coast of Sylt

Barrie Burton

Paul, Paul Matts scale airplane drawings volume 2 has drawings and a Black and White photo,not the best that I have seen.It looks like the top of the V ends are simply pivoted and the inner strut is attached to the fuz with a rubber compression block on the fuz centre line

Barrie B

Someone has to be first.Hope you all have a good 2019,without too many crashes.

Barrie Burton

Rob, thanks for quick reply,I will sort that out after my glass of wine,we are quite sophisticated in Shakesperes county.

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Are there two passwords used on this site?I can log in to the forum,but using the same password I am unable to log in on the members area to renew my subs.


Merry Christmas to you all

Barrie Burton

Steve,thanks,the parkflyer product looks to be OK.

Barrie B

I want to simulate the corrugations seen on fullsize aircraft,usually on the ailerons.A lot of ARTFS seem to use fluted ABS sheet.Is it available,I thought that maybe the model train people use it.I dont want to go down the litho plate route,too old and lazy for that.

Barrie B

I think that lack of younger members is not restricted to the LMA alone,I suspect that the average age in most clubs,is 60 to 70 years.I still think that our organisation is perceived as ,elite,wealthy and skilled.It is a bit like a learner driver wanting to join the F1 circuit.On a lighter note,at ...

I agree with John Greenfield,I should,we joined the association together,ie at the start.Proir to the LMA it was called The Large Scale Model Association.This was changed because not all models were ,or needed to be scale.I think that the biggest handicap to our growth is the view taken by the avera...

LMA funded flying site in Warwickshire,as mentioned by our chairman in the journal.Where is it?no one in our club knows of it(we are in south warwickshire and have about 5 LMA members),can we use it ,if so when and how? Just asking.

Barrie B

Thank you Alan C,as usual you are a source of usefull information.I will do a paper template to see the minimum size of material required.Thank for the offer Charlie,I live near Leamington Spa,a long way from Downham Market.

Thanks for ideas ,both of you,I think that I may need a 10 inch diameter bottle,at least.

Barrie B

No ,I am not a tailor,I have a 7ft span Miles Sparrowhawk,made by Seagull.It flies nice,but the design of the undercarriage could be better.After two or three landings the trouser leg fairings are Kaput.I no longer have a source of lithoplate,but I am wondering about using thick,semi rigid polythene...

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Phil,what version of the Tempest are you building ? I bore people to death telling them that I worked on target towing Tempest 5 in the early 1950 .I also smashed up the last remaining and brand new Napier Sabres engines.Always wanted to build a model of the 5,but too late in life now.

Barrie B

There is still only one transmitter

What journal,Santa cannot find rural Warwickshire,I only get rubbish through the post ,so it cannot be coming that way.

Merry Christmas

Is there a low temp iron on heatshrink covering that can be used on top of foam, as used in the foamies, that all our LMA members have.

Barrie B

Thanks for your help,both of you.I now know the cause,the timing was 12-14 degrees (I had used the original sensor mounting holes),but for the Rexl unit it should be 28 degrees.I have filed the mating faces and now making a bracket to support the silencer.

Barrie B