Bucker Student

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Re: Bucker Student

Postby DAVE JOHNSON » November 8th, 2020, 8:39 am

Dougie---good to see you have such a positive attitude--i am sure you will find ways of carrying on with you modelling and soon be back on your flying field---its at times like these for all that we have a hobby such as this to keep us occupied and some thing to look forward to in the future---best of luck with your recovery DAVE

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Re: Bucker Student

Postby stuart knowles 1611 » November 8th, 2020, 9:26 am

Wow! it sounds like you have really been through the mill. Congratulations on the attitude, it will do a lot to see you through.
I hope that you get back to building and flying very soon
All the best
Stu K

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Re: Bucker Student

Postby John Greenfield » November 8th, 2020, 10:00 am

Doug

Thank you for sharing your build and your own deconstruction !!. I love the positive attitude.
As modelers we spend our time overcoming problems and setbacks to move forward and I am sure you will be able to use the same mindset to move forward with your current situation.
Probably not a good idea to challenge the local kids to a game of hopscotch though !!!?

AEB

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Re: Bucker Student

Postby barrie burton » November 8th, 2020, 11:19 am

Mr Sheppard,dont know you,wish I did.The hobby is helping me keep sane at the moment,I suspect that applies to a lot of us.
Best wishes

Barrie B

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Re: Bucker Student

Postby Alan Cantwell 1131 » November 8th, 2020, 5:26 pm

I’ve heard better excuses, lol, Christ, you’ve been through it, I wish you well, you are one courageous guy, the way you script your turmoil, is simply awsome!

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Re: Bucker Student

Postby David Berry » November 8th, 2020, 5:50 pm

Wow!
The other guys on this page have said it all.
Best wishes from someone who has never met you.
Dave B.

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Re: Bucker Student

Postby Dougie Sheppard » November 8th, 2020, 8:28 pm

Thanks for the words of encouragement guys. Its not the end of the world and I do have another leg so according to all the professionals, I am a prime candidate for a prosthesis (what I like to think of as a giant platform shoe :D ) and the technology has come on in leaps and bounds over the past few years thanks to our brave military.

At least this time round, when I was up to my eyeballs in class A's, all I could do was watch the mermaids ride the unicorns round the room - very entertaining BTW :lol: :lol: :lol:

I had no access to the internet or credit card this time round, so I couldn't get into any trouble. :oops: Otherwise I may have ended up paying for Jerry Bates or Nick Zirollis Caribbean cruise. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Keep the faith and stay safe, covid has already stolen enough lives, all I lost was a leg.

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Re: Bucker Student

Postby Alan Cantwell 1131 » November 9th, 2020, 8:02 am

I am humble, truly humbled,

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Re: Bucker Student

Postby Dougie Sheppard » November 10th, 2020, 11:49 am

I have been thinking about what I can do outside the workshop. I drew up the stencils for the Bu180 on my vinyl cutter program, however the smallest lettering that I can cut and weed out successfully is 5mm and some of the lettering will be 3mm to remain scale and look right. So I decided to try water slide decals used by plastic modellers.

I've used this method before for things like nose art, so I ordered a pack of three sheets of "experts choice" clear decal film this morning.

We will see how things turn out.

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Re: Bucker Student

Postby Dougie Sheppard » February 26th, 2021, 8:47 pm

Just a quick update.I took delivery of my prosthetic leg in the middle of January and was walking unaided a day after getting it. Could only use it for short periods to start with as it's like breaking in a new pair of boots and my stump needs to toughen up. ( A bit like all you whingers out there. :lol: :lol: :lol: )

As I got better with the leg I decided to get back into the workshop. Yes, it was like a Japanese sub-way train when I opened the door and all my prized possessions fell out to meet me. :o Yes, my wife did piss herself laughing at me. :oops: No, she didn't get any photographs. :lol:

I managed to clear a small space to work in but found my prosthetic foot kept getting caught up under the work benches, so enquired about a good, old fashioned peg leg, only to be told that they don't make them any more. Apparently they are not P.C. as Joe Normal expects to see something that looks like a foot at the end of a leg.

Well, sorry to offend sensibilities, but as the end user, I will decide what the end of my leg looks like, NOT Joe Normal. So it was into the workshop to do some measurements, order up the materials and make my own.

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Standard NHS prosthetic leg as provided. (Sandal is mine)

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The fixed ankle which feels like wearing one ski boot all day, every day and you have to goose step every where. Not a good look at any time. The other problem is that the foot acts like a hook and gets caught under the work bench causing a few near falls.

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The shaft of the leg is held in place with one M6 cap head bolt, which means I can change between leg and peg faster than a Formula 1 pit crew can change the tires on a F1 car (Well ok, maybe not as fast as the Red Bull crew. :lol: :lol: )

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The peg was made from some 30mm OD aluminium tube cut to length and 25mm dia' ali rod turned to fit the ID of the tube at one end and turned to fit the rubber anti-slip foot from an old elbow crutch. The rod and tube were offered up together and four 5.5mm holes drilled through both parts and tapped to take M6 dome head bolts.

Voila, one functional peg leg that won't get caught on things. All I need now is the eye patch and those of you who offered to buy me a parrot, I know who you are. :o :D

I still tire easily and have been told to expect about a year to recuperate but at least I can start getting back into the work shop to get it cleared enough to get back to building the Student.

Thanks to everyone for the messages of support and I feel I can now put this behind me. :D
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Re: Bucker Student

Postby John Greenfield » February 27th, 2021, 9:28 am

Inspirational stuff.
Well done and thank you for sharing.

John

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Re: Bucker Student

Postby Alan Cantwell 1131 » February 27th, 2021, 11:30 am

I have a new hero, welcome back to the workshop,

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Re: Bucker Student

Postby Peter Smedley » February 28th, 2021, 6:21 am

You have the support and best wishes from everyone here in PL31.....best of luck :D
Fly ‘til I die...

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Re: Bucker Student

Postby Dougie Sheppard » August 13th, 2021, 3:43 pm

An eventful time since my last post. I was getting on well with reinstating my man shed, workshop, whatever you want to call it.
Work was going apace to clear space to work on the build after my wife decided, in my absence, the workshop would be better utilised as storage space and surprise, surprise, :o :o not all of the stuff she had deposited was mine!

I was almost ready to move back in when my remaining leg decided it was feeling left out, took the huff and stopped supplying my left foot with blood. So, back into hospital with visons of going full Bader :shock: :shock:

Four weeks later, another round of angioplasty and a dose of Covid caught from the guy in the next bed (he was diagnosed on the day of my discharge! :twisted: ) I was thrown out to stop me clogging up what was now a Covid ward, thankfully still only half Bader! :D :D with instructions to self isolate for two weeks. Not a major issue as I'm pretty anti-social to start with and Nicola/Boris et al, had shut the world anyway. :roll: :roll:

The one year recovery clock has been re-set and I have to admit, the consultants are right, I get tired very easily and fairly quickly.

My earlier plan was to try and do some work that would be relatively easy and would not require a lot of time on my feet (foot! :lol: :lol: ) so I decided to continue with doing the stencils for the student as it had a plethora of them. I think Buckers sign writer must have been paid by the letter. :lol:

First thing was to find the closest font to the 1930's aircraft. Libre Franklin appears to fit the bill and is period. The next thing was to get the correct font size and the ones on the restored version owned by the Quax-Flieger group appear too small when compared to the archive photos.
I printed out the stencils at various font sizes from 8 to 16 point and offered up to the model for comparison with the archive photos.
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12 point appeared to be the correct size. This was too small for paint masks as weeding them out would be near to impossible and the results would not be as sharp as using waterslide decals.
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I used "Experts Choice" clear decal paper which I have used with great success in the past and printed out the stencils.
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I got two complete sets to one sheet to allow for any mistakes in applying them to the model.

Thanks for all the messages of support but hopefully I'm on the mend now and can get back to the serious business of aeromodelling.

More to follow.

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Re: Bucker Student

Postby stuart knowles 1611 » August 14th, 2021, 7:41 am

Thus proving the adage, 'You can't keep a good man down'

All the best,
SK


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