Ziroli Dauntless no 2

[frank fearn]

Heres my second Ziroli Dauntless well on its way. Hoping to make a few changes from the first one I built, mainly adding more detail and keeping the weight down...will see our she develops

[frank fearn]

Gunners ring and twins

[chris willis]

Nice Frank, have you any earlier build shots for all to see, watching with interest
Chris

[frank fearn]

Hello Chris,

Unfortunately I have no earlier shots, work, houses, kids, wives, limit my building time so time spent here is time away from the build.......I will continue to add pics as I progress,

Frank

[david clarke]

Get your finger out mate we'll test fly this and the D.V11 together..............

[RAY PETERS]

Frank,im sure this Dauntless will be a stunner.Nice one. OZY Ozy

[frank fearn]

A little more progress.....in fact two weeks worth of canopy capers. All litho plated up and riveted, just needs a good clean and then on with the easy stuff..

[chris willis]

Fantastic, how did you go about making the frames and sticking them.
Chris

[RAY PETERS]

Frank,she looks stunning. Great workmanship,your making another nice model. More pics please. ozy

[frank fearn]

Chris,

Each section of the frame was individually cut from stock litho, annealed then simple bent / persuaded to suit each section. I then took a gamble following successful practice attempts and and stuck them on with zap o doo glue....works a treat and it dose not want to move after 24hrs or so.

cheers,

Frank

[frank fearn]

Frank,she looks stunning. Great workmanship,your making another nice model. More pics please. ozy

[Alan Cantwell 1131]

Frank, its a joy seeing this sort of work, thanks for sharing

[Phil Clark]

Very nice Frank........makes me want to build a bigger one myself some day.

Phil

[frank fearn]

Its comments like these that make it all worthwhile....

Heres a flying vid of the first one.......


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNIh1MJf ... NIh1MJfXIQ


appreciated,

Frank

[Dave Parry]

Hi Frank, very nice indeed, well done, now considering this is your second one, you must be getting a dab hand at it now so could I interest you in doing an article of the journal. It could be about what you have just posted here, a nice steep by steep with some photos I am sure our members will appreciate being shown how it was done. “sorry Frank I never miss an opportunity”.

[Matt Harrowven]

That looks ace Frank,

Where did you get the plain canopy? Or did you vac it yourself?

I have the Ziroli one for my Bates jobster, but also plan to make my own frame so a plain one would save me alot of work (taking moulds, sanding the moulded in frames off then getting a vac form done).

Cheers
Mat

[frank fearn]

Hi Frank, very nice indeed, well done, now considering this is your second one, you must be getting a dab hand at it now so could I interest you in doing an article of the journal. It could be about what you have just posted here, a nice steep by steep with some photos I am sure our members will appreciate being shown how it was done. “sorry Frank I never miss an opportunity”.

Thanks Dave The pics that are listed on here are the only ones I have for this build, but I would be pleased to do a small journal for a forthcoming project if you think it would be beneficial to others. I will continue to add as I progress, many thanks

Frank

[frank fearn]

That looks ace Frank,

Where did you get the plain canopy? Or did you vac it yourself?

I have the Ziroli one for my Bates jobster, but also plan to make my own frame so a plain one would save me alot of work (taking moulds, sanding the moulded in frames off then getting a vac form done).

Cheers
Mat

Matt,

The canopy came direct from Mr Ziroli, it is a pre-vac with embossed moldings at about the correct position as per the real thing. Obviously she needs to be carefully cut to suit. I always apply "electricians tape" to the cut line, ensuring accurate alignment and a definite edge to cut to.

Regards,

Frank

[stewart clifford]

Very nice, look forward to seeing more.

[Dave Parry]

Hi Frank, very nice indeed, well done, now considering this is your second one, you must be getting a dab hand at it now so could I interest you in doing an article of the journal. It could be about what you have just posted here, a nice steep by steep with some photos I am sure our members will appreciate being shown how it was done. “sorry Frank I never miss an opportunity”.

Thanks Dave The pics that are listed on here are the only ones I have for this build, but I would be pleased to do a small journal for a forthcoming project if you think it would be beneficial to others. I will continue to add as I progress, many thanks

Frank

Yes please frank.