102 inch Focke Wulf 190

[Tony Collins 1073]

Hi Chris. I tried clicking on the image and it is at the mercy of the internet speed and is taking forever for an image to load.

If you can put them straight into the forum it would be much easier for us.

Try Neils suggestion as it has photo editing facilities too.

Alternately The resizer that I suggested to Mike Booth.

http://www.imageoptimizer.net/Pages/Home.aspx

[chris willis]

Thanks guys now sorted, can only seem to do one picture at a time.

[Neil Hutchinson]

Hi Chris,

That's much better - we can what you're doing now.

TTFN,
Neil

[Mike Booth]

Cant see whats holding the retracts in Chris ?

[chris willis]

That's coz it's top secret Chockey. Can't have you Spit designer's nicking our idea's

[stewart clifford]

cellotape

[chris willis]

It might as well be cellotape. after 5 solid days work involved in these wings, collecting foam, drawing, collecting made wings and making them up, things didn't seem to be working out in the right places, after measuring everything again and again, it appears that i have made the root template too small by 1,1/2 inches, i had measured from the side of the fuselage instead of the centre, i have had 2 sets made and it's not worth the aggro of trying to sort them, i will have to have 2 more sets made up, this means i am about 4 weeks behind the stage that i thought i was at, i am realy cheesed off and its Sunday evening as well.

[stewart clifford]

[Mike Booth]

Thats good Tiff old chap because we need to have a chat via radio link on fulcrum's, leverage and stress engineering.
Mike.

[chris willis]

No problem with stress there Mike, you would rip the wings apart before those retracts came out, don't drink cider stu but have been on the ale all evening, now ready to go to bed and forget about modeling for a week.

[chris willis]

Update.
The foam has been picked, up and i shall get it to Bill this week, where he is going to make me another set.
I have been busy in the shed this weekend with fibreglass, the first part here is the removable hatch, the mould has now been made and will be ready in the morning to be removed from the plug.
Chris.

[Mike Booth]

Good.

[chris willis]

Picked up these bits at a bargain price on ebay.

[chris willis]

The hatch mould now done, just needs a polish up, and also made the spinner mould.

[chris willis]

Yesterday i made up the first spinner and the first hatch from their moulds.

[chris willis]

Today i started some detail work on the hatch, and made up the first catch.

[Mike Booth]

Looking good there Tiff old chap.
Nice moulds, I'm on the MK5 Spit, but will get going on mine soon.
Did you make those catches and will they work?

[chris willis]

Hi Chockey
Yes i am making the catches, that one took an hour, hope to get it down to half hour, and no they don't work get onto yours, the flying season is approaching.
Tiff.

[Mike Booth]

I've made all the catches, they all work as on full size and they took 15 minutes each.

[chris willis]

I got home early Friday and prepared the fuselage for clothing, part of yesterday and today saw the glass cloth go on, this is it's third and final coat of pond sealer, another quick nib down and it will be ready for undercoat, the fairing and tail wheel cover will go on at a later date.
I have just weighed it at this stage as you see, which is exactly 5lb, so quite pleased with that.