Posts by Armando

Today I made model number 1.3, from my 1969 Meccano Airport Service Set. Originally a scooter, I made it into a trike 😄

After a coat of satin varnish and making a display base (from cardboard), here is the completed model.

Thanks everyone 😄👍🏻✂️

Aside from a coat of varnish, here is the completed model......

The exhaust stack points slightly to the port side, as in the real aircraft. I think the windshields and 'grained' propellor look okay. I coated the model with dilute PVA and it feels much stronger. I will apply a coat of gloss varnish. I am making a display base for it and will post additional photos in the Gallery. Thanks for viewing and thumbs up 😄

Windshields attached.....

Tail skid, from card and plastic rod.....

Windshields..... Using the hole punch, I made a circle from acetate sheet. I then cut this in half and gently curved each one with tweezers......

Undercarriage attached. I had to use some card fillets to get it sitting squarely. Seen here before touching in the white edges......

Propellor..... I separated both parts rather than attempt to score and fold, trimmed them individually, and glued them together.....

I coloured the edges and added some 'grain' with a darker-coloured pen.....

Starboard wing and struts glued on...

I need to reposition the starboard elevator slightly.

Wing struts added.... They were slightly short (?) as they wouldn't line up on the top wing markers without significant dihedral, so I added very small strips of the same card to cover the wing marks. I also added a strip of card on the underside, to reinforce the fillet.

It's a fragile little model, so I will reinforce everything with dilute PVA before varnishing.

Highly-skilled!! Inspirational 👍🏻✂️

Today I made model number 1.3, from my 1959 Meccano Outfit No. 2.

Wings..... I cut off the joining tabs as the trailing edges can easily be glued together without them at this small scale. The yellow wing fillets show the profile required.

On the reverse, I marked with a pencil the leading edges and used a thin metal rod on foam to form the profile.

I then folded the wing halves together and held the trailing edge down until the UHU dried.... The weight of the cutting mat maintains the join...

Then I do the same thing with the wing tip...

The yellow wing fillet is then folded in and glued in place before carefully flattening the wing surface to get the correct profile. Here, the port wing is being glued to the fuselage....

I decided to enhance the exhaust stack using plastic rod, coloured black, and inserted into the four cylinders (after drilling)...

Attaching the tailplane and elevators......

These joins will be reinforced with dilute PVA.

Fuselage... I cut out the two cockpit areas... I also removed all of the printed tabs, as I don't like them, and at this small scale I'd argue they're irrelevant (?)...

After gently curving the top panel, I glued in the cockpit assembly to the top then started gluing the sides to the top from the rear. Some manipulation was required to glue the front.

I touched in white areas with colour, although the match isn't accurate ☹️

Change of plan on the undercarriage. I decided to build it as a separate sub-assembly that can be glued onto the fuselage. I cut a piece of card of the same colour from the sheet...

..... to use to assemble the folded undercarriage....

To get the basic component....

Then I added struts (plastic rod, coloured)...

... and the wheels, to get the sub-assembly...

The undercarriage was cut out - again, I decided to separate and glue (rather then fold and glue).

I have coloured the edges and scored/folded, but will wait until the fuselage is assembled to get the correct angles

Wheels....

I don't like the design where the middle part should be rolled up.... Too difficult to get the tyre to line up on the perimeter (maybe I'm wrong?). I decided to dispense with these and use cardboard between the wheel halves. After cutting out the wheels, two of them were glued onto 1mm thick cardboard...

The cardboard was then cut out to size and the remaining halves glued on the other sides. After lightly sanding to get the round profile, the 'tyres' were coloured black...

Same for the tailplane... Separate and glue was easier.

Next, the wing support struts and tail fin. It looks like they are perhaps meant to be folded and glued, but I found it easier to separate each component......

... like so...

... then glue each half together (and colour the edges of the struts)...

I started with the cockpit assembly.... Components cut out, scored and folded.

Seats, seat bases, and cabin assembled.

Completed, with exposed edges coloured.

New project.... This model, in 1/100 scale, is available as a free download from Minimodel, Czechoslovakia.

The subject is the BH-1 sports plane, a single-engine aircraft from 1920 (the first from the Czechoslovakian company Avia).

The BH-1 was a low-wing, braced, monoplane of wooden construction, with tailskid undercarriage. Power was provided by a Daimler engine, which actually proved inadequate to fly the aircraft with both seats occupied. It was rebuilt in 1921, with a Gnome Omega rotary engine.... The more powerful engine enabled the aircraft to be flown two-up.

Recently-completed, using a bottle cap, N'Espresso capsule, and other bits/pieces.

Quote from Reinhard Fabisch

Hi Armando...

Wirklich toll geworden, auch der Baubericht hat mir gefallen

Ganz große Klasse

Gruß, Renee

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Quote from J.R.

Nice little Racer, well done with good ideas.

Cheers Jens

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Quote from Robson

Hi Armando,

That´s a really nice model, beautiful!

BR

Robert

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Here are some additional photos following my completed construction log.

I thought it would be fun to make a display base from cardboard..... It turned out nice and I'll do that again 🙂

Aside from the usual coat of varnish, here is the completed model. I am making a display base for it so will upload more photos to the gallery when varnished/base made.

Thanks for all the thumbs up 😄👍🏻✂️

A front wheel aligned and being attached......

Attaching rear wheels.....

Quote from fretsche

Good ideas Armando,

very realistic build!

greetings

Klaus

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Thanks, K! Nearly completed......

The front frame of the radiator was painted with gold enamel to match the foil band. The radiator filler cap was painted yellow (as per instructions).

Back to the wheels/tyres...... I made hub caps from card covered with self-adhesive aluminium foil and inner hubs from card coloured with a black marker - I think the hubs will give a better bonding surface compared with yellow paint.

I couldn't fill the tyre gaps/joins properly with just UHU, so I in-filled with a small quantity of Milliput putty (smoothed flush). When cured, I will colour the joins black.

Looking at the radiator.... I was going to paint this in a metallic colour but when cooking I had an idea. I was using a stock/bouillon cube which was supplied wrapped in gold-colour paper-backed foil. I washed this and cut a strip, then stuck it onto the radiator frame (after first removing the plastic filler neck I made)......

I then made a new filler neck from brass tube and glued it on, with a paper disc as the cap......

The disc/cap will be painted yellow (as per instructions). I the photos, you can also see the starter handle that I made from copper fusewire.

Finally, the yellow enamel has dried and I can now address the tyres.

I have some 2mm (outer diameter) rubber/nitrile O-rings that I cut up. These were glued onto the rim a short length at a time, with CA-glue.

It is very difficult to cut the exact perimeter required - the inner perimeter of the 'tyre' is shorter than the outer, and cutting the cross-section exactly square is not possible with just a scalpel. It is therefore inevitable that the join can just about be seen. I will hopefully disguise the join by in-filling with UHU and colouring it black.

I may have enough rubber/nitrile to make the two spare tyres that were usually carried on the back......

Slow progress, as the yellow enamel takes ages to dry 😄

After strengthening with dilute PVA, the first coat of gloss yellow enamel is applied...... The handbrake and gear lever grips will be painted black and silver, later.

Chains now attached.

I also attached the handbrake/gear lever mechanism, as can be observed.

I'll let it all set and then go over the fragile stuff/joints with dilute PVA glue, before touching in with paint.

Quote from Horst_DH

Danke Euch!

Thank you Armando!

Werde den LKW noch in ein kleines Diorama einbauen. Wird aber noch eine Weile dauern.

I'm gonna build a little Diorama for the truck, but it will last a while!

I had a look at the downloads available..... I downloaded the red 642/N and the Kdf Type 28. Thanks for showing me 😄👍🏻✂️

Regarding the drive chains.... The best I can think of is to use short lengths of 0.23mm plastic rod. It's more to scale than the recommended thread would be.

I coloured the lengths black.....

..... and glued on the bottom chains first.....

Now I will do the two top chains.