B24 Liberator

Hi YakRider,

Excellent picture. Richard builds a superb model aeroplane. He’s also one of the most ‘realistic’ fliers around, too. When you watch him fly, the models perform extremily scalelike in the air, difficult to tell it from the real thing. I’ve only seen photos of his 1/3rd scale Spitfire. I’ve only heard good things about it’s performance.

What I do find interesting, looking at the 2 together, is the extra wash out, Richard has put into his Spitfires wing. I also know (having spoken to him several times when he was building it) that the control surfaces are controlled in a similar fashion to that of a real Spitfire, using pulleys & cables. He also made a special engine for it.

I shall look forward to seeing it at Cosford on the 12th July:)

Cheers,
Neilly

Neilly

As you’ve got a Rawle Mossie, here’s something that might interest you – Richard Rawle’s third scale ML407. This was picture was taken at the recent Annual Gathering in May. Carolyn is with one of the original pilots from 341 (Free French) Sqd – Jean Dabos, who later went on to test fly Concorde.

YR

PS: the exhaust stubs are different because ML407 lost one of the fishtails recently, and so the others have been put on temeporarily, and are much more noisy.

Hi Ewen,

Super look fuz! What scale is it? Keep sending the pictures, too. I like to see what other modellers are up to.

Geedee, this model flying lark isn’t difficult, you’ve just got to practice & be prepared for your first few model to have a relatively short operational life. You’ll find eventually your flying becomes more natural & things like arrivals turn into landings.

I’ve been having fun with the engines on my Mossie. The port one wouldn’t rev properly & the cause seemed to be back pressure from the silencer. So after changing everything over & the problem was still there, I ‘plumbed’ in the original silencer (these will not fit in the Mosquitoes engine nacelle, so I had 2 specially made!). A slight tweak on the mixture screws & hey presto 6100rpm:) The 2 engines give me nearly 75lbs of static thrust (according to my mate, who knows how to work these things out)

Cheers,
Neilly

Wellington model

Neilly

The Wellington is from the old R.C.M.E plans, April 1977. Engines will be a couple of 52 4-strokes although the original flew on 30 2-stokes – should sound better. Here’s a couple of pictures as she stands at the moment. Over four feet long and a wing span of seven feet – considerably smaller than your Mossie I think.

Don’t know when she will be finished as I am finishing the detailing in the cockpit of another large scale project that is taking my time.

Heres one I brought earlier as well !
It’s the latest release from the Corgi Aviation Heritage Collection and its bladdy impressive.

Anyone who manages to complete, let alone fly, a balsa model is very much a better modeller than me. Good work guys, keep it up

Re: Wow, Kev, did you really!!??

Snoopy.

“Was that entirely tongue-in-cheek, or did you really have a role in re-building or re-finishing KN751? (I’m sure you’re too young to have been involved in originally building her!)”

Absolutely, totally and utterly tongue in cheek. You’ll recognise me easily, I’m the one that looks like a hamster.:) 🙂

Regards,

kev35

I just missed a load of these on ebay. There was a B-17, B-24, B-29 and a Catalina all in 1/32 scale.

Wow, Kev, did you really!!??

Originally posted by kev35
Schanche.

Here’s one I made earlier:) 🙂 🙂 🙂

Regards,

kev35

Hi Kev:

Was that entirely tongue-in-cheek, or did you really have a role in re-building or re-finishing KN751? (I’m sure you’re too young to have been involved in originally building her!)

Btw, Schanche, nice pics, and I hope your father enjoys the process and the result!

Regards,

Snoopy;) 😉

I’ve had the plans for a couple of Mossies for years now, along with many other aircraft.
MAP 40″ span control line was the first, got the plan, got the engines…
Then Complete-a-Pac 63″ span, got the plan, got the engines…
Went especially to the Mossie Museum to see how the undercart worked and photograph it, over 25 years ago when TA634 still lived outside!

Big roll of plans just behind where I’m sitting at the moment. 5ft span Vulcan any interest? First buy balsa plantation. Complete-a-Pac Spit, Hurri, Gladiator and Mustang too.

Neilly- its the Cambrian Spit Mk. 9. 55 inch wingspan, and the kit was very well made. Just some problems with the c of g, but otherwise its fine, with an S.C. 40 in the business end, and it looks great. I really enjoyed building it, and it introduced me to the art. Previously, I’d been a plastic modeller, now thers no looking back. My current runabout is a Kamco Kavalier. Very easy to fly, and stable. At the moment, I’ve just built another one, but am adapting it to make it into a biplane with Irvine 40 up the front. Wont look as good as your Mossie though!

I’m incredibly jealous guys , I have neither the skills or the patience needed to attempt anything like these , gimme a hammer , grinder and welder and I’m fine , any intricate , complex models like these are way beyond me .

Happy chappie

The kit was fairly cheap even though it came from the states although it took a month or so to arrive but well worth the wait as you can see. I will post the size of the model when i next log in or find an object to give you the idea of the scale.

Hi Kev,

How many channels?

Neilly:p

Schanche.

Here’s one I made earlier:) 🙂 🙂 🙂

Regards,

kev35

wing section

the templates for the wings.As you can imagine my father is in his element! He is currently working on the tail section soon as he has built these parts i will post them up.

plans

The plans which acompany the kit are very detailed you get a layout of each part,A template if you like and you cut and sand the wood place on the plan each piece is numberd to help with the construction.

side veiw

side agin

Hi Der,

Give us some details of your Spitfire. I wish I could’ve built my Mosquito in 4 months! So far it’s took me 4 years!!!

Thought I’d add another piccie. This is the engines electrics. The throttle servo is top right. Next to it, is the engine computer. This controls timing. The big bit at the back is the battery (for the spark) & engine ‘kill’ switch. This is so I can switch engine on & off from the trannie.

Neilly

Hi All,

Alastair, here’s the undercarriage. The picture was taken last year. I still have to make the U/c look Mosquito like, but it’s fully functioning. The tailwheel also retracts & steers, too.

Schanche, that definitely looks B-24. Looking forward to seeing the rest, keep the pictures coming!

Ewen, my Mosquito is from Rawle Aviation. I’d loved to see pictures of your Wellington. Is it an own design or from a plan? What other details, span, engines etc?

Fair bit of work in that Lib. Should be quite something!
Phantom, just go for it. You only need basic woodworking skills and a straight eye. My Spit was built from a kit. It was my first build, took me 4 months and looks great. If I can do it, anyone can! Unfortunately, I cant get my computer to send pictures on this forum, so cant show you the results. It is worth spending the time though, especially when it flies as nature intended!