Super Mystere-Yoav's version in 1/30 scale

[Isaac]

Originally Posted by McTschegsn

Very nice cockpit Isaac. Very well done!

I still have to add the two small clear plastic gun sight reflectors. But that will be close to the end when the windshield is on.


Isaac

[MacSongLi]

Isaac,

The speed brakes look great. Nice work on the pilot's office.

Gary

[Isaac]

Here are the main gear doors attached.

As noted earlier, the main doors are always closed when the gear is not retracted except for maintenance and when the aircraft is AOG for extended time and loses hydraulic pressure.



the wing doors are removed at this point.




Isaac

[Isaac]

Here is where the build is as of now








Isaac

[cafe]

Very nice build!

[Ofanim]

Oooh I missed a lot's of progress since my last come!
Good job on the airbrakes and thanks Yaron for the file !
Almost finished, you're building it fast .

Best regards,
Ronan

[Isaac]

The wheels were cuts from card stock using a circular cutter


the nose wheel parts



and shaping on a mini lathe by sanding


main wheels painted and hubs are on



Isaac

[Erik Zwaan]

Looking good Isaac and a very interesting insight in how you make the wheels. A circular cutter, seems like a very handy tool but I wonder if it also gives good results when cutting small circles, say half an inch and less?

Erik

[Isaac]

Originally Posted by Erik Zwaan

Looking good Isaac and a very interesting insight in how you make the wheels. A circular cutter, seems like a very handy tool but I wonder if it also gives good results when cutting small circles, say half an inch and less?

Erik

Erik

You are right in your observation regarding the minimum diameter that this circular cutter can handle. About 1/2 inch diameter is just about the limit. Any smaller requires some sort of a punch set ( which I want to get for really small holes like in the inside of the speed air brakes ).


Isaac

[Isaac]

The original kit that Yoav designed has no landing gears. The struts, wheels and gear bays have all been adopted from a 1/50 scale model that was published and updated years ago. The struts are plain in their features.

Note:
I did not realize it until completed and glued to the aircraft, but the struts are way too long for this scale ( and yes, I did cut off the part that is inserted to the wing in the original version ) and made the plane look like a crane. For now, here it is and I will show the correction in a later post.

The strut parts are printed as separate parts, but I decided to combine them into a single roll. The mains are rolled around a wood dowel while the nose struts is wrapped around a paper clip

Here are the main struts


and glued to the bay axle using super glue


and a test fit of the wheel


both struts are glued



now the nose strut


and ready, looks very simple and lacks features ( I will add the actuators and forks later ). Doors will add details as well.


installed



and now the final version with the wheels glued in position


Looks like a crane, magnificently tall! But not correct for this model.

Will perform surgery.



Isaac