1/16 British Saladin Armoured Car project

[rifleman]

no do the fox

[airdave]

No Ferrets...No Foxes...No Rabbits...No Weasels!

[Kevin WS]

Just wait. I will prepare a case.....!!!!

[airdave]

Thats what you need.
A case...to carry all those animal ideas out of here in!

[Miles Linnabery]

But Dave it's Cute
Grin,
Miles

[Mike1158]

Dave, what would you say to an MB-5 in large scale and properly detailed as only you and a very few others could manage? Either that or a genre I have not seen you produce, an X-type submarine OR the XT type submarine post war. Both of the latter would be something new and different.

[airdave]

I don't know what an MB-5 is. lol

What? do you think I'm some sort of x-purt on these vehicles?
I learn everything I know about them, when I research and design the model.
Before that...you're talking to an idiot.

Same goes for X Subs...or Subs in general.
Another subject I don't really know much about.


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But...before we get too far off-topic, let me update the Saladin progress!

Now that I have tweaked and adjusted and got the Suspension design to where I like it,
its time to continue the test building...
and so I have started assembling all the necessary Suspension parts I'll need.

With six wheels, theres a lot of parts (not all shown here).



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I'll do one more station (the opposite front wheel) and make sure my last adjustments
are all still okay...and then continue on from there.

First, I need to finish and install the opposite side Torsion Rods and brackets.
And you can see, I have installed all the inner Axle CV Joints.
Then, I fitted all the lower Control Arm brackets.



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I made a number of small adjustments to the Control Arms
...the biggest goal was to get the center Spindle/Knuckle assembly into a more vertical position.
There is room to gently adjust the position of each Control Arm during assembly,
but I wanted to reduce the need for too much offsetting of parts.





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I've got it to where the Ball Joint area of the Knuckle aligns almost flush with the ends of the Control Arms.
Its a good visual reference for assembly.
And it gets the Knuckle very close to the vertical position it needs to be in.





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So now I will assemble a Hub and outer CV Joint and slip it onto the Axle
to make sure the Knuckle is positioned correctly...but all looks good at this point.
I'm confident I can continue with the other four suspensions.

There are still some more Suspension/Steering parts to design
...but I should be able to sort those out as I continue the assembly of these suspension parts.
Stay tuned.

[rifleman]

martin-baker 5. prototype aircraft ww2 brit

[airdave]

Originally Posted by rifleman

martin-baker 5. prototype aircraft ww2 brit

ah....I see

if there ever was an aircraft that defined "kit bashing' this was it!

A trainer Tail attached to a weirdly elongated Mustang fuselage.
A reduced size cockpit behind a distorted Spitfire nose.
And then, twin Propellors up front?

Unfortunately only one ever built.
Which doesn't leave much room for variants.

Variants are what make a model design worthy.
The limited number of potential customers on any model
is bolstered by having varinat liveries, versions, etc.

Interesting aircraft (I knew nothing about)...see, ya learn something new every day!
But I can't see me taking up the challenge on this one, sorry.

Who knows, maybe I can talk Nobi into it.

[JohnM]

Earlier 'e said "No Ferrets...No Foxes...No Rabbits...No Weasels!"
Now 'e says ...

Originally Posted by airdave

Variants are what make a model design worthy.
The limited number of potential customers on any model
is bolstered by having variant liveries, versions, etc.

So ... can we expect to see Saracen, Stalwart, and Salamander in the near future?

Not for me though Dave. I could not build to such detail and they're way too big fer me anyways. It don't stop me from enjoying watching you doin' it though.