Pics of your models, please!

[UKbob]

Nice models Le TVR, they are making me want to go out and buy a plane How many hours is it going to take you to get the TSR2 airbourne?

Does anyone have any large/closeup pics of paint jobs and decal work?

edited because I found the answers to my questions

Edited by UKbob on Monday 23 July 11:12

[UKbob]

Bungleaio said:

UKbob said:

Nice models Le TVR, they are making me want to go out and buy a plane

I told you it was addictive!

I agree whole heartedly, they are amazing models, even if they were static they would be good but to think they will be fully working and can actually fly is extraordinary. I wish I had the skill to be able to make something like that myself.

I had absolutely no idea building RC cars would be nearly this much fun! Except for tyres. I can understand now why people have more than one vehicle. £70 isnt a great deal of money to spend on a new electric model, plus it comes with a sense of achievement too (unlike beer) and you get to keep it and enjoy it afterwards.

I couldnt wait to drive it when I finished it (in the wee hours this morning!) so I just grabbed it and legged it outside, thrapped it all over the place, no shell, wires hanging out everywhere, chased a few cars ...as you did when you were kids "whats that nutter doing, its after midnight!" jumped it off kerbs, and managed to flip it over half a dozen times, the "backwards then forwards too suddenly thing" wheel spinning all over the place, crashed a few times, puddled it (probably not wise). Brilliant! I found a grassy common which had street lighting and managed to get it filthy and covered in damp lawn cuttings, looks like its been hauled out of a bog, I'll have to clean it again before I do the obligatory new shell photo shoot.

I was surprised at just how powerful and quick the hornet was too, I mean its blindingly fast. I know you can get much faster cars, but for a beginner, there really is quite a bit of power there! I suspect if the studded tyres were made of metal, it would rip up the roads.

I wanna build another one!

Bungleaio said:

Well done mate, they sound very stubborn good luck getting the other one on.

I should have thought yesterday but there's a huge amout of info on www.rcuniverse.com 

I'll have a look, cheers

[UKbob]

Le TVR said:

UKbob said:

How many hours is it going to take you to get the TSR2 airbourne?

Difficult to say. So far its a couple of hundred hours drawing and building.

Add another 50 or so hours to get undercarriage to retract:

What a project

And I thought building a tamiya hornet was a challenge I bet you'll be nervous bringing her in to land on the maiden flight

I really want a plane project now!

Edited by UKbob on Monday 23 July 12:27

[UKbob]

roadrunner440 said:

Bob, if you want an easy build/fly first plane, look into GWS, they make a Piper Cub foamy that looks great and flies great, very easy but be warned it is addictive, if you want to jump one step ahead GWS do a plane called the E-Starter which can be built full function (4 ch) if you want.

The estarter looks good for a trainer plane, seems cheap too, £135 for everything you need

[UKbob]

hawkaye said:

just got the one proper rc car

You and me both. Proper outcasts we are

hawkaye said:

It's a Schumacher Nitro Fusion and is scarier to drive than my real STi.

oops, forgot about the tamiya, enough about that.

So how fast does it go Ive been reading, and nitro cars are almost half as fast (some of em) as their real life counterparts.

[UKbob]

hawkaye said:

from wikipedia:

"The Schumacher Fusion is an on-road 1:10 scale nitro-powered radio-controlled car made by Schumacher Racing Products. It is the fastest ready-to-run 1:10 on-road car created as of 2007, featuring a 0.21 in³ (3.5 cm&#179 engine capable of producing 2.1 horsepower (1.6 kW) at 38,000 rpm. It is four-wheel drive with a three-speed gearbox, making it capable of speeds in excess of 80 mph (130 km/h) and 0-60 mph (0-100 km/h) times in less than two seconds.

The "E-start" system is used to start the engine, this means the starter is operated using a portable electric drill. The gearbox is not natively adjustable, the only way of adjusting it is to open it and change the springs themselves. The Fusion will reach around 65 mph (105 km/h) with standard gearing and around 80 mph (130 km/h) with optional high-speed gearing (in the form of an optional clutch bell). There is also a low-speed gear-set available for even faster acceleration to use on smaller tracks."

What!?!

2.1 HP Sounds cute, but bloody hell!!
38,000 rpm
80mph
0-60 in 2 seconds

I'll bet thats fun to drive on a saturday afternoon... after a few beers

Where do you drive it, track only?

[UKbob]

S4simon said:

Err - Thats' taken me 9 months to get to that stage. Not very quick these days. I reckon another month or two.

They build real cars in less time ya know

[UKbob]

cinqster said:

My latest project - a 1/8th scratchbuilt Porsche RS60

Knowing very little about modeling, Id be keen to hear how you made that. It looks good.

[UKbob]

cinqster said:

Bob, this is a new way of modelling for me so I'm still experimenting with it. The body 'buck' is made entirely from ordinary car body filler layed onto a balsa armature. The photo shows it after the filler has been applied but without any sanding - I'm in the process of shaping it now!

The story so far can be found here:

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthre...

Fantastic job! I read your updates on all 4 pages, the photos and work done is quite extraordinary, fascinating stuff. How many man hours are you into your project so far?

[UKbob]

cinqster said:

UKbob said:

cinqster said:

Bob, this is a new way of modelling for me so I'm still experimenting with it. The body 'buck' is made entirely from ordinary car body filler layed onto a balsa armature. The photo shows it after the filler has been applied but without any sanding - I'm in the process of shaping it now!

The story so far can be found here:

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthre...

Fantastic job! I read your updates on all 4 pages, the photos and work done is quite extraordinary, fascinating stuff. How many man hours are you into your project so far?

Not logged it, but I'd guess about 200 hours so far. A lot of that has been researching and compiling reference and drawing up componants that are yet to made. Hoping to have it done by the summer!

Then what? Crash testing before you design and build the production models?

[UKbob]

Roop said:

chris watton said:

Stuff I do for work

Fantastic...!

Any idea roughly how many man hours goes into building a ship like that one Chris?

[UKbob]

chris watton said:

UKbob said:

Roop said:

chris watton said:

Stuff I do for work

Fantastic...!

Any idea roughly how many man hours goes into building a ship like that one Chris?

Well, it depends on the size. Something like Vanguard takes about three months to design, using copies of the original Admiralty plans and tons of reference books, from hull and deck fittings for a particular period to the masting and rigging.

Once the initial designs are complete, the cad files are sent to a laser cutting company and the parts cut on the specified thicknesses of wood and sent back to me for building the prototype model (which is exactly what the Vanguard model is). During building, I will invariably come across faults, which I can then correct on the CAD files, and also finish any parts off that I didn’t do initially (Some parts cannot be made until I have made some of the model), and also the photo etched brass fittings are finished off and sent to the chemical etching company.

Overall, a model like vanguard is about five months work (including finalising the designs for the kit).

The longest time spent on one thing when designing is not building the model, but drawing the construction plans in CAD, as every stage of construction need to be drawn, be it side profiles, exploded views or rendered views – the rigging plans take the most time – as they have to be very easy to follow, and split into stages (otherwise it would look like a huge spider web!), and of course, writing the instructions and parts list – and making some fittings and carvings for the model. (I cannot to the décor, someone does it after I give them all drawings, but I do make stuff like the anchors and other fittings)

All in all, Vanguard was about 12 months development time, from conception to finalising the multi-lingual plans and instructions.

The coaches however, were a piece of cake, I designed them so that they could be built in about a week, they were fun!

Have skipped over a few things, but that is essentially it!

And the Cutty sark is being designed 'As built', not 'as is' now!

Bloody hell Chris, I thought you were the bravest man here for buying the kit, I didnt realise you designed as well as built the bloody thing!

So the 5 months / 12 months figures mentioned, forgive me is this is a bit of a silly question, but is that full time work? Im guessing if it isnt your own project, someone comissioned you to design it for resale purposes, hence the written instructions and parts lists.

Very impressive. There are some seriously keen modelers on these pages, from an amateurs point of view its all very interesting, especially reading the stories that accompany the pics.

[UKbob]

chris watton said:

Hi Bob

Yes. it is a VERY full time job, I am a 'product designer', and the reason we have just moved from the UK to Italy (my employers are Italian and based in Turin)
I also help design some of the part work weekly mag projects too, like the Hachette Bismark, and a few others in the pipeline.

I do consider myself very lucky to have a job I enjoy completely, and was ofered the chance to move out of the UK and buy a lovely converted farmhouse/s in the Italian countryside - although I do work very long hours in Turin!

Ahhh, I see! More pics of the early/mid build stage would be superb! Please

[UKbob]

groomi said:

chris watton said:

....And I get my 16th scale Tamiya RC Tiger tank today, too (Hope it's not too complicated to build.....)

Somehow I doubt you'll have a problem!

Ill second that

[UKbob]

M3John said:

Red Firecracker said:

Nuclearsquash said:

not so much a model as a miniature, but i finished it yesterday. The figure is roughly 28mm tall, so as you can proabably gather some of the detail is a bit small.


For those interested it's the Commissar Yarrick figure from the Games Worskhop line of miniatures.

ooh, nice work chap.

Yes very very good sir !

Very very good indeed. After pulling out a ruler, I'll admit to being amazed! (Once again! Nice work squash! )

[UKbob]

A home made jack skellington - very impressive. What materials was he made from?

[UKbob]

mybrainhurts said:

Come on, man, get on with it....it's as easy as falling off a cow..

The cow has to be roasted first before it can be served to a web bowser.

[Buster Bakdorzin]

Nevin said:

Chris scratch built this by hand as a template for a model manufacturer to use in producing a kit. If you read through some of his previous posts you'll see that he is a model designer/maker

Absolutely unbelievable!!

[Buster Bakdorzin]

4hero said:

must get out more

Great photo. Love those reflections.

[Buster Bakdorzin]

4hero said:

Buster Bakdorzin said:

Great photo. Love those reflections.

Cheers

Here's some instructions on how I did the if you are curious (clicky pics).

Brilliant! I love seeing mini-studio setups.

Its such a good photo, why dont you go back (hate it when people say this to me!) and play with the side lighting only, until you get a shot which is much darker, more mysterious, which rules out all traces of the model being a model. not that you havent done a bloody good job already!