Floyd S. Werner, Jr. Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 Remember I will stop accepting pre-orders/deposits on May 1. You must send money by then if you want one or more. This is a limited edition and won’t likely be offered again. If you want to get your copy you will need to send the $100 USD deposit per set to fwernerjr@comcast.net on Paypal. If you need more particulars just let me know and I’ll provide them. Updates: The cockpit/canopy area is being cast. I just got the last thing from Norbert out of France so we are good to go. I need to build one more thing to support the refueling boom and then all the parts are being shipped off to the casters. This means that within the next three to four months I should have the complete conversion sets to ship out. I have to build the first one and photograph it so you will have instructions. Floyd S. Werner, Jr. Werner’s Wings Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hookdriver Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Hopefully this question is not too late, does the kit address the different position of the front landing gear? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hookdriver Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Hopefully this question is not too late, does the kit address the different position of the front landing gear? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Floyd S. Werner, Jr. Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 (edited) Hopefully this question is not too late, does the kit address the different position of the front landing gear? It does. Look at the pictures on Page 2 in this post. They have been moved accordingly. Floyd Edited April 29, 2013 by Floyd S. Werner, Jr. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Floyd S. Werner, Jr. Posted May 9, 2013 Author Share Posted May 9, 2013 Just an update. The casters are in the middle of moving so they have not been able to cast the cockpit/canopy area yet. They assure me that they are almost ready to start work on it. I was hoping that they would have it done by now. They assure me that they will be done within the month. I'm leary to send the rest of the components to them until they are actually ready to do the project. I'm ready to rock and roll on this but have to wait for them to be available. Their timing couldn't be worse for me and us. Can't do anything but wait. Sorry. Floyd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hawkwrench Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Just remember, "Delay does not mean denial!". We've waited this long, a little bit more wont hurt. By the way, I watched a cool program on youtube the other night about Baltimore's air section called Foxtrot. It showed your birds and went into a little history about the TH-55's you 're unit used and also the story of officer Wood's sacrifice. He truly was a hero for what he did for his Observer. I even thought I saw you a couple of times. Man your birds have a sharp looking paint scheme. I would love to see that up close and get some pics!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Floyd S. Werner, Jr. Posted May 23, 2013 Author Share Posted May 23, 2013 Sorry about no updates. I've been busy trying to get caught up on a bunch of reviews that I needed to build. They are done so now I will finish up the MH-47E pieces. Today I primed up the flare/chaff dispensers and mounts. I also finished up the hoist assembly. The hoist will be a bear to add to the kit but I like the way it came out. Tomorrow I hope to work on the aft end of the refueling boom. I'll go over the list one more time but that should be the final thing. There are some things that the modeler will have to scratchbuild but the big parts are all there for the conversion. If I finish it up it appears that Additive Enterprises is finally ready to accept new business after their move. So I'll get the parts off to them by the end of next week to be sure. So those of you who pre-ordered/paid start thinking about the other money for the rest of the casting. As soon as they tell me how much it is I'll let you know. It won't be long. Enjoy the photos. Floyd Flare/Chaff Dispensers primed and ready for the caster Cargo Hoist Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hookdriver Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Looks amazing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Floyd S. Werner, Jr. Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 Last minute stuff before sending it out to be cast. The support struts on the forward refueling boom mount has four struts holding the boom to the fuselage. Anybody know the length of those struts from bolt head to bolt head? I have great photos but don't know the lengths to try to replicate them. If I don't have them it may be up to you the modeler to scratchbuild them. Still trying to figure out how to do this to support the refueling boom. May have to sacrifice a little bit of accuracy for strength. Still could use some photos of each fuselage mount for the hoist, straight on. I have mounts that I made but I'm not completely happy with them. If I can get just closeups of the fuselage mounts I'd be set. I'm also after the length of the seven support struts for the hoist. So I can add the dimensions to the instructions. I have an idea of how long they are but there are seven of them. I'm sure some are the same length. Just down to the last minute stuff before I send this off to the caster. I want to include as much as I can. Some things are perplexing me on how to make it, reproduce it and still provide the strength. The first pull of the clear cockpit should be sent to me by the end of next week. Fingers crossed. When I get it you'll see it here. Thanks. Any help is appreciated. Floyd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hookdriver Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Floyd, added some pics to our PM conversation, they may help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Intruder_bass Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 (edited) Floyd, keep in mind the real life dimensions of the mount supports might not work for the Trumpeter kit simply because it is relatively inaccurate in shape... I have noticed that when building the radar pod for port side. Ideally it would be nice to attach the probe to the side of the fuselage so it is perfectly aligned and measure the necessary distances "on the spot"... ...or leave it to the modeler to do! Same goes for the hoist supports Cheers! Andy Edited May 31, 2013 by Intruder_bass Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Floyd S. Werner, Jr. Posted May 31, 2013 Author Share Posted May 31, 2013 Floyd, keep in mind the real life dimensions of the mount supports might not work for the Trumpeter kit simply because it is relatively inaccurate in shape... I have noticed that when building the radar pod for port side. Ideally it would be nice to attach the probe to the side of the fuselage so it is perfectly aligned and measure the necessary distances "on the spot"... ...or leave it to the modeler to do! Same goes for the hoist supports Cheers! Andy I'd like to get it as close as possible. It may come down to the modeler having to scratch build them to fit their model. The hoist will definitely be left to the modeler. I will provide the actual measurements. The fits I've been having with the casters over the canopy area is enough to try even my patience. I'm sure we'll work through it but it is painfully slow. LOL Floyd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Floyd S. Werner, Jr. Posted June 13, 2013 Author Share Posted June 13, 2013 Here are what I think are the last pieces for the MH-47E. I may go back and look at the front upper hoist mount as I have better photos now. I think we are really close on this baby. All is not great news though. The people who said they could do the windows have backed out of the deal. Luckily they refunded all of my money. I have another company lined up and they assure me that they can do it. Fingers crossed. The canopy is the really the biggest and most important part in the whole conversion. It must be perfect. Anyhow, I'm working on it. I'm hoping that we can get this thing done by the Nats, which I unfortunately won't be able to attend. Floyd All parts are just white glued into place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Floyd S. Werner, Jr. Posted June 26, 2013 Author Share Posted June 26, 2013 Good news all around. I have finally finished all the parts. Yahoo. They will all go to the casters tomorrow. There is still the issue of the windows, however, I believe the new caster will do them justice and I'm not concerned about them. What this means is that it is just a matter of time and we will be seeing the first MH-47E being built. Sorry it has taken so long but I think everyone will be suitably happy with the conversion. Floyd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
viper494 Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Hi Floyd any advance on the British front HC2 Chinook. Clive Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Floyd S. Werner, Jr. Posted June 28, 2013 Author Share Posted June 28, 2013 Hi Floyd any advance on the British front HC2 Chinook. Clive Let's see how this turns out first. Then I'll think about those ugly sensors. LOL I was able to buy the WWP book so I have references. Floyd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
viper494 Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Cool if you need anymore pics i'm going to an raf base where they are based in a couple of weeks from now. Clive Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Floyd S. Werner, Jr. Posted July 5, 2013 Author Share Posted July 5, 2013 Cool if you need anymore pics i'm going to an raf base where they are based in a couple of weeks from now. Clive Then take as many quality photos as you can. I need everything. All angles of all the equipment and the airframe. Start at the nose and work your way around. Don't forget the cockpit and cargo area. It is better to have too many photos than not enough. If you can use a ruler in the photo. Nice to know how big something is. Floyd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Floyd S. Werner, Jr. Posted July 30, 2013 Author Share Posted July 30, 2013 Here is a bad photo of the initial pull of the cockpit assembly in clear resin. Yahoo, this is the biggest hurdle. You'll notice the rest of the conversion in the background. Those are initial pulls as well. You should start to see the build on here soon. I am so behind in builds. LOL Floyd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
norbert Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Hi Floyd we patiently wait, just hoping you have plenty of time to build it Norbert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Floyd S. Werner, Jr. Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 I have it on good authority that the first set of the MH-47E conversion is in the mail to me. Can you say excited? I will build it as soon as I can. Got a bunch of things I'm commited to already, but I'll do my best. Floyd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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