silva963 Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 A few more photos of my completed VENOM!! Built with folded rotors to save space in the case!! GREAT KIT, I had a ton of fun building this one.. Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
salvador001 Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 (edited) What a perfect looking Venom. How did you do the satcom antenna on top of the mast? Congratulations. Rod. Edited April 20, 2017 by salvador001 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
silva963 Posted April 20, 2017 Author Share Posted April 20, 2017 24 minutes ago, salvador001 said: What a perfect looking Venom. How did you do the satcom antenna on top of the mast? Congratulations. Rod. I'm sure there is a much better way, although I drilled laterally through thin walled brass tubing. Cut 2 pieces of tubing to width. Incerted styrene rod through drilled hole on one piece cut the other in half, through the previous drilled hole, providing a pin on either side for positioning. It was a pain in the you know what!! I believe It resulted in a very convincing antenna. Thanks for the comment and question!! Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CharlieUH-1H Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 perfection translating to modelling! one of the best venom I have ever see! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K5054NZ Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Fantastic work! It makes a nice change to see the rotors folded like that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JesusNut Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 That is fantastic! Very nice job. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Love it! A automatic blade fold mechanism would have surely been a great addition, but it would have cost the Marines a few more shekels so they passed on it. Ray Quote Link to post Share on other sites
salvador001 Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 16 hours ago, silva963 said: I'm sure there is a much better way, although I drilled laterally through thin walled brass tubing. Cut 2 pieces of tubing to width. Incerted styrene rod through drilled hole on one piece cut the other in half, through the previous drilled hole, providing a pin on either side for positioning. It was a pain in the you know what!! I believe It resulted in a very convincing antenna. Thanks for the comment and question!! Bob Awesome. Thanks for the tip. Rod. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mike_45 Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Nice work! I like those rotor hold downs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Floyd S. Werner, Jr. Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Looks great. Awesome work on the blade fold kit and the SATCOM antenna. Floyd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
midnightprowler Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Beautiful! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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