markojeras Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Great work! :lol: Please, can you tell me which mode(s) of Proxxon tools you use? I heard that some of their drills vibrate, I mean that the drill is not stable in the center. With best regards, Marko Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalephantomphixer Posted March 15, 2005 Author Share Posted March 15, 2005 Great work! Please, can you tell me which mode(s) of Proxxon tools you use? I heard that some of their drills vibrate, I mean that the drill is not stable in the center. With best regards, Marko None of such problems here... I have the Proxxon milling machine (MF70), running smoothly. I also own a drill (IB/E) which is almost too powerfull. Its main disadvantage is the minimum speed at 5,000 rpm, which is often too fast for plastic. But for those delicate jobs I have a no-name 12V drill that I can slow down to a couple of rpm. HTH, Pierre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalephantomphixer Posted March 15, 2005 Author Share Posted March 15, 2005 March 15, 2005 Soldering work today: I partially closed the MFDs, polished away the excess of solder and dry-fitted both parts in the cockpit. Note that I also added the artificial horizon dial. Cheers for now, Pierre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 I know "wow" isn't a good enough word to describe what you're doing, but WOW! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete "Pig" Fleischmann Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Holy smoke. Fabulous! When I was a kid, my Dad built me the Monogram B-52 with real jet noise! There was a slider switch in the fuselage under the wing that turned the sound on and off. ...Wonder if you could do sound and lights.... Thanks for the inspiration Pierre. Oh, how is the flying going? Pig Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Barneydhc82 Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Pig: As far as sound goes, Radio Shack had a small pc card with two way speaker and the ability to record a 40 second sound byte. Like a dummy, I held off buying one for my electric Herc and of course the unit is not available here in Canuckistan. Barney Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalephantomphixer Posted March 16, 2005 Author Share Posted March 16, 2005 ...Thanks for the inspiration Pierre. Oh, how is the flying going? ... Pig, I am reaching now the 35 hours - still a newbie though :D Yesterday I had a 1hour NAV flight, in controlled airspaces, with XPNDR settings (watch your altitude!). I flew the Katana from Lausanne to Grenchen for maintenance: there is a heavy oil leak out of the Rotax engine, and the plane was oily like hell on the under surfaces :P It was a 100NM trip, in several legs, from VOR to VOR, into a busy airspace at Grenchen: I was asked to make a 360 because of traffic, had a Cessna skeaking in at 300ft to my left on an non-standard approach route, then had to go around because of a plane sitting on the runway... I was exhausted when I came back home by train. But it was a great day. :) Today I will fly a similar NAV flight, solo, on the second Katana. Pierre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Henk Koppelaar Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Hi Pierre, Your cockpit is really awesome. It will be beautiful when this mighty Phantom is ready and you will look at it in the dark. I wish i could see this thing in real. ;) But your good photo's give also a very nice image. Keep up the good work Regards Henk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Juanjo D. Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 (edited) Wait wait wait a minute.... I'm still trying to close my mouth! Is that real??!! Please Pierre, You should stop stealing authentic f-4 pieces for your photos, it's...it's... insane ... :D Oh man! what a job on that Phantom, there is no doubt you're my hero!!! ;) ;) Edited March 16, 2005 by Juanjo D. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
modelsntoys Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Wow! Just when I think I understand what my goal is, someone raises the bar! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcin_S Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 :blink: WOW Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalephantomphixer Posted March 17, 2005 Author Share Posted March 17, 2005 Yesterday I had a 1hour NAV flight, You mean cross-country, or x-country Yes, that's it. Here we call it "vol de navigation", because you prepare a NAV plan, and fly legs with headings and timing. Use of VORs and NDBs is permitted. I felt stupid a couple of times when I was flying a heading and my instructor asked "What's your position now?". Well, I used to look out and mumble "I am over, hmmm, hmmm... let's see: village here? village there? forest here? forest there?... hmm hmmm" In fact I didn't know where I was. Like I've heard once "I was temporarly unsure of my position" Now I add 2minutes marks to the legs on the map. When I am faced with the daring question, I look at my watch (4 minutes since begin of leg), look at the map, spot the 4 minutes mark (I should be abeam X) and only then I look out toconfirm my position on the ground. A heck of a learning curve :lol: Pierre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Launch_code_sequence Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Ok....well I just died and went to modelling heaven where I met God and he builds F-4's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is absolutly incredable!!!!!! :blink: Vaughn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mycole Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 Going through withdrawals over here from not seeing anymore of those wonderful pictures, that I liken to visual crack. Any updates? <twitching, shaking and itching until next installment> must... have... another... hit.... please... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CreepyGuy Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 March 15, 2005Soldering work today: I partially closed the MFDs, polished away the excess of solder and dry-fitted both parts in the cockpit. Note that I also added the artificial horizon dial. Cheers for now, Pierre THis makes me want to quit modeling...I will never be this good....Not even close... I am so impressed by this Phantom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Green-Meanie Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 Come on Pierre, admit it you just took a photo of a real phantom cockpit and superimposed some giant hands and fibre optics over it didnt you! :wacko: Outstanding work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalephantomphixer Posted March 20, 2005 Author Share Posted March 20, 2005 March 20, 2005 I think I have reached a point where any addition to the rear instrument cockpit looks like a miracle. And there are still 3 instruments to add, and a couple of warning lights :D Today I closed both MFDs, which was complicated: first I stuck the glass and display panel inside the housings, then I soldered everything closed. Solder = heat, plastic = does'nt like heat. So I had to be carefull. When everything was ok, I spotted a light leak on one of the MFDs, which I tried to fix with flat black paint. Horror the paint leaked into the housing, and creeped up the cardboard. My beautiful HSI turned into a black mess... So I milled the housing open, replaced the HSI display, and replaced it with a black map. I replaced the brass back of the MFD with a piece of styrene, and now I am fed up! Let's call it a day, :( Pierre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 Horror the paint leaked into the housing, and creeped up the cardboard. My beautiful HSI turned into a black mess... You forgot this: ! :) Fight on Pierre! You will beat whatever obstacles confront you! Great work, thanks again for sharing this with us :D ... :( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalephantomphixer Posted March 21, 2005 Author Share Posted March 21, 2005 ... Fight on Pierre! You will beat whatever obstacles confront you! ... I will rebuild both MFDs. The first one in the front cockpit was ok, but those two are POS Time to heat the etching bath... Pierre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dimosthenis Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 At all costs, press on Pierre! Your work rocks! I've posted about my admiration of your work again, but one miracle seems to follow the other and its hard to restrain myself from typing in awe of your work!!! :wacko: PS: Is it a PPL Pierre? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thommo Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 I've only just seen this thread - WOW. I've often thought about doing something similar, but in 1/72 of course Pierre, I'm sending one of your amazing cockpit pics to my wife, just to mentally prepare her for where I could end up I torture myself scratch-building horrendously small bits (eg gun sights) in 1/48 (occasionally 1/72), but nothing so outstanding or challenging as your project. Here is some detail I added to my current 1/48 Corsair project - I'd love to have all those great tools you have - I'm basically stuck with pin vice drills, blades and sandpaper, so do most scratching out of styrene, wire & soda cans. I like the idea of printing your instrument panels on computer & adding them though - I suck at painting such detail. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 As Oliver Twist said: "I would like some more please ... " Bump up for Pierre ... Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalephantomphixer Posted March 28, 2005 Author Share Posted March 28, 2005 March 28, 2005 I screwed up my two previous MFDs, so I had to start over the etch. Here we go: Ready to etch... Begin of etch... Eating through... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalephantomphixer Posted March 28, 2005 Author Share Posted March 28, 2005 March 28, 2005 (cont.) Etched... Punching out the hole for the LED... Folding the box... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalephantomphixer Posted March 28, 2005 Author Share Posted March 28, 2005 March 28, 2005 (cont.) Folded... Almost finished... Two new boxes, plus a spare... Yeahhh Cheers for now, Pierre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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