1:144 Airfix 737-200 Challenge Build - Ansett 737-277

[Ansett A330]

Well better get back to this before it drops off the "new" Threads List!

Now where was I? Ah! The Wings! To Deploy or not Deploy? That is the Slat n Flaps n Kruger Question! (Shakespear just rolled over in his Grave ... )

[Uros]

So what did you use to create the intake ring?

Graeme will probably take credit for this as I did this while talking to him on the speaker phone (even though he didn't know what I was working on while we were talking!).

It was after working out how I thought (although looking at the photos again it may not be the same way?) Uros had done the 737-200 Wheel Well Rings and as I mentioned not being happy with the Engine Intake Rings. I had thought that Uros had made the Rings by either cutting or punching concentric circles out of Plastic Card to make the Rings. But after a number of attempts trying to do that without producing anything acceptable I was going through the packets of Tube i had while chatting to Graeme and after choosing a suitable outside diameter Tube and then sanding the inside of it to reduce the wall thickness I carefully sawed off a thin "Ring" and again sanded it smooth to produce what I thought was finally an acceptable Ring. Tried the same again and it seemed reproduceable and acceptable.

So ... when it came to the Engines I tried a similar process with an appropriate sized Tube but after sanding the interior I sanded the exterior to a bit of a conical shape before sawing off. As I mentioned I also wasn't happy with the angle of the Intake Ring so sanding it a bit helped "land" the Ring onto to Airfix Engine. I've only just bogged them up after that so yet to sand them to see how it looks so it could still be a total (well maybe not total) disaster so don't go taking my word for it just yet!

I used a needle and a template to scribe rings into a sheet of styrene. Just scribe for as long as it takes to get trough. And make inner circle first.

[Ansett A330]

Small update of the attempt to shape the triple slotted flaps that only ended in one sanded left Index Finger :



I have no idea of the actual size of each segment only that as indicated on the Airfix wing and then guesstimating the size of the "hidden" or "tucked in" parts from photos. However the Airfix representation of the Krueger flaps is definitely incorrect for the Advanced type as they are longer than the initial type so will be relying on photos for them.

[Ansett A330]

I've finished the flaps asembly. This was hard to do and I needed several tries to do it. It's not 100% accurate, but I think it looks OK.
Ansett A330, I hope theese fotos help...

Ah excellent I'll have to measure mine to see how far out I was.

Somewhere along the way I got my measurements wrong, so I had to lenghten the actuators.

Are you sure you didn't get them right as I thought you'd have to lengthen the Actuators anyway as they are a bit "hand in glove" (that is they move out of the outer housing before starting to rotate) aren't they so when deployed they are longer than stowed as on the Kit?

Must see if there is a "smoking gun" photo that shows what I am talking about or maybe I'm just imagining things?

[Adam the Akrodude]

Small update of the attempt to shape the triple slotted flaps that only ended in one sanded left Index Finger :



I have no idea of the actual size of each segment only that as indicated on the Airfix wing and then guesstimating the size of the "hidden" or "tucked in" parts from photos. However the Airfix representation of the Krueger flaps is definitely incorrect for the Advanced type as they are longer than the initial type so will be relying on photos for them.

Aw! Does da widdle fingy wingy hurt! Want a tissue for your issue? Now suck it up princess and get back to the modelling table and stay on task!

Drill Sergeant by Adam Dormer, on Flickr

[Ansett A330]

... the triple slotted flaps ...

All of these Aviation Experts on here and nobody corrected me that they are double slotted flaps ...

[Ansett A330]

Although a bit dated this is not a bad Reference :

[RayS]

Flaps are Flaps Rob.

Time for a cup of concrete and back to the build.

[Ansett A330]

Flaps are Flaps Rob.

Time for a cup of concrete and back to the build.

Mmmm all these Words of Wisdom ...

Noted for Actioning and filed along with Graeme's Gem of :

"You are spending way too much time on the Internet, looking at things that don’t matter
FINISH the Airfix 737 that you have been working on for months."

Which I corrected to :
"You are spending way too much time on the Internet, looking at things that don’t matter
FINISH the Airfix 737 that you HAVEN'T been working on for months."

[Ansett A330]

OK dug this one out again and couldn't tell if some parts of the Fuselage filling had shrunk (mainly owing to couldn't differentiate surface finish of the grey Primer so I experimented by hitting it with Gloss White to see if that would show up any flaws better and it did but actually it wasn't too bad.

Photos still to be taken and uploaded later as motivation allows.