HMS Invincible

[LARRY WHETTONParticipant @larrywhetton68737]

Hello ashley,

Nice model is there plan of it ,? i like to have acrack at it ………Larry…

[LARRY WHETTONParticipant @larrywhetton68737]

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Larry, sorry no plan, or at least, I drew up some large sheets of paper to get the general shape.

As stated, this was made to fit the aircraft, and to fit in the boot of the car. The aircraft are die cast Harriers bought from the air force museum at hendon (where they had loads of them) originally to put on an aircraft carrier deck i made for the lad to play with.. this oddly enough was 4 feet long and about 9 inches wide. It looked so good on the carpet with the planes idecided to make an r/c one.

It could do with being at least 8 inches longer at either end for the correct dimensions, but ..

I have dickered with the proportions so that the `planes dont look tooo big, and have since chopped 1 1/4 inches off the back of the island and 3/4" off the front to enhance the apparent deck length.

if you want I can draw up a rough plan with dimensions etc.. you will need to get some planes before starting, though!! My only regret is not making the lines slightly finer at either end but there again once in the water it is not noticeable.

One hot week-end`s work to make the hull, easy. Thin ply sides needed almost no work to get smooth and the boat was sprayed with Halfords car undercoat and topcoat. The front beak was a bit fiddly. being built up with balsa strips and filled/sanded, Whole lot then covered in ezicote water based resin and glass cloth.

Ashley

[LARRY WHETTONParticipant @larrywhetton68737]

Good Morning Ashley ,

Thank you for reply., and info a i have a few dye cast planes i have collected over the years so this would be good model to build round them so any thing you suply in the way a drawing would be nice.

inthe middle of a Arctic Trawler wich is a nightmare build seemy gallery for more details ,

so it will go on the back burner for little while , tiill i get build block goes away ,a new prodect might get me going again, had bad time this year , what with the weather and travel costs plus the pension dont go far having to sell boats to keep enjoying hobby plus the the thumb is on the mend after craft knife moment , but still enjoying the hobby and web pages on model boats ……cheers Larry….

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Larry, pm me with your e-mail address and i will endeavour to do some plans and scan them as pdf files enabling you to print them off, or alternativly i can send them in the jolly old post.

Most toy shops have die cast Harriers of about the right size, marked as U.S marine ones but easily overpainted.

Ashley

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Wow, have found the drawings I used when making the beast. I dare`nt show them to anyone as they would see exactly how I work…off the cuff.

I am concious of the fact that I make models for my own pleasure and to the standard that I want to work to. I must say I look at some of the work on the forum and it is much superior to that which I turn out . The pictures do not actually quite show the real story.

However, I do like the odd and unusual. I am making a new set of balsa wings for Berengar`s BFB3 aircraft at the moment. This is one that wasnt actually destined to be a radio control craft, and indeed the body of it was actually the test for my A90 ecranoplan to see if the size hull I was contenplating would be a goer or not. As usual I have made a set of wings with absolutely no actual plan, just an idea of what I want to do. I am going to use a pair of Graupner Speed 280 motors on the centre line…this will give me much more control as the entire propellor wash will fan over the twin tail rudders, the thrust from this arrangement should be superior (If my "hand" test is anything to go by) and they are considerably lighter than the 4mm ply used hitherto. It will have to be a BFB2 from now on. (Berengars flying boat three motors)

In actual fact, i was suprised that the thing went as well as it did, first time round, having for the propulsive force three small motors canabalised out of some cheap xmas toys. I am actually hoping for a turn of speed now….

Ashley sorry rambling again

Carrier out Tomorrow, weather permitting !!!

[wayne quigleyParticipant @waynequigley28540]

that looks great Ashley

[LARRY WHETTONParticipant @larrywhetton68737]

Hi Ashley,

Glad you found drawings, i have the same problems searching photo files,

and when comes to models ,if it looks right it is right , i dont build for the rivet counters,

the world is full of critics so enjoy your day day out .by for now …….Larry..

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