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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Rooster on December 07, 2006, 08:22:50 AM
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This man has done an incredible (crazy) bit of work on a model aircraft.
Take a look
http://hsfeatures.com/features04/spitfiremkidg_1.htm
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Incredible! :eek:
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Originally posted by Rooster
This man has done an incredible (crazy) bit of work on a model aircraft.
Take a look
http://hsfeatures.com/features04/spitfiremkidg_1.htm
now that is an impressive work of art.
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very nice
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incredible
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wild, the cockpit detail looks like the real plane, even the gauges and the little placards. You can almost see it starting up and taking off.
Just incredible about of detail. I would love to see under the skin.
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That is a magnificent work.
Charon
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Operational 1/5 Rolls Merlin (http://www.enginehistory.org/merlin_xx.htm)
Wonder if he put an operational engine in it.
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Originally posted by hacksaw1
Operational 1/5 Rolls Merlin (http://www.enginehistory.org/merlin_xx.htm)
Wonder if he put an operational engine in it.
http://www.enginehistory.org/ModelEngines/Hares/Merlin%20XX/MerlinXX.mpg
Unbe****inglievable.
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Amazing it even sounds like a bit like a Merlin. As for the model. Well, when I saw it. I took all my models and burned them in a ritual bonfire. :cry
People who can make things like that, full size or model have magic in their hands. It is my regret that I never trained for something practical or a craft. My brother did, became an aircraft engineer. I've seen some of his work. Some engineering is as better than any artform. The Spitfire, itself is a good example of Engineering as art.
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That is an incredible piece of work. I really have no words to describe the awe I am feeling right now. Simply amazing.
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There are no adjectives to really describe adequately the work that gentleman has done. Simply wow. :confused:
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Originally posted by DieAz
now that is an impressive work of art.
couldnt have said it better
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Originally posted by cpxxx
Amazing it even sounds like a bit like a Merlin.
Must be my headphones (at work so they're mono, single ear) sounds like an overgrown weadeater to me :) but still an amazing piece of work, they should put it in the model and see if it flys :aok
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Originally posted by Airscrew
Must be my headphones (at work so they're mono, single ear) sounds like an overgrown weadeater to me :) but still an amazing piece of work, they should put it in the model and see if it flys :aok
It must be your earphone. My speakers are pretty good. Besides, a lot of the noise is from the airscrew (pun intended). :aok You can just hear the rumble of the engine itself.
I doubt if the model is airworthy but I think in Britain a flying model that size has to be registered like a full size aircraft. But would you risk flying a work of art like that.:eek:
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amazing
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It's not a Spit XII. What's wrong with that guy? :)
Amazing stuff. Only beef, is the flat canopy and the Mk V fishtail exhausts. But who am i to complain. I'd be lucky to finish a model kit of one :)
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That would be cool to let it buzz around fast and high and try to shoot it with a single shot 22. rifle.
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Originally posted by Guppy35
It's not a Spit XII. What's wrong with that guy? :)
Amazing stuff. Only beef, is the flat canopy and the Mk V fishtail exhausts. But who am i to complain. I'd be lucky to finish a model kit of one :)
Yea and where is the 1/5 griff.:furious :furious
Really nice piece though.
Bronk
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When I read this
David Glen - The model has its mistakes, but I’ll leave the experts to spot them, as they most certainly will, plus others I don’t even know about.
I just knew that sooner or later I would see this :lol
Originally posted by Guppy35
It's not a Spit XII. What's wrong with that guy? :)
Amazing stuff. Only beef, is the flat canopy and the Mk V fishtail exhausts. But who am i to complain. I'd be lucky to finish a model kit of one :)
but I think the guy pretty much nailed it
I don’t pretend the little Spitfire is perfect, but I do hope it has captured something of the spirit and incomparable beauty of this magnificent fighter – perhaps the closest to a union that art and technology have ever come – a killing machine with lines that are almost sublime.
I say :aok it is perfection
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I love hyperscale.com and stuff like this. Here is another link about
Young C. Park, a retired dentist who does marvelous stuff too.
Young C Park (http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/park.htm)
(http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/images/ParkP51fLSide.jpg)
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Originally posted by cpxxx
It must be your earphone. My speakers are pretty good. Besides, a lot of the noise is from the airscrew (pun intended). :aok You can just hear the rumble of the engine itself.
I doubt if the model is airworthy but I think in Britain a flying model that size has to be registered like a full size aircraft. But would you risk flying a work of art like that.:eek:
Ok I played it again when I got home, now I can hear the rumble. :aok . it probably sounds better live.
It may not be airworthy but it would at least increase its cool factor with a running engine in it.
I look at that model and I am reminded of when I was 10 or 11 and wished I could be shrunk down to fit in my models and fly them.
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speechless :eek:
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Originally posted by hacksaw1
Operational 1/5 Rolls Merlin (http://www.enginehistory.org/merlin_xx.htm)
Wonder if he put an operational engine in it.
http://dynamotive.netfirms.com/merlin/
Operating 1/4 scale Merlin which you can buy, unlike the other which is a 1 off.
I doubt if the model is airworthy but I think in Britain a flying model that size has to be registered like a full size aircraft. But would you risk flying a work of art like that.
Nope and nope and be sure not. 7ft is not a large model.
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Wonder what the power output would be???
Edit, - found it:
Bore and Stroke: 1.35 x 1.50 inches (25% scale)
Cylinder Displacement: 2.15 cubic inches = 35.2 cc
Total Displacement: 25.75 cubic inches = 422 cc
Horsepower: 16 @ 3600 rpm (estimated)
Overall length: approximately 20 inches
Weight: approximately 16.5 lb
Nice ;)