Other hobbies that are not ship model building

Father in law passed away last January I was his apprentice 35 years ago as carpenter and joiner. His other love was his Morris 8 1936. We managed to get it back on the road briefly took around 6 years off and on was a barn find. Vowed to get it back permanently after he passed now it sits on the drive for a Sunday drive. View attachment 245530View attachment 245531
Brakes still need attention though!!!
Beautiful restoration. I love the classic British autos appearance though my long legs do not fit very well in some of the sports cars of the MG-T series. Longed for one but never did. Was standing in line to order a Morgan in 1964 aboard the carrier USS Saratoga when in Naples but when next up I backed out knowing that my younger brother would be able to put his hands and feet in it while I was still serving until 1967. No trust there. Cannot afford the high cost now for what would most likely be a bad choice with the wood frame in the rainy northwest (Oregon Willamette Valley) and see it rot out. Enjoy the ride! Rich (PT-2)
 
You are definitely equipped to communicate with the world! My model building entertainment example is a 3-hour YouTube 60 Irish Pub Songs for example with keeps me moving even while the adhesive dries and I "facebook" in our SoS threads. Rich
 
Awesome work. I haven’t tried any abstract work yet, but I’d like to. Only so much time, right? One of my favorite artists, John Regis Tuska, who with his wife were frequent guests I. My home, had “Non Basta, Una Vita!” painted on his studio wall: “Not enough, one life!
 
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Excellent work. Are any of your planes RC? They look hot!!! Rich (PT-2)
Those are control line, but I do fly RC. Eventually I want to build an RC version of this design. I just need to become a better flier.
 
You are definitely equipped to communicate with the world! My model building entertainment example is a 3-hour YouTube 60 Irish Pub Songs for example with keeps me moving even while the adhesive dries and I "facebook" in our SoS threads. Rich
I love Irish music. I also play (at) flute. Again, only one life, but if I had time I’d love to learn Uilleann Pipes as well
 
Years ago I tried to learn to blow the pipes but I was getting cramps in my lips around the narrow pipe and gave it up. Still have the chanter and reeds but it only collecting dust. Rich (PT-2)
Thanks for the instrumental jig. A good toe tapper even without a partner to dance the jig. Rich
 
Years ago I tried to learn to blow the pipes but I was getting cramps in my lips around the narrow pipe and gave it up. Still have the chanter and reeds but it only collecting dust. Rich (PT-2)
Thanks for the music clip.
I will use it on my next gathering with the guys having some good Scotch.
 
Those are control line, but I do fly RC. Eventually I want to build an RC version of this design. I just need to become a better flier.
My only RC were gliders launched with 100 ft of surgical tubing, with 8-ft wing spans. Almost lost one in a thermal that took it up into the prevailing cross winds and I had to chase it down to keep it within radio range. It took over 45 minutes to recover it. I didn't have confidence to put it into a descending spiral to get it down. Slower maneuvers including inverted flying were OK. My control was a single stick with separate trim tabs buttons. Having done some private piloting I couldn't feel comfortable with the typical two sticks transmitters. Rich (PT-2)
 
Here is something for the aviation enthusiasts.
This is anothere model commisioned that will be used at the Vegas Model Show, it is the 1915 aircraft engine that powered the Fokker Eindecker fighter of World War I.
"The Oberursel UR III"
Here is a brief story that will introduce the model I built.

Before 1914, the Oberursel Motoren Gesellschaft of Frankfurt, Germany had obtained a license to build Gnome engines. However, these pre-World War I designs became obsolete and, with the encouragement of the Army's Inspectorate of Aviation, the company embarked on the manufacture of a copy of the 82 kW (110 hp) Le Rhone engine, which became available from 1917.
Convinced of the merits of the rotary engine, aviation pioneer Anthony Fokker acquired Oberursel, and used its Le Rhone copies to power aircraft such as the Fokker Triplane and D VI scouts. Reinhold Platz designed the D-VIII cantilever-wing monoplane for Fokker around the 82 kW (110 hp) Oberursel, and attained performance equal to the best wire-braced biplanes with 50-percent more power. That aircraft was only built in small numbers at the war’s end.

This 119 kW (160 shp) Oberursel UR IIIa powered Fokker D VI, Fokker Dr I, and Pfalz D VI aircraft during World War I.
This is a 1:16 Scale with a Prop diameter of 6" Height 3 5/8".

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It is not a hard model to assemble but has small parts a bit tricky to glue together all 48 metal pieces.
It took me around 24 hours to build and paint it.
 
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From my own personal experience, I guess that assembling the propeller was the most difficult section in the build.
There is only one way to glue the nine pieces together of different woods and after drying you have to shape it and balance it, add the decals and finally seal it.
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This is the discrepancy that I have with the designer.
The base front and back has two different height that once assemble it will tilt the engine to the rear part of it and that looks ridiculous.
So I added a small piece of ply to the bottom of the shorter section and now the engine is totally horizontal.
Also the sides of the base where too narrow and I had to create new ones so the engine will fit properly.
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As you can see here, the propeller can’t be turned because the base is not high enough.
If you want it to rotate the building manual said that you should move the engine to the edge of a desk or table and rotate the engine with the Propeller in place.
Sorry, this is not a good advice because if you let go, the weight of the engine could make it fall forward and destroy your model,
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