The MK2 Shackleton MR2 project. :)

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
not sure.


some issues with the design as i did not allow for the shape in places.
i can alter the drawings to reflect this later.

need to work out the positions of the fuselage joining tubes next and build the other side.
then sheet it all and look at the bomb doors.
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

" Lets hope it stays together for the next couple of months " HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
My sides are splitting HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEH

Garry

oh shut up you

well as i could not sleep this morning i decided to get up at 4:45 and revise all the CAD drawings for the nose construction, theen i went to work at 7am.

today i have been working on the nose construction and have done a fair bit.

tubes are in for the mounting method, need to add the ply to take the wing bolts yet.
sheeted nearly one side
constructed the other side and started the sheeting.

most of it lines up ok when clamped together.



next job is to finish the sheeting, fit the t nuts for the wing bolts, glue the two halves together and sand and cover.
then i can add all the little bits and work out the canopy.

that will be it then until i have finished the fuselage and wing designs.
i also need to think about how i am fixing the wings to the fuselage before i can build any more.

shack

managed to get something done this morning.
got up early to work on the shackleton before hitting the camper for the rest of the day.



sheeted as far as i can go for now, the two halves have been joined and the gunners section planned out.
need to sand it all smooth and level next and then take a look at the mounts and cockpit.
we plod on.

I am so glad that you are not starting this one till a few months hence Tony . How many was it that needed finishing first ??? :woohoo: :woohoo: :evil: :evil: [badass]

Garry

Had a full day today.
fitted the rudder to the Edwardian Free flighter.
then attacked the shack nose.
finished all the sheeting i can do at the moment.

then i carved some blue foam and stuck that on.
cut some 10mm ali tube and glued that into the nose.

cut some 8mm ali tube and fed some 6mm balsa dowel inside that.
them's the front guns sorted.
cut some 3mm ply to make the observers frame, cut some 3mm depron that will be the outer glazing frame when the glass has been fitted.

stuck the gunners area frames on.
made up the observers area supports ready to take the glazing frame.



phew, that's about it.

need to finish sheeting the nose and then i can put it to one side and get on with something else.

well today i cut out the depron core inside the gunners area.
sheeted the rear of the same area.
sheeted the rest of the front.
made a windscreen wiper.
started work on the cockpit area.
that i all.

had a real shit day today.
still i have made a start on the canopy formers.
that is all.

canopy frames are finished.
need to make the front section now, the one with all the dials on and some seats and some pilots and ................................................

might start covering what i have to protect it from hanger rash.

Looking Maestro! :woohoo:

Eric wrote: not starting till the end of the year. - - Someone else on here put that about a project - which is almost completed! [badass]

Is there an echo in here :woohoo: :evil: [badass]

Garry

one tenor wrote: Looking good Maestro! :woohoo:

Finished covering the nose section and slopped the undercoat on.
now we can mark it all up for septic's favorite bit......................

RIVETS.
shall i count them as i go.