The hangar

[rickoshea52]

Nice work Rick, looks great. It would be good to see on a stand.

Humph! That means building one. I want to do another engine though, so that I can fit it into an aircraft scene.

 

[flyjoe180]

Look at what you've built so far Mr Rick, a stand is hardly going to be straining your ability

 

[rickoshea52]

Look at what you've built so far Mr Rick, a stand is hardly going to be straining your ability

True. It would be a shame to spend all this time building an engine to hide it in an engine bay, but that was the original plan. This was also always going to be a trial build just to see what could be done in this scale, if it turned out too rough and ready the option to use it in an aircraft would be there. I do have an idea for a larger project that I wanted to trial some ideas I have foe it on a smaller sized build to see if they could work, so far so good but one of my next challenges (after an engine trolley/stand) is some staging to go around an aircraft - purpose built moveable scaffolding effectively - the stuff you see in maintenance hangars for C' checks etc. Using plastic rod may be too flimsy and I'm not keen on soldered brass rod.

 

[Snowman]

I'm not keen on soldered brass rod.

There is always something new to learn....

 

[rickoshea52]

There is always something new to learn....

Or Albion Alloys' new connecto system, I just remembered seeing this stuff at my LMS.

 

[rickoshea52]

After varnishing the floor, doors and brick walls to protect the paint while masking I masked and painted the vertical girders and truss, it was at this point I realised that I have forgotten the sliding door for the back wall, ah well, it was going to be done in red anyway.


I need to come up with a solution for the other side was and settled on an internal breeze block wall. I found a sheet of roof tile plastic that could pass for breeze blocks and have painted it white ready for cutting and fixing. To break up the bland wall I'm contemplating a portakabin to go against it.


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[papa 695]

Just caught up on this one Rick. Great work on all things the Hanger and jet engine

 

[flyjoe180]

That is looking very good indeed Rick.

 

[rickoshea52]

This will be the maintenance control office, a Knightwing Models portakkabin.


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[Robert1968]

Hi


Just caught up on this one Rick and all the details your putting into this hanger are looking stupendous. The detail is amazing and the jet engine is very convincing and I like the idea of the portals in in the office.


My father years ago when I was a little boy worked in similar types of buildings, I think he was putting the tracks on centurion tanks ( ordinance corps or something ) and if memory serves he showed me a b/w photo of the assembly building, not a hanger as such but the building in your first post reminded me of it


Regards


Robert

 

[takeslousyphotos]

That is looking good Rick.....Some great work matey.

 

[rickoshea52]

I started by removing the moulded door and filled the ejector marks on the interior walls where they would be visible through the windows.


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[bazers]

This is looking great Rick ,its going to be a lot of work but well worth it.

 

[rickoshea52]

Walls fitted to the floor and the first part of the interior partition wall has been cut and fixed in place. The office that we worked out of at Kinloss was separated in a similar way, the SNCO's were in the documentation half and the rest of us used the other half to do our paperwork and control the maintenance. I'm contemplating fitting a light.


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[PhilJ]

Walls fitted to the floor and the first part of the interior partition wall has been cut and fixed in place. The office that we worked out of at Kinloss was separated in a similar way, the SNCO's were in the documentation half and the rest of us used the other half to do our paperwork and control the maintenance. I'm contemplating fitting a light.
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Looking great Rick, definitely put in a light. I think Iay have already said this is a blinding idea if only to display aircraft for nice photos and is something I would definitely do if I had more time. I would definitely add some lights, if you had a decent camera you could then play about in the dark with some long exposure work... Mate it would be incredible! I'm getting excited thinking about your opportunities here!


Regards


Phil

 

[Snowman]

I like the "Portakabin", it screams a "cheap as chips" "Mil Spec" solution.


Nice touch!

 

[rickoshea52]

I finally got round to fitting the turbine and nozzle for the engine tonight, it just needs a coat of titanium coloured paint or similar. I used a birthday cake candle holder cut and glued to a disc of plasticard.


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The portakabin has also been fitted out with wall mounted desks on the inside and an external work desk fixed to the outside wall.


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I also fabricated a sliding door for the back wall from scrap plasticard and some Evergreen U channel for the rails, this will be painted red and glued on later. The walls need some signage - No Smoking, FOD, etc. I had a play around with the position of the portakabin inside the hangar.


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[flyjoe180]

I can almost hear the echo of voices in the hangar Rick. The turbine looks great, very nice scratch building.

 

[monica]

this is progressing along nicely,do like the colors of the floor and wall,

 

[Polux]

Nice work.


Looking very good so far.