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HI Sue glad you think so but im not really happy with it but hopefully it will look ok when sprayed grey an thanks for lookin in stay safeIt's looking good to me Chris.
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HI Sue glad you think so but im not really happy with it but hopefully it will look ok when sprayed grey an thanks for lookin in stay safeIt's looking good to me Chris.
YES Scottie very good idea on that but this lot is all glued down now but i might try your idea on the front funnel pipes but the bends are so tight i would have loved to done these in brass tubein but i havnt got the bendin tools to do thisChris,
One thing you could try is to put a spring inside the tube to support the walls as you try and bend them. like a plumbers spring. Or nicking the inside of the bend.
HI Ian cheers for that idea but ive now only got to fit the front funnel tube an they are very easy an short nothing like the rear ones as by rights the big tubes shoild be about 2mm bigger in diameiter but i think i looks a bit weird to me as its the black tubes standing out against the white funnell plasticard so i think it will all look ok when it in grey an it matches up in colour an looking at the plans these pipes wont be seen much as they will have the seacat missle lauches an the target directors in front of them so no worriesNot sure of the diameter of the pipes, but if you used a bendy straw, i
I'm guessing 6-7 mm? If you can get to a garden centre of flower shop, you can get soft bendy wire covered with a soft 'rubbery ' plastic. Might be something you could use...
NO thats not the problem Tim its just the pipes should be 2mm bigger in diameter but they will now do as they wont hardly be seenYep. Looks good to me mate. As Paul says, what aren’t you happy with? May be you’ve been too close to it and need a change Before coming back and finish8ng?
OH Cheers for that Rick an the other guys sayin that has made me feel a little better as i like to try an get things right as near as possible but sometimes we have to take what we got hav'nt we anyway as i said in the other post they may not be seen much as a lot is still to go on the deck in front of them an thanks for your commentLooks fine to me Chris......I do see from the plan sheet beside the funnel that the tubes are larger in diameter, considering what you had to work with, it came out very well. Rick H.
AN HI ALSO TO YOU TO Lee yea its been a long build so far an not even half way yet so for now im leaveing the rear funnell even though its still got to have all the ladders on it but they will go on after it been sprayed grey so next up is the really hard front funnel as this one will be steamin an will need to have the flexi tube fitted to it an then down to the smoke or steam unit an this is goin to be hard a i cant see in the S/S TO line it all up so thinking cap on for the next wk or so tryin out different ideasChris. Nice updates you been at this for a long time keep chipping away at it
THANKS Peter im always striveing to the finish line which is not even a light at the end of the tunnel yet so onwards an upGreat progress - as always.
Peter
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