Beyond The Sprues
Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Aero-space => Topic started by: brianwalker01 on January 13, 2013, 05:03:37 PM
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CA-23 ALL WEATHER FIGHTER PROJECT 1/8 SCALE
HI IT’S BRIAN.
My project of the CA-23 is going well I have built a fuselage jig and made the 22 fuselage formers when I bolted the formers in, I found formers on right side was not same as the left side of formers A TO I but formers J K1 to K10 were ok but formers K11 K12 were wrong . I spoke to gentleman who did the enlarging and said the enlarging could have curse the error ,so I made a templates using the port side of the formers and remade formers A to I, and all so i redid former K11 K12 and when you see the fuselage photos you will see how good they came out. I have built the wing and bolted the wing ribs in to place and I will mark strings and check them in .I have built jigs for fin and for the all- moving tail plane I have bolted the ribs in place see the photos, I will mark the strings and check them in, this will be a hard job because the ribs are small. I will be coving the air craft with .08 and 1 mm balsa sheet .When you see the photos you will see the work involved and that is the way I build my aircraft, I was looking at a document ca-23 project terminated. I believe in mid-1950 a one sixth scale model was built for wind tunnel tests. And a one tenth scale model was produced in January 1951 to accommodate changes in the fuselage, wing, tail and undercarriage, By late 1951 the ca-23 project was at a standstill for more pressing projects.
Duncan, the Wamira original plans have faded and if you would to try save them you can have the plans. If you happen to make a 172 model to scale I would like one. I will post you all another update on the CA23 in a couple of weeks.
Regards
Brian
(http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/84/newca23picture009.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/502/newca23picture009.jpg/)
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Looking good Brian. Glad to have you here.
Did you receive my PM re those Wamira plans?
Regards,
Greg
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It looks like professional work of an aircraft manufacturer...
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It looks like professional work of an aircraft manufacturer...
Indeed! Most impressive!
Brian da Basher
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It looks like professional work of an aircraft manufacturer...
Indeed! Most impressive!
Brian da Basher
I worked at CAC for 39 years in the 70's where I worked in a flight hanger there was one time I was lifting a Macchi injection seat out of an aircraft and the droge gun fired and hit me in the side of the chest and I'm still here today. I have done alot of work on some of the oldest and most historic planes in Australia such as the Sabre, Cerea crop duster prototype to name a few. I have worked on most of the planes that went through CAC.
Thanks Brian
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Are models "fun" for you anyway? or just utilitarian machines?