New project Matilda 3/4
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Re: New project Matilda 3/4
Design is one thing, Alwyn, but with suspensions, I found that the type of spring needed, as well as the amount of tension needed for realism, proved a mighty hurdle (with the Comet and Cromwell).
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Re: New project Matilda 3/4
Yup if I had realised what I was getting myself into at the start I might not even have begun. I have gone through countless cycles of design, print, test over the last few days before I am approaching something that seems workable and capable of being built, disassembled, maintained, and reassembled (I forgot the need to be able to do the last three!). I am now hoping that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a high speed train coming the other way
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Re: New project Matilda 3/4
Won't be today Alwyn, the trains are running at a reduced speed because of Dennis
Oh no, all that extra time and effort sounds expensive. . . .
But, all that extra time and effort was/is well worth the trouble to please me
Mr Tiger6, what Wayne meant by "I'm going to pull my weight once I retire!" Could have been referring to dragging his fat arse. . . . runs and hides
Oh no, all that extra time and effort sounds expensive. . . .
But, all that extra time and effort was/is well worth the trouble to please me
Mr Tiger6, what Wayne meant by "I'm going to pull my weight once I retire!" Could have been referring to dragging his fat arse. . . . runs and hides
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Re: New project Matilda 3/4
Just a newsflash - Wayne is back in gainful employment, I suspect the cost of all the 1/6 scale builds proved too much for the retirement budget (something I know all about ) mind you he did say that his new employer had equipment for cutting sheet aluminium so there could be a cunning plan
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Re: New project Matilda 3/4
Alwyn your technical and mechanical expertise are as impressive as the subject being built. Well done
Tanks alot....
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Re: New project Matilda 3/4
There is always a cunning plan Alwyn
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Re: New project Matilda 3/4
The suspension is proving quite tricky but one of the smallest units seems to be working
It proved very difficult to replicate a working damper and spring that stayed straight and provided adequate spring effect, but after five tries I finally got it to work. I can now use the components on the larger suspension units.
Alwyn
It proved very difficult to replicate a working damper and spring that stayed straight and provided adequate spring effect, but after five tries I finally got it to work. I can now use the components on the larger suspension units.
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Re: New project Matilda 3/4
Awesome, well done Alwyn
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Re: New project Matilda 3/4
I came across another Matilda 2 scratch-build recently, Alwyn. It was a bold attempt ( in 1/16 scale) spanning a couple of years; until an emerging dimensional hiccup gave the builder pause for thought. A pause that has lasted almost three years, it would appear.
Thus, It looks like you, and Freddy, will have been the only ones to have reached the Matilda summit.
http://modelerssocialclub.proboards.com ... matilda-ii
Thus, It looks like you, and Freddy, will have been the only ones to have reached the Matilda summit.
http://modelerssocialclub.proboards.com ... matilda-ii
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Re: New project Matilda 3/4
No wonder the guy gave up.... doing all that work in styrene sheet!!!!! I'll stick to my 3d printer, at least each component only has to be designed once.
A sterling effort though
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A sterling effort though
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