I have not found a way to access the spring yet. I take out all six(6) screws and three pins and nothing happens. It is a journey.Looking good! I think you’ll know right away if the rate of fire has slowed down. If not enough so, next step I’d explore would be locating a slightly lighter spring.
Welcome the the league of tinkerers, this is the fun stuff!
I flew Cessnas and a Citabria years ago. Back then it was actually affordable. If I were a rich man I’d get a Grumman Widgeon
Now THAT’s the life … good whiskey, cigars, and airplanes
. Well done! I’ve never had much PIC time in low wingers, maybe someday.Ha ha ha (me laughing); we started with old Crossman pump air guns (after collage) and moved eventually to plaster of Paris tanks. It is so much actually destroying the tanks. It all started in collage in dorm rooms playing "Panzer Blitz' the board game. AND THEN UMAREX CAME OUT WITH AUTO WWII replica BB gun weapons. I should send you a few plaster tanks so you can feel the thrill. (They are painted... Look at the posted pictures Look at post #125 to see a few, I have 17 different models (targets) tanks and half tracks.Now THAT’s the life … good whiskey, cigars, and airplanes
Most of my airgun stuff is just for target shooting. My mock battles are reserved for swords … both modern and historical fencing. “Weapons for two and breakfast for one”, as they say
Those tanks do look pretty realistic. Good job! I built heaps of models as a kid, first the plastic kits and later the gas engine stuff. Had a lot of fun with all that. When I got a Dremel tool one Christmas I thought I had died and gone to Heaven ... it opened up a whole new world of possibilities. I've been a machine tool junkie ever since. And these days I'll use any excuse to chuck airgun parts onto the mill or lathe
I use Sabers with a saber foil.Those tanks do look pretty realistic. Good job! I built heaps of models as a kid, first the plastic kits and later the gas engine stuff. Had a lot of fun with all that. When I got a Dremel tool one Christmas I thought I had died and gone to Heaven ... it opened up a whole new world of possibilities. I've been a machine tool junkie ever since. And these days I'll use any excuse to chuck airgun parts onto the mill or lathe
I still routinely fence foil and epee during the week, but Saturdays are reserved for the stuff below. The rapiers have accompanying daggers which aren't shown. We call the sabers "Heavys" or "Heavy Russians" since they were made in Russia and are effectively real swords with rounded edges, not normal fencing sabers. In both cases we need to gear up with light kevlar/leather armor over our regular fencing gear. All this is normal HEMA competition stuff (Historical European Martial Arts).
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Ahh, that’s right, you did say that you made the molds. That’s excellent work, I must say! I have never done much with plaster other than make a big mess. I’m guessing the treads are from the original kits and get re-used?
The plaster mold is taken from the original model tank tread. Yes, it can be messy, but a sheet of plastic and large syringes make it easy to inject the plaster, clean the excess and much less messy.
That’s quite a process! I like those sorts ofprojects. I do have some casting experience, mostly sand casting automotive parts, but very little with the intricacies of models. I’m not sue my old eyes could capture all that fine detail.
