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Re: Fairey Barracuda Mk.V
Posted: 28 Dec 2007, 12:36
by T6flyer
steve p wrote:I can live with the suspect paint scheme and markings Trev, as most of it is easily fixable. Correcting the flaps, which take a significant chunk of the wing with them when they are lowered will probably be a bit trickier. :roll:
Best wishes
Steve P
The operation of the flaps is probably due to the complex way that the flap section folds back onto the remainder of the wing, when the wings are folded. I didnt notice this when trying out the various prototypes and dont think that it causes that much of a problem. I would have thought that making the flaps fold without the wing section would be extremely hard to do - but what do I know, I'm not a builder.
You all have to realise that Ito's reasoning of our language is very very limited and all translations are done through an online translation program. When I email him, I have to remember this and think of the easiest way to put my message across. Anything technical in a document I'm afraid at times can be missed or misinterupted and therefore such points may be excluded from the final result. What he have here with the Barracuda is, as how Kazunori sees it and to him thats final.
He is suffering at this very moment a bout of ill health and I know had problems in creating the colour scheme. I tried to slow him down a little bit and try and not be so productive, but he loves making these models and as we can see here with we have a good rendition of this forgotten dive bomber. Last night, he sent me the first prototype of the next design and hopefully this should be out by the end of next week, if all goes to plan.
Best wishes to all,
Martin
Re: Fairey Barracuda Mk.V
Posted: 28 Dec 2007, 15:03
by Trev Clark
What he have here with the Barracuda is, as how Kazunori sees it and to him thats final.
Thats fair enough! It's better to have someone who enjoys making models for fun, than giving up because he cannot keep all of us lot happy. Perhaps a re-painter fancies a go.
Re: Fairey Barracuda Mk.V
Posted: 28 Dec 2007, 22:37
by T6flyer
calypsos wrote:What he have here with the Barracuda is, as how Kazunori sees it and to him thats final.
Thats fair enough! It's better to have someone who enjoys making models for fun, than giving up because he cannot keep all of us lot happy. Perhaps a re-painter fancies a go.
Thanks for the kind words, I'll make sure I post them off to Japan tonight. Hope that the next project is to everyone's liking.....I still cant remember what it is...and have to enter too many Google searches before I get to the real thing!!
Martin
Re: Fairey Barracuda Mk.V
Posted: 29 Dec 2007, 05:31
by DispatchDragon
Martin
If your in constant contact with Itosan prehaps you might suggest to him that we would be happy to host his British efforts at the Pond
http://www.classicbbritishfiles.com - Rob is in the middle of an update that should make autouploading available again .
Leif
Re: Fairey Barracuda Mk.V
Posted: 29 Dec 2007, 08:23
by T6flyer
DispatchDragon wrote:Martin
If your in constant contact with Itosan prehaps you might suggest to him that we would be happy to host his British efforts at the Pond
http://www.classicbbritishfiles.com - Rob is in the middle of an update that should make autouploading available again .
Leif
I can only ask....will do tomorrow as am off flying today:)
Martin
Edit: Have mentioned it this morning so will see what happens. Weather wasnt at all up to it yesterday and only managed 15 mins or so, until the sky got very black indeed. Forecast is meant to be a lot better today, so will try again, but I'm not holding my breath. Be better to be able to fly on January 1st.
Re: Fairey Barracuda Mk.V
Posted: 06 Jan 2008, 16:00
by Paolo Lao
Amazing model but No castoring tail wheel

looks great in the air.