Slingsby Gull scale 1/4

[bocorvin]

Danke Olli, ja Ich war ganz gut gelaunt wenn die Querruder gut functionierten

I go on in English, the Gull is completed on the outside,the sun was shining, so I took the Gull outside for some pictures









Adri made the name and the numbers on the wing, registration letters were not needed at that time



You can see at my face (straight in the sun) that the Gull is quite heavy


Some detailing of the cockpit is still to be done.

Vincent (DB)

[Franco Vallari]

Formidable!!!!

[Sed]

Waouh, superbe ! Très belle finition !
Il ne reste plus qu'à prendre l'air !

[sebastian92]

Marvelous !
you are a strong men ! position of victory
keep cool, some weeks again…

[bocorvin]

Thanks Franco Sed and Sebastian, yes it was quite heavy and my wife didn't know my camera, it took some time

I am afraid it will take some time before we are allowed to fly again, but I'll keep you informed.

Amicalement,

Vincent (DB)

[caralp_laurent]

Bravo Vincent, it's magnificent !
I knew we would have finished our gliders at the same time
Ready to go to the slope or field. We just Don't know exactly when it's possible...

Friendly

Lolo

[bocorvin]

Thanks Lolo for your comment!

Yes we have to wait, I am going to finish the interior

Vincent (DB)

[Greg]

Il est superbe, en vol ce sera un régal ...
Bon, on attend

[Johannes]

Herzlichen Glückwunsch zu diesem tollen Modell
und danke für den interessanten Baubericht, Vincent
Jetzt wollen wir nur noch hoffen das sich die Situation um das Coronavirus
sich bald bessert und du das schöne Modell bald einfliegen kannst

Liebe Grüße und bleib gesund
Johannes

[bocorvin]

Merci Greg und danke Johannes fur das commentar

Muss nur noch an dem Cockpit und Piloten arbeiten und dann warten ob besseren Zeiten fur die Erstflug....

LG und ja, bleibt gesund,

Vincent (DB)

[Eric Spore]

Magnifique !
Encore un chef d'oeuvre

[bocorvin]

Merci Eric, I am feeling humble from all those nice comments
It still didn't have its maiden flight, hopefully that will be less nervewrecking as with the Fokker FG-2.

Friendly,

Vincent (DB)

[ManfredNeu]

Hallo Vincent,
einfach klasse, das Modell. Und wie schwer ist es geworden?

Gruß Manfred

[bocorvin]

Danke Manfred .
Leider ist sie schwerer geworden wie gepland. 5200gr im Gull I ausfuhrung (2X 10mm kohlefaser Flugelverbinder und Flugelstutszen?) oder 5600gr wie Gull II I met 2X 10mm stahl Flugelverbinder (ohne Flugelstutzen?). Bei ein Flugelflache von 95 dm2 gibt es ein belastung von 56 oder 59 gr/dm2. Vielleicht auch nicht slecht, weil wir nahe die kuste fliegen und immer viel wind haben.

LG,

Vincent (DB)

[Clifton]

Ma-gni-fi-que !

Quel beau travail et c'est un très beau planeur que j'aime beaucoup . Bravo !

Philippe

[bocorvin]

Merci Philippe et oui j'aime cette planeur aussi .
Je travaille maintenant a l'interieur, mais il n'y a pas beaucoup d'information, helas.

Vincent (DB)

[bocorvin]

Bonjour a tous,

Some time ago I had already made the head, ( see page 7), helped by a nice tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlPYWe2bGUo


from super sculpey. Its is made round a clump of aluminium foil on a wooden peg, which I later removed. I started painting it with acrylics, shortly after that my wife took it over ( I was quite pleased).

This close it looks a bit exagerated, but I think a model needs that to look realistic. In the meantime I made a pair of sunglasses from hard brass wire, with glasses of an old polaroid one. I also made hands from super sculpey, reinforced with a copper wire (mains electric wire)






The copper wire slides in a hole in the arm and glued with PVA
My sister Hans had finished the clothing, it fitted nicely, even his trousers were ironed



His head is fixed on a wooden dowel, glued with PU in his hollow head

The peg is secured with some velcro in his body, just to get some friction.
The pilot needed a harnass, which I could not buy at the time, so I made one of elastic band, stitched on some leather (again an old wallet) and I used brass bushes which go at servo's. It was toned down with an airbrush. The safety pin was bend and soldered from hard brass wire and some brass strip.







Handle for the spoilers

closure lock of the canopy







release handle for the dolly

leather pouches

hinges for the rudder pedals, made from plasticard, with pins as bolts



en all put together





the middle steel wire with the red ball is the uncoupler. The pilots fits in







and with a closed canopy


With the interior and pilot finished the Gull is now ready to fly, I just have to wait till its possible, just wait and see...

Vincent (DB)

[VincentB]

Bravo Vincent, magnifiques tous ces détails et le modelage de ton pilote est très réussi

[bocorvin]

Merci pour les comments Vincent et Jenny fait la peinture de la pilote

Vincent (DB)

[Claude Moinier]

Prachtig Vincent

[bocorvin]

Dankje Claude, en nu nog vliegen!

Groet, Vincent (DB)

[Johannes]

Hi Vincent,
dein sehr schön gebautes Flugzeug wird duch die tolle Einrichtung
und den schönen Pilot unm noch einiges aufgepeppt - super

Gruß mit der Hoffnung das der Erstflug nicht
zu lange auf sich warten muss

Johannes

[de Schaetzen Harold]

Proficiat. Prachtig. En nu nog vliegen.
Mvg.
Harold

[bocorvin]

Danke Johannes en Harold
Geduld fur die erstflug....

LG, met vriendelijke groet,

Vincent (DB)

[Clifton]

Superbe Vincent, j'adore ton pilote. C'est du beau travail !

[bocorvin]

Merci Philippe pour le pilote .
Le "tutorial" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlPYWe2bGUo est tres bonne avec des instruction tres claire, malheureusement c'est en Anglais.

Amicalement,

Vincent (DB)

[chantereau michel]

Bonjour Vincent
Bravo l'intérieur est magnifique
tu es un vrai sculpteur, le pilote est super
je te souhaite bon vol
Michel

[bocorvin]

Bonjour Michel,

Merci pour ton comments . Heureusement il y a du progress dans les pilotes!

On attend l'ouverture de site pour voler...

Vincent (DB)

[ManfredNeu]

Hier stimmt einfach alles - Modell, Cockpit und das fliegende Personal. Wunderbar

Dann auf zum Erstflug

Gruß Manfred

[bocorvin]

Hello Manfred,

Danke , und dann die Erstflug, soll leider noch ein bisschen dauern!

Gruss,
Vincent (DB)