From: "Steve Bamford ARC" To: "Mark Miller" References: <3FFB7877.3030909@nakatomitower.com> Subject: Re: Silly Week Entry (2 of 2) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 23:44:15 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Miller To: ; Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 7:09 PM Subject: Silly Week Entry (2 of 2) > "1/72 Buzzby" > > by Mark Miller > -------------------- > > Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg here > > > Please see the full back story on the 1/72 Shenkley write-up. Suffice it > to say the Germans and the British are working together to combat the > ever-threatening Japanese/American alliance. The one break in the hard > and bitter fighting comes from the sponsorship of the neutral country of > Russia. Every year a race is held, in the name of advancing the > technology of flight. The large and insurmountable borders of Russia > provide the perfect setting for the warring parties to meet and compete > in a non-threatening manner. Much like the Olympics, however, the anual > victors took much pride (and a great morale boost for their fighting > soldiers) when they won the race. > > Click on images below to see larger images > > Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 03.jpg > here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of > photo 02.jpg > > The design was intended to shock the as-yet-jet-free Americans and their > Japanese allies. There had been jet racers previously, but they had been > large and bulky, and the engines took up much room. That was before the > British and German engineers shared their extensive jet knowledge with > each other. Together they came up with revolutionary new designs. This > design separates the stages of the compression and ignition of the > incoming and outgoing air. Thus the pilots sits "in" the engine. While > it is "armed" with 2x30mm cannon, the prime choice of the European > fighters for downing long range B24s bombing England from Iceland, the > actual guns are removed and barrel placeholders are put in their place. > This was a constant threat that this plane may be seen next time > attacking, rather than racing. It was a common practice at these races. > It backfired when the performance of a plane was sub-par. > > Because of the already compressed size of the engine, this plane had to > be kept small and light. The landing gear was greatly simplified. To > save space in the already narrow wings and cowling, the gear was > designed to retract half-way. The performance loss was negligible, and > that, along with an intentionally old-fashioned canopy style, were > intended to show the Japanse/Americans that even an old-fashioned design > can outperform their most modern ones. > > Note that the races are all low-level, and as such it was felt that a > pressurized cockpit was not necessary. The cockpit was left open in the > rear, a trait that the British/German designers picked up from their > democratic Italian allies. > > Click on images below to see larger images > > Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 03.jpg > here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of > photo 03.jpg > > Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo > 04.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized > version of photo 04.jpg > > > The kits are two RoG 1/72 WW2 fighters. One is British the other German. > If you have not already guessed, they are a Hurricane and a Fw190. I > took the dive brakes from an old Pe-2 kit. I took the burner can from an > old F-18. > > I had originally wanted to build the Buzzby more than the Shenkley. I > thought it would really be cool to make a jet from the propeller-less > nose cowling of a Fw190. It just looked like a get intake, especially > with the cooling compressor blades in place. It took some work. I > thought that this would look really fabulous and the other (the leftover > parts, which made up the Shenkley) would be a so-so plane. Then I really > got into the other plane! hah! I made landing gear wells and redesigned > the gear off the Hurricane, and got carried away, mostly because I could > NOT figure out how to make the exhaust of the Buzzby! I finally found I > had an old F-18 burner can and used that, to great satisfaction (fit > perfectly, almost) > > So I was able to make the Buzzby. However I had no gear! The Fw190 gear > was no longer intact. Over the years it had broken off. I used some old > large wheels from a Bv141B and put the tail wheel from the Hurricane > under the nose. > > Look for my 1/72 Shenkley, as well! > > > Click on images below to see larger images > > Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 03.jpg > here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of > photo 05.jpg > > Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo > 04.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized > version of photo 06.jpg > > > Photos and text © 2004 by Mark Miller > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----