Re: NYLON GAG MK 1?
Happy Thanksgiving to all,
Thank you so much for the kind words guys it really means a lot to me and as i have said gives me lots of motivation. I have been away from the bench for a week or so because as usual my Mum is visiting from England for Thanksgiving holiday, so the mancave is returned to the guest room for a couple of weeks but here is an update on the stuff i managed to do right before she arrived.
I decided to concentrate on the towing hitch section of the build. I designed an original hitch that would supply movement in all axis relative to the center line, not just in a left/right direction but also up/down and everything in between
Here is a rough sketch of the design
The ball closest to the ship would be held by several pads, some fixed ones undrneath the ball and two on retactable arms on the top. That was the idea, so now to a bit of fabrication:
Made a base from 1mm styrene and attached my detail boxes
Then started the magnetic buffer assembly, this was made from a liquid cement bottle cap and styrene tubing
Then it was the floating magnetic vacuum heads
Then the arm assemblies, this was made from a display support from my ship model and other various styrene pieces and some motorbike forks.
I then concentrated on the support mechanism for these arms
This is mainly all dry fit together as i plan to add more details like hoses and wiring and other little pieces, but i'm very happy with them as they do actually work as far as holding on to the ball of the hitch is concerned.
Still have to make the fixed underside support magnetic vacuum heads but now i know what they look like so it makes it easier
Thats all so far, Mum leaves on Thursday so i should have more to report in the next week or so.
Take care
Gag
