Modelling the Vickers Wellington

Fidd · 10-24-19, 04:06 PM

This is a slightly disingenuous post on my part, as it's not about the ingame Wellington bomber, but rather an RC one I'm working on. I've just about completed the two FN5 gun-turrets, the research, CAD drawings and building of which has taken nearly 4 years. The eventual intention is to fly the turrets in a model Wellington, taking films from the gunner's perspectives.

The turrets feature:

Fully working collimating gunsight reticules
Fully working pneumatic rams to raise and lower the guns
servo traverse
...and as much detail as I could cram in at 1:4.5 scale.

The turrets consist of over 600 parts each, plus nuts, washers and machine-screws, taking the parts to over 1000 per turret. They involve virtually no glue, so that I could back out of assembly if I hit a show-stopper without damaging the model.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQs...2zKgQW4ASDuh6Q

Just in case anyone's interested.

Tim

10-24-19, 04:06 PM	#1
Fidd XO Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Blighty! Posts: 418 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Modelling the Vickers Wellington This is a slightly disingenuous post on my part, as it's not about the ingame Wellington bomber, but rather an RC one I'm working on. I've just about completed the two FN5 gun-turrets, the research, CAD drawings and building of which has taken nearly 4 years. The eventual intention is to fly the turrets in a model Wellington, taking films from the gunner's perspectives. The turrets feature: Fully working collimating gunsight reticules Fully working pneumatic rams to raise and lower the guns servo traverse ...and as much detail as I could cram in at 1:4.5 scale. The turrets consist of over 600 parts each, plus nuts, washers and machine-screws, taking the parts to over 1000 per turret. They involve virtually no glue, so that I could back out of assembly if I hit a show-stopper without damaging the model. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQs...2zKgQW4ASDuh6Q Just in case anyone's interested. Tim