Eureka!!

[Dave Rees]

Well, after deciding that the what the kit suggested I decided to do a little bashing. After much experimentation and tinkering, I've finally got a system that seems to work. A little cleaning up to do and it'll look a lot better after painting. I've only got one side working so far, but now that the hard work (experimentation) is done I expect the other side to go quickly.

Cheers,
Dave

[Soclarke]

Pretty cool Dave!

What are you building? Corsair?

[cgroves]

Way cool, are you using some sort of sequencer for the doors?

[Tom Hastie]

That's dead sexy!

It looks to me like the doors are all mechanical. (That's also what Dave said he was planning to do).

I bet you Broc is pretty bored watching his master giggle like a small child while spending his afternoon watching this strange mechancal contraption go back and forth. You should take him out for a walk Dave... enjoy the sunshine.

Tom

[Dave Rees]

Scott, thanks! Yep it's a Corsair that has been on the bench for too long.

Corey, all mechanical.

Lot's of variables for this feeble brain to figure out. Finally after 3 weeks of tinkering (thus the title of this thread) got it to work out. The other side was done in about 2 days As you can see from the pics, it's a lot neater than the first side so I'll go back and tidy things up a bit. On the "gear-up" cycle, there is something binding slightly still. On the "gear-down" cycle, they're a little slow for my taste but, I'll get those issues worked out and life will, once again, be good.

Cheers,
Dave

[Dave Rees]

Two short vids and a shot of my workshop buddy!!

Cheers,
Dave

[John Weekes]

Very short...

[Dave Rees]

Very short...

SmartA***ss

Check again.

Dave

[Tom Hastie]

Nicely done sir!... A very simple mechanical way to do the doors... I like it.

When does she go in for painting?

Tom

[Dave Rees]

Thanks Tom,

The "to-do" list is getting shorter and shorter, which is a good thing If all goes well in the next couple of days I should have it ready to paint by mid next week. Watch this space!

Cheers,
Dave