Airfix 1:72 Hawker Typhoon starter kit

[Ayahuasca]

Spit, Hurricane, 109 and Beaufighter done, time to inflict GBH on another starter kit.

[Ayahuasca]

Ever since I had a Dinky Spitfire as a kid (and latterly as an adult too) I like a spinning propeller.

And I have a broken little cheap RC helicopter that has miniature electric motors! Could one of them fit?

[Ayahuasca]

Drilled out the prop-holding dowel and the motor fits perfectly. The question is, where to put the battery and how to make the battery accesible. And what about a switch? The Dinky Spit had a flick motor, but this one needs a switch.

[dr_gn]

Make a stand, run the wires down it and make the base of the stand a battery box/switch?

[Ayahuasca]

dr_gn said:

Make a stand, run the wires down it and make the base of the stand a battery box/switch?

Funny you should say that - that is exactly my plan!

[Eric Mc]

Something I'd like to have a go at too. How about a sound chip too?

[Ayahuasca]

Eric Mc said:

Something I'd like to have a go at too. How about a sound chip too?

That would be good, is there a sound chip of a Napier Sabre at full chat?

[Ayahuasca]

Test of prop / motor - successful!

The two little holes in the fuselage are tiny tubes, held in place by epoxy, to the top of which are soldered the motor wires.

[Eric Mc]

Ayahuasca said:

That would be good, is there a sound chip of a Napier Sabre at full chat?

You can get some Napier Sabre sounds from You Tube. I'm not sure if there is a current running Sabre at the moment for a modern recording.

[Ayahuasca]

Perfectly standard Airfix 1:72 Typhoon







But wait ! What’s this?

[Ayahuasca]

Someone should have told them to close the cannon access panels before takeoff mind you.

[dr_gn]

I’d put it on a grass base - “ground running”.

[Ozzie Dave]

A simple way of adding sound is off e-bay or suchlike, the cheap recordable sound cards for greeting cars they come as a 10 or 30 second module, a simple and easy way to do it, just record the sound off what you like (old movie, you tube or suchlike) . can easily be hidden in the base or stand. the modules are about 30mm square including the batteries, with a 20mm speaker.

[AER]

You can bury gold bars in the base along with the speaker to add the realistic feel of operating one of these things...