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Zap's 1:18 Scale Diorama Parts Development Thread
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07-14-2021, 12:08 AM
Zap Rowsdower
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There have been some major advancements in my upgrade for the wing sweep and landing gear mechanism for the 30th Anniversary mold of the Skystriker. I have some refinements to make still, but the basic design works now.
Here are some comparison pictures with the original factory piece (in black, with the handle snapped off) and my latest prototype of the upgraded mechanical piece that allows independent control of the wings and gear:
There was a lot less space to work with in this modern-era version, and the designers made it a lot tougher to add what I needed just due to placement of internal support fins inside the shell so the design had to be a lot different from my vintage Skystriker upgraded mechanism, unfortunately. Thankfully, it is still a lot like the design for the vintage Skystriker in the sense that it is made up of three parts that can be swapped in and out of the Skystriker at will without any permanent modification to the plane...except for the initial disassembly of the Skystriker itself in the case of the 30th Anniversary mold. It's factory glued together in two locations so breaking loose the glue is the only permanent modification required. After that, it's a free-for-all.
Here's the design:
The main mechanism still works like the original and is operated by the handle on top of the plane, but the wing synchronizer piece is able to pass freely along the top of the mechanism to move the wings independently of the landing gear (but still in synch with the other wing).
Here, the landing gear is in the up position and the wings would be in the swept position just like the way the original mechanism would work:
And here, the gear is still up but the wings would now be in the forward position which was previously not possible to do:
And here we are with gear down and wings spread like usual:
And now with gear down and the wings swept, which was previously impossible to do:
It's a bit easier to show off when it's all together, but then you can't see the mechanism that makes it all happen:
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