Might be better if you built the interior frames for the windows before cutting the holes. Once you've cut them you can't go back if they're off.
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Might be better if you built the interior frames for the windows before cutting the holes. Once you've cut them you can't go back if they're off.
the side middle window strut doesn't have a frame/stiffener..and the two front window pillars and center pillar only have a light stiffener. so its ok from that point of view.
i have a template of the window cut-outs too which make things really easy.
i just hate concentrating on the four inch blade for ages. no room for error cutting out the windows...it would look terrible.
If you haven't already noticed this from interior photos, the side support under #2 window follows that lower window angle all the way back to the bulkhead. I forget what station number it is. But it also serves as the lower track for #2 window when slid open. The track is built into the support.
The angle of the #2 aft frame/#3 fore frame is 90° to the side support as indicated in the PS'ed photo.
The aft #2 frame and fore #3 frame members continue up over the top and form the aft frame support for the #5 window too.
Hope that helps some if you didn't already know all of that.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...ng722/sim1.jpg
I like it...different approach from wood. It's going to look great all painted up.
thanks mike.
i have uploaded a bad pic of the first sim i built out of wood below. took me a few years that one. started it when there were just a handful of builders around the world.
you can see the interior linings i hand made in the picture. it has the DV window track mock up and the side support that goes all the way to the rear bulkhead/circuit breaker panel.
the people who designed this new steel shell did so with pro setups in mind.
i just copied it.
luckily i have had the chance to measure, photograph and make templates from a pro setup. makes things so much easier!!
Hey that's great my friend.
Any chance to post few info on that ?
Is there anyway that I can get these dimensions?
Many thanks
I purchased the FDS shell and have no regrets...building my own would have been far more expensive in terms of time and materials purchased...and not near the quality!