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Njaco · 01-03-2009, 06:38 AM

Dan, could you change the title of this thread to Major Tratt's Me 410 A-1/U2 etc,.. as that is the mk I'm going with. Should learn never to trust boxart.

Micdrow · 01-03-2009, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Njaco

Dan, could you change the title of this thread to Major Tratt's Me 410 A-1/U2 etc,.. as that is the mk I'm going with. Should learn never to trust boxart.

Done!!!!

lesofprimus · 01-03-2009, 07:22 AM

I think ur getting to the bottom of it all Chris... Lacking some solid credible evidence, u have to show some artistic license as far as the cannon/gun layout goes....

I would stay with the 4 20mm and 2 pop guns... Its a toss up but to me, and with the research u got here so far, it seems likely that was what Tratt had goin with him and his crate....

And I am all too familiar with those small pieces and the beast known as carpet.... I think there are 3 small PE parts floppin around on my garage carpet as we speak....

The work u got done so far is great mano...

Njaco · 01-03-2009, 07:35 AM

Thanks Mic!!

Yeah, I'm gonna have to go custom here and make some 20mm cannons for those side ports along with a curved backing/shell. Trying to think if I can find and cut a tube to size. I'm sure I have good replacement guns in the spares around here - need to find them.

rochie · 01-03-2009, 07:36 AM

great start njaco, keep it up

lesofprimus · 01-03-2009, 08:13 AM

I went all commando on my Dora, adding sh!t that basically will never be see, pipes and wires and sh!t...

But I know its there, and I'll tell ya, the feeling of accomplishment because of it makes it worth the extra work...

Micdrow · 01-03-2009, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Njaco

Thanks Mic!!.

Your welcome thought I wish I could have found more to help you out!!!

Catch22 · 01-04-2009, 06:37 PM

Looks great Njaco!

109ROAMING · 01-04-2009, 06:49 PM

With Catch ,Keep it up!

Matt308 · 01-04-2009, 07:33 PM

...and I love the -410. I'm looking forward to this.

Njaco · 01-04-2009, 10:54 PM

I haven't done anything for 2 days - this head cold/flu/bug/vapors/Bonkoski disease I have has brought out my cluster headaches and I can barely sit at the PC let alone mess with the 410. To the doctors tommorrow and then to look for a 20mm cannon in 1/48. I think I can manufacture the inside from a straw or something similar but who knows - I'll make it somehow.

Catch22 · 01-04-2009, 11:11 PM

Try making it around one of those round toothpicks?

Njaco · 01-04-2009, 11:15 PM

Naw, I don't think that will work. If you look at the pic, its the side cannons not the front. There is a concave backing plate that I have to make. The 'B' models had those ports blocked so with me trying to make an 'A' models I have to open them up. I can't leave a hole, it wouldn't look right. Besides I would know what its supposed to look like.

Catch22 · 01-04-2009, 11:27 PM

Sorry! I thought you had to make the actual gun! Yeah, I'm not sure what you'd use.

Lucky13 · 01-05-2009, 02:25 AM

Get well soon mate!

Looking forward to some more pics!

01-03-2009, 06:38 AM	#46
Njaco The Pop-Tart Whisperer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States Posts: 11,776	Dan, could you change the title of this thread to Major Tratt's Me 410 A-1/U2 etc,.. as that is the mk I'm going with. Should learn never to trust boxart. __________________ "If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it's English, thank a soldier!" http://www.njcacoa.org/

01-03-2009, 07:22 AM	#48
lesofprimus Minister of Whoopass Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi Posts: 18,432	I think ur getting to the bottom of it all Chris... Lacking some solid credible evidence, u have to show some artistic license as far as the cannon/gun layout goes.... I would stay with the 4 20mm and 2 pop guns... Its a toss up but to me, and with the research u got here so far, it seems likely that was what Tratt had goin with him and his crate.... And I am all too familiar with those small pieces and the beast known as carpet.... I think there are 3 small PE parts floppin around on my garage carpet as we speak.... The work u got done so far is great mano... __________________ My IL2 Video Tribute to My Grandfather: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtzN5RuNNJk My 1/32nd Rendition of His Corsair: http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/2-p...3-a-20416.html

01-03-2009, 07:35 AM	#49
Njaco The Pop-Tart Whisperer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States Posts: 11,776	Thanks Mic!! Yeah, I'm gonna have to go custom here and make some 20mm cannons for those side ports along with a curved backing/shell. Trying to think if I can find and cut a tube to size. I'm sure I have good replacement guns in the spares around here - need to find them. __________________ "If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it's English, thank a soldier!" http://www.njcacoa.org/

01-03-2009, 07:36 AM	#50
rochie Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: billingham nr middlesbrough uk Posts: 3,612	great start njaco, keep it up __________________

01-03-2009, 08:13 AM	#51
lesofprimus Minister of Whoopass Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi Posts: 18,432	I went all commando on my Dora, adding sh!t that basically will never be see, pipes and wires and sh!t... But I know its there, and I'll tell ya, the feeling of accomplishment because of it makes it worth the extra work... __________________ My IL2 Video Tribute to My Grandfather: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtzN5RuNNJk My 1/32nd Rendition of His Corsair: http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/2-p...3-a-20416.html

01-04-2009, 06:37 PM	#53
Catch22 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 4,613	Looks great Njaco! __________________

01-04-2009, 06:49 PM	#54
109ROAMING Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,869	With Catch ,Keep it up! __________________ RIP Wigram AFB 1916-1995-2009

01-04-2009, 07:33 PM	#55
Matt308 aka Dickcheese Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State Posts: 13,993	...and I love the -410. I'm looking forward to this. __________________ "Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the [U.S.] Marines don't have that problem." -- Ronald Reagan Master of Duplicate Posts

01-04-2009, 10:54 PM	#56
Njaco The Pop-Tart Whisperer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States Posts: 11,776	I haven't done anything for 2 days - this head cold/flu/bug/vapors/Bonkoski disease I have has brought out my cluster headaches and I can barely sit at the PC let alone mess with the 410. To the doctors tommorrow and then to look for a 20mm cannon in 1/48. I think I can manufacture the inside from a straw or something similar but who knows - I'll make it somehow. __________________ "If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it's English, thank a soldier!" http://www.njcacoa.org/

01-04-2009, 11:11 PM	#57
Catch22 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 4,613	Try making it around one of those round toothpicks? __________________

01-04-2009, 11:27 PM	#59
Catch22 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 4,613	Sorry! I thought you had to make the actual gun! Yeah, I'm not sure what you'd use. __________________

01-05-2009, 02:25 AM	#60
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 17,324	Get well soon mate! Looking forward to some more pics! __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

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