[NJARC] Off Topic but Neat

[Steve Goulart]

[Stephen F. Goulart]

Worth looking at.

 Subject: Workmanship


To All,

   This is sent to me by one of the guys who is an associate in my
investment group. He shared this with me because the model builder is a
friend, of another friend.  He can't wait to get down and visit InfoAge to
see the displays we have.

Mike Golub





This makes my head hurt.....

Now this would keep you busy!  His work is incredible!
Something special.







P51 Mustang





  Corsair










Using a tweezers, the controls can be moved. All cables and linkages are in
place to work the wing control surfaces as well. Young Park has since carved
a pilot's face and hands from solid aluminum and built an articulated pilot
to sit in the cockpit. (Photo: George F. Lee, Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Here's  a picture of fingers and tweezers to give scale......... Sooooo
small!!!
Remember this as you look at the pictures........... All the controls work
as designed, by cables, chains, linkages and levers.









All these controls WORK!!!!!........ And that means they work the parts of
the aircraft via rods and chains as in the original aircraft!!!!
Every single part handmade and fitted.
It blows you away, doesn't it???









Don't forget the tiny scale......... go up again and look at the picture of
the fingers and tweezers!


















Machine guns and bullets.........
Detail of three .50 Cal. machine guns and ammo cans. Ammo cans are loaded
outside the aircraft and then simply set into place in the wing. Their doors
become the top surface of the wing. This allowed for rapid reloading by the
ground crew.














Mr. Park generously donated the first (cutaway) Corsair model to the Joe
Martin Foundation. It can be seen in person in its display at the
Foundation's museum in the Sherline building in Vista, California. A
collection of photos showing how the model was built and all the historical
data on the Corsair Mr. Park collected to build it has also been donated and
is available for viewing. In 2005, Mr. Park also donated the second corsair
and it is also now on display in the Foundation's museum.





Showing the extent of his carving skills, Mr. Park sculpted a pilot's head
and hands out of solid aluminum. The articulated figure is dressed in a
custom made uniform and can be placed in any position to give a good sense
of scale to the model.







P51 MUSTANG


















Inside the left wing you can see the 50 cal ammunition threaded into the
three wing guns. Each round is machined in 3 parts-brass cartridge with
copper bullet and primer and is held together with a small copper feed
jacket.








engine exhaust ports....... picture taken during assembly.



Control wires are being threaded around their pulleys underneath the cockpit
during construction. (Y. Park photo)



The radiator air intake sits under the fuselage ready for installation. Much
of the detail of some of the parts is hidden once it is assembled. (Y. Park
photo)



The wing being made.............. LOOKIT how SMALL it is



Each panel is hand formed over a wooden shape. The metal is annealed to the
proper softness and then pounded and bent into shape. The plane is made up
of many individual panels, and the fits between panels are just about
perfect. (Y. Park photo)



Here we see the panel above in its final position. Looks easy now, doesn't
it? (Y. Park photo)



The form for the air intake and the final part. As is often the case in
machining and model making, fixtures, moulds, formers and jigs to make the
final parts can take a long time to make and are never seen by the public
viewing the finished model. (Y. Park photo)