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| John M Oshust, Image # 38249 | 06 Apr 17 15:24 |
One down one more to go! |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Comment for image # 38248 | 05 Apr 17 16:12 |
| Twin Lewis guns! interesting ... |
| John M Oshust, Image # 38248 | 05 Apr 17 15:03 |
Lewis gun fabrication commenced this day. Two magazines for tandem Lewis guns. |
| Don C, Comment for image # 38240 | 04 Apr 17 21:18 |
| Definitely worth the effort. |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Comment for image # 38241 | 04 Apr 17 19:48 |
| It looks like a refurbished experiment with the rear cockpit of a tandem two seat trainer aircraft - they must have tried a lot of design changes in the early days of aviation ... |
| John M Oshust, Image # 38241 | 04 Apr 17 17:18 |
Aftermarket Scarff ring on a rear cockpit. Note the instruments. The body hugging curved seat back. |
| John M Oshust, Comment for image # 38240 | 04 Apr 17 17:15 |
| Thank you sir it was fun! |
| rayl, Comment for image # 38240 | 04 Apr 17 17:14 |
| Mighty fine John. |
| John M Oshust, Comment for image # 38236 | 04 Apr 17 12:12 |
| I cannot say all had a chair but one photo I came across clearly shows the body hugging snuggling back. |
| John M Oshust, Comment for image # 38235 | 04 Apr 17 12:10 |
| In the field two seater biplanes were sometimes fitted with a Scarff ring. The Baboon, my fantasy build, is one. While searching for information I cam across a photo that shows the rear Scarff ring in a pit with gauges. |
| John M Oshust, Image # 38240 | 04 Apr 17 11:41 |
With a weathering patina applied, this chapter of the build is closed. |
| John M Oshust, Image # 38239 | 04 Apr 17 11:38 |
The Scarff ring model within the model is completeted. Tomorrow we start addressing the fabrication of tandem Lewis Guns. |
| biplane guy, Comment for image # 38235 | 04 Apr 17 09:25 |
| Do you know what the purpose was of having the gauges in the rear instrument panel? |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Comment for image # 38236 | 04 Apr 17 07:17 |
| I meant the chair - were they really attached to the scarf ring and spun with the scarf ring with the gun always in front of the chair ? |
| John M Oshust, Comment for image # 38236 | 03 Apr 17 23:27 |
| Well the Lewis could pivot up and down on the gun ring. The Scraff ring moved the gun left and right. To shoot down the gunner had to rotate the ring left or right then point the gun down while lowering the gun mounting ring. Like I said... Dancing with a machine gun!! The up shot is easy the down has limits imposed by the fuselage. |
| LASTWOODSMAN, Comment for image # 38236 | 03 Apr 17 22:33 |
| John - those gunners had to stand up to shoot downwards, and crouch down to shoot upwards, and spin around that scarf ring with a machine gun on it - how did that seat (stool?) work? |
| rayl, Comment for image # 38236 | 03 Apr 17 19:41 |
| Rather spartan accommodations I say. If I were Joe Bloggs I would not be too chuffed to occupy that seat. |
| John M Oshust, Comment for image # 38224 | 03 Apr 17 18:28 |
| The Scarff ring was muscle powered. Your leg muscles traversed it left of right. Like dancing with a Lewis gun? |
| Huey V77, Comment for image # 38224 | 03 Apr 17 18:19 |
| John, please tell Gumby to wire it for A/C current. All the gun turrets on the B17 were A/C motors. |
| John M Oshust, Image # 38236 | 03 Apr 17 16:54 |
The Scarff ring with gunner 's seat . |
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