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Old 07-20-2007, 02:46 PM
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We're on to the wings now. The first pic is of the completed "bones", and oh my does this thing have one heck of a skeleton!



Next is a closer shot of a completed wheel well (well, without the landing gear of course!) Note that all those staggered depth slots in
back are there to receive the guns later.



Lastly, an almost complete wing (sans control surfaces), showing the nice curved areas ready to receive the flaps and ailerons.

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Old 07-20-2007, 02:47 PM
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I thought I'd take a minute while completing the other wing and detail what I did on the tips this time. One thing I wanted to try on
this model was to emulate real wingtip lights (Red and Green). Since I had to build the tip first and then put it on in order to make
it easy to get the "light" installed, this served as another technique experiment. Here are the 2 tip parts, edge colored and glued
together first. Note that I first cut out the triangle shaped "lights" that were printed on. Sorry about the depth of field focus!



Next is the view inside with the material for the lens glued in with some CA. I've painted part of the inside gray as well as some of
the wing framing behind where you can see through the lens so you don't see the white card. I did not attempt to build a box or emulate
a light inside.
The material I used is standard inkjet transparency film, on which I printed Red and Green squares. There's enough of this material on
one sheet to do dozens of planes!



Then, slip the completed tip on! I really like doing them this way. You can control the glueing of the tip edges better, getting a
closer match and less "pinch", and also get a good seam when you put it on because you can dry fit and trim as needed.
The lens result is not 100% right, in that done this way they are not flush with the outside edge of the skin as a real one would be,
plus the edge is not rounded, bit using material like this, you can't really achieve that. It's good enough for me at this point.



Here's an overall view so far with the wings temporarily fitted with their spars (not glued yet, I'm waiting to test fit the flaps).

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Old 07-20-2007, 02:59 PM
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Nice. Thanks for the detailing story.
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Old 07-20-2007, 03:03 PM
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Great plane, but I found something off... your camera's clock and your desk clock are out of sync! 10:23 vs 10:21, how could you let it happen? :D
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Old 07-20-2007, 03:08 PM
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Very nice! My only problem is the first pic I clicked on I got a popup ad along with it :( I hope its only the first time.
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Old 07-20-2007, 03:23 PM
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Old 07-20-2007, 03:56 PM
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Pretty cool to relive it - I seldom revisit threads once read.... Glad I had the chance to go over this one agian. thanks, Rick!
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Old 07-20-2007, 04:01 PM
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Thanks all! As for the popups, it would be Imageshack doing it I guess. One of the downsides of using an image hosting service. :(

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Old 07-20-2007, 04:24 PM
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Old 07-20-2007, 04:50 PM
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This build thread never ceases to amaze me. Your work is superb - the model looks wonderful. Thank you for continuing it here
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