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Hello Erik...
I want to hire you to roll my gun barrels. That's awesome. The gondola is delicate and really looks clean and smart. Well done. Dan |
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Glen,
The glues Eric mentions are usually only available in Europe, Uhu being a German glue, and Bison being a Dutch glue. I have seen Uhu here in the States, but it is the solvent free version, usually labeled in green, not black like the solvent version. I remember using both Uhu and Bison for my paper models, unfortunately I have to make due with the solvent free Uhu right now, but Aleene's does have a clear gel based tacky glue, I might have to start using that for my Corvette build
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Those nasty beasts also venture to Portugal, often in stealth mode
The gondola is a lovely detail |
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The wings
Thanks guys,
It's time for another update. In the mean time I started working on the canopy and installed a few sections of the frames. But, I find it hopelessly frustrating work and decided to put it aside for the time being. Currently I hardly have time for modeling and for my own sake I need to see quick progress (well, everything is relative....) otherwise I'll loose track of the model. Real life has too many distractions at the moments. So instead, I have started on the wings. First, the internal structure consisting of parts W12, W13 and W16 (the "pins" that attach each wing to the fuselage). Halinski style, hence a lot of individual elements that make up the end result. The port wing is equipped with a landing light assembly (part no. 43). Each wing skin (part no. 44) consists of 4 sub-skins of which I have installed the inner ones only at this stage. The wing structure requires just a bit of sanding of the ribs to smooth out the edges and then the skin fits nicely. I started with gluing the leading edge by aligning the small markers on the skin and the inner wing profile. The tricky part is the rear side, which is curved. This is where the flaps will be attached. Proper pre-shaping of the skin is required. Finally, a few remarks on the previous post:
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Hello Erik,
Due to the awkward trailing edge shape, the upper and lower skin faces contact only at the extreme rear. I felt the need to put inside tabs, in order to get a decent gluing surface. You did the same? Picture 7 shows a perfect shape! |
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Eric I certainly admire your tenacity in sticking to this build. You are a better man than I.
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Proper magic mate.
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Wings - continued
Thanks guys for your continued interest. It's a slow build and not always easy to stick to Michael... And Ricardo, no I haven't used tabs to glue the trailing edges together, instead I have used a wooden dowel to press the edges together. The dowel nicely fitted the concave shape (refer to the second last picture below). So, a little magic after all Mike...
The wings are finished now, with exception of the ailerons and flaps. The right wing went flawless, all of the four skin parts fitted very well. The left wing was a different story without clear reason. Apparently the first (inner) skin at the wing root had shifted by a millimeter or so during gluing, which went unnoticed, with the result that all other skins didn't fit well during the dry-fit. So I decided to cut the internal structure into two parts and connected the other three skin sections before installing them over the outer part of the wing structure. Then I trimmed the skin here and there, as well as the structure to get the best possible fit between both sections. Luckily this went well. The solution to this problem occurred to me during my weekly running exercise... The only visible misfit is at the bottom side where the engine nacelle will be installed and where the printed lines do not properly mate. I'm not sure at this point of any consequences but we'll see about that later, it doesn't seem to be a big deal at the moment. Finally a sneak preview of the right wing attached to the fuselage. It's going to be a big bird. Erik |
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Indredible detail and your skills are doing it great justice.
I know you big scale fans don't have anywhere the same model output as us little scale guys, but you would still have a growing number of built models. Where on earth do you store them all?
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Agreed, top five percentile build.
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