Marek's Heinkel He51 c1 @1/72

[Rata]

Originally Posted by bob neill

....I do not know what I am doing wrong. Bob Neill

Hey Bob. Nothing new facing a tricky biplane build. I've found having a good 3-view as a reference and doing the cabane (centre) struts only first, checking angles and distances are same as the 3-view is (to me) the best approach. The outer struts I then cut overlength and then the old try, snip, try again, snip and finally glue method. Others do things differently, but this just works for me.

And I hope you haven't really been holding your breath since June....

[MichaelS]

Originally Posted by Rata

Hey Bob. Nothing new facing a tricky biplane build. I've found having a good 3-view as a reference and doing the cabane (centre) struts only first, checking angles and distances are same as the 3-view is (to me) the best approach. The outer struts I then cut overlength and then the old try, snip, try again, snip and finally glue method. Others do things differently, but this just works for me.

And I hope you haven't really been holding your breath since June....

I agree on doing the cabanes first. That's the way I have done bipes for many many years and many guilds including stick & tissue, plasteeq and now paper. When I was a kid that is how we chiseled them out of rocks.

[Rata]

Originally Posted by MichaelS

When I was a kid that is how we chiseled them out of rocks.

And you managed to dodge tyrannosaurus attacks while paper modelling. Amazing.

[AgaPablo]

Hello all!
Excuse me for long absence; it hasn't been a voluntary one.
I retook my building of the Heinkel in mid July after a short vacation period, not going to the attachment of the upper wing but to the assembly the undercarriage (which it is still unfinished); then my elder son came home to spend some holidays, and brought along his 20kg Doberman “cub” and I had to store away all the stuff in my working desk to avoid accidents.
But one day, while walking out my son’s dog, I was caught unawares but one of his sudden bursts to run and my sciatic nerve snapped when I tried to hold him back, sending me to hospital in terrible pain.
After a whole fortnight lying in a hospital bed and another week slowly recovering at home I’m still not in the mood for anything; the Heinkel is still number one in my building list, but it may take several weeks before I retake work on it.
Best regards.
Pablo.

[Rata]

And the lesson here is: well, none actually. Because he's your son and (if you're anything like me) you love dogs......

[Don Boose]

I am very sorry to hear of that incident. I have had just enough sciatic pain myself over the years to realize that what happened to you would have been incredibly painful and debilitating.

Good wishes for a full recovery, freedom from pain, and the return of a desire and ability to get back to paper modeling.

Don

[Mike1158]

Sorry to hear you are in pain Pablo, I hope your recovery is swift and straight forward.

[Vinalssergio155]

Recuperate, I know that is very painful and you can barely move. My mother suffers that very often and there are days when she can not bear the pain.

[AgaPablo]

Thanks for your nice words my friends!

[AgaPablo]

Back to work again!
Recovery is ongoing and my mood is improving
Just excuse me for the pictures' gap in the building process, I retook my paper modelling in tentatively short leaps and I failed to take the appropriate pictures.
So this is how it looks like today, I'll go on placing the upper wing soon.
Best regards!